Project Buyer Den Haag Zuid-Holland

The job holder is responsible to support the Contracts & Procurement Department manager (C&P Manager) for Procurement activities related to the procurement of long lead items CO2 storage infrastructure (referred as Project, including jackets, topsides, spur lines).

• Develop the procurement strategies for the Project with the Package Managers.
• Lead Procurement activities comprising of RFQ preparation, tender evaluation, clarifications, negotiations, award, and all post-award contract administration and expediting through to delivery and close-out of the purchase order.
• Ensure commercial and technical correspondence with vendors is efficiently handled.
• Ensure market trend investigation; request for information and benchmark activity within the industry is efficiently performed to ensure vendors & suppliers are quoting competitively and in line with the industry standard.
• Verifying that purchasing documents and procedures comply with the standards of the Project and the agreements with the partners.
• Preparation of documents for presentation to internal/external Committees and various approval committees.
• Ensure the proper follow up of the Purchase Orders. Anticipate and address any potential issues or deviations to Purchase Order requirements in order to minimize Project exposure (cost & schedule).
• Participate in vendor audits, reviewing records for accuracy and conformance to standards and purchase order requirements.
• Administrate legal issues related to delays, claims, disputes, litigations.
• Contribute to the Project reporting for the Contract & Procurement part

• Education: Bachelor’s degree preferably in technical discipline, or relevant to scope.
• Professional experience: 5 years’ hands-on experience with requests for quotations, negotiating, and managing complex purchase orders in an industrial environment.
• Effective communicator with proven negotiation skills, ability to influence and work transversally to achieve outcomes whilst showing balanced and prudent decision-making capabilities.
• Excellent understanding of complex tasks, ability to work autonomously with great rigor and precision.
• Team player with ability to work collaboratively across complex project teams and interface between interdisciplinary departments and within an international team.
• Fluency in English (speaking and writing) is required.