Senior Buyer

Location: Suriname JV Team, TEN’s Office, KL

Type of Employment: Temporary

Duration: 1 year

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This posting has for objective to give ourselves the chance to work together, in the short, medium, or long term. SBM Offshore's active leadership position on the market, combined with our People Development and Succession Planning activities, requires us to be ready to onboard and mobilize our future Senior Buyer as soon as a new vacancy opens!

You are considering a new challenge in a few weeks, months, or even years? If you match the requirements below, APPLY NOW!

• To compile and issue the RFQ in line with the project BIDDER’s list
• To expedite the quotations and perform the commercial bid clarifications as required
• To perform the commercial assessment of the offers
• To negotiate with BIDDERs in accordance with the defined project strategy
• To prepare CBE and to monitor its timely approval
• To publish all technical & commercial offers into dedicated procurement directory
• To organize a pre-award meeting or Bid Clarification Meeting (BCM) when required
• To prepare the (Change) PO, if any and to monitor its timely issue and approval
• To expedite PO acknowledgement, bank guarantee and milestone related commercial documents
• To assist in performing the pre-review of the invoices related to his/her packages
• To provide assessment on SUPPLIER performance report related to pre-award Activities
• To ensure timely and complete close out of his/her PO’s
• To compile and issue RFQ to qualified bidders and in line with Project Approved Vendor List
• To initiate Supplier Qualification Request (SQR) as and when required including coordinating with Category Manager and Project Procurement Manager (PPM) about qualification of new BIDDERs or extension of qualification for high criticality equipment / services or other criticality rating fallen under Strategic Sourcing equipment / Services.
• To expedite BIDDERs and ensure timely and quality quotation submissions
• To prepare, organize, and attend BCM (when required)
• To negotiate with BIDDERs in accordance with the defined project strategy
• To negotiate SBM’s Special Terms and Conditions (STC); while with support from Contract & Legal Management negotiate Main Contract Conditions (MCC) and General Terms and Conditions (GTC)
• To perform Commercial Bid Evaluation (CBE) of bid offers
• To prepare & finalize the CBE and the Recommendation To Purchase (RTP) in preparation for purchase award
• To timely maintain and publish all technical & commercial offers into dedicated project procurement directory for traceability and record retention
• To keep the project procurement database and progress tracker updated at all time
• To organize pre-award meeting of assigned package(s) when required
• To prepare the Purchase Requisition (PR) and monitor for timely approval in order to ensure PO issuance meeting the project planned date.
• Once Purchase Order is placed, you are responsible to provide commercial support until Purchase Order close-out including, but not limited to the following;
  • To expedite PO Acknowledgement, bank guarantee and milestone related commercial documents
  • negotiation of Variation Orders at best commercial and contractual conditions,
  • notification to SUPPLIER in line with PO T&C and after review and approval by Project Management Team (PMT)
  • To anticipate potential claims from/to SUPPLIER and ensure claim close-out
  • To assist the Project Procurement Lead or Project Engineer who is holding Package Managerial ‘s role for your package(s) in performing the pre-review of the invoices of assigned packages
  • support for PO commercial close out including SUPPLIER’s commercial and contractual performance

Job requirements

• Engineering Degree or equivalent 
• typically have up to 8 years of experience in Supply Chain