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Tallgrass · 1 day ago

Senior Manager-Project Procurement

Houston, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

10+ years exp

Tallgrass is a leading energy infrastructure company focused on delivering energy and services sustainably. The Senior Manager-Project Procurement role is crucial for coordinating procurement activities for major capital projects, implementing sourcing strategies, and managing supplier relationships to ensure quality and timely delivery of materials and services.

Energy

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Provide guidance and leadership to the Projects Team, ensuring proper training and sharing of best practices for responsible and efficient Projects-Procurement activities

Manage personnel matters, including performance-based feedback, support, work assignments, and necessary administrative tasks

Foster a positive and open work environment, promoting systems approaches and disciplined execution of all assigned tasks

Support and communicate to project managers the sourcing strategies to ensure quality, cost savings, and timely delivery of materials and services to support the enterprise

Maintain knowledge of market conditions that may impact the company, keeping abreast of trends and their potential impacts on growth and maintenance initiatives

Evaluate departmental processes and performance, taking action to address issues or concerns

Communicate regularly with Management on departmental projects, goals, and objectives

Establish and monitor performance requirements and goals, ensuring teams meet expectations and compliance guidelines

Collaborate with Internal Audit to manage compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements

Support sourcing strategies with suppliers to foster relations and partnerships that optimize their performance

Ensure standard terms and conditions and contract templates are maintained and utilized, incorporating legal, risk, and contractor assessments

Support complex negotiations or provide guidance on agreements and supplier relationships to secure the company's best interests

Collaborate on overseeing physical inventory management, including purchase, audit, and policy compliance

Facilitate the identification, valuation, and disposition of projects surplus materials, ensuring proper authorization and accounting for proceeds and capital management

Promote and facilitate procurement participation in project status meetings with Project Management, Engineering, and Operations

Collaborate on the development and maintenance of Engineering Standards and the Approved Manufacturer List (AML)

Develop and maintain departmental information management processes and sites (e.g., SharePoint), ensuring ongoing improvements through evaluation and systematic review

Oversee key technology systems used by the Procurement and Projects departments

Implement the Oracle Projects Module to standardize project administration and ensure adoption by project managers

Lead digital transformation initiatives within the procurement department to leverage new technologies and improve efficiency

Ensure all stakeholders, especially the procurement department, have visibility into projects procurement plans, including materials/services, budgets, and timelines

Report to stakeholders and maintain control over capital-projects spending

Lead the implementation, kickoff, and dissemination of procurement-project processes across the board, ensuring adherence to agreed procedures by project managers

Provide support and guidance to requisitioners requiring materials or services for projects, ensuring they follow organizational guidelines

Maintain regular, dependable attendance and consistently high performance

Be prepared to work non-traditional hours as needed

Develop and maintain positive working relationships with internal and external customers

Uphold a high regard for personal safety, company assets, employee safety, and public safety

Qualification

Procurement ManagementOracle ERP CloudProject ManagementFinancial PrinciplesMicrosoft ApplicationsAnalytical SkillsOrganizational SkillsCommunication Skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, or a related discipline, or a minimum of 10 years direct work experience in Projects and Procurement as a substitute for a degree

A minimum of ten (10) years' active and direct work experience in Projects Management and Procurement

Experience working on projects from a procurement, project controls, and/or project management perspective

Solid knowledge of financial terms and principles

Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)

Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license and a driving record satisfactory to the company and its insurers (for travel)

Strong reading, listening, and analytical skills with the ability to identify and resolve complex issues

Ability to organize and perform multiple tasks simultaneously under strict deadlines

Ability to analyze events at the transaction level and apply sound resolutions

Ability to write routine reports and correspondence

Must be able to sit for prolonged periods of time

The employee is regularly required to use hands to type, touch, handle, or feel

The employee is required to talk and hear

The employee is frequently required to stand and reach with hands and arms

The employee is occasionally required to walk and climb or balance

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds

Will work non-traditional hours as needed

May be required to carry a cell phone and be available to respond during working and non-working hours

Candidates will be required to clear a drug screen and complete a background check, including a credit report for certain positions after an offer has been extended and prior to being employed