Description Procurement Manager - Fuel Services provides enterprise-level sourcing leadership for a complex, high-value fuel-service category. This role owns multi-year category and supplier strategies, leads high-impact negotiations and transformation initiatives, and delivers sustained improvements in total cost of ownership, safety, quality, compliance, operational resilience, technology, and service performance. The senior manager serves as a strategic advisor to business leaders, represents United in fuel-governing bodies and industry forums where appropriate, and provides functional leadership, coaching, and direction to fuel professionals.
Core Accountabilities/Key Responsibilities- Represent United in airport fuel committees, consortiums, governing bodies, and industry forums as assigned, including leadership, voting, negotiation, budget oversight, and stakeholder coordination responsibilities.
- Own and execute multi-year fuel category strategies across fuel-facility maintenance and operations, into plane fueling services and related services. Lead complex sourcing events and commercial negotiations, including multi-airport, multi-supplier, high-value, or operationally critical agreements.
- Direct supplier qualification, selection, contracting, transition, and governance activities; ensure commercial recommendations balance value, safety, quality, compliance, service, technology, and resilience.
- Establish category road maps, financial targets, risk priorities, and implementation plans aligned with enterprise strategy, operational requirements, and capital programs.
- Create and lead strategic supplier relationship management programs, executive business reviews, performance scorecards, corrective action plans, and continuous-improvement initiatives.
- Advise senior leaders on supply-market dynamics, emerging risks, industry trends, sourcing scenarios, and investment or contract decisions.
- Develop and deliver executive-level business cases and recommendations supported by spend, cost-driver, market, financial, operational, and performance analysis.
Please note: This role has a travel requirement of approximately 30%Qualifications What's needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):- 3+ years of experience in procurement, sourcing, supply chain, finance, analytics, or a related business discipline
- Bachelor's degree required
- Demonstrated experience with financial analysis, forecasting, reporting, and business case development
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills
- Proficiency with data analysis, financial modeling, reporting tools, and Microsoft Office applications
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship
- Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification
- Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position
What will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications):- Experience with strategic sourcing, category management, or supplier relationship management
- Knowledge of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) methodologies and procurement best practices
• Experience leading fuel facility or fuel pipeline operations and maintenance
- Professional certification related to procurement, supply chain, or finance (e.g., CPSM)
- Demonstrates an understanding of the capabilities and limitations of generative AI tools and effectively leverages them for research, analysis, content creation, and problem-solving.
- Applies critical thinking to validate AI-generated outputs while adhering to company policies related to responsible AI use, data privacy, and security.
