Senior Buyer

One of our prestigious clients in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is looking to hire a Senior Engineer - Instrumentation.

Job Overview

The Senior Buyer is responsible for the procurement of a wide variety of commodities, materials, supplies, equipment, and services for the company functions, many of which are highly technical and require the application of complex procurement standards, identifies varied sources of commodities and services, evaluates bids, awards contracts and purchase orders, develops standards for new products or services, maintains contact with vendors, and maintains comprehensive descriptions of available products and current prices, also expedites the ordering and delivery process through the use of
automated procurement systems, and assures invoice payment by monitoring the process from initiation of a purchase order through the receipt of the goods or services and billing from the vendor or supplier.

Key Accountabilites

• Procure different commodities of high complexity for various customers.
• Review and recommend revising purchasing practices to ensure their conformance with best industry practice, established laws, the Supply Chain Manuals, and approved processes.
• Conduct monthly file reviews.
• Identify potential items to be included under purchase agreements.
• Develop and maintain purchase agreements.
• Plan, lead, and monitor purchase agreement.
• Lead/participate development initiatives.
• Lead/participate cross-functional teams.
• Cover a supervisor role.
• Mentor & coach new employees
• Manage the buying process for a given set of goods in line with specified cost, quality and delivery targets.
• Provide technical / commercial assistance to Tactical Buyers to develop awareness of procurement processes and improve product knowledge.
• Develop and maintain a strong foundation of function skills and knowledge of relevant purchasing concepts.
• Balance both tactical executions with strategic initiatives necessary to drive cost reduction projects.
• For select commodities, develop, and execute long-term strategy deployment, supplier cost modeling, supplier opportunity assessments, supplier financial analysis, negotiations, long-term contract establishment, continuous supplier performance improvement, and supplier relationship development.
• Coordinates purchasing activities with internal partners to acquire products and services in a cost effective and timely manner.
• Maintains all procurement KPIs for assigned commodities and agreements including corrective actions to be taken.
• Ensure the application of the commodity strategy by adhering to purchasing plan with key suppliers Prepares and issues moderate to high complexity, value and risk purchase orders and complex agreements, and ensures all procurement actions which commit the company are properly documented, reviewed, and approved consistent with policy and procedure. Can identify risks and mitigate them when negotiating terms and conditions.
• Leads supplier issue resolutions (lead time, drawing issues, etc.); work with business users, Supplier Quality, etc. to resolve supplier quality issues, identify sources for new products, and improve supplier performance; issue supplier corrective actions, and quality control instructions; and assess supplier responses to corrective action requests.
• Supports internal, customer, and external compliance audits.
• Ensures communications regarding material status is being generated, presented, and distributed to appropriate personnel.
• Leads, directs, mentors and trains other supply chain professionals.

Qualifications

• B.S degree in Supply Chain, Business, Operations Management, Engineering, Computer Science, MIS or equivalent.
• MCIPS OR a supply chain degree (at bachelors level)
• 9-15 years of relevant experience in an international purchasing environment with positive results
• Fair understanding of oil & gas and shipbuilding industry
• Procurement experience in working with different commodities with
  large volume purchases.
• Detail oriented and organized with good project management skills