Procurement Specialist

Chevron; Barcelona; On-site; VES 21,145,000 - 37,004,000; Full time

Job summary

Chevron is seeking a Procurement Specialist in Venezuela to manage sourcing, purchasing, and order management, ensuring timely delivery and optimized total cost of ownership. You will collaborate with user departments, suppliers, and legal to drive compliant procurement processes.

Requirements include a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Business Administration, strong English, analytical skills, and experience with procurement systems and Power BI/Power Apps. Expat assignments not considered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Business Administration.
• Proficient in English; written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Analytical and proficient in digital tools (Microsoft software, Power BI, Power Apps).
• Teamwork and customer-centric service focus (capacity to provide timely and accurate response to several end users).
• Strong knowledge of contracting and negotiation processes.

Responsibilities

• Analyze materials requisitions to determine sourcing strategies; conduct supplier selections through bid processes or direct negotiations following Chevron guidelines; ensure best total cost of ownership.
• Work with user departments to plan material needs and meet delivery dates; build relationships with coworkers and external customers.
• Perform purchases of materials using procurement systems to satisfy base operations.
• Support customers with compliance tasks within procurement activity.
• Maintain BPA information and monitor material requirements; collaborate with Category Managers to develop new BPAs; ensure day-to-day material support is well managed.
• Negotiate and settle contractual disputes; seek counsel on interpretation from management and Legal.
• Assist in the creation of the annual contracting and procurement plan.
• Maintain a validated database of purchase orders and amendments.

Skills

English proficiency

Analytical

Power BI

Power Apps

Teamwork

Customer focus

Contracting knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Business Administration

Tools

Procurement systems

Job description

Chevron is accepting online applications for the position Procurement Specialist through October 27th, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. (Venezuela Time). A Procurement Specialist manages the procurement process that includes vendor selection (sourcing), purchasing, order management (tracking and expediting) that results in timely delivery of equipment and materials at the best Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Promotes process standardization, compliance, and maximized use of Chevron’s preferred suppliers. Supports medium sized clients/customers and makes significant contributions to more complex projects.

• Analyzes “materials requisitions” to determine sourcing strategies, conducts supplier selections through bid processes or direct negotiations following Chevron Global Technology Services and Corporate guidelines, ensures correctness of price, delivery time, and technical specifications to obtain best overall “total cost of ownership”.
• Work closely with user departments to ensure material needs are clearly planned, organized and delivery dates are met. Develops cohesive working relationships with co-workers and external customers to facilitate the accomplishment of the required tasks.
• Perform purchases of materials using procurement systems to satisfy the requirements associated with the base business operations.
• Support the customers with compliance task within the procurement activity.
• Maintains revisions about the use of Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA), ensure that materials requirements are carefully planned and closely monitored. Analyzes spend to work with Category Managers to develop new BPA’s where appropriate. Ensures objectives of customer groups are clear and understood by these suppliers and the day-to-day material support for the operations is well managed.
• Perform negotiations and settlement of contractual disputes. Seek advice on contractual interpretation with counsel from management and Legal.
• Support the creation of the annual contracting and procurement plan.
• Ensure that a validated database of Purchase orders is maintained. The database shall also maintain records of amendments. Ensure that a reliable document retention and retrieval system is in place.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor´s degree in Engineering or Business Administration.
• Must be proficient in English. Written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Analytic and Proficient in digital tools (Microsoft software, Power Bi, Power app)
• Teamwork and customer centric service focus (Capacity to provide timely and accurate response to several end users).
• Strong knowledge of contracting and negotiation processes.

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in SCM: sourcing
• process, unit price analysis and negotiation.
• Experience with any procurement system, SMART preferred.
• Knowledge-Experienced with supply chain practices and understanding of how contracting supports Category Management and Invoice Processing.
• Unit price analysis / Cost management

Relocation Options

Relocation may be considered

International Considerations

Expatriate assignments will not be considered