Buyer

Job Description

• An Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Maintenance EPCM services provider, operating within the Nigerian Oil & Gas Sector, is looking to engage a Buyer, who will be responsible for the procurement of goods and services required for the Company's various activities in accordance with the requisitions, assigned budgets, as per quality requirements, time frames, and delivery methods.
• Ensure minimization of the total cost and the maximization of the value.
• Functionally reports to: Senior Buyer/Engineering and Operations Manager

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Senior Buyer on purchase activities; to constantly monitor the supplier market and to provide timely information regarding any changes in the market, as well as any relevant news items new entries, supplier economic and financial difficulties, corporate changes, etc.;
• Maintain dialogue with the Departments responsible for engineering and operational activities in order to propose new materials, services, and technologies that may have become available on the market;
• Collaborate in the preparation of the project and company Vendor Lists;
• Collaborate in supplier qualification and periodic supplier evaluation activities;
• Prepare the requests for quotations RFQ to be sent to the suppliers on the Vendor List based on the purchase requisitions PR received from the project teams or from other authorized persons;
• Prepare the bid tabulation for the offers received and to handle the commercial and technical alignment strategies to be managed together with the supplier in terms of communication, and not in terms of Technical assessment;
• Prepare the purchase order PO or contract to be signed by the procurement manager;
• Ensure that the order has been accepted by the supplier and, if applicable, that the general conditions have been signed;
• Provide the Supply Office with all of the necessary information in order to ensure that the activities of expediting, inspection, and testing are carried out in an effective and efficient manner;
• Inform the Senior Buyer of any operational issues and propose relative corrective and improvement measures.
• Initiate negotiations with the supplier; to bring to fruition any amounts below the agreed maximum;
• Receive and catalogue offers received from the suppliers;

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in management or any relevant field
• Attention to detail and outstanding organizational skills
• Subject matter expert for purchasing practices and procedures, including vendor qualification and performance monitoring
• Experience with procurement and purchasing systems is required
• Minimum five 5 years of purchasing experience in coordinating/purchasing materials/supplies on major projects in the Oil and Gas industry.