Buyer

For one of our clients in the Offshore Energy Industry we are looking for a Buyer.

Our client designs, builds, installs and operates offshore floating facilities for the offshore energy industry. They are a leading technology provider and they put their marine expertise and the service of a responsible energy transition by reducing emissions from fossil fuel production, while developing cleaner solutions for renewable energy sources.

The Buyer is responsible to source, negotiate and purchase equipment/services in line with budget, schedule, quality and technical project requirements while ensuring that any procurement activity complies with Group Supply Chain strategy processes.
The post incumbent ensures the smooth execution of the orders in terms of contractual and commercial obligations. The Buyer proactively implements and ensures adherence to Fast4WardTM standardization principles.

Tasks and Responsibilities:
In order to lead the tendering process in a fair manner and identify bidders that will best meet our technical requirements, budget and schedule constraints, you are to:

• Understand the commercial/contractual requirements of the equipment/service to be purchased and elaborate the bid package together with the relevant disciplines (ie: Engineering, Asset Integrity, Legal & contract…)
• Ensure that vendor qualification process is performed as per Company rules
• Issue request for quotation, expedite and collect offers from bidders
• Analyze the offers and identify areas for commercial or contractual clarifications in order to facilitate discussion with bidders and get offers aligned and in line with Company requirements
• Develop recommendations for the bidder selection based on the input from the relevant disciplines and on the assessment of offered costs, technical requirements and delivery time in accordance with Company Ethics and Compliance rules (eg: competition rules …)
• Fully document the tendering process (i.e. commercial bid evaluation, recommendation to purchase …)
• Ensure that the tactical management of the procurement process (from RFQ preparation till recommendation to purchase) is conducted appropriately and in full compliance with Company working procedures.

The measure of your effectiveness in this will be:

• Number of requests for quotation processed as per plan
• Number of Purchase Orders issued as per plan
• Total time of the full procurement process
• Demonstrated quality of deliverables (ie: commercial bid evaluation, recommendations to purchase)

 In order to lead successful contractual and commercial negotiations with vendors, you are to:

• Set up package strategy with close coordination of Package Manager to lead commercial negotiations, using any possible leverage to achieve your targets and obtain competitive pricing
• Perform financial/commercial analysis (market intelligence, cost breakdown structure, benchmark…) of the current scenarios, identify risks and opportunities and recommend options that can drive the final decision to purchase
• Conduct internal contract check points all along the purchase order execution to ensure contractual protections are in place and to minimize contractual /financial risks
• Be responsible for managing any claims with Vendors and develop appropriate settlement plan