Regional Head Supply Chain, EMEA

Worley; Abu Dhabi Industrial City; Hybrid; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A global professional services company is seeking a Regional Head Supply Chain for the EMEA region. The successful candidate will drive strategic alignment and organizational excellence in project delivery. With over 20 years of EPC project delivery experience, the role requires a strong background in capital project procurement, logistics, and materials management. This full-time position offers flexibility in location within the region while ensuring the achievement of high-performance metrics and leadership within a collaborative team environment.

Qualifications

• 20+ years of EPC project delivery experience required.
• Robust capital project procurement background is essential.
• Strong financial analysis skills needed.

Responsibilities

• Foster a participative management style and promote a collaborative work environment.
• Deliver measurable supply chain performance metrics to the business.
• Ensure alignment with global supply chain strategies.

Skills

Capital project procurement

Logistics

Supplier inspection

Materials management

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Overview

Job Description - Regional Head Supply Chain, EMEA (GRE00A6) Management Level: Director

Building on our past. Ready for the future

Worley is a global professional services company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia.

Right now, we’re bridging two worlds as we accelerate to more sustainable energy sources, while helping our customers provide the energy, chemicals and resources that society needs now.

We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value over the life of their portfolio of assets. We solve complex problems by finding integrated data-centric solutions from the first stages of consulting and engineering to installation and commissioning, to the last stages of decommissioning and remediation. Join us and help drive innovation and sustainability in our projects.

Purpose

This role exists to drive strategic alignment, cultural transformation, and organizational excellence for delivering our Projects. It plays a critical part in cultivating commitment to change—especially when bold shifts are needed to realize Worley’s vision. By setting clear goals and ensuring synergy between people, processes, and tools, the role enables flawless execution of Projects. It also focuses on building a competitively superior organization by attracting, developing, and retaining top talent—ensuring the right people are in the right roles at the right time to meet evolving business needs.

This full-time regional role that supports the EMEA region and offers flexibility to be based anywhere within the region. The candidate will be a leader with at least twenty years of EPC - full project delivery experience. She/He must possess a robust background in capital project procurement, subcontracts, logistics, expediting, supplier inspection, and materials management.

Responsibilities

• Stakeholder Advocacy Foster a participative management style with a cooperative team approach, promoting a collaborative and high-performing work environment that supports Worley’s commitment to innovation and sustainability. Assimilate information from multiple sources to derive answers and solve questions, leveraging deep expertise and past experiences to support Worley’s promise of being a straightforward partner in sustainable transformation. Directs the development of all regional supply chain activities, both strategic and operational. Ownership of the full regional end-to-end supply chain. Evaluates risk and creates supply chain risk mitigation strategies. Aggregating regional demand, and proactively collaborating with the global team to maximize sourcing economies of scale. Making sure that vendor and subcontractor performance meets contractual requirements by managing supplier relationships.
• Global Alignment and Consistency Planning and executing successful workshare scopes through the Worley Global Integrated Delivery (GID) location(s). Ensuring the regional operations are working in alignment with the global supply chain strategies.
• Business and Project Performance Delivers measurable supply chain performance metrics to the business. Providing subject matter expertise to support supply chain contractual disputes. Monitor and manage annual goals and objectives associated with cost, quality, schedule, competitiveness, safety, and compliance.
• One-networked team Ensuring that Worley standards for processes, tools, and systems are correctly utilized.
• Decision Making Self-starter with analytical skills, able to identify problems and opportunities, assess viable solutions, develop and execute complex projects and action plans.
• Supervision Received Expected to proactively define and drive regional supply chain initiatives aligned with global supply chain business objectives, while supporting the regional project delivery operations.
• Supervision Authority The role is accountable for shaping and executing supply chain strategy, embedding best-in-class processes, and ensuring delivery certainty across complex, geographically dispersed teams.
• Leadership Attributes & Mindsets To lead effectively at Worley, individuals must demonstrate the following personal and professional qualities: Calm and Optimistic Under Pressure – Maintains composure and positivity in challenging situations. Courageous & Growth-Oriented – Openly discusses challenges and mistakes, embraces continuous learning, and constructively challenges the status quo. Curious & Self-Reflective – Seeks feedback, remains open to new ideas, and reflects on personal growth and impact. Person-Centered Leadership – Leads with empathy, values collaboration, and prioritizes people in decision-making. Authentic & Trustworthy – Demonstrates integrity, transparency, and consistency in words and actions. Accountable & Ownership-Driven – Takes responsibility for outcomes and holds self and others to high standards. Adaptable & Resilient – Navigates change with flexibility, resourcefulness, and a solution-oriented mindset.

What you will bring

Technical/Industry Experience and Qualifications Requirements:

• Job Specific Knowledge/ Experience Relevant years of experience of capital projects supply chain experience in an EPC, full project delivery environment.
• Systems, Processes & Tools Ensuring that Worley standards for processes, tools, and systems are correctly utilized.
• Specific Requirements Sound knowledge of capital project management, commercial and bidding strategies, material management, international operations, risk management, closeout, and supplier performance reviews. Strong financial analysis. Ability to work with other cultures, disciplines, management, contractors, and suppliers in a functional support and team role. In depth knowledge of contractors and suppliers that support the EPC project delivery industry. Strong personal work ethic and standards, assuming responsibility and accepting accountability for successful obtainment of goals and objectives. Experience in supply chain planning and execution to support self-perform fabrication and construction. Experience in developing procurement plans and contracting strategies for large, complex projects. Effective interpersonal and communications skills, ability to lead multi discipline teams across diverse geographies. Strong leadership skills, ability to inspire and motivate large regional supply chain teams to drive best practices.

Additional Information

• Core Competences At Worley, how we work matters as much as what we achieve. This position will play an important role in fostering a culture of ownership, inclusion, and growth through our values & behaviors we live every day. Embrace Future Thinking – Anticipates trends and prepares for what’s next. Encourages innovation and forward-looking solutions. Inspire Ownership – Takes initiative and follows through with accountability. Empowers others to act with autonomy and purpose. Make Connections – Builds strong, authentic relationships across teams and functions. Collaborates effectively to drive shared success. Be Curious – Seeks to understand before being understood. Continuously learns and explores new ideas and perspectives. Stand for Inclusion – Champions diversity and equity in all interactions. Creates space for every voice to be heard and valued. Coach to Unlock Potential – Supports others through feedback, mentoring, and development. Encourages growth by recognizing strengths and opportunities. Make Purposeful Decisions – Balances short-term needs with long-term impact. Uses data, insight, and values to guide choices. Create Trusted Space to Challenge – Fosters psychological safety for open dialogue and constructive dissent. Welcomes different viewpoints to strengthen outcomes. Be Resourceful & Resilient – Navigates ambiguity and adapts to change with confidence. Finds creative solutions and maintains momentum under pressure.

Education – Qualifications, Accreditation, Training

Required:

• A bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited college or university is preferred.

Preferred:

• Preference may be given to candidates with advanced degrees.

Moving forward together

We want our people to be energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. So, our focus is on a values-inspired culture that unlocks brilliance through belonging, connection and innovation.

We’re building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace. Creating a space where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves, and are heard.

And we're not just talking about it; we're doing it. We're reskilling our people, leveraging transferable skills, and supporting the transition of our workforce to become experts in today's low carbon energy infrastructure and technology.

Whatever your ambition, there’s a path for you here. And there’s no barrier to your potential career success. Join us to broaden your horizons, explore diverse opportunities, and be part of delivering sustainable change.

We’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels they belong, can bring themselves, and are heard. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.

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