Buyer

Wood

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Buyer to join our Iraq Business Unit.

What we can offer

• Meaningful and interesting projects Delivered to high profile clients and complex projects in Iraq
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice
• Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market
• Medical Insurance: Ensures inpatient and outpatient medical care is available should you require treatment.
• Commitment to continued professional development; development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests
• Global connections: join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession
• Long Service Award: Wood values the commitment and loyalty of our people. Celebrating Long Service provides an opportunity for the business to demonstrate their appreciation of the hard work, dedication and many years services of our employees at 5-year service milestones

Job Dimensions:

• Affiliate Complexity / Criticality: The job holder is a C&P m tier representative of an affiliate with a high complexity / criticality to manage C&P activities as the C&P stakeholder will have to consider external factors such as the Political instability, the low Human Rights consideration context, the high risk related to bribery in Iraq and the management of economic sanctions risks.
• Under the job holder responsibility per year
  
  • Commitment value App.180 M.USD
  • # of commitments: App. 1200 PO lines
  • # of contracts: App. 10 contracts

Activities:

In its perimeter, the Job holder leads & organizes material purchase activities of all Project activities

The job holder manages Procurement processes

• Update the Procurement Planning and help to prioritize the purchasing workload
• Proactively build and maintain relationship with M tier Partners and suppliers in order to establish and maintain a highly effective service
• Inform requesters during the preparation phase, purchase and commitment follow-up as per supply chain fundamentals
• Work in Duet with his/her m tier partners
• Prepare and conduct regularly the Duet/ Triplet meetings to ensure efficiency of Duets/Triplets
• Participate to the follow-up and evaluation of suppliers with M tier Partners
• Ensure cost optimization and reduction
• Participate to the good use of e-sourcing tools
• Utilize frame agreements FALTC signed by headquarters
• Ensure the reception, management and follow up of purchase orders (PO s) until payment and reception
• Ensure the input of all necessary purchase data in SAP
• Contribute to reporting Key Performance Indicators for the purchasing activities
• Participate to and promote activities, projects, actions launched for the improvement of the Supply Chain Process

In its perimeter, the job holder manages the Purchasing of goods activities:

• Prepare Contract Committee documents and participate with M tier Partners for the presentation of RTAs
• Participate in planning s phases of the needs (SOR) in duet with M tier Partners
• Analyze all Purchase Requisitions (PR) expressed by M tier Partners to ensure that adequate material specification (to finalize S.O.W), budget authorizations and relative cost centers have been provided
• Propose the bidder lists according to the nature of the requests
• Group requisitions to reduce process costs, compile tender packages and organize call for tender / request for quotation, invitations to bid
• Answer to tenderers requests for clarification
• Study, compare and evaluate offers in order to have the most economical and contractual advantageous conditions
• Organize and lead negotiations with suppliers associated with award and performance of POs
• Issue RTAs in Duet with M tier Partners in charge of the request
• Establish corresponding contractual documents: purchase orders, etc.
• Make sure all Purchase Orders (PO), and contractual documents include the necessary related QA/QC provisions.
• Ensure the follow-up of purchase orders until complete reception and payment
  
  • Ensure rapid and correct validation of PO s
  • Ensure reception of acknowledgement of receipt for PO s from suppliers
  • Ensure Suppliers deliveries on time
  • Follow-up of goods receipt until affiliate s central warehouse
  • Negotiate and solve all changes leading to amendment from M tier Partners or suppliers
  • Clarify discrepancies between material received and orders, if any with suppliers (Triplet: stock controller / stock keeper/TADM).
• Follow up the update of the supplier s database and the input of all purchase data in SAP.

The Job holder manages Compliance of activities

• Ensure that company s Contractual and Purchasing Policies and applicable laws and regulations are adhered to, especially related to ethic and transparency
• Ensure the use of the purchasing documents and procedures to comply with the standards of the company and the agreements with the partners
• Ensure the application of General Terms and Conditions for purchase of equipment s especially as it concerns complex, high value, high risk equipment s
• Ensure the good administration and filing of all the purchasing documents and ensure that all approvals, justifications, circulation forms etc. are filed in line with the applicable procedures and meet audit requirements to minimize any potential partner/audit claims or court actions