Buyer Ii

**Buyer II**
- 12-month Contract
- This role will be 4 days onsite/1 day remote

Our Oil & Energy client is hiring a Buyer II to join their growing team.

After establishing themselves as an industry leader, they’re now expanding their team to meet rising demand.

**DUTIES**:

- Collect, analyze and interpret internal/external data from multiple sources for materials to inform decision making
- Conduct effective management of suppliers including expediting, inspection, logistics coordination and invoice resolution process
- Work with & support internal customers/users to understand their order and delivery requirements
- Liaising with key stakeholders, including but not limited to; Project Managers, Construction Managers, Site coordinators, Cost Estimators and Engineering.
- Issue RFQ or RFI documents for time sensitive material
- Update BOM’s, create/modify PO’s, approve shopping carts, retrieve MTR’s, expedite delivery on material, and manage the required inspections and logistics as required
- Support Project team in the execution phase reviews of business unit lifecycle
- Conduct negotiations with suppliers within the respective Business Unit for low spend and materials
- Coordinate new program launch as assigned by business units to ensure 100% on time delivery within cost targets
- Following up and maintain Parked and Blocked invoices
- Coordinate with proper departments, supplier requests for deviations and BOM changes.
- Direct spend to preferred suppliers in order to maintain cost effective rates for the company
- Ensure all the risk and liability requirements are met (pre-qualification, environmental health and safety, workers comp)
- Respond to internal and external audit document requests
- Assist in educating the business on company Supply Chain policies and procedures
- Administer the ordering process and convert purchase/service requests into complete purchase/service order
- Other duties as assigned by supervisor

**MUST HAVES**:

- 2 year College Degree or equivalent experience
- 4-7 years of Supply Chain experience
- Oil and Gas experience is highly preferred
- Sourcing: Individual can describe the sourcing process and key concepts including a general knowledge of materials or services
- Contract (Creation, Implementation & Closure): Fundamental acumen in creation and implementation of contracts by drafting contracts for materials or services and performing contract administrative tasks
- Buying - Materials or Services: Fundamental acumen in buying materials or service, including an understanding of the procurement process to obtain materials and services required by the business
- Supplier Management: Individual can describe how to monitor and manage supplier relationships and performance
- Stakeholder Management: Fundamental acumen in stakeholder management, including communicating and maintaining partnership relationships with internal stakeholders
- General Technical: Fundamental systems acumen by utilizing applicable Supply Chain processes and systems

NICE TO HAVES:

- 4 year University Degree or 2 year College Degree
- Knowledge of sourcing and evaluation processes including bid or proposal solicitation process and development, negotiation concepts & tactics and finalization of purchase/service order
- Understanding of pricing models and mechanisms in Source-to-Contract and Purchase-to-Pay systems for transactions analysis
- Advanced mathematical & analytical acumen (e.g. pricing, invoice discrepancies, and various related calculations)
- Demonstrate understanding of financial analytical tools for the purpose of buying value, saving money and mitigation risk (e.g. Value Analysis, Cost Modeling, Spend Analysis, etc.)
- Basic understanding of engineering concepts (field construction, hydraulics, mechanics of materials, etc.)
- Understanding of contract law from a sourcing perspective
- Knowledge of inventory strategies

+ Supply chain experience

Expediting and following

Communication skills

Desire to learn - self starter

EA2