Role Summary
- Perform purchasing activities for a wide range of global and locally sourced materials and services for assigned commodities, rigs and/or projects as applicable.
- Ensure that all purchasing activity is completed in compliance with Company policy and procedures from approved suppliers in the most cost effective, efficient manner and at the highest quality.
Key Responsibilities
- Responsible for maintaining key accounts with suppliers, sourcing and supplying goods from enquiry stage to dispatch, expediting, updating systems regularly and negotiating costs and discounts with suppliers.
- Provide an efficient cost-effective service to provide materials and supplies, including review of intercompany (corp. / regional / rig) material allocation next to purchase or rental.
- Ensure all purchase requisitions for materials, supplies and services are converted to a purchase order or agreement as appropriate.
- Follow up promptly clarifications and requests for information from suppliers
- Make purchasing decisions based on benchmark prices and comparisons with costs, logistic and country import restriction.
- Ensure that all purchases of repairs, services and third-party charges comply with Company policies and procedures and rig standardization guidelines
- Responsible to perform expediting for overdue orders.
- Monitor and Tracking of Repair and Return (R&R) items and ensure appropriate action is taken.
- Assist account payable with invoice discrepancies and ensure suppliers invoices are processed for payment in timely manner.
- Resolve any vendor invoicing and shipment discrepancies and negotiate acceptable and timely resolutions, escalating any complex issues to manager and internal clients.
- Monitor vendor delivery performance and document any delays, quality non-conformance, quantity discrepancies and pricing issues.
- Participate in vendor assessments in accordance with Company policies and procedures and make recommendations as appropriate
Requirements:
- Diploma or similar discipline preferred or equivalent experience at Company’s discretion.
- Experience in a similar role in procurement/logistics within the oil and gas or related industry.
- Strong understanding of purchasing practices and ethics.
- Strong communication skills both verbal and written.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite application, particularly Excel.
- Working knowledge with procurement related systems.
- Excellent analytical skill, cost conscious, disciplined and organised.
