Supply Chain Strategy Advisor
Spring, TX, US
About us
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The campus was constructed to the highest standards of energy efficiency and environmental stewardship. Its design incorporates extensive research into best practices in building and workplace design through extensive benchmarking of the world’s top academic, research, and corporate facilities.
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What role you will play in our team
This role provides expert guidance in developing and executing strategic coverage plans for raw materials and process aids across the entire oil and gas value chain (Upstream, Midstream, Downstream), helping the organization navigate supply risk, market dynamics, and value optimization. This role leverages deep analytical capabilities, commercial development and cross-functional collaboration to inform sourcing decisions and support enterprise-wide strategy alignment. Success in this position requires strong strategic thinking, commercial optimization, stakeholder influence, and the ability to advise through complexity and change.
What you will do
- Partner with subject matter experts (SMEs) and commercial teams to design and implement coverage strategies for raw materials and process aids.
- Conduct in-depth analysis of supply markets, supplier capabilities, and commercial trends to guide strategic sourcing decisions.
- Develop and maintain scenario-based financial and operational models to assess coverage options, risk exposure, and value creation opportunities.
- Lead cross-functional workshops to drive alignment and execution of coverage strategies across business units.
- Continuously monitor the effectiveness of coverage strategies and adapt plans in response to market shifts, operational changes, and evolving business priorities.
- Prepare and present strategic recommendations across the value chain, insights, and performance updates to stakeholders and senior leadership
- Identify and evaluate emerging supply risks and opportunities, incorporating geopolitical, regulatory, and sustainability factors into strategic planning.
- Collaborate with procurement, finance, operations and supply chain teams to ensure alignment between coverage strategies and broader business objectives.
- Support the development of long-term supplier relationship strategies to enhance resilience and innovation within the raw materials and process aids portfolio.
- Contribute to the creation and refinement of internal tools, templates, and best practices for coverage strategy development and execution.
About you
Minimum Skills & Qualifications
- Minimum of 10 years of Experience in a global complex supply chain supply chain strategy, sourcing, or business development
- BS in Engineering, Supply Chain Management or related fields
- Highly collaborative – able to work across functions and influence without authority
- Strong understanding of supply risk management, market dynamics, and value chain optimization
- Strong financial acumen to evaluate cost models and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
- Strong commercial understanding, through business development, negotiations or similar experiences
- Robust collaboration skills and ability to develop many simultaneous cross-functional stakeholder relationships
- Ability to understand and navigate complex interdependencies across the supply chain, commercial strategy, and operational execution to drive holistic solutions.
- Skilled in presenting ideas, influencing decisions, and building credibility with senior leadership through clear communication and strategic insight.
- Leading teams and stakeholders through change, fostering alignment and engagement during strategy shifts, market disruptions, or organizational transitions
Preferred Skills & Qualifications
- Strategy development from development to implementation
- Strong analytical and business development experience
- Expertise in market intelligence and risk assessments to inform coverage decisions
- Strong collaboration and management of change experience
- Strong conflict management capability to appropriately manage tension points that arise during coverage strategy development
- Familiarity with circularity and sustainability considerations in supply strategy
Your Benefits
An ExxonMobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life. We offer you:
- Pension Plan: Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you. The basic benefit is a monthly annuity to be paid to you in retirement for the rest of your life.
- Savings Plan: You can contribute between 6% and 20% of your pay and are encouraged to enroll right away. If you contribute at least 6% to your savings plan, the Company will contribute a 7% match.
- Workplace Flexibility: We have several programs such as “Flex your Day”, providing ad-hoc flexibility around when and where you work, as well as longer-term programs such as leaves of absence and part-time work.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
- Culture of Health: Programs and resources to support your wellbeing.
- Employee Health Advisory Program: Provides confidential professional counseling for you and your family, including tools and resources promoting mental health and resiliency at no additional cost to you.
- Disability Plan: Income replacement for when you cannot work due to illness or injury occurring on or off the job. Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you.
More information on our Company’s benefits can be found at www.exxonmobilfamily.com.
Please note benefits may be changed from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law.
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