Team Lead - Purchasing (M / F) at Bourbon Interoil Nigeria Limited

Bourbon Interoil Nigeria Limited, a leading international player in marine services, Bourbon offers to the most demanding oil & gas clients worldwide a full line of innovative, safe, high performance and new generation vessels and an expanded offer of offshore oil & gas services.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Team Lead - Purchasing (M / F)

Location: Onne Base, Rivers
Contract Type: Permanent Contract

Roles and Responsibilities
The objective of this role will be to:

• To coordinate the Purchasing Team and team activities to support the company operations
• International and Local purchasing for Bourbon Affiliate vessels operating in Nigeria, provide supplies and services as per purchase requests received in a timely and controlled manner in accordance with relative procedures
• To coordinate manual purchase requests and Task assistant requests from the applicable locations

Responsibilities

• To plan, organize and manage the purchasing team from the request/spec to the delivery onboard the vessels.
• To set up, organize and manage the purchase follow-up process
  and the processes to optimize and simplify the purchase orders flow.
• To process invoicing as required.
• To ensure the follow-up of the strategy set up within the organization.
• To ensure the follow up of weekly review with the ship managers.
• To lead/manage the team by supporting the team, follow-up meetings, system training, performance appraisal, motivate and integrate within the team.
• Obtain competitive quotations from BINL Suppliers.
• Ensure local suppliers products and services match.
• Seek approvals from budget holders and issue PO’s or direct the issuance of PO’s.
• Receipt or receive in Oracle to close orders.
• Maintain accurate up to date status of Purchase Request and all Purchase orders.
• Close open NC’s with suppliers with corrective action.
• Follow up on track and trace report.

Qualifications, Skills and Experiences

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s Degree / Higher National Diploma in Purchasing / Supply Chain Management
• Possession of a Master's degree in a related field will be an added advantage
• Proven knowledge or skill with ERP System and Microsoft Office Package

Required Competencies:

• Budgeting
• Business Management
• Customer Relationship Management
• Data Analysis
• Negotiation
• Networking
• Risk Management
• Stress Management 
• Supplier Management
• Inventory and Storage
• Logistics
• Purchasing
• Sourcing and Tendering

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a leadership or managerial capacity working within a multinational Marine or Oil and Gas organization

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.