Description
This role operates on a mid-shift schedule to provide support for the Americas region.
The SC Commercial Leads are a part of a team that translates contracting strategies developed by category managers into operational results across their regional portfolio.
Responsibilities:
- Value Creation and Risk Management: Drives cost reduction and value improvement through supplier management, market insights, and sourcing strategies.
- Supplier and Market Engagement: Profiles suppliers and assesses market conditions to enhance relationships and unlock competitive advantages.
- Strategic Collaboration: Aligns procurement strategies with business objectives by collaborating with Contract Holders and stakeholders.
- Category and Performance Management: Develops category strategies to maximize contract interlinkages, ensuring efficient resource deployment and reduced variability.
- Sourcing and Contracting Process and Buying Channel Optimization: Ensures smooth execution of pre-award and post-award activities per the internal supply chain management framework.
- Category Execution: This role works closely with Strategic Supplier Leads and Category Managers to drive category-centric strategies, maximize enterprise scale, and strengthen strategic supplier performance.
- Demand Management, Supplier Readiness, and Risk Oversight: Optimizes demand and specifications to meet business needs, verifies supplier readiness for purchase orders, and monitors performance.
Requirements:
- Relevant experience in Supply Chain, Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, or Commercial Management.
- Bachelor’s degree in Commerce major in Supply Chain Management or a related discipline.
- CIPS certification is an advantage.
- Proven experience in developing and executing sourcing strategies, including commercial negotiations and contract structuring to achieve business objectives.
- Strong knowledge of the source-to-contract lifecycle, including contract implementation, governance, and performance management.
- Demonstrated commercial acumen with a track record of delivering value creation, operational excellence, and measurable business outcomes.
- Hands-on experience leading commercial negotiations and managing supplier relationships.
- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build effective partnerships across all organizational levels.
- Growth mindset with strong adaptability, initiative, and the ability to drive change in dynamic business environments.
- Experience in performance and risk management, including contractor performance evaluation, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
- Willingness to work a mid-shift schedule.
Benefits Overview:
- Employees working on afternoon shift are entitled to extra pay of 30% of their daily base salary for each day of work on the afternoon shift.
- Annual performance bonus paid in February, along with a comprehensive benefits package.
- Shell-sponsored medical and life insurance, with options to extend coverage at competitive rates.
- Diverse and inclusive culture where care and wellbeing are a priority.
- Vacation benefit, three additional Personal Leave Days, dedicated wellbeing spaces, subsidized canteen, 24/7 access to psychologist, a Cafeteria program and sports cards.
- Participation in a voluntary long-term savings plan (PPK), discounts on pension products (IKE/IKZE) and a discounted share purchase program.