Regional Head Supply Chain EMEA📣 Job Ad

About Worley and the Role

Worley is a global professional services company specializing in energy, chemicals, and resources. Headquartered in Australia, Worley focuses on accelerating the transition to sustainable energy sources while supporting current societal needs for energy, chemicals, and resources. This full-time role for a Regional Head Supply Chain EMEA is based in Al Khobar, Eastern Province, and is critical for driving strategic alignment, cultural transformation, and organizational excellence in project delivery across the EMEA region.

Key Responsibilities

• Foster a participative management style and a collaborative, high-performing work environment.
• Direct the development of all regional supply chain activities, both strategic and operational, taking ownership of the full regional end-to-end supply chain.
• Evaluate risk and create supply chain risk mitigation strategies.
• Aggregate regional demand and proactively collaborate with the global team to maximize sourcing economies of scale.
• Manage supplier relationships to ensure vendor and subcontractor performance meets contractual requirements.
• Plan and execute successful workshare scopes through Worley Global Integrated Delivery (GID) locations.
• Ensure regional operations align with global supply chain strategies.
• Deliver measurable supply chain performance metrics to the business and provide subject matter expertise for contractual disputes.
• Monitor and manage annual goals and objectives related to cost, quality, schedule, competitiveness, safety, and compliance.
• Ensure correct utilization of Worley standards for processes, tools, and systems.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 20 years of EPC - full project delivery experience.
• Robust background in capital project procurement, subcontracts, logistics, expediting, supplier inspection, and materials management.
• Sound knowledge of capital project management, commercial and bidding strategies, material management, international operations, risk management, closeout, and supplier performance reviews.
• Experience in supply chain planning and execution to support self-perform fabrication and construction.
• Experience in developing procurement plans and contracting strategies for large, complex projects.
• Strong financial analysis skills.
• In-depth knowledge of contractors and suppliers supporting the EPC project delivery industry.

Required Skills and Attributes

• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate large regional supply chain teams to drive best practices.
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills, capable of leading multi-discipline teams across diverse geographies.
• Ability to work effectively with other cultures, disciplines, management, contractors, and suppliers in a functional support and team role.
• Self-starter with analytical skills, able to identify problems and opportunities, assess viable solutions, and execute complex projects and action plans.
• Demonstrates a strong personal work ethic and high standards, assuming responsibility and accountability for goal attainment.

Leadership Mindsets

Successful leaders at Worley demonstrate qualities such as maintaining composure under pressure, being courageous and growth-oriented, curious and self-reflective, and leading with empathy. They are authentic, trustworthy, accountable, ownership-driven, adaptable, and resilient.

Work Environment

This regional role supports the EMEA region and offers flexibility to be based anywhere within the region, with a primary location in Al Khobar. The position is accountable for shaping and executing supply chain strategy, embedding best-in-class processes, and ensuring delivery certainty across complex, geographically dispersed teams. Worley is committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and respectful workplace.