Project Procurement Advisor - Spring, United States - ExxonMobil

ExxonMobil

Verified Company

Spring, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

About us
At ExxonMobil, our vision is to lead in energy innovations that advance modern living and a net-zero future.

As one of the world's largest publicly traded energy and chemical companies, we are powered by a unique and diverse workforce fueled by the pride in what we do and what we stand for.

The success of our Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions businesses is the result of the talent, curiosity and drive of our people.

They bring solutions every day to optimize our strategy in energy, chemicals, lubricants and lower-emissions technologies.

We invite you to bring your ideas to ExxonMobil to help create sustainable solutions that improve quality of life and meet society's evolving needs.

Learn more about
our What and our Why and how we can
work
together.

About Houston:

ExxonMobil's state-of-the-art campus north of Houston serves as home to its Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions businesses and their associated service groups.

The facility opened in 2014 and accommodates more than 10,000 employees and visitors.

By bringing many global functional groups together, the campus provides employees with the tools and capabilities needed today, and in the future, to achieve business objectives and accelerate the discovery of new resources, technologies and products.

It was designed to foster improved collaboration, creativity and innovation and enhance the company's ability to attract, develop and retain the top talent in the industry.

The campus is located in Spring, Texas, on 385 wooded acres immediately to the west of Interstate Highway 45 (I-45), at the intersection of I-45 and the Hardy Toll Road, approximately 25 miles from the cultural vibrancy of downtown Houston.

The campus was constructed to the highest standards of energy efficiency and environmental stewardship.

Its design incorporates extensive research into best practices in building and workplace design through extensive benchmarking of the world's top academic, research, and corporate facilities.

**Learn more about what we do in Houston
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What role you will play in our team:Reporting to the Global Project Procurement Manager - Major Projects, the Project Procurement Advisor (PPA) is a key, integrated member of a major capital project team, responsible for carrying out planning and execution of all activities related to purchasing, expediting, logistics, field materials management and EPC subcontracting. This is an exciting role that will primarily support ExxonMobil's portfolio if carbon capture and sequestration projects.

What you will do:

Drive development and endorsement of key strategies related to project procurement such as project procurement plans, strategies, development and execution of long lead equipment contracts and purchase orders, materials management plans, project logistics impact assessments, subcontracting plans, field material management strategies, etc
Provide oversight to FEED Contractor/EPC procurement and subcontracting activities through all phases of the project development and execution, including review of FEED Contractor/EPC documents and plans, evaluating award recommendations, monitoring progress, escalating and driving resolution of issues and nonperformance, driving close out activities
Act as a single point of contact for all procurement activities on the project, which includes leasing with the broader ExxonMobil global procurement organization (project contracting, category management, global sourcing, supply chain and logistics, operations), leveraging and managing EPC and supplier relationships and driving implementation of ExxonMobil's global procurement strategies in projects, etc
Act as a commercial expert leveraging market intelligence and project sourcing best practices to project team and EPC, to drive value, cost and schedule improvements in projects through procurement activities
As applicable, mobilize to field to oversee field procurement, field materials management and field subcontracting activities near start of construction
Collaborate with other project disciplines (engineering, controllers, quality, cost and schedule, construction, etc) to achieve project and procurement objectives and deliverables
Regularly engage with Global Procurement network regarding market trends, lessons learned and commercial opportunities

About you:

Skills and Qualifications

University degree and/or prior experience (10+) within procurement and/or projects
Contracting and Contract Negotiation experience
Bid development and evaluation experience
Supplier Relationship Management experience
Procurement strategy development experience
Excellent communication skills
Ability to integrate with project teams
Influencing without authority
Ability to work in a fastpaced environment

Preferred Qualifications/ Experience