Contracts Advisor / Category Specialist

About the role

Chevron's Business Support Center in Buenos Aires (Puerto Madero) is hiring a Contracts Advisor in its Category Management & Contracting (CM&C) area. The role sits within Supply Chain Management in the Buenos Aires Shared Services Center, a multifunction service center with more than 1,000 employees. It supports the development and implementation of contracts such as International Master Agreements, professional services agreements and service orders, including drafting, negotiation and execution under corporate contracting policies, as well as category activities, supplier relationships and spend analysis.

Key responsibilities

• Support contracting requests for various operating companies across Chevron.
• Develop the annual Category Plan, Contracting Plan and annual cost improvement targets, identifying opportunities through joint meetings with stakeholders and key suppliers.
• Ensure services are aligned with business and asset plans to optimise timing and level of support.
• Monitor the execution of the Category and Contracting Plans throughout the contract lifecycle, including managing existing agreements for improvement, modification or renewal.
• Monitor cost savings regularly and report on stakeholder progress monthly through meetings, visits and formal reports.
• Review, analyse, redline and prepare contracts, amendments and statements of work, and negotiate with new and existing suppliers, working with company and vendor legal counsel.
• Participate in the network of the business unit and the global Category Team, and help define common policies and best practices.

Required profile

• Experience in contracting and/or category management, including creating, renewing and negotiating contracts.
• Ability to carry out technical and commercial analysis to procure services at the best overall conditions.
• Preferred: supplier relationship management, portfolio rationalisation and consolidation.
• Bachelor's degree in Law, Business Administration, Engineering or a related field.
• Advanced English.
• Only local candidates will be considered; relocation is not offered and expatriate assignments are not considered.

Required skills

• Application of critical thinking to complex contracts and practical use of contracting principles.
• Management of the end-to-end process of gathering and validating information from business representatives, suppliers and procurement peers.
• In-depth knowledge of contracting terminology and terms and conditions.
• Ability to build team consensus and work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural environment.