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Senior Category Specialist at Plains All American Pipeline - ApplyBlast

Senior Category Specialist

Plains All American Pipeline

4 months ago

3.9 on Glassdoor

Houston, TX

Onsite

Full Time

Senior

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About this role

A Senior Category Specialist at Plains owns complex, high-value spend categories across North America, delivering measurable business value through strategic sourcing, commercial negotiations, and category strategy execution. The role involves leading end-to-end sourcing initiatives, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring compliance while reducing total cost of ownership. Candidates must partner cross-functionally to optimize pricing, terms, and risk allocation within the midstream oil and gas industry.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end sourcing initiatives including RFx and supplier evaluation
Develop and execute multi-year category strategies aligned with business priorities
Draft and review commercial agreements to optimize pricing and risk allocation
Serve as primary relationship owner for key suppliers within assigned categories
Perform spend analysis and cost modeling to support data-driven decisions

Skills

Qualifications

BS in Supply Chain, Accounting, Finance, or Engineering7+ years experience in strategic sourcing or procurement

About Plains All American Pipeline

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Plains (NASDAQ: PAA) is a publicly traded master limited partnership that owns and operates midstream energy infrastructure and provides logistics services for crude oil, natural gas liquids and natural gas. PAA owns an extensive network of pipeline transportation, terminalling, storage and gathering assets in key crude oil and NGL producing basins and transportation corridors and at major market hubs in the United States and Canada.