Buyer
Posted 2 weeks ago by eTeam
Negotiable
Undetermined
Onsite
Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary: The Procurement Specialist (Buyer) role in Aberdeen involves managing the buying process for goods and services, ensuring compliance with sourcing policies, and maintaining supplier relationships. The position requires effective communication, contract negotiation, and problem-solving skills, with a focus on delivering value and monitoring supplier performance. Candidates should have a minimum of two years of relevant experience in the Oil & Gas or energy sectors and a Bachelor's degree. Proficiency in SAP or Oracle is essential for this role.
Key Responsibilities:
- Managing the buying process for goods and services.
- Taking care of RFQs and contacting suppliers for competitive quotations.
- Placing and following up on Purchase Orders (PO) and managing supplier relationships.
- Ensuring on-time delivery of required goods and services and monitoring status.
- Identifying and suggesting improvements in processes and procedures.
- Handling contract negotiation and discussions with suppliers.
- Managing supplier relationships to gather market intelligence and assess risk.
- Communicating with colleagues about data gathering and analysis.
- Managing problems and scheduling changes.
- Reporting supplier performance and non-conformity cases.
- Processing suppliers' invoices and required rectifications.
- Preparing comparison tables to find the best value for purchased items.
Key Skills:
- Minimum 2 years of experience in sourcing/buying/procurement in Oil & Gas or energy sectors.
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college, preferably with a technical background.
- Fluency in English; other languages are a plus.
- Experience or training on contracts/agreement templates.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to build trusting relationships.
- Experience with SAP or Oracle is essential.
- Ability to lead procurement activities and make decisions.
- Ability to work independently and self-drive tasks and responsibilities.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Aberdeen
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Job Title: Procurement Specialist (Buyer) Location: Aberdeen, Scotland, UK Job Type: Full-time contract, 12 months Work Model: Onsite
Responsibilities: As a Procurement Specialist you will manage the buying process for a given set of goods and services . You will apply sourcing policy, interface between supplier and entity with respect to specifications and budgets. As a Procurement Specialist you will be responsible for:
- Taking care of RFQ`s and contacting suppliers for getting the competitive quotations
- Placing and following -up on Purchase Orders (PO) and manage relationships with suppliers for PO execution.
- Keeping Ontime delivery of required Goods and Services and monitoring the status
- Detecting and signaling flaws in approaches, methods, procedures and processes and suggests improvements.
- Taking care of contract negotiation and renovation and discussion with suppliers
- Managing supplier relationships to understand the business, gather market intelligence, assess risk and ensure compliance to KPIs
- Handling communication with colleagues and the business about data gathering and analysis.
- Managing problems and scheduling changes
- Reporting the supplier performance and any non-Conformity cases
- Processing and taking care of Suppliers` invoices and any required rectification
- Understanding the content of purchased items and preparing the comparison tables to find the best value.
Required:
- Have experience gained in the sourcing/ buying/ procurement min. 2 years in Oil & Gas or Other energy sector or technological industries. This work experience needs to be in UK and having a good understanding of the work environment in UK.
- Have a Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college Preferred with technical background.
- Be fluent in English language. Other languages is pre.
- Some Experience or adequate training on Contracts/ Agreement templates
- Demonstrate excellent communication skills and an ability to build trusting relationships with customers and suppliers
- Have experience with SAP or Oracle is essential.
- Leading procurement activities and bringing to the decision making.
- Working independently and self-driving tasks and responsibilities.