Supply Chain Lead

, IndiaJob Family Group: Contracting and ProcurementWorker Type: RegularPosting Start Date: November 14, 2025Business unit: Projects and TechnologyExperience Level: Experienced ProfessionalsJob Description: What’s the role? As a Supply Chain Lead , you will lead the end-to-end Category Management and Contracting Process (CMCP) for a defined portfolio, ensuring safe, reliable, and efficient delivery of materials, equipment, and services. You’ll collaborate closely with internal stakeholders and external suppliers to drive value creation, operational excellence, and strategic alignment with Shell’s business goals, including DEI, local content, and contractor safety. What you’ll be doing Manage the full CMCP lifecycle: from strategy development and tendering to post-award contract management and performance oversight. Collaborate with Maintenance, Engineering, Projects, and Material Management teams to ensure seamless supply chain execution. Ensure timely procurement of OEM spares aligned with specifications and delivery expectations. Leverage Enterprise Framework Agreements where feasible, balancing cost, reliability, and after-sales service. Conduct vendor evaluations, finalize fit-for-purpose contracts, and ensure compliance with Shell’s CMCP policies, HSE standards, and ethical guidelines. Proactively renew expiring contracts to ensure uninterrupted service delivery. Support inventory optimization by setting norms for safety stock, reorder levels, EOQ, and max levels in collaboration with Engineering/Maintenance. Develop and maintain a reliable vendor base for consistent quality and specification adherence. Manage logistics and customs clearance for imported items per agreed Incoterms. Drive supply chain transformation initiatives, including ERP implementation and continuous improvement. Champion data quality excellence through integrated collaboration across Supply Chain, Maintenance, and Engineering. What we need from you Graduate of Engineering or Supply Chain Management with 5–6 years of experience in sourcing strategy development and contract management within an asset-based setup. Strong commercial acumen and a track record of delivering integrated value and execution excellence. Hands-on negotiation skills and experience managing supplier relationships and market engagement. Ability to align procurement strategies with business objectives and drive consistency across operations. Expertise in category strategy development, supplier performance management, and post-award contract execution. Familiarity with buying channels (GCC, SAPO, Lean Sourcing) and delivery models (BU/Category). Strong stakeholder management and interpersonal skills across all organizational levels. A learner mindset with agility, adaptability, and leadership capabilities. Experience in risk oversight, contractor performance assessment, and compliance with legal and Shell requirements. What we offer You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself. Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together. Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead. Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices. Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise. Achieve your balance in a value-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself. Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working. Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase – our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world. Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents. Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply. Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams. Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes. We'd like you to know that Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the world’s most diverse and inclusive companies. You can get to know more about how we're working towards that goal, Who We Are Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemical companies, employing 103,000 people and with operations in more than 70 countries. We use advanced technologies and take an innovative approach as we seek to help the world build a sustainable energy future. Shell is a customer-focused organisation, serving more than 1 million commercial and industrial customers, and around 33 million customers daily at more than 47,000 Shell-branded retail service stations. Our approach Powering Progress sets our strategy to become a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050, generating value for our shareholders, our customers and wider society. As we move forward on this journey, we will power lives and respect nature while maintaining our core values of honesty, integrity, and respect for people. Our values At Shell, we share a set of core values – honesty, integrity and respect for people – which underpin all the work we do. The Shell General Business Principles, Code of Conduct and Ethics and Compliance Manual help everyone at Shell act in line with these values and comply with relevant laws and regulations. -