Buyer at Saipem Contracting Nigeria Limited (SCNL)

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 Title: Buyer

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 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 selected vendor and informing the unsuccessful vendors about 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.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.