Strategic Category Specialist: Sourcing & Analytics

Halliburton; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Halliburton is seeking a supply chain professional to support category management, negotiate contracts, and implement strategic sourcing initiatives in a fast-paced environment. The role emphasizes data-driven decision making, vendor performance, and cross-functional collaboration.

Experience in procurement, supplier relations, and project management will help drive improvements, with opportunities to advance within the supply chain organization.

Qualifications

• Completion of an undergraduate degree required, preferable in Business, Supply Chain Management, Marketing or Engineering or similar discipline preferred.
• Certification as a Supply Chain Professional preferred.
• Min. 3-5 years’ work experiences in supply chain management, sales and/or marketing and engineering discipline or related experiences.
• Skill set to be successful in role will include contracts, negotiations, strategic sourcing, stakeholder engagements, project management, supplier performance management.

Responsibilities

• Under broad direction, may support one or more related categories as directed by Portfolio and Category Leadership.
• Managing suppliers and their contracts. Negotiates with suppliers and prepares contracts and agreements under the direction of Category Manager.
• Implement strategic sourcing and category strategies in accordance with policies and procedures.
• Leads or assists in category projects and interacts with vendors to enable project outcomes.
• Facilitates and conducts analysis of supply chain data and contributes to market assessments.

Skills

Contracts

Negotiations

Strategic sourcing

Stakeholder engagement

Project management

Supplier performance

Data analysis

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Critical thinking

Communication

Commercial mindset

Learning agility

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Halliburton is seeking a supply chain professional to support category management, negotiate contracts, and implement strategic sourcing initiatives in a fast-paced environment. The role emphasizes data-driven decision making, vendor performance, and cross-functional collaboration.

Experience in procurement, supplier relations, and project management will help drive improvements, with opportunities to advance within the supply chain organization.