Senior Buyer

Job Overview:

The Senior Buyer uses best practices and knowledge of internal or external issues to improve the Procurement discipline within McDermott. They will act as a resource for colleagues with less experience and share their conceptual and practical expertise related to the Procurement discipline. The Senior Procurement Specialist solves complex problems and uses discipline-specific knowledge to improve their products or services. The Senior Procurement Specialist impacts a range of customer, operational, project, or service activities with the Procurement team and other related teams. It ensures they work within the appropriate guidelines and policies.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Hold responsibility for the Supply Chain function within the Project Management Team
• Collaborate with key stakeholders on the development and implementation of project requirements and have a key interface with the client and vendors to ensure project milestones are met on time and within budget
• Lead the procurement strategy within the Project Management Team, ensuring all contract requirements are incorporated as well as negotiated to include the Project required flow-down conditions to minimize exposure
• Develop a Project Procurement execution plan with the assistance of the supply chain function, to include all purchasing, expediting, logistics, communication, and project goals
• Ensure client needs are identified and effectively addressed, pertaining to all supply chain/procurement requirements, and act where required, as a single point of contact with the client for all supply chain and procurement requirements
• Ensure problems are identified timely and appropriate corrective action plans are developed to allow resolution
• Participate in resolving disputes, claims, and performance issues
• Ensure effective and timely status reporting, including representing the supply chain management function in project team meetings
• Ensure auditable procurement files are maintained and project filing and record retention procedures are implemented
• Ensure adherence to project schedule requirements
• Oversee project supply chain management activities
• Ensure deliverable quality level meets both internal and external customer requirements and expectations
• Interface with peers and others to provide and receive information allowing all to perform more effectively
• Lead efforts to conduct project reviews, including transfer of lessons learned to peers and others as appropriate
• Ensure appropriate approval cycles are maintained
• Manage procurement packages including budget and cost, monitoring expenditures on payment approval, change orders, etc.
• Manage any dispute on claims with vendors, liaising with SPS, PMT, Legal, etc.
• Provide independent advice to the Project Management Team and Function during the project tenure
• Provide support to the SCM Function and Reporting Manager when required, perform tasks as directed

Essential Qualifications and Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent) in Supply Chain Management (or a relevant discipline) or HSD/GED/IGCSE with 6 years of relevant experience
• 6-10 years of relevant experience
• Professional Procurement qualification preferred
• Work independently with minimal guidance
• Able to determine own work priorities
• Capable of managing a high volume of procurement packages within a tight timeline and concurrently work with multiple projects as required
• Act as a resource for colleagues with less experience
• Able to apply knowledge and skills to a wide range of standard and nonstandard situations
• Interpret customer needs, assess requirements, and identify solutions to non-standard requests
• Use best practices and knowledge of internal/external business issues to improve products or services in its discipline
• Monitor and control costs within own work
• Solve moderately complex problems; take a new perspective on existing solutions
• Manage own time to meet agreed targets; develop plans for short-term work activities in own area
• Promote teamwork, coach, and guide others
• Knowledge of database software (SPMAT - SharePoint Migration Assessment Tool or Oracle) preferred