Senior Procurement Consultant - Shipbuilding/Rig building/ MRO/ Equivalent Industry experience

Job Description

Your future role & Job Purpose: We are looking to hire Senior Procurement Consultant, who will be responsible for but not limited to:

• Purchase goods, materials, components, or services in line with specified cost, quality and deliverytargets Review and recommend revising purchasing practices to ensure their conformance with bestindustry practice, established laws, the Supply Chain Manuals and approved processes.
• Conduct monthly file reviews.
• Identify potential items to be included under purchase agreements.
• Develop and maintain purchase agreements
• Plan, lead, and monitor purchase agreement

• Lead/participate development initiatives
• Lead/participate cross-functional teams
• Cover a supervisor role
• Mentor & coach new employees
• Establish strategy and best practices for staff to ensure achievement of overall business objectives.

• Work with the Purchasing team to translate strategy into specific annual performance goals anddepartmental objectives including KPIs,
• Deliver briefs, updates, and reports as and when required.
• People management responsibility.
• Take responsibility for a specific project or hold a larger remit in terms of purchasing responsibility.
• Build, maintain and manage supplier relationships and ensure good communications

Key Accountabilities:

• Executes and manages Purchase Orders for the procurement of major/critical commodities, services,and complex procurements, with emphasis on improving supplier quality and lowering total cost ofownership for the program.
• For select commodities, develop and execute long-term strategy deployment, supplier cost modeling,supplier opportunity assessments, supplier financial analysis, negotiations, long-term contractestablishment, continuous supplier performance improvement, and supplier relationship development
• Coordinates purchasing activities with internal partners to acquire products and services in a costeffective and timely manner.

• Ensure the application of the commodity strategy by adhering to purchasing plan with key suppliers
• Prepares and issues moderate to high complexity, value and risk purchase orders and complexagreements, and ensures all procurement actions which commit the company are properlydocumented, reviewed and approved consistent with policy and procedure. Is able to identify risks andmitigate them when negotiating terms and conditions

• Ensure continuous supply of required goods and materials and communicate any supply problemswhich may pose a risk or impact on business operations
• Ensures communications regarding material status is being generated, presented and distributed toappropriate personnel
• Attend meetings and update others on issues or concerns, in particular when there is a risk whichcould prevent the organization meeting customer demands or where there are over capacity concerns
• Mentor and coach Buyers to enhance their career and professional development
• Provide leadership, coordination and coaching to the team, ensuring they are trained enabling them toachieve the operational and financial metrics within their areas of responsibility and succeed in theirroles
• Develop and maintain Project Procurement Plans and Schedules for all Projects
• Coordinates with Engineering on their deliverables towards project for drawings, purchaserequisitions, MTOs etc.

• Follows up with procurement for timely release of POs in line with ROS dates on the procurement plan
• Regularly reviews the fulfilment by suppliers of all contractual requirements in regards to customs andduties with the support of the concerned function (taxation, expediting, Logistics etc.)
• Oversees claim management with the suppliers in coordination with Cost Control and procurement
• Control Project Procurement Budget
• Responsible for reporting monthly progress, supplier claims and project cost summary to procurementmanagement and into the project. Regularly updates suppliers cash out & project milestonerecognition related to procurement

Who we are looking for: Experience:

• Minimum 20 years? experience in Buying/Procurement or Min 15 years relevant experience in a similar rolePreferably has Shipbuilding/Rig building/ MRO/ Equivalent Industry experience.
• Vast experience in Sourcing and in a leadership, role related to project procurement
• Experience as Project Manager / Tender Project Manager or Senior Purchasing Manager

Education:

• Preferably Master?s Degree in Business, or Minimum Bachelors degree in Engineering from an accredited university or college

Professional Qualifications:

• Have professional supply chain certification such as MCIPS or CPSM

Competencies (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities)

• Possesses the ability to learn and communicate capabilities ofdifferent suppliers based on their current capacity, on time delivery,quality, and history with internal partners
• Ability to work and succeed in a fast-paced, deadline drivenenvironment while demonstrating superior presentation,communication, team building and leadership skills
• Exercises good judgment within defined procedures and practicesto determine appropriate action
• Demonstrated ability to work as an individual contributor or on ateam
• Shows initiative on assignments, exercises independent judgment
• Ability to interpret company?s policies/procedures, supply chain bestpractices, and applicable laws, and the to apply them in theprocurements of commodities/services/purchase agreements
• Strong negotiation skills and ability to develop win-win solutions

• Analyze & Solve Problemso Considers a wide range of factorso Evaluates alternative solutionso Understand relationships between issues oDemonstrate sound judgment

• Excellenceo Delivers high quality resultso Strives for continuous improvemento Promotes innovative and creative ideaso Communicates openly and constructively

• Accountabilityo Commits to business objectiveso Accepts responsibility & takes action

• Plan & Organize Worko Organizes and prioritizes work activities for self and otherso Involves others in the planning processo Considers resource constraints

• Fosters Teamworko identifies the goalo defines roles and responsibilitieso defines team processeso builds team trusto acknowledges each member?s strengths and limitationso encourages positive working relationships

• Influence Otherso Overcomes resistanceo Addresses concerns of others

• Integrityo Practices a high degree of ethical standard personally &professionallyo Treats everyone fairly and with respect

• Applies company policies and procedures consistently

Working Relations (Internal Interactions & External Interactions): Working Relations (Internal Interactions):

• Strategic Procurement / Planning- Support strategic procurement development activities- Supplier Relation / Local Content- Support local industrial development activities.- Participate in supplier relationship management activities- Conduct site visit to local manufacturers and major vendors.

• Customer Support -Resolve Purchase Requisitions and Purchase Orders issues withinternal stakeholders- Participate in cross functional teams- Participate in PSCM customer forums and focus meetings.- Conduct site visit to end user facility to support companyoperational requirements.

Working Relations (External Interactions):

• Customer Support:Resolve Purchase Requisitions and Purchase Orders issues withexternal stakeholders.

• Suppliers:Build, maintain and manage supplier relationships andensure good communications.

• Contractors:Negotiate contracts, improved prices and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings utilizing negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods. Responsible for managing relationships and negotiating with key suppliers at a senior and strategic level

About Application Process If you meet the criteria and you are enthusiastic about the role, we would welcome your application. To complete the application you would need the following document(s): 1. Resume/CV

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