Category Manager - Operations
Gulfport Energy CorporationOklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States • United States
Posted April 23, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
Gulfport is an independent natural gas-weighted exploration and production company with assets primarily located in the Appalachia and Anadarko basins. Our principal properties are located in eastern Ohio targeting the Utica and in central Oklahoma targeting the SCOOP Woodford and SCOOP Springer formations. Gulfport aims to create sustainable value through the economic development of our significant resource plays in the Utica and SCOOP operating areas. Our strategy is to develop our assets in a manner that generates sustainable cash flow, improves margins and operating efficiencies, while improving our ESG and safety performance. To accomplish these goals, we allocate capital to projects we believe offer the highest rate of return and we deploy leading drilling and completion techniques and technologies in our development efforts. We believe our plan to generate free cash flow on an annual basis will allow us to further strengthen our balance sheet, return capital to shareholders and increase our resource depth through incremental leasehold opportunities that provide optionality to our future development plans.
Job Description
Gulfport Energy Corporation is seeking a Category Manager - Operations to build strong working relationships with internal customers and execute a supply chain strategy. The successful candidate will have experience in supply chain, sourcing, and negotiation skills, with a strong understanding of total cost of ownership and cost analysis.
Requirements
- Experience building strong professional working relationships with internal operations customers and suppliers.
- Experience working in direct categories (i.e., drilling or completions services) in a supply chain function with responsibilities that include competitive bidding, supplier vetting, bid documentation and award.
- Demonstrated understanding of total cost of ownership, cost analysis, along with quantitative analysis on spend/trends and negotiation skills is required.
- Ability to be proactive and possess strong critical thinking and analytical skills.
- Demonstrated record of successful execution on savings opportunities
- Strong organizational and communication skills required.
Benefits
- Paid Time Off
- 401k Matching
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
