Sr. Buyer Oil & Gas

Job Description:

Skills and Responsibilities:

• Supplier prequalification activities.
• Manage Invitation to Bid (ITB), conduct offer evaluations.
• Manage commercial queries with suppliers, coordinate technical queries resolution between engineering and suppliers.
• Negotiate prices and T&Cs.
• Prepare Commercial Bid Tabulations and obtain necessary approvals on Recommendation for Award (RFA).
• PO preparation, approval coordination, issue to Supplier, obtain acceptance, and acknowledgment.
• Arrange Kick-Off Meetings (KOM) and Weekly Meetings with Suppliers.
• Communicate pre and post-order concerns to management and clients weekly.
• Invoice Verification & Processing.
• PO Closeout activities.
• Expediting major packages and bulk items, documenting all communications with suppliers
• Review Supplier’s fabrication schedule and verify order/fabrication progress.
• Maintaining all updated status within Kent’s expediting progress sheets.
• Presents status of packages to project team and client during weekly meeting.
• Proactively works to identify and resolve material delivery issues.
• Maintain contact with vendors and shipping companies during deliveries.
• Developing quality, long term relationships with key vendor contacts.
• Process milestone Invoices.

Knowledge/ Qualification/ Training/ Certification:

• Sr. Buyer – 10 to 12 Years Core Procurement Experience with Engineering 

Behavior/ Core Competencies:

• Expertise in Buying, Expediting and Coordination with Engg, Quality, Logistics and Project.
• Should be from O&G EPCM or EPC Background.
• Ability to manage Packages independently with minimum supervision.
• Well versed with Procurement Procedures, Commercial & Legal terms related to Project PO.