Marathon Petroleum - Findlay, OH
posted 16 days ago
Full-time - Entry Level
Findlay, OH
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods
About the position
At MPC, we're committed to being a great place to work - one that welcomes new ideas, encourages diverse perspectives, develops our people, and fosters a collaborative team environment.
Responsibilities
- Develops contracting strategies to establish and maintain relationships with key suppliers and ensure service, commercial terms, and strategy optimization.
- Leads bid package process from development through purchase order execution and aligns stakeholder and Supply Chain requirements, scope of work, assumptions and clarifications.
- Participates in vendor pre-bid meeting and site walks, leading the commercial aspects and setting expectations outlined in the request for proposal.
- Leads the preparation and negotiation of terms and conditions related to service and/or supply agreements.
- Manages related rate sheets and ensures cost competitiveness across vendor categories within the enterprise and across the industry.
- Runs benchmark studies, gathers and analyzes data, and makes recommendations.
- Performs root cause analysis related to supply challenges or disruptions.
- Analyzes and interprets data for use in decision-making and actions in support of business strategy, including total cost of ownership and should cost modeling.
- Serves in an advisory role to maintain contract compliance and minimize risk in support of key stakeholders and business units.
- Acts as a liaison between legal and key stakeholders, maintains master agreements, and initiates contract amendments to frame agreements on behalf of supported business unit.
- Coaches business unit contract owners to drive performance and compliance of contracts.
- Fosters communication internally, externally, and between different operational functions.
- Serves as first line point of contact for concerns related to operating needs, concerns, and Supply Chain support.
- Actively seeks and identifies opportunities for value creation (cost savings, cost avoidance, revenue enhancement) and risk reduction.
- Develops and executes cost savings and strategic sourcing projects while ensuring business continuity and high level of supplier performance.
- Manages assigned business unit(s) to optimize the supply base and deliver financial benefit.
- Collaborates with and supports the category management regarding key supplier initiatives.
- Collaborates with the assigned business unit(s) to assess all requirements and develop sourcing and contracting strategies for goods and services.
- Supports the development, management, and execution of commercial initiatives and strategies.
- Facilitates issue resolution related to supplier performance, developing awareness of associated operating risks, and qualifying contractors to assure appropriate criteria are adequately addressed.
- Develops and maintains relationships with key suppliers to ensure service, commercial terms, and optimal leverage.
- As needed, develops and tracks KPIs for measuring performance for key suppliers.
- Utilizes Supply Chain tools, templates and systems, as prescribed by the Supply Chain function.
- Collaborates with Supply Chain peers to drive continuous improvement, alignment, and best-in-class process optimization.
- Comprehends & interprets commercial, financial, & business data for opportunities and risk.
- Minimizes risk in Supply Chain processes to support operating components' service requirements.
- Ensures sourcing activities are properly aligned with the expectations of Supply Chain organizations and stakeholder groups.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required.
- Zero (0) or more years of Supply Chain or business relevant experience.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with SAP, Ariba, Tableau, M365, TRACK.
Benefits
- Access to health, vision, and dental insurance.
- Paid time off.
- 401k matching program.
- Paid parental leave.
- Educational reimbursement.
- Discretionary company-sponsored annual bonus program.
