Associate Procurement Representative

Schlumberger

Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

Desired Candidate Profile

We are looking for an Associate Procurement Representative located in Dubai, UAE. This is your opportunity to join a global technology company, driving energy innovation for a balanced planet. This role is expected to partner closely with our global and regional procurement teams, Global Finance Shared Service Center, department buyers for source to pay activities including but not limited to vendor onboarding, material pricing, purchase requisition to purchase order conversion, manage invoice disputes, and serves as a subject matter expert in either processes, systems or compliance. This role will also be actively engaged in the testing and execution of the future Source to Pay process environment, collaborate with suppliers to create punch out or hosted catalogs, convert PR to PO for materials and services not covered by catalogs, train end users on the current and future procurement processes If you are a passionate professional that likes to work in an autonomous, hands-on environment, we invite you to apply. This is your opportunity to join a growing company offering a competitive base salary and benefits.

What You Will Do:

• Follow safety policies to provide a safe workplace for all employees and supports the guiding principles of Goal Zero to continually improve the plant's safety, health and environmental performance, security, design, development, manufacture, storage, marketing, distribution, use and ultimate safe disposal of chemical products. Drive culture of safety; Report safety observations / incidents.
• Supports and is committed to the Quality Improvement Process. Plans strategies to ensure error-free work by "doing it right the first time" and conveys this attitude in the daily performance of various duties, in our drive continuous improvement.
• Set up and maintain outline agreements globally in line with the requirements of sourcing team.
• Clear understanding of the broad range of all Source to Pay business processes and systems including their relationships to other functional areas.
• Investigate, resolve and release blocked invoices within SLAs to ensure prompt payment to suppliers.
• Applies appropriate data cleansing tools to review and audit Procurement data; research potential duplicate records; maintain the vendor master data as per the standards.
• Utilizes the appropriate application tools and available resources to manage workload and complete assigned duties ensuring commitments are delivered on time.
• Assist in resolution of supplier issues. Work with all functions in resolution of billing discrepancies, shipment conditions accuracy etc.
• Apply knowledge of processes and related systems to assist in identifying, assessing and resolving issues and problems.
• Complete and monitor reports like compliance monitoring, invoice dispute resolutions etc.
• Develop and execute action plans, take appropriate action to correct errors and implement changes to stop errors from occurring.
• Participate in special projects as directed including automation and process improvements.
• Document process workflows and procedures.
• Identify systemic issues and recommend process improvements; integrate updates of procurement requirements into department processes.
• Work with key stakeholders (legal, compliance, Finance, IT & Digital Teams) to design, build, transform, and operationalize solutions supported by emerging technologies such as AI, RPA, source to pay platforms.
• Assist the stakeholders in the procure to pay process, including PR/PO creation, issue resolutions and any other issues arising in the process.
• Understand risks and controls in their area of expertise, manage all compliance related procurement business processes including - internal/external SOX or ISO audits.