Description About you: Join us. Unleash your energy within. If you have world-class ambitions to reach the stars while keeping your feet on the ground, we’re the team for you. We've created a new breed of company – future-focused with reimagined ambition across all disciplines within the energy sector. We love people who know their own potential and are not afraid to use it. We know that together, we’re far more than the sum of our parts. So, we celebrate people who want to grow and develop as we work together on some of the largest projects on the energy world stage. Our purpose and beliefs: As Kent, we’re tackling the greatest challenge of our time - to bring our world the energy it needs in the most responsible way ever imagined. It’s the energy of every member of our team driven by our beliefs that is making this happen. Whatever our skill, our language, or our culture. These beliefs define and direct us every day to be the very best - for ourselves, our clients, our key stakeholders, the communities we operate in and the planet: We PLAY BIG We thrive on EMOTIONAL AGILITY We are FANATICAL ABOUT PERFORMANCE We are built on INFINITE THINKING Read more about the Purpose, Beliefs and Guiding Principles that drive us: https://kentplc.com/who-we-are/purpose-beliefs Scope of Work: The Contractor will provide Lead Buyer services to support a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) project awarded to Kent Energy UK Ltd by Al-Khafji Joint Operations (KJO). KJO is a partnership between Aramco Gulf Operations Company (AGOC) representing Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait Gulf Oil Company (KGOC) representing the State of Kuwait. The FEED will complete at the end of 2026 and Lead Buyer services are required to support the FEED team to produce an execution estimate. All engineering and procurement services for FEED are provided from Kent’s Woking office. Supply Chain Manager will facilitate Contractor provide services, in line with outside IR35 requirements. Responsibilities include finalizing tenderers from an existing Approved Vendor List, issue enquiries, receiving tenders, coordination of technical clarifications, issue of commercial clarifications, complete and issue commercial bid evaluations and recommendation the proposal for use in the estimate. Key Requirements: Invitation to Bid (ITB) packages to support the estimate (Mechanical, Piping, Instruments, Electrical and Pipeline) Commercial Clarifications Commercial Bid Evaluation and Recommendation of selected supplier pricing to use for the estimate Maintain Procurement Milestone Plan with progress of estimate support activities Potential for deliverables to expand to include commercial deliverables for construction subcontract ITB Packages. Deliverables would include: Unit rate price breakdown structure in rate description Commercial preamble Contract Agreement and terms and conditions. We are committed to our diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. From day one, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures, and abilities. We’re a disability-friendly employer and can make adjustments to support you to perform at your best during the recruitment process. Please contact us confidentially at recruitment.uk@kentplc.com to find out how we can support you.