Lead Buyer at Adexen Recruitment Agency - Oil & Gas

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Our client
Adexen Recruitment Agency is mandated by a leading Oil & Gas Group to recruit a Lead Buyer for its operations in Nigeria.

Job Title : Lead Buyer
Job Reference No: NGA1033
Sector: Oil&Gas, Energy, Mining & Utilities - Nigeria - Western Africa

Job Description

• The Lead Buyer role is to deliver effective procurement solutions to Work Winning, Major Project Delivery teams and the Business as a whole.
• The Lead Buyer is responsible for supporting a FPSO project. To help improve performance and reduce cost and business risk significantly. Moreover, this role will manage the supply of goods and services across part of a Business Unit in order that financial savings and performance improvements are made through a more strategic approach to supply chain management and a more integrated approach with both customers & suppliers (internal & external)
• Report to : Project Supply Chain Manager

Responsibilities

• Ensure that quality control and testing requirements of equipment and materials are listed in the contractual documentation
• Establish bidders lists required for the bidding process
• Prepare and issue Request for Quotation document
• Ensure follow-up with bidders during the bidding period
• Receive, register and distribute the quotations received as per procedures and project instructions
• Proceed with commercial evaluation of quotations received
• Interacts with other procurement disciplines, engineering and project control
• Lead bid clarification meetings and pre-award meetings; when required invite bidders to participate to these meetings, write and distribute minutes of meeting
• Prepare, in collaboration with the project procurement manager, award recommendation
• Writes, upon receipt of commitment approvals, purchase orders to suppliers
• Administer purchase orders under my responsibility
• Ensure that suppliers meet the contractual requirements
• Inform the project procurement manager of any problem with a supplier that may have an impact on delivery schedule or committed amount
• To comply with all safety related rules, policies, directives and procedures authorized by senior management.
• To take reasonable care of oneself and of other people who may be affected by one’s actions and omissions at work.
• To co-operate with the management of the company, so far as is reasonable, regarding compliance with any statutory provisions.

Qualifications and Experience

• Relevant industrial experience in Oil & Gas
• Attention to detail
• Ability to multitask
• Computer literate
• Strong organisational skills
• Ability to take initiative and work independently when need arises
• Good team working skills
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• The ability to work with deadlines
• Multicultural knowledge

Remuneration
Attractive expatriate package

Application Closing Date
7th March, 2013

Method of Application
Interested candidates who experience, personal characteristics and qualifications meet the position specifications and your personal objectives are to seek such a challenge, then we would like to hear from you with details of your current earnings, up to date CV and explanation as to why your achievements to date fit you for consideration.
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