Job Title: Sourcing Specialist – Buying/Procurement
Location: Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Job Type: Full-time contract, 12 Months
Work Model: Hybrid (4-day/week onsite)
Summary:
• As a Procurement Specialist you will manage the buying process for a given set of goods and services. You will apply sourcing policy, interface between supplier and entity with respect to specifications and budgets.
As a Procurement Specialist you will be responsible for:
• Taking care of RFQ`s and contacting suppliers for getting the competitive quotations
• Placing and following -up on Purchase Orders (PO) and manage relationships with suppliers for PO execution.
• Keeping Ontime delivery of required Goods and Services and monitoring the status
• Detecting and signaling flaws in approaches, methods, procedures and processes and suggests improvements.
• Taking care of contract negotiation and renovation and discussion with suppliers
• Managing supplier relationships to understand the business, gather market intelligence, assess risk and ensure compliance to KPIs
• Handling communication with colleagues and the business about data gathering and analysis.
• Managing problems and scheduling changes
• Reporting the supplier performance and any non-Conformity cases
• Processing and taking care of Suppliers` invoices and any required rectification
• Understanding the content of purchased items and preparing the comparison tables to find the best value.
Required:
To be successful in this role you will:
• Have experience gained in the sourcing/ buying/ procurement min. 2 years in Oil & Gas or Other energy sector or technological industries. This work experience needs to be in UK and having a good understanding of the work environment in UK.
• Have a Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college Preferred with technical background.
• Be fluent in English language. Other languages is pre.
• Some Experience or adequate training on Contracts/ Agreement templates
• Demonstrate excellent communication skills and an ability to build trusting relationships with customers and suppliers
• Have experience with SAP or Oracle is essential.
• Leading procurement activities and bringing to the decision making.
• Working independently and self-driving tasks and responsibilities.