Accountability
- Manage, monitor and process purchase order administration
- Liaise with internal clients to compile requirements for sourcing of materials and services
- Review internal requisitions and check correctness (incl. all required back up correspondence)
- Issue RFQ/RFPs and evaluate quotations
- Negotiate bids and quotations
- Place POs per Company's standard (incl. company's terms and conditions)
- Expedite POs and ensure timely receipt of goods, documents and certificates in accordance with the (technical) specifications
- Verify and approve invoices
- Prepare bid evaluation sheets and executive summaries
- Follow up and settle VOs, claims and/or disputes
- Analyse the supplier market (structures, market shares, prices, technology, products etc.)
- Attend supplier sites and industry related trade exhibitions as required
Qualifications
- MBO + or HBO Technical (e.g. Mechanical engineering)
- As a minimum NEVI 1 or equivalent
- 5 years’ purchasing experience in a similar environment (offshore, shipbuilding or petrochemical)
- Affinity with technical standards and specifications in a project environment
- Fully conversant with modern procurement and purchasing methods and techniques
- Results-driven, with a proven track record
- Experience with an ERP system (ORACLE) and Microsoft Office
- Experience with IT and facility procurement is desirable
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills
- Highly organised with a hands-on, no-nonsense mentality and an ability to work on own initiative
- Good command of the English language, both written and spoken
- Willingness to travel