Construction Field Buyer & Expediter

Date: 03/07/2024
Place of work: Ruwais

Job Title:

Constuction Field Buyer & Expediter

Reference:

PIR 442202300

Job Location:

Ruwais, Abu Dhabi – UAE

Job type/Contract:

24 Months( Extendable)

Starting date

Sept 2024

Salary range:

Excellent salary package with benefits.

 

 

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

  • Float of inquiries.
  • Economical and contractual negotiations.
  • Issue of Economical Evaluation to Project Teams.
  • Cooperate with Project Teams in highlighting main reasons of eventual extra budgets and proposing mitigation actions.
  • Issue of Purchase Orders and following Amendments.
  • Expediting of Purchase Order acceptance by Vendors.
  • To support Project Procurement.
  • 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.

Person Specification

Knowledge & Qualifications

  • University Degree in any Engineering course.

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).

Skills and Abilities

  • Excellent communications and interpersonal skills.
  • Attention to detail.
  • Team-oriented skills, self-motivation and direction, with strong bias toward timely performance and problem resolution.