Head, Techlog Purchasing at SPIE Oil & Gas Services

SPIE Oil & Gas Services (part of the SPIE Group) provides a complete range of services to some of the world’s largest oil and gas companies through its network of offices in 25 countries across Africa, the Middle-East and Asia-Pacific.

Our turnover has more than doubled in the last few years thanks to the dedication of our 4,000 employees to whom we give training, recognition, and genuine opportunities for career development. In order to support this growth, SPIE Oil & Gas Services is always seeking talented individuals to join its teams.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head, Techlog Purchasing

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full Time

Job  Description
The job holder handles the Compliance:

• Ensure compliance of the purchasing process with all internal Company rules (including TGP guide to conduct) and all applicable laws and regulation (PSC & PSA rules, Country laws)
• Ensure the application of Company and/or affiliate General Terms and Conditions for purchase of equipment
• Ensure the good administration and filing of all the purchasing documents and ensure that all approvals, justifications, circulation forms etc... Are filed in line with the applicable procedures.
• Ensure that all purchasing activities meet audit requirements in order to minimize any potential partner/audit claims or court actions.
• Implement Company’s Global Procurement (TGP) directives within his / her team and technical duets.

The job holder manages his/her team’s activities:

• Co-ordinate a team of Buyers & Contract Engineers under his / her responsibility.
• Handles Purchases in the Lab Office designated to him through Purchase Requisition (PR) assignment
• Maintain adequate Follow-up with Duets in the User Departments.
• Participate in complex & difficult negotiations associated with award, performance & amendment of PO’s for his/her team
• Ensure all contractual documents and formal letters issued by his/her team are validated at the appropriate level
• Ensure the reception, management and follow up of purchase orders (PO’s) until payment and reception by his/her team
• Ensure global reporting of his/her team’s activities to his immediate C&P management
• Ensure the input of all purchase data in SAP for his/her team
• Collaborate with P2P to resolve vendor’s payment.

The job holder manages the purchasing & contracting entity activities:

• Manage the contracts processes correctly
• Receive requests or scope from requesting entities
• Organize call for tender or request for quotation
• Evaluate and negotiate offers, along with requesting entities
• Supervise the establishment of technical contracts, directly participate to the complex contracts and orders
• Ensures the establishment of suitable lists of potential bidders.
• Carries out contracting process in accordance with Company’s rules.
• Ensures that contracts are drafted in accordance with approved model contracts and contributes to their periodic review.
• Ensures that contracts are created and managed in UNISUP and in AGORA.
• To optimize by all means possible by bringing his professional experience to bear, purchases with emphasis on making Savings for the Company
• Analyses all PRs for adequate material specification, budget authorizations and cost centers to which the purchases are being charged
• Reviews all PRs assigned, select appropriate vendors for Call for Tender or e-RFQ/RFQ, receive and analyses quotes from vendors, recommends vendor for purchase order issuance, creates Purchase Order and ensures follow-up till delivery point having due respect for company.

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• Pay attention to Company’s General Conditions and terms of purchase to ensure the Company is not exposed to legal liabilities.
• Cross-checks all Purchase Orders created by his team, certify them ok by endorsing the signature circulation sheet before getting such passed to the Contracts and Procurement Manager for validation or approval.
• Follow and ensure follow-up by all members of his team of PR and PO performance including expediting till delivery and Supplier invoice payment. Exceptions must be reported and conveyed to user duets for adjustment that may impact on operational activities.
• Ensure where applicable, to clearly state in purchase orders QA/QC requirements (in the form of Mill/Test Certificates, MSDS, other certificates) for purchased materials/equipment and verifying compliance through proper documentation.
• Enforce the use of e- sourcing tools by every member of his / her team.
• Propose, develop, deploy, monitor and renew Frame or Outline Agreements and enforce this within his team.
• Lead section’s vendor performance evaluation.
• Successfully prepare, negotiate and administer a broad range of complex, technical and high valued/risk purchases and contracts, applying knowledge and experience of commercial, insurance and legal issues, using Company’s General Terms and Conditions.

Qualifications, Background & Required Skills

• A Degree in Engineering, Business Management or Social Sciences (Preferably Purchasing & Supply).
• Membership of such bodies as the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply or the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Management of Nigeria is desired though not compulsory.
• 8 - 10 years Oil and Gas Industry experience with excellent knowledge of
• Purchasing and industry materials.
• Must also be very analytical with ability to propose innovative and workable alternatives or solutions.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.