Marine Procurement Category Officer

Role summary

Procurement and contracts

• Manage end-to-end contracting and develop procurement strategies aligned with business objectives.
• Optimize existing contracts and marine spend, and identify opportunities for synergies, consolidation, and standardization with joint ventures.
• Manage pre-award and post-award activities and administer contracts throughout their lifecycle, including issuance, review, and renewal.
• Assess contract risks and ensure appropriate protections are in place; advise stakeholders on marine goods and services procurement.
• Prepare procurement strategies, including LTC and GTC, and related analysis and evaluations for review and award consideration.
• Conduct market analysis and benchmarking for assigned categories and share findings with end users.

Supplier and stakeholder management

• Establish category KPIs and supplier scorecards and manage supplier performance, risk, and improvement plans.
• Optimize supplier databases through research and internal or external sourcing; audit suppliers during prequalification and evaluation.
• Monitor supplier failures and incidents, take required action, and maintain healthy supplier relationships.
• Engage end users, internal contract holders, fleet, legal, insurance, finance, SHEQ, commercial, and treasury stakeholders; coordinate with joint ventures and external suppliers.

Governance and planning

• Support unified policies, processes, and initiatives using best practices to improve cost, quality, and delivery.
• Comply with company procedures, ethics and conduct requirements, and relevant regulations; maintain transparency, fairness, and integrity.
• Support the Supply department budget by setting category budgets and monitoring expenditure and resource use.
• Follow applicable quality, health, safety, and environmental policies and controls; perform other duties as directed.

Qualifications and experience

• University degree in Procurement and Supply Chain, Law, Business Administration, or Engineering; a master’s degree is preferred.
• At least 3 years of marine procurement experience, including 1 year in a similar role, primarily in a recognized maritime company.
• Experience handling contracts across disciplines with complex procedures and policies.
• Proven vendor management and contract management experience.
• CIPS membership is preferred.

Job-specific skills

• Knowledge of marine regulations and marine vendors; LPG environment knowledge is preferred.
• Knowledge of standard contract forms, contract law, strategic sourcing, and contract management best practices.
• Ability to develop compelling business cases and present them to senior management.
• Strong procurement and end-to-end supply chain knowledge, analytical skills, and commercial and financial acumen.
• Skilled IT user, including MS Office and SAP; AMOS knowledge is preferred.
• Strong knowledge and hands-on experience implementing global supply chain best practices.

Key outcomes