Title:

Sr. Manager, Procurement & Materials

Management Duties and Responsibilities:

• (BACKGROUND CHECK REQUIRED)

• Manage all Purchasing and Supply Chain activities globally (Houston, India, Europe, China, etc.)

• Be accountable for ensuring the compliance for all of their teams with the Company’s Code of Business

• Conduct, internal controls, policies and procedures, and Project Procurement and Materials Plans.

• Contribute to the development and maintenance of a Suppliers List and monitor supplier status with project personnel.

• Responsible for developing purchasing strategies for proposals and Project Procurement Plans and guiding team to execute such plans.

• Ensure compliance with Purchasing budget for area of responsibility.

• Be accountable for effective management of the purchasing and supply chain activities that ensure delivery of cost-effective services to stakeholders.

• Support and ensure the correct deployment and utilization of Procurement systems (IPMS, Oracle Purchasing, Supplier Management, SAP, Documentum, etc.)

Supervisory Duties and Responsibilities:

• Act as the Purchasing Lead and supervise the complete range of purchasing activities on a project, Service Site or in an Operating Center.

• Ensure that their teams are focused on cost, schedule, risk, innovation, and being commercially astute and performance driven in support of the business goal.

• Effectively supervise purchasing supply chain activities to ensure cost-effective delivery of services in accordance with the agreed scope, specifications and price.

• Verify the accuracy of bid tabulations, purchase orders, change orders, agreements and release orders prior to submitting for approvals, release to suppliers, and/or distribution.

• Select and utilize Purchasing personnel, with the appropriate competencies to undertake the project activities and to meet internal and external customer requirements.

• Promote networking and collaboration within and across the procurement and other disciplines at all levels to achieve synergy, promote sharing of knowledge, best practices and lessons learned.

• Perform audits of the discipline to ensure compliance with policy, process, tools and systems.

• Provide information on the performance of purchasing activities; spend, supplier performance and other appropriate information to Procurement and Materials Management and others as required and use this data to aid business performance.

Skills Required:

• Skills required for this job are typically acquired through the completion of an undergraduate degree and 15+ years of relevant experience.

• Required to have requisite software skills related to the role.

• Must have ability to travel, up to 35%.

  KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.