Procurement Category Adviser

**About Us**

Santos provides reliable, affordable energy for progress and seeks to provide lower carbon energy over time.

Santos is a global energy company with operations across Australia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and the United States.

At Santos, our goal is to be a global leader in the energy evolution to low-carbon fuels that help the world decarbonise and continue to provide the reliable, affordable energy the world needs for modern life and human progress.

Santos is an important Australian domestic gas supplier and LNG supplier in Asia. We are committed to supplying critical fuels such as oil and gas, and abating emissions through carbon capture and storage, energy efficiency projects, use of renewables in our operations and high-quality offsets. Santos will also seek to develop low-carbon fuels as customer demand evolves.

For 70 years, Santos has been working in partnership with local communities, providing jobs and business opportunities, safely developing natural gas resources and from there powering industries and households.

Santos seeks to deliver long-term value to shareholders through our diverse portfolio of high-quality, long-life, low-cost oil and gas assets, carbon storage resources and infrastructure.

The Santos portfolio is value accretive and resilient across a range of decarbonisation scenarios. Santos has a climate transition action plan that will continue to evolve for the global energy evolution.

Santos has a regional operating model with a strong local focus. The Company’s operating structure comprises three regional business units focused on enabling and executing corporate strategy. Two divisions - Santos Energy Solutions and Santos Upstream Gas and Liquids - are accountable for global portfolio management and strategy

**About the Role**

Based in Brisbane office and reporting to the Team Leader Procurement - Onshore D&C and working closely with the Procurement Category Lead - Wellsite Services, this position develops and delivers specialist procurement category support for Onshore Drilling and Completions. This is a market facing role with interaction with some of Santos’ largest suppliers and works in a well-established diverse and collaborative team.

Key accountabilities include:

- Leading procurement and commercial activities (strategy, sourcing, negotiation, and post award support) for a significant portfolio of high value multi-asset/service contracts with international and local service providers
- Contribute to procurement category plans and market intelligence in support of long-term company safety, sustainability, production and unit cost targets
- Developing commercial acumen in a highly active operating environment including interaction with Joint Venture partner approvals
- Identifying and supporting sustainability objectives through procurement process including emissions reduction and local content
- Providing guidance and assurance to stakeholders on Santos and JV approval requirements
- Maintaining supply chain assurance and compliance for assigned contracts
- Supporting procure-to-pay activities for assigned contracts
- Understanding change and performance mindset and contribute to continuous improvement
- Effective and timely collaboration with internal and external stakeholders

**About You**

You will be experienced in:

- Full procurement lifecycle activities, ideally within drilling and completions contracting or a technical environment
- Operating systems to manage and analyse contacts and procurement data, with SAP or similar advantageous
- Developing and maintaining positive and trusting relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Working with technical professionals to source products and services
- Contributing to business improvements and delivering change to benefit your stakeholders and professional efficiencies, through a continuous improvement mindset

Ideally, you will be degree qualified in supply chain, law, commerce or engineering, and/or demonstrate sound experience within directly relevant role(s), within large corporate environments.

**Supporting a Diverse Workforc**e

Santos acknowledges that we operate on the traditional lands of Aboriginal people. We recognise the traditional rights to maintain the culture, identities, traditions, and customs on their country. We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome - they are essential to our ongoing success.

We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, or anything else that makes us different.

Australian Aboriginal and / or Torres Strait Islander jobseekers are strongly encouraged to apply.

**How to Apply**

Applications must be submitted via the online recruitment system before Wednesday 3rd Jul