Job Description
Leads, oversees, and executes projects relating to strategic sourcing, ongoing supplier maintenance programs, and overall process improvements.
Responsibilities
Essential Duties:
• Lead assigned projects to successful conclusion or implementation.
• Identify new areas of potential cost reduction for the company and develop strategies to realize the benefits.
• Lead and execute strategic sourcing initiatives through implementation, including all direct and indirect spend categories.
• Evaluate the performance of the program and suggest improvements.
• Develop and administer a strategic supplier management program.
• Ensure compliance with preferred suppliers.
• Negotiate with suppliers to reach mutually beneficial solutions.
Non-Essential Duties: Performs other duties as assigned.
All employees shall be in compliance with the Archrock Health Safety and Environmental Policy and local, statutory and/or regulatory requirements at all times.
Qualifications
Skills and Abilities:
Ability To
•Performs all assigned duties.
• Utilize experience, ingenuity, creativity, analytical skills and judgement to solve complex problems and drive down total cost within the company.
• Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills needed to influence without direct authority.
• Effectively interact with internal customers and upper management to ensure that all requirements are being met.
• Demonstrate strong organizational skills and prioritize work to meet deadlines.
Knowledge
• Extensive knowledge in the field of supply chain management concepts, practices, and procedures.
• Strong knowledge of gas compression industry supply base.
• Detailed understanding of gas compressor package components and parts preferred.
Minimum Education And Certification
• Bachelor's degree in related field preferred.
Minimum Experience
• Typically at least 10 years experience in a supply chain or related role.
Leadership
• Frequently leads a group of at least 3.
• Performs many of same duties as team but training, assigning, monitoring, checking and coordinating work of the of the team is a major part of the job.
• Champions HSE in the team.
Physical Demands: (Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions)
• Regularly required to stand, walk, and bend with good balance, use hands to finger, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms.
• Regularly required to sit, perform repetitive duties, use a PC and to talk and hear.
• Vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Regularly required to lift, move and carry up to 10 pounds.
This job description is a summary of essential job functions. It is not intended as an employment contract, nor is it intended to describe all duties someone in this position may perform. All employees are expected to perform tasks, as assigned by supervisor, regardless of job title or routine job duties.
About Us
Archrock is a premier provider of natural gas compression services to customers in the energy industry throughout the U.S. and a leading supplier of aftermarket services to customers who own compression equipment. With approximately 1,000 employees, our unmatched expertise and team of highly qualified, certified technicians are backed by more than 70 years of industry experience.
Archrock is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
About The Team
At Archrock, we value our people, over and above the generous compensation and benefits we offer. We strive to be good stewards of their careers. Career paths are well defined and room for growth is available to everyone. Employees have the flexibility and support to pursue different roles within the company. And in an operation that has locations across the United States they have the freedom to relocate if they desire.