Manager, Supply Chain Management (SCM)

With Headquarters in Sherwood Park, Alberta, Blackstone Industrial Holdings Ltd. (Blackstone) provides design, fabrication and/or supply of parts and provision of accompanying field services for rotating and reciprocating compressors to a global market.

From the start of the company 13 years ago, Blackstone has expanded beyond its Canadian roots and OEM support scopes of services and parts for multiple Rotating Equipment OEMs, to include offices and business operations in Italy (Florence), Spain (Bilbao), the United States (Houston Texas), South America (Brazil) and Africa (Congo, Gabon, Senegal, Angola)

Who you are:

• a self-starter: experienced in identifying and onboarding suppliers, negotiating terms and contract.

• a natural leader with the ability to drive collaboration across a diverse team and multiple business process areas and operating regions

• an experienced and capable SCM leader that can develop and manage a SCM team to deliver significant value to the organization

• someone who wants to be challenged daily so that you're always growing your experience, skills and capabilities

• someone who prefers working in a multi-disciplinary team environment which combines technical, planning and project management and advisory skills

• A solutions focused person when addressing challenges encountered in the Supply Chain and with the organization's suppliers.

Position Role(s) and Responsibilities

Organizational / People Leadership

• Initial priority focus will be to optimize Blackstone's procurement of critical rotating equipment parts to achieve cost reduction and reduce supply chain risk. Working with various internal teams, you will develop and implement a first phase of a strategic supply chain program through historical spend data analysis, supplier portfolio optimization and the use of Category Management and Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) processes

• With the initial priority focus well underway, prepare a plan for Executive Leadership review and endorsement for the optimization of the SCM business processes at the company, to create standardized work processes that drive effectiveness, efficiency and compliance that support the business objectives

• In parallel with the SCM business processes work, develop and implement a Senior Management approved organizational design plan, including the specification of position descriptions, recruitment and onboarding of SCM staff to an agreed schedule.

• leadership, coaching and mentorship to SCM staff

• performance management of SCM staff; setting goals, measuring performance

• providing team member staff career planning and development

• recruitment and staffing of SCM team members

• Drive collaboration and positive business working relationships with other Blackstone discipline teams (technical, QA, Finance, commercial, field services, shop repairs, sales) through training and education to enable the required support of and compliance with SCM requirements

Functional Responsibilities

• Develop and implement Category Management for parts supply, including targeted SRM programs with key suppliers, targeted parts categories, and ongoing supplier base optimization

• Define and build a fully functional and comprehensive SCM team over a schedule agreed with Senior Leadership

• Develop and implement all required SCM policies, functional standards, procedures, forms and templates, covering all SCM sub-disciplines, building on and leveraging existing Blackstone SCM related processes and documentation

• Negotiate, execute and manage longer term strategic Supply Agreements with targeted key suppliers with a focus on ongoing cost competitiveness / reduction and reduction in supply chain risk

• If deemed necessary, the specification, sourcing, selection, configuration and implementation of additional IT applications (or adding functionality to existing Blackstone IT systems) to support SCM business processes

Required Experience, Education, Skills Qualifications

• 15 or more years of experience in the procurement and / or service and / or parts supply for rotating equipment in the oil, gas, petrochemical, industrial / mining and/or power generation industries.

• Minimum of 5 years' experience in a senior supervisory role of leading Supply Chain Management teams and activities at a heavy industrial/rotating equipment service or Operations organizations

• Experience with design and / or implementation of Supply Chain Category Management (CM) programs, on an organization wide level and with individual supply categories and suppliers, including implementation of Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) initiatives with targeted key suppliers delivering quantified business results

• Experience with design and / or implementation of Supplier Qualification work processes and Quality Control requirements at Supplier facilities

• Experience with design and / or implementation of continuous improvement and cost reduction programs with Supply Chain partners

• Demonstrated capabilities for contractual negotiations, post award commercial and contract management

• Working knowledge of full aspects of a supply chain management organization and associated individual functional disciplines, including:

• Contracts Management/Procurement and expediting

• Supplier quality surveillance / quality control

• Materials management / warehousing, equipment and parts storage / preservation

• Inventory management /Logistics and transportation/ Customs compliance

• The ideal candidates will possess a post-secondary commercial or technical or commercial diploma in a related discipline (e.g. supply chain management, rotating equipment repair/ maintenance) and some experience in "the field" of industrial plants and / or capital project construction, commissioning and start-up, specifically compressor installation, servicing, parts supply, commissioning and start-up.

• Communication skills (oral, written, presentation), ability to be clear, concise and convey information / concepts in layman's terms

• Ability to effectively interact, coordinate and influence at Executive, Project Management / functional discipline team/department, field Operations and Maintenance (O&M) leader and field service technician levels

• Conflict resolution skills and experience