Procurement Engineer

Job Purpose

CONTEXT AND ENVIRONMENT

Purchasing is vital to ensure continuity of NOC operational and production activities. The job involves regular contact with local and international suppliers. The buyer is expected to pay special attention to local agency regulations when placing orders. Occasionally the Procurement Engineer is expected to go to supplier’s locations for the purchase of urgent materials.

Key Accountabilities

ACCOUNTABILITIES : 

• To perform various types of purchasing activities in order to meet the requirements of the company in a safe,efficient, economic, auditable and comprehensive manner.
• To handle purchasing processes in the most professional manner: delivering best quality in time and at the optimal cost for the NOC.
• To ensure the Partners’ Entities requirements satisfaction to avoid any shortages which expose the Company to operation/production problems.

ACTIVITIES :

The Job holder participates liaises with Partners Entities and participates to processes and communication of the purchasing entity by performing the following activities:

• Participate to improving of purchasing practices, procedures & reference documentation.
• Inform requesters during all the Purchasing Process (ref. E&P supply chain fundamentals).
• Work in Duet with one or several Partners’ Entities
  - Participate to evaluating suppliers with Partners’ Entities.
• Contribute to reporting Key Performance Indicators.
• Use Market Intelligence information, Cost models, target prices, etc.

The Job holder ensures the proper execution of purchasing operations (under the responsibility of his/her team leader or head of purchasing) by performing the following activities:

• Handle the reception of purchase requisitions.
• Receive and analyze PRs coming from Partners’ Entities via the Head of Purchasing or the Team Leader.
• Finalize the S.O.W. in duet with Partners’ Entities.
• 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 forquotation.
• 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 Partners’ Entities.
• Establish corresponding contractual documents: purchase orders, etc.
• 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 NOC central warehouse.
• Negotiate and solve all changes leading to amendment from Partners’ Entities or suppliers/contractors.
• Clarify discrepancies between material received and orders, if any with suppliers
  - Input all purchase data in SAP.

The Job holder ensures the Compliance:

• Ensure compliance of the purchasing process with all internal Company’s rules (including NOC Code of conduct)
  and all applicable laws and regulation (JV rules, Country laws...).
• Give special attention to safety material in order to ensure all safety requirements such as testing, certifications,
  identifications, etc. are fully complied as per company requirements and local government regulations.
• Ensure the application of NOC General Terms and Conditions for purchase of equipments.
• 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.

The Job holder adheres to the H3SE rules : 

•  Be in constant alignment with H3SE Company rules, Procedures, Instructions and applicable legislation.
• Take the necessary measures to avert immediate threat of danger. Exercising caution as necessary to avoid
  danger to persons and installations or avoid pollution.

Competencies

Education

BSc Degree in Science or Commercial field or its equivalent.

Certification

• Intermediate level in purchasing technical Competencies required.
• C&P tools fundamentals certification required

Experience

• 6 years post-graduate experience in his/her field and the O&G industry.
• 1 year as Graduate Procurement Engineer or 1 year in purchasing of goods and/or services in the petroleum industry.
• Basic Human Relations, Problem Solving and planning / organizing / coordinating /controlling.