Senior Supply Chain Manager

Job description / Role

Overview

Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world. Wood is actively hiring for a Senior Supply Chain Manager role to support future growth in our expanding business.

The projects team focuses on delivering across FEED, Pre-FEED, Brownfield, and Greenfield scopes of work. In this role, you will be responsible for the execution of project work in accordance with the project execution plan, including Wood and/or Project Procedures on Safety and Quality Control within the man-hour, cost, and project schedule targets. This is a long-term assignment based in Qatar.

Responsibilities

The Senior Supply Chain Manager will be responsible for the leadership and management of the supply chain function across a significant business unit or large-scale project (e.g., Europe & Africa, MERC, Asia Pacific, Capital Projects), providing all aspects of supply chain management including:

• Materials management
• Warehousing
• Expediting
• Procurement
• Subcontracts
• Negotiation
• Reporting and bid support

This is a high-profile role within the company with ultimate responsibility for an annual spend of circa $500M per annum across a diverse and geographically spread supply chain. You will be responsible for setting and delivering functional strategy and key functional/business objectives such as cost savings, working capital improvement, people development, operational/regional synergy efficiencies, insourcing, personnel deployment, and policy adherence.

Key aspects of the role include:

• Adding value through identifying efficiencies, driving out waste, and reducing costs from within the supply chain
• Implementing and driving supply chain management improvement plans
• Development of the supply chain teams
• Driving processes and systems improvement and embedding compliance, assurance, and common ways of working
• Supporting wider supply chain strategy and delivery as part of the divisional supply chain leadership team
• Acting as a key business partner on the divisional Senior Leadership team to help shape broader business strategy and performance

What We Can Offer

• Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to leaders of industry across oil and gas and emerging energy sectors
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion; we are an organization actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice
• Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market
• Life insurance; provides payment of 2x base salary (up to a maximum of QAR 1 million) upon death
• End of service gratuity; in line with Qatar Labor Law, upon completion of 1 year's service, employees are eligible for an end of service benefit of three weeks for every year of service
• Medical insurance; ensures cover (up to a maximum of QAR 250,000 per person, per year) is available should you require treatment. Pre-existing and/or chronic conditions are covered up to QAR 10,000
• Employee assistance programme; allows you to feel comfortable knowing that you or your immediate family members can confidentially discuss any work or personal issues that are an inevitable part of life
• Professional memberships; one professional membership, registration, subscription, certification, and/or license cost per annum for all active Wood employees
• Global connections; join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession

Qualifications

What makes you remarkable? At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. Even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge, or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world's most critical challenges.

Experience:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in business studies, law, engineering, supply chain, or similar discipline/CIPS qualified or industry equivalent

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:

• Minimum 15 years' supply chain experience demonstrating results and progression to a similar management position
• Subcontract agreements and framework agreements
• Industry forms of subcontract
• Strategic and tactical procurement
• ERP systems
• Supply chain principles and techniques
• Business transformation and change management
• Supply chain theory and practice

Personal Attributes:

• Excellent communication skills, written, oral, and presentation
• Maintains a strong network both within and outside of the procurement department
• Positively maintains relationships with suppliers, clients, and other disciplines
• Strategic thinker contributing to the management and improvement of the overall function
• Planning and organizational skills
• Enthusiastic proactive attitude providing inspiring leadership
• Well-developed commercial and business acumen

About the Company

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people.