10 Chevron indirect procurement leaders
These ten current and former Chevron indirect procurement leaders and category managers have led or managed sourcing for indirect spend such as IT services, cybersecurity, consulting, corporate services and MRO at Chevron. A reader can learn how indirect procurement works at Chevron from people who have led it.
Professionals to explore
Ferris Shahrestani
LinkedInExperience: Global Category Manager, Corporate Services · Chevron
Ferris Shahrestani has been Global Category Manager, Corporate Services at Chevron since October 2025, and the profile headline lists Enterprise Functions & Corporate Services. Their listed Chevron experience also includes Global Category Manager, Digital Portfolio from 2020 to 2023, Core Technologies Category Lead in 2020 and IT Category Manager from 2018 to 2020.
Gautam (Tom) Mukherjee
LinkedInExperience: Category Management Advisor Information Technology · Chevron
Gautam (Tom) Mukherjee has been Category Management Advisor Information Technology at Chevron since October 2025 and was Global Category Manager Information Technology at Chevron from 2018 to 2021 and Global Category Manager Facility Management Services from 2014 to 2018. The listing also shows Global Category Management Advisor: Information Technology at Hess Corporation from 2023 to 2025.
Joshua Flowers
LinkedInExperience: Senior Manager, IT SCM Category Management · Chevron
Joshua Flowers has been Senior Manager, IT SCM Category Management at Chevron in Houston since October 2025. Their listed Chevron experience also includes SCM Advisor, Operations & Digital from 2020 to 2025, Manager, Market Intelligence from 2015 to 2020, Major Capital Projects Supply Chain Manager from 2013 to 2015 and Category Manager from 2010 to 2013.
Juan Ramirez
LinkedInExperience: Category Manager, Technology Procurement · Chevron
Juan Ramirez has been Category Manager, Technology Procurement at Chevron since January 2025, based in Houston. Juan Ramirez was Category Manager, Technology & Corporate Procurement at Hess Corporation from 2019 to 2025 and Procurement Specialist, Drilling & Production at BHP from 2002 to 2012.
Mathew Joseph Munduchirakal
LinkedInExperience: Principal Category Manager- Global IT Services (Supply Chain Management) · Chevron
Mathew Joseph Munduchirakal has been Principal Category Manager - Global IT Services at Chevron since June 2022, and the profile headline describes an information technology sourcing leader. The listing also shows Global IT Category Supply Chain Management at LyondellBasell from 2021 to 2022 and Global IT Procurement Manager at bp from 2012 to 2021.
Phreesa Areekul
LinkedInExperience: Category Manager (Services) · Chevron
Phreesa Areekul is a former Category Manager (Services) at Chevron, a role held from 2014 to 2022, based in Bangkok, and also held a Category Manager row at Chevron from 2019 to 2022. Phreesa Areekul was Category Specialist at Chevron from 2016 to 2019 and Contract Administrator there from 2014 to 2016.
Rhian Rusteberg
LinkedInExperience: Category Manager - Corporate Services - Downstream & Services Organization · Chevron
Rhian Rusteberg is a former Category Manager - Corporate Services - Downstream & Services Organization at Chevron, a role held from 2015 to 2018, and was Category Manager - Professional Services for the Canada business unit from 2013 to 2015. Rhian Rusteberg has been Source to Pay Global Process Owner at Chevron since July 2025.
Scooter Lerner
LinkedInExperience: Enterprise Category Manager, Consulting · Chevron
Scooter Lerner has been Enterprise Category Manager, Consulting at Chevron in Houston since January 2021. Their listed Chevron experience also includes Commercial Advisor, Category Management in 2020, Category Manager for the Energy Technology Company from 2013 to 2017 and Category Manager for the Information Technology Company from 2012 to 2013.
Sergio Cantarero
LinkedInExperience: Global Category Manager - MRO · Chevron
Sergio Cantarero has been Global Category Manager - MRO at Chevron in Houston since February 2006, and the profile headline names a Senior Manager Procurement Operations role covering Downstream, Midstream, Chemicals and Technology. The listing also shows Regional Procurement Manager LA at The Clorox Company from 1996 to 2006.
Tim Paulick
LinkedInExperience: Category Manager - Cybersecurity and Operations Technology · Chevron
Tim Paulick has been Category Manager - Cybersecurity and Operations Technology at Chevron since October 2025 and was Category & Contract Manager - Managed IT Services there from 2017 to 2025. The listing describes category management and contract negotiation for enterprise IT services, applications and infrastructure within Chevron's global technical center.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How have you organized indirect categories and stakeholders in your own procurement roles?
- 02What does a good category strategy for IT services or consulting look like when business demand shifts quickly?
- 03How do you measure the value of indirect procurement beyond negotiated savings?
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