Supply Chain Category Manager – SMP with Saudi Aramco
BH-334502
Posted: 03/05/2026
- Competitive Basic Salary + Overbase
- Saudi Arabia Dhahran
- Contract
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Oil & Gas
Job Title: Supply Chain Category Manager – SMP with Saudi Aramco
Employment/Contract Type: (Full-Time)
Industry/Nature of Business: (Oil & Gas)
Work Location: - Dhahran
About Us:
NES mission centers on providing specialist technical & engineering talent for critical industries, driven by values like integrity, customer focus, teamwork, drive, and enterprise, while focusing on Oil & Gas, Renewables, Chemicals, Life Sciences, and Mining, supporting global energy transition through responsible, diverse workforce solutions. (SMP opportunities with Aramco)
Mission & Vision
Mission: To connect companies with skilled engineering & technical professionals, facilitating global projects, especially in the evolving energy and scientific sectors, delivering workforce solutions ethically and responsibly.
Vision: To be a global leader in these specialized talent markets, supporting clients in achieving their goals while fostering local communities.
Core Values
Integrity & Responsibility: Upholding high standards, ensuring compliance, and minimizing environmental impact.
Customer Focus: Delivering safe, efficient solutions and building strong client relationships.
Drive & Personal Impact: Improving standards and contributing to positive outcomes.
Teamwork: Collaborating globally and locally for success.
Enterprise: Acting as responsible business partners, innovating, and supporting local economies.
Industry Focus
Energy Transition: Supporting renewable energy, carbon neutral projects, and sustainable energy production.
Core Sectors: Oil & Gas, Power, Chemicals, Life Sciences, and Mining.
Specialization: Providing expertise for complex, large-scale projects in these technical fields
Job Summary:
We are seeking a qualified candidate for the position of Supply Chain Category Manager – SMP with Saudi Aramco
Aramco energizes the world economy.
Aramco occupies a unique position in the global energy industry. We are the world's largest producer of hydrocarbons (oil and gas), with the lowest upstream carbon intensity of any major producer.
With our significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we strive to maximize the value of the energy we produce for the world along with a commitment to enhance Aramco’s value to society.
Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, we combine market discipline with a generations’ spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom’s vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven us to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom, but also to a vast number of communities, economies, and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy that we supply.
We are one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst the top five global companies by market capitalization.
Overview:
We are seeking a Supply Chain Category Manager to join our Unconventional Resources Supply Chain (URSC).
URSC enables Unconventional Resources to be developed economically and sustainably while contributing to the development of related services and industries in Saudi Arabia. The UR Supply Chain is a service organization that provides UR business users with the materials and services required to enable UR operations.
Your primary role will see you responsible for implementing the category management methodologies to support the UR operation. Through this role, you will play a central part in the development of category/subcategory demand forecasts, supply market analyses, and category management strategies. You will be responsible for implementing these strategies to maximize the total life cycle value obtained from the categories. In addition, you will lead supplier relationship management activities.
Job Requirements:
In collaboration with the conventional Procurement & Supply Chain organization you will develop category management strategies for drilling and completions categories and sub-categories, considering both the internal UR requirements and supply market conditions, to maximize the total life cycle value delivered to UR business users. You will develop category workbooks and procurement strategies to be implemented over the next ten years and present these strategies to key stakeholders and management. You will also ensure that category strategies comply with legal requirements and company policies, value assurance frameworks and business principles.
Prioritize strategic sourcing activities for the categories/sub-categories and lead the execution of these activities (implementing the category strategies), including supply market engagement, preparation of RFP/RFX, evaluation of responses, negotiations, and development of strategic agreements. Supplier Develop segmented supplier relationship engagement models for suppliers, monitor supplier/category performance, and engage with suppliers to improve performance. Build and maintain effective relationships with major contractors and suppliers at top management level, leveraging such relationships with relevant markets to provide current and insightful market intelligence.
Coordinate with UR business users, technical proponents, and other UR Supply Chain functions (such as tactical procurement and materials management) to ensure that the maximum value is obtained from the categories. Coordination with conventional Procurement & Supply Chain: Coordinate with category managers in the conventional Saudi Aramco Supply Chain organization, to ensure alignment of category strategies at the corporate level and a unified approach to market for strategic categories while utilizing your extensive knowledge and experience to ensure that UR implements a cost-efficient and effective category management function.
Educational Background:
Bachelor’s degree in in Engineering, Business Administration, or a closely related field. A Master’s degree would be desirable.
Experience Required:
minimum of 10 years of progressive field-based experience in the oil and gas industry with deep and extensive knowledge of either drilling and completions categories as well as supply chain and category management principles.
Work Schedule:
Full Time – 40h schedule per week
Benefits Offered:
Competitive Basic Salary + Overbase
Adequate Health Insurance.
Annual Leave & Public Holidays
Annual Flight Tickets for Expats
Application Window:
Start Date: 5/3/2026
End Date: 5/4/2026
How to apply:
Smartsheet: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/7e74371430e64ecbb8a2ed48f8827526
Website: NES web job link
With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.
Employment/Contract Type: (Full-Time)
Industry/Nature of Business: (Oil & Gas)
Work Location: - Dhahran
About Us:
NES mission centers on providing specialist technical & engineering talent for critical industries, driven by values like integrity, customer focus, teamwork, drive, and enterprise, while focusing on Oil & Gas, Renewables, Chemicals, Life Sciences, and Mining, supporting global energy transition through responsible, diverse workforce solutions. (SMP opportunities with Aramco)
Mission & Vision
Mission: To connect companies with skilled engineering & technical professionals, facilitating global projects, especially in the evolving energy and scientific sectors, delivering workforce solutions ethically and responsibly.
Vision: To be a global leader in these specialized talent markets, supporting clients in achieving their goals while fostering local communities.
Core Values
Integrity & Responsibility: Upholding high standards, ensuring compliance, and minimizing environmental impact.
Customer Focus: Delivering safe, efficient solutions and building strong client relationships.
Drive & Personal Impact: Improving standards and contributing to positive outcomes.
Teamwork: Collaborating globally and locally for success.
Enterprise: Acting as responsible business partners, innovating, and supporting local economies.
Industry Focus
Energy Transition: Supporting renewable energy, carbon neutral projects, and sustainable energy production.
Core Sectors: Oil & Gas, Power, Chemicals, Life Sciences, and Mining.
Specialization: Providing expertise for complex, large-scale projects in these technical fields
Job Summary:
We are seeking a qualified candidate for the position of Supply Chain Category Manager – SMP with Saudi Aramco
Aramco energizes the world economy.
Aramco occupies a unique position in the global energy industry. We are the world's largest producer of hydrocarbons (oil and gas), with the lowest upstream carbon intensity of any major producer.
With our significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we strive to maximize the value of the energy we produce for the world along with a commitment to enhance Aramco’s value to society.
Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, we combine market discipline with a generations’ spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom’s vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven us to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom, but also to a vast number of communities, economies, and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy that we supply.
We are one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst the top five global companies by market capitalization.
Overview:
We are seeking a Supply Chain Category Manager to join our Unconventional Resources Supply Chain (URSC).
URSC enables Unconventional Resources to be developed economically and sustainably while contributing to the development of related services and industries in Saudi Arabia. The UR Supply Chain is a service organization that provides UR business users with the materials and services required to enable UR operations.
Your primary role will see you responsible for implementing the category management methodologies to support the UR operation. Through this role, you will play a central part in the development of category/subcategory demand forecasts, supply market analyses, and category management strategies. You will be responsible for implementing these strategies to maximize the total life cycle value obtained from the categories. In addition, you will lead supplier relationship management activities.
Job Requirements:
In collaboration with the conventional Procurement & Supply Chain organization you will develop category management strategies for drilling and completions categories and sub-categories, considering both the internal UR requirements and supply market conditions, to maximize the total life cycle value delivered to UR business users. You will develop category workbooks and procurement strategies to be implemented over the next ten years and present these strategies to key stakeholders and management. You will also ensure that category strategies comply with legal requirements and company policies, value assurance frameworks and business principles.
Prioritize strategic sourcing activities for the categories/sub-categories and lead the execution of these activities (implementing the category strategies), including supply market engagement, preparation of RFP/RFX, evaluation of responses, negotiations, and development of strategic agreements. Supplier Develop segmented supplier relationship engagement models for suppliers, monitor supplier/category performance, and engage with suppliers to improve performance. Build and maintain effective relationships with major contractors and suppliers at top management level, leveraging such relationships with relevant markets to provide current and insightful market intelligence.
Coordinate with UR business users, technical proponents, and other UR Supply Chain functions (such as tactical procurement and materials management) to ensure that the maximum value is obtained from the categories. Coordination with conventional Procurement & Supply Chain: Coordinate with category managers in the conventional Saudi Aramco Supply Chain organization, to ensure alignment of category strategies at the corporate level and a unified approach to market for strategic categories while utilizing your extensive knowledge and experience to ensure that UR implements a cost-efficient and effective category management function.
Educational Background:
Bachelor’s degree in in Engineering, Business Administration, or a closely related field. A Master’s degree would be desirable.
Experience Required:
minimum of 10 years of progressive field-based experience in the oil and gas industry with deep and extensive knowledge of either drilling and completions categories as well as supply chain and category management principles.
Work Schedule:
Full Time – 40h schedule per week
Benefits Offered:
Competitive Basic Salary + Overbase
Adequate Health Insurance.
Annual Leave & Public Holidays
Annual Flight Tickets for Expats
Application Window:
Start Date: 5/3/2026
End Date: 5/4/2026
How to apply:
Smartsheet: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/7e74371430e64ecbb8a2ed48f8827526
Website: NES web job link
With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.