Procurement - Strategic Sourcing Specialist

Job Title: Procurement - Strategic Sourcing Specialist

Duration: 3 months

Schedule: 5/40 – Onsite

Location: Houston, TX

About Airswift Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider within the energy, process and infrastructure industries. Airswift serves as a strategic partner to clients, offering a turnkey workforce solution to capture and deliver the top talent needed to complete successful projects by aligning with unique project needs. With over 1000 employees and 9,000 contractors operating in over 60 countries, Airswift's geographical reach and pool of talent available is unmatched in the industry.

Vacancy Overview This opportunity sits within a complex chemical manufacturing environment, supporting turnaround and capital project procurement across U.S. petrochemical production sites. The role will lead sourcing strategy, supplier engagement, and commercial execution for services, materials, and engineered equipment, while helping to maintain schedule compliance on critical project activity. This company operates in the chemical sector and manufactures and distributes petrochemicals and wool yarns, including PET polymers, EO or EG products, polyester fibers, film and chips, and wool products.

Required Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or a related field.

Required Experience:

• Procurement experience supporting turnaround and capital project activity within petrochemical or process manufacturing environments
• Experience managing sourcing activities for services, materials, contractor scope, and engineered equipment
• Experience developing and managing supplier agreements and strategic supplier relationships
• Proven ability to work across manufacturing, engineering, capital projects, and procurement stakeholders
• Experience addressing supplier performance and commercial issues within complex supply chains

Required Skills:

• End-to-end procurement process knowledge, including sourcing strategy development and execution
• Category management and cross-functional negotiation leadership
• Supplier risk analysis and supplier performance management
• Strong project management capability with a focus on action, schedule, and results
• Working knowledge of business analysis, market research, financial analysis, and cost models
• Ability to manage multiple assignments in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment
• Stakeholder engagement and influencing skills across operational and project teams
• Proficiency with ERP systems such as SAP or Oracle
• Experience using requisition-to-pay or source-to-contract software such as GEP, Coupa, or Ariba
• Strong analytical, presentation, budgeting, and problem-solving skills
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, Outlook, internet applications, and report interpretation
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including analysis, interpretation, and reasoning
• Leadership and coaching capability to support sourcing specialists and buyers
• Proficiency in SAP S/4HANA, Power BI, and Microsoft Excel

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree such as an MBA or Master’s degree
• Experience with GEP source-to-contract software