Senior Category Buyer

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About Us:
SBM Offshore is the world’s deepwater ocean-infrastructure expert. Our work is already resulting in cleaner, more efficient energy production. True. Blue. Transition. is our promise to enable that into the future while at the same time using our expertise to support new and existing markets in the blue economy. It starts with Advancing our Core: continuing to advance the decarbonization of traditional energy production. While Pioneering More: helping to enable the energy transition and using our unique capabilities in ocean infrastructure to support more industries to grow sustainably.  Sharing our experience for a better blue tomorrow.

Role Overview

As a Senior Category Buyer, you are responsible for the negotiation and contractualization of long-term agreements with Strategic Partners as identified in the Category strategy, with the main objective to increase SBM competitiveness and security of supply.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Category Manager in the effective management strategic suppliers. Monitor vendor’s financial data, load level, capacity and investment plans. Perform Market analysis
• Ensure that commercial agreement are matching projects and operations needs and bring benefits such as simplification, competitive prices, manufacturing slots reservation.
• Embark lesson learnt into vendor commercial improvement monitoring.
• Deliver Frame Agreement as per defined contracting plan on target as defined in the Category Strategy.
• Lead the Supplier qualification activities for the vendors identified as strategic in the category
• Lead drafting of Project specific Pre agreement / MoU / Slot reservation
• Support to the negotiation with suppliers for key packages / services, as required, using benchmark and cost breakdown models, bringing TCO parameters into the equation
• Identify risks & opportunities related to the vendor and market (e.g. merging & acquisition)
• Support to Project & Operations teams when the relationship with the vendor is at risk (e.g. dispute & claims resolution, manufacturing performance, slot allocation)
• Measure the contracted savings from the implementation of the category strategy and other relevant SC KPIs for the category.
• Participate to the implementation of novelty or innovation company roadmap by mitigating the risks, based on close collaboration with Group Engineering, Group Technology.

• Measure, Monitor and Report KPIs as required

Qualifications

• Master's degree in supply chain management, business administration, or a related field.
• Previous experience in procurement or supply chain management within the oil and gas industry.
• Strong negotiation skills and the ability to build effective relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Analytical mindset with proficiency in data analysis and market research.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and project management skills.
• Market knowledge for the targeted products
• Strong Commercial acumen and negotiations skills
• Expertise in Total Cost of Ownership methodology
• Mastery in creating Cost Breakdown models
• Good understanding of the products in your category in liaison with technical stakeholders
• Understanding of the capabilities of the key vendors and their sub-vendors in your category including the manufacturing processes, execution and subcontracting model

GENERAL INFORMATION

SBM Offshore N.V. is a listed holding company that is headquartered in Amsterdam. It holds direct and indirect interests in other companies that collectively with SBM Offshore N.V. form the SBM Offshore Group (“the Company”). For further information, please visit our website at www.sbmoffshore.com. The companies in which SBM Offshore N.V., directly and indirectly, owns investments are separate entities.

SBM Offshore is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. SBM Offshore does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law.  All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.