At Williams, we’re powering a cleaner, more connected future, and that starts with you. Here, your work fuels communities, drives innovation, and helps deliver reliable energy the world depends on. Join a Fortune 500 team that invests in your growth, values your contributions, and challenges you to make a lasting impact every day.
As a Supply Chain Specialist II-III, you will apply fundamental judgment and evaluation to support our procurement processes while you build and maintain internal customer and vendor relationships to meet the business need!
Responsibilities/Expectations:
- Performs multifaceted tasks and projects of moderate complexity requiring the application of standard techniques, procedures, and criteria
- Supports procurement processes
- Handles requisition traffic and procures quality materials/equipment in accordance with established purchasing policies and procedures
- Coordinates communication between internal customers and vendors
- Facilitates the resolution of disputes and claims
- Supervises required inspections, expediting and logistics support
- Analyzes and reports on market conditions and identifies competitive opportunities to initiate competitive bid process; coordinates and facilitates pre-competitive meetings and provides input to bid awards
- Partners with engineering firms and project teams to support material planning and project execution
- Manages multiple purchasing activities and priorities across concurrent projects
- Monitors purchase order status and proactively addresses potential supply or delivery issues
- Maintains accurate procurement data and purchasing records within Oracle and related systems
- Other duties as assigned
- Required: High School diploma/GED and a minimum four (4) years' experience
- Preferred: Associate's degree or Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Engineering or a technical field
- Preferred: Six (6) years' experience purchasing materials and equipment for engineering, construction, energy, or industrial projects
- Demonstrates excellent organizational/interpersonal skills and safety as the utmost priority
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications and PC skills
- Experience purchasing materials and equipment in support of capital projects, engineering, construction, or energy-related operations
- Preferred: Experience working directly with engineering, project management, and field operations teams in a collaborative environment
- Preferred: Experience working with Oracle or similar ERP systems for purchasing and supplier management
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Here’s a look at what that means:
- Strong pay plus an annual incentive program
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage with options that fit your life, not the other way around
- 401(k) with company match and an annual company contribution
- Paid time off, including company and floating holidays
- Paid parental leave (up to six weeks per parent), plus fertility and adoption support
- Advanced AI tools and resources to help level up and work smarter
- Clear paths to grow your career, with a strong culture of promoting from within
- Tuition reimbursement and support for continuing education
- HSA and FSA options
- Company-paid life insurance and disability coverage
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Domestic partner benefits
- Employee resource groups, wellness support, paid volunteer time, and company matching for causes you care about
Eligibility and benefits are governed by the terms of the applicable plan or program document which can be amended or terminated at any time.
For more information, please visit Total Rewards | Williams Companies.
Williams is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected under applicable discrimination law.
Education Requirements:Skill Requirements:
Skills Required
- High school diploma or GED
- Minimum four years of experience
- Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and PC skills
- Experience purchasing materials and equipment for capital projects, engineering, construction, or energy-related operations
- Associate's or bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, or a technical field
- Six years of experience purchasing materials and equipment for engineering, construction, energy, or industrial projects
- Experience working with engineering, project management, and field operations teams
- Experience with Oracle or similar ERP systems for purchasing and supplier management
Williams Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Williams and has not been reviewed or approved by Williams.
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Retirement Support — Retirement contributions are described as notably strong, with a fixed employer contribution plus dollar-for-dollar matching up to a set level, and eligible employees may also participate in a pension plan. This structure can significantly boost long-term savings when employees contribute.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical coverage spans PPO and consumer-driven options with prescription coverage, virtual care, second-opinion services, maternity and family-planning support, and chronic-condition programs. Additional resources such as cancer support and HSA contributions on eligible plans broaden the offering.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off includes vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, and paid parental leave, alongside bereavement, military, and jury-duty leave. Coverage breadth helps employees manage personal, family, and civic obligations.
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What We Do
Williams has been around for more than a century, but our work has never been more important. Our employees impact people’s lives every day, fueling the clean energy economy with large-scale energy infrastructure that connects natural gas supplies to markets with growing demand for cleaner fuel. We handle 30% of the natural gas in the United States that is used every day to heat our homes, cook our food and generate our electricity. Williams works closely with customers to provide the necessary infrastructure to serve growing markets and safely deliver natural gas products to reliably fuel the clean energy economy. With interstate natural gas pipelines and gathering & processing operations throughout the country, we reliably deliver value to our employees, investors, customers and communities by running our business with authenticity and a safety-driven culture, leading our industry into the future. Our employees are our most valued resource and the driving force behind our reputation as a safe, reliable company that does the right thing, every time. At Williams, we make clean energy happen. And you can too, so bring your energy to ours.
