Buyer

JOB DESCRIPTION AND PERSON SPECIFICATION

Job summary/Role description

The purpose of the Buyer is to significantly contribute to the delivery of the purchasing strategy.

The successful candidate will ensure the supply chain is managed in a pro-active, robust and outcome led way. You will be required strong motivation, communication, and negotiation skills to perform in a dynamic and demanding work environment.

Duties and responsibilities

• Managing new enquiries: including selecting suppliers, evaluating total cost of acquisition, negotiation, production/manufacturing and logistics. Planning work throughput, responding to and controlling change to ensure appropriate prioritization of tasks.
• Ensure proper use of the procurement procedures and follow up administration.
• Effectively manage budget of purchasing process to maintain best price.
• Lead the projects to make them happen, problem solving, trouble shooting, risk assessments, offering up solutions, ensuring that they are delivered on time, within budget and to required quality levels.
• Ensuring appropriate quality assurance is maintained.
• Maintain standards, polices, documentation, systems and procedures to ensure the continued development of the supply function.

Knowledge & Qualifications

• University Degree or Diploma in a relevant discipline or equivalent.

Experience

• Essential: experience as buyer-Oil & Gas, purchasing/procurement process. Best in industrial context.
• Direct experience of managing UAE Supplier and international (if needed).
• Demonstrate a sound understanding of figures and be commercially aware.
• Knowledge of Export/Import processes and documentation and all modes of transport.
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in the specific discipline.
• Similar role covered in last three projects of comparable size.
• Experience working as main contractor(EPC).