Summary: The Senior Buyer at Petrofac will provide professional purchasing support within the Integrated Procurement Team, focusing on sourcing and procuring materials and services efficiently and cost-effectively. This role involves developing purchasing strategies, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring compliance with company procedures. The position requires active participation in procurement planning and negotiation to achieve optimal purchasing outcomes. The role is contract-based for 12 months and supports a hybrid working model.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide professional purchasing support as part of the Integrated Procurement Team.
• Plan, organise, and execute all purchasing activities to assure on-time delivery of quality materials.
• Source and procure operations and engineering materials from the Company AVL.
• Prepare and issue purchase orders for services, goods, and materials.
• Develop and implement project-specific purchasing strategies.
• Review and ensure compliance with new supplier evaluations.
• Participate in procurement planning to ensure timely supplier selection.
• Coordinate with project teams to establish bidder lists and issue pre-qualification questionnaires.
• Lead price negotiations with suppliers to achieve price reductions.
• Manage post-order administration including variations and invoice queries.
• Ensure correct use of the ERP system, Oracle, for procurement activities.
• Review purchase requirements and liaise with project teams to define delivery dates.
• Lead and manage direct reports within procurement teams.
• Ensure compliance with company and statutory regulations for purchases.
• Validate 3rd party supplier invoices and provide updates to stakeholders.

Key Skills:

• Project experience in expediting and purchasing roles.
• Local supply market knowledge.
• Analytical and reporting experience.
• Strong negotiation and communication skills.
• Ability to work under pressure to strict deadlines.
• Experience in Supply Chain delivery for oil and gas projects.
• Self-motivated and enthusiastic with good presentation skills.
• Team player with strong vendor relationship development skills.
• Assertive and persuasive individual.
• Flexibility to adapt to company and customer requirements.
• Commitment to safety and good business ethics.
• Good IT skills in MS packages and experience with procurement systems like ORACLE.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Aberdeen

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other