Description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Commodity buyer with our client in Aberdeen, a world leading Oil and Gas Company.
Role Description:
Procure material for the Subsea Trees systems, for the allocated commodity
Role Summary/Purpose:
- Manage all Sourcing activity required for the assigned commodity by working closely with internal stakeholders and suppliers.
- Essential Responsibilities
- Coordinate, manage and issue required Requests for Quotation (RFQ) for the commodity.
- Ensure issues related to supplier fulfilment are managed proactively.
- Develop profile for supplier capability/capacity, by commodity, to establish sourcing strategies for maximum leverage.
- Facilitate and/or lead supplier manufacturability discussions with the appropriate stakeholders (suppliers, engineering, IT, manufacturing, marketing)
- Participate in global commodity team activity.
- Collaborate with requesting departments to resolve problems relating to requirements, deviations, substitutions, priorities, delays, damages, inferior quality or other conditions that deviate from established procedures.
- Maintain current market knowledge and changing material conditions and advise management of current trends in prices and purchasing availability.
- Drive sourcing initiatives on savings, supplier performance and supplier base rationalization.
Contractor Ideal/Special Experience:
- Previous purchasing experience preferred
- Bachelor's Degree (in Business or Technical discipline preferred) or significant relevant industry experience.
- Knowledge in MS Office, Word, Excel, Purchasing/MRP related software.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, detail-oriented.
- Proven record of Continuous Improvement implementation.
- Analytical metrics-oriented, high motivation.
- Must be a collaborative team player, willing to take ownership of decisions and be a results-oriented self-starter