Assistant Buyer

Job Title: Assistant Buyer

Working Location: Doha based role
Contract Type: Contract role until 31/12/2029

Qualification:
- Bachelors Degree in an Engineering discipline

Experience and Skills:
- Minimum of 6 years experience in purchasing equipment and materials, preferably in an oil and gas environment
- Ability to read drawings and technical documents
- Proficient in MS Office suite, especially MS Word and MS Excel
- Knowledge of SAP
- Good understanding of materials specifications
- Proficiency in written and spoken English

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
- Implement the purchasing process effectively and efficiently to convert Purchase Requisitions into Purchase Orders in line with internal regulations, procedures, and standards
- Apply appropriate sourcing strategies to ensure efficient fulfillment of requirements for oil and gas operations
- Review user requirements and resolve inconsistencies, including technical specifications, lead times, quantities, and estimated values
- Review technical evaluations, price comparisons, and commercial evaluations, and prepare award recommendations
- Prepare award documents (Purchase Orders) and change/variation orders
- Support SLA and KPI processes and implement performance reports and key deliverables in order execution, including administration of bonds/guarantees, progress payments, and expediting delivery for emergency, critical, and high value requirements for oil and gas operations
- Execute pre-qualification and technical proposal exercises to facilitate development of technical specifications and price estimates
- Assist in expediting material deliveries through coordination and leveraging supply base relationships
- Support and monitor vendor performance metrics to enhance the vendor performance portfolio
- Track trends and developments in the marketplace that may impact the price and delivery of materials and equipment for oil and gas operations
- Maintain a high level of integrity in line with ethical policies and uphold confidentiality in all business processes
- Enhance and maintain customer relationships (internal and external) to foster a cohesive working environment based on trust and performance