Buyer Job at Saipem Contracting Nigeria

Saipem is a global leader in the Engineering, Procurement, Construction & Installation Businesses, with a strong inclination towards oil & gas-related activities in remote areas. We excel in the provisioning of engineering, procurement, project management and construction services, with distinctive skills and capabilities in the design and execution of large-scale offshore and onshore projects.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Position: Buyer

Job Location: Lagos

About The Job

  • Carry out all the activities necessary to purchase goods and/or services/subcontracts, in compliance with given cost/time/quality requirements and with Corporate/Company policies and standards and work instructions.

Responsibilities

  • Issue to vendors the Request for Quotation based on given purchasing request
  • Support the vendors during the preparation of the technical/commercial proposals with the obligation of confidentiality about the related bid info
  • Prepare the commercial/economic bid tabulation to compare different proposals and suggest actions to be taken in order to improve bid result and/or select the vendor
  • Lead the commercial/economic negotiation
  • Prepare the purchase order/subcontract based on standard General Purchase Terms and Conditions and Project Special Purchase Conditions, if any, and managing possible deviations
  • Close out the bid process receiving purchase/subcontract confirmation by the selected vendor and informing the unsuccessful vendors about the negative result of their bid
  • Follow up and negotiate, if necessary, purchase order/subcontract revisions
  • Perform the assigned activities in compliance with procedures and provided systems and tools
  • Check and comment the technical documentation received with the Purchase Requisition and Technical Evaluation
  • Manage contractual documentation (Archive) before the issue to centralized archive.

Qualifications

  • Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Engineering / Supply Chain Management / Business Administration / Economics or its equivalent.
  • Minimum of about 2 to 8 years’ relevant experience in the energy industry.
  • Proficiency in the use of SAP ERP, SAP ARIBA, SAP EDW CPS and MS OFFICE SUITE.
  • CIPP / MCIPS / CPMS membership.