What are the responsibilities and job description for the Procurement Specialist position at The Global Edge Consultants?
Job Title: Procurement Specialist
Location: La Porte, Texas
Type of Role: Contract
POSITION OVERVIEW:
Our team is currently looking for a Procurement Specialist for a client in the Oil and Gas industry.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
• Execute defined commodity/segment sourcing strategies for assigned sites, e.g. RFP / tender.
• Negotiate T&Cs or Contracts in alignment with Sourcing Specialist, with regional/local suppliers to achieve minimum TCO.
• Support collection of supplier performance feedback from site stakeholders.
• Manage LYB relationship with local / regional suppliers.
• Support as required/appropriate the implementation of category Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) strategies with local/regional supplier affiliates/entities.
• Identify and/or champion continuous improvement initiatives that deliver overall efficiency gains.
• Define & implement robust stakeholder engagement plan, ensuring early procurement involvement.
• Train stakeholders on procurement processes and initiatives
• Acts as a direct procurement contact including for urgent orders for internal clients located at various assigned company sites up to agreed spend level.
• Acts as field-based liaison for escalation of requests between sites and ESS team.
• Provide, as required, on-site support and follow-up with stakeholders for procurement initiatives.
• Subject matter expert for SAP procurement processes and systems incl. ESS support.
• Communicate unplanned outages, in a timely manner, to leadership to ensure adequate support & coverage.
• Review, with Maintenance, their 3-6 month lookahead to identify opportunities for value creation; communicate requirements timely.
• Provide site intel inputs to enable development of fit-for-purpose strategy.
• Review / assess commodity strategies to identify gaps / non-strategic spending.
• Provide feedback to Category Managers on commodity strategies.
• Maintain ownership of assigned local / regional contracts, OAs & e-catalogs.
• Develop & maintain annual blanket POs list, coordinate negotiations & PO creation processes.
• Provide on-call / after-hours buying coverage as needed.
• Process or issue POs from PRs; and support other transactional activities as required.
• Act as single point of contact for warehouse / planners for emergencies.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
• Bachelor's degree in related field
• 3-4 years related experience
• 2-3 years of chemical / engineering or related industry experience is desirable.
• Turnaround/ Outage experience a plus
• Experience using SAP ERP system for procurement processes
• Experience using Ariba is preferred but not required
• Experience with creating RFx, PO’s, Contracts and SOW (SAP Ariba, SAP ECC)
• Builds effective teams
• Ability to collaborate
• Cultivates innovation
• Customer focus
• Demonstrates courage
• Drives results
• Ensures accountability
• Instills trust and exemplifies integrity
The Global Edge Consultants, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Global Ede Consultants, LLC 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
