Advisor III, Procurement Purchasing

As Advisor III, Procurement Purchasing, you will help deliver reliable, value-driven procurement support for significant project categories and programs. You will partner with stakeholders, suppliers, and cross-functional teams to make informed sourcing, supplier, and contract decisions that support safe, efficient, and cost-effective operations.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead category plans for categories or programs, adjusting sourcing tactics based on market dynamics, business needs, and evolving supplier landscapes.
• Independently lead routine-to-moderately complex supplier and internal negotiations - including price, service levels, and standard contract terms - balancing trade-offs and escalating only atypical or high-value issues.
• Design and manage contract structures for categories, proactively addressing commercial and operational risk, and leading issue resolution directly with suppliers and stakeholders.
• Make sourcing, supplier selection, and contract decisions within defined category or portfolio authority limits; frame issues and recommendations clearly when escalation is required.
• Lead supplier performance management and improvement plans for key suppliers in assigned categories, balancing quality, service, cost, and risk across the supplier portfolio.
• Use financial analyses - including scenario modeling, sensitivity analysis, and risk-adjusted returns - to advise on major sourcing decisions and category strategies.
• Anticipate changes in customer, regulatory, or market conditions and proactively adjust category and supplier strategies to support emerging business priorities.
• Build analyses and dashboards that synthesize procurement insights and recommendations to directly inform sourcing and category decisions.
• Serve as primary procurement contact for key middle-management and some senior management stakeholders; influence decisions, resolve conflicts, and align multiple parties behind category plans.
• Build and manage project plans for procurement initiatives, proactively addressing risks, interdependencies, and compliance requirements.
• Lead cross-functional project teams; mentor junior Advisors through knowledge sharing and active coaching.

Requirements

• Legally authorized to work in the job posting country
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent level of education in Supply Chain Management, Business, Finance, Engineering, or a related field
• 4 or more years of experience in procurement, supply chain, purchasing, category management, or sourcing
• Experience leading sourcing events, managing supplier relationships, and administering contracts for complex or multi-stakeholder categories
• Experience working as a trusted procurement partner to business-unit managers or functional leaders
• Advanced proficiency with procurement or ERP systems (e.g., SAP) and experience building financial analyses to support sourcing decisions
• Willing and able, with or without reasonable accommodation, to comply with the following:
  • Travel up to 25% of the time
  • Operate a company vehicle on site premises and/or public roads up to 10% of the time
  • Periodically wear fire retardant clothing and personal protective equipment

Qualifications

• Advanced degree, such as an MBA or related graduate degree
• Experience in projects procurement, midstream operations, energy, industrial, construction, or capital project environments
• Experience mentoring, coaching, or guiding junior procurement team members or cross-functional project participants
• Experience developing category strategies, procurement business cases, supplier scorecards, dashboards, or recurring reporting for leadership audiences
• Strong working knowledge of contract management, supplier management, procurement process improvement, sustainable procurement, and budget or cost analysis
• Professional procurement, supply chain, project management, or contract management certification
• Experience leading sourcing events, evaluating supplier options, supporting negotiations, and administering contracts for multi-stakeholder categories or programs
• Ability to manage supplier relationships, monitor performance, and support issue resolution tied to quality, service, cost, risk, and delivery expectations
• Ability to engage stakeholders, communicate clearly, influence decisions, and work collaboratively with operations, finance, legal, HSE, and other functions

About the Location

The Ferndale Refinery is located on Puget Sound in Ferndale, Washington, approximately 20 miles south of the U.S.-Canada border. Facilities include crude distillation, naphtha reforming, fluid catalytic cracking, alkylation and hydrodesulfurization units. It processes a variety crude oils, including Alaskan North Slope, Canadian and other foreign and U.S. shale crudes, primarily delivered via marine vessel and pipeline. Within the refinery is a rail car crude oil receiving facility with a capacity of 30,000 BPD. This offloading facility, owned by Phillips 66 Partners, makes the receipt of additional crude by rail car possible. The refinery produces a high percentage of transportation fuels. Other products include residual fuel oil, which is supplied to the northwest marine bunker fuel market. Most refined products are distributed to customers by pipeline and barge to major markets in the northwestern United States.

Pay

This position has a base salary range of $125,100 – $152,900. At Phillips 66, we are committed to pay transparency and competitive, equitable compensation. Each role is assigned a salary grade with a defined pay range, benchmarked against industry peers. Where a candidate offer falls within the posted range depends on the candidate's experience, skills, and alignment with the role’s requirements. Offers are made to ensure internal equity and market competitiveness. Our compensation programs are designed to reward performance and support career growth.

Benefits

At Phillips 66, we are proud to offer attractive and high-quality benefits which we refer to as Total Rewards. Additional information on Total Rewards.