As SCM Specialist, your duties and responsibilities will include:

• Contacting a range of suppliers and sub-contractors to source competitive bids from qualified suppliers that meet specification, quality, budgetary and schedule requirements according to company policy.
• Negotiating and placing commitments with suppliers ensuring that the most favourable terms of contract are obtained
• Developing relationships with key suppliers and internal customers.
• Ensuring that goods or services are delivered to the right place at the right time.
• Sourcing alternative products and reviewing existing ones to ensure prices remain competitive with no compromise of quality.
• Managing the system generated GR/IR and Blocked Invoice reports ensuring that they are kept up to date.
• Expediting purchase orders ensuring that delivery dates are met and any supply issues are resolved.
• Identifying and reporting cost savings to project/business.

Applicants to this vacancy should offer a broad knowledge of procurement procedures – ideally within a busy purchasing environment in the oil and gas industry. It is essential that you have a strong working knowledge of SAP.

Excellent negotiation skills and experience of supplier evaluation, purchase order creation, contract terms and conditions, negotiation and working within a busy purchasing environment is required.