Logistics Category Specialist

Danos, LLC; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Chevron is seeking a Logistics Category Specialist to drive procurement and contracting across freight forwarding, road transport, customs, warehousing, and related services. You will partner with stakeholders to develop sourcing strategies, evaluate supplier performance, and implement cost-saving initiatives.

The ideal candidate brings strong negotiation, analytical skills, and experience with logistics contracting, TCO analysis, and incoterms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, logistics, business or closely related field.
• Experience in procurement, category management, or logistics preferred.
• Strong knowledge of contracting, supplier governance, and negotiation.

Responsibilities

• Develop sourcing strategies and contracting plans for logistics spend.
• Manage supplier performance via KPIs, scorecards, and governance routines.
• Lead or support end-to-end sourcing events and bid evaluations.
• Draft and manage logistics contracts, rate schedules, and SLAs.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to mitigate risks and drive savings.
• Provide guidance on import/export, incoterms, and transportation routes.
• Support projects with cost modeling and total cost of ownership analysis.
• Communicate progress and results to leadership using data analytics.

Skills

Procurement

Category management

Contracting

Supplier performance

Negotiation

Data analytics

Project management

Stakeholder management

Incoterms

SAP

E-procurement

Education

Bachelor's degree in supply chain, logistics, or related field

Tools

SAP

E-procurement tools

Job description

Overview

TheLogistics Category Specialistis responsible for procurement, category management, contracting, supplier performance, and logistics strategy in support of Chevron’s business objectives. The role provides commercial and functional support across logistics-related spend, including freight forwarding, road transportation, heavy haul, customs brokerage, warehousing, materials management, project logistics, and related third-party logistics services.

This position partners with business stakeholders, regional and global category teams, project teams, suppliers, and logistics service providers to develop sourcing strategies, manage and prepare contracts, improve supplier performance, mitigate logistics risks, and deliver sustainable value across the logistics portfolio.

The ideal candidate is a collaborative and commercially minded logistics category professional who can work with autonomy, influence stakeholders and suppliers, and drive sourcing, contracting, compliance, and operational improvement initiatives to completion.

Responsibilities

• Manage logistics categories and suppliers across freight forwarding, road transportation, heavy haul, customs brokerage, warehousing, materials management, and third-party logistics services.
• Develop annual contracting and category plans aligned with business priorities, project requirements, market conditions, and stakeholder needs.
• Conduct supply market analysis, logistics market intelligence, benchmarking, cost modeling, and total cost of ownership analysis to support sourcing and commercial decisions.
• Lead or support end-to-end sourcing events, including bid package preparation, supplier evaluation, negotiation strategy, commercial analysis, contract award recommendations, and implementation planning.
• Write, review, and manage logistics contracts, work orders, rate schedules, service level agreements, and commercial terms in alignment with company policies and contracting standards.
• Provide logistics category support to capital projects, business units, and operations teams on freight strategies, project logistics planning, import/export requirements, customs considerations, transportation routes, ports, marine movements, heavy haul, and delivery planning.
• Coordinate with project procurement managers, EPC contractors, engineering teams, construction teams, cost engineering, project services, and logistics providers to capture logistics risks, assumptions, and mitigation plans.
• Oversee supplier performance through KPIs, scorecards, governance routines, corrective action plans, rate compliance, invoice and surcharge governance, issue resolution, continuous improvement, and value tracking.
• Advise stakeholders on procurement, logistics, trade compliance, and supplier governance processes in accordance with company policies, procedures ,incoterms requirements .
• Collaborate with regional and global category managers to implement enterprise sourcing initiatives, leverage preferred suppliers, identify synergies, and support special projects, including sustainability and efficiency programs.
• Communicate category plans, sourcing progress, supplier performance, savings delivery, risks, and recommendations to stakeholders and leadership using procurement systems, data analytics, market indices, and reporting tools.

Qualifications

• 5+ yrs. of procurement, category management, logistics, freight forwarding, project logistics, transportation, or supply chain experience required. 8-10 yrs. of experience highly preferred.
• High School Diploma required. Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, logistics, business, engineering, commerce, or a related field highly preferred.
• Experience with freight forwarding, customs brokerage, marine or road transportation, heavy haul, warehousing, third-party logistics, or materials management is strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of category management, strategic sourcing, contracting, supplier management, negotiation, and procurement governance.
• Experience developing total cost of ownership, should-cost analysis, rate benchmarking, market intelligence, and commercial evaluation models.
• Working knowledge of shipment planning, import/export processes, customs requirements, Incoterms, transportation risk, and supplier performance metrics.
• Strong commercial, financial, and analytical skills, including ability to evaluate supplier proposals, rate structures, surcharges, cost drivers, and savings opportunities.
• Strong project management, problem-solving, communication, influencing, stakeholder management, and presentation skills.
• Collaborative team player with customer focus, business judgment, ownership, and drive for results.
• Experience with procurement systems, e-procurement tools, SAP, data analytics, or reporting platforms is preferred.
• Must meet conditional job offer requirements.