Project Buyer required for a major Carbon Capture Storage Project based in the Netherlands
Responsibilities
Develop the procurement strategies for the Project with the Package Managers.
Lead Procurement activities comprising of RFQ preparation, tender evaluation, clarifications, negotiations, award, and all post-award contract administration and expediting through to delivery and close-out of the purchase order.
Ensure commercial and technical correspondence with vendors is efficiently handled.
Ensure market trend investigation; request for information and benchmark activity within the industry is efficiently performed to ensure vendors & suppliers are quoting competitively and in line with the industry standard.
Verifying that purchasing documents and procedures comply with the standards of the Project and the agreements with the partners.
Preparation of documents for presentation to internal/external Committees and various approval committees.
Ensure the proper follow up of the Purchase Orders. Anticipate and address any potential issues or deviations to Purchase Order requirements in order to minimize Project exposure (cost & schedule).
Participate in vendor audits, reviewing records for accuracy and conformance to standards and purchase order requirements.
Administrate legal issues related to delays, claims, disputes, litigations.
Contribute to the Project reporting for the Contract & Procurement partRequirements
Education: Bachelor's degree preferably in technical discipline, or relevant to scope.
Professional experience: 5 years' hands-on experience with requests for quotations, negotiating, and managing complex purchase orders in an industrial environment.
Effective communicator with proven negotiation skills, ability to influence and work transversally to achieve outcomes whilst showing balanced and prudent decision-making capabilities.
Excellent understanding of complex tasks, ability to work autonomously with great rigor and precision.
Team player with ability to work collaboratively across complex project teams and interface between interdisciplinary departments and within an international team.
Fluency in English (speaking and writing) is required