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Professional supply chain management in the oil and gas industry - what’s in it for me if I choose a career as a supply chain practitioner?
The profession of supply chain management in the sector encompasses many business skills such as:
- Developing & implementing contracting strategies
- Commercial negotiation
- Planning
- Managing risk & supply chain vulnerability
- Improving business efficiency
- Managing performance
- Value management
- Cost / Budget management
- Improving client/supplier relationships
- Aligning objectives along the supply chain
- Responding to market changes and strategic repositioning
- Sustainability
- Corporate Responsibility
It is a truly dynamic portable modern profession which sits at heart of business improvement activity in most sectors not just oil and gas. Increasingly in the future, it will be supply chains, not organisations that will compete in the international arena and it is because of this that supply chain business experts are highly sought after. In addition to the business skills outlined above, it is key for oil and gas industry supply chain practitioners to develop key business philosophies. Click here for more information.
The oil and gas industry offers an excellent environment to train for a supply chain career due to the cutting edge technology and collaborative modern best practice business methodology which has been developed and which are the envy of many other industry sectors.
