Senior Supply Chain Specialist
Posted Sep 1, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Walk me through a master service agreement you administered from start to finish. What did you own after it was signed?
What they are checking: Whether they have really run contracts over time or only helped negotiate them and handed them off.
Project managers will come to you as the supply chain expert. Tell me about a time you talked a project team out of a purchasing decision.
What they are checking: Whether they can advise builders with authority while still keeping the relationship strong enough to be asked again.
Tell me about the most complex supply chain action you have handled. What made it hard?
What they are checking: Whether their idea of complex matches the level of work this senior role is meant to absorb for the team.
Clune is employee-owned. How does that change the way you think about spending the company's money with suppliers?
What they are checking: Whether they treat purchasing decisions with an owner's care for cost, risk and long-term supplier relationships.
What would you do
A trade partner on an MSA keeps sending change orders that look like they should have been covered by the base scope. How do you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they read contract language closely and push back with facts rather than just approving to keep work moving.
This role covers regions, market segments or whole areas of supply chain. How would you organize your week when you own several of those at once?
What they are checking: Whether they can triage a large, uneven workload without letting the quiet accounts drift into trouble.
A long-lead piece of equipment for a data center job slips six weeks at the factory. What do you do in the first two days?
What they are checking: Whether they act fast on schedule risk, verify the real date, look for alternatives and tell the project team early.
About the work
How do you compare two vendor proposals when the prices are close but the terms, warranties and lead times differ?
What they are checking: Whether they evaluate total cost and risk instead of picking the lowest number on the first page.
What contract clauses do you look at first when you review a supplier's paper instead of your own?
What they are checking: Whether they know where the real risk lives, like indemnity, limitation of liability, payment terms and delay remedies.
How do you keep contract records and supplier information organized so someone else could pick up your work tomorrow?
What they are checking: Whether they keep clean, auditable files, which matters when disputes come up months after a purchase.
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