Category Buyer

Category Buyer

**Req Id**:20118

**Job Family**:Category Management

**Location**:Porto, PT, 4100-136

**Description**:

- Imagine your career taking you to the depths of innovation and the heights of impact. Our people enable continuous progress. Their commitment, collective expertise, and unique capabilities are the engine room behind SBM Offshore’s True. Blue. Transition. - shaping the future of energy, and beyond.

**About Us**:
SBM Offshore is the world’s deepwater ocean-infrastructure expert. Our work is already resulting in cleaner, more efficient energy production. True. Blue. Transition. is our promise to enable that into the future while at the same time using our expertise to support new and existing markets in the blue economy. It starts with Advancing our Core: continuing to advance the decarbonization of traditional energy production. While Pioneering More: helping to enable the energy transition and using our unique capabilities in ocean infrastructure to support more industries to grow sustainably. Sharing our experience for a better blue tomorrow.
- Purpose- As Category Buyer, you are responsible for the negotiation and contractualization of long-term agreements with Strategic Partners as identified in the Category strategy, with the main objective of increasing SBM competitiveness and security of supply.
- Responsibilities- You support the Category Manager or Senior Category Buyer in the effective management strategic suppliers. Monitor vendor’s financial data, load level, capacity and investment plans. Perform Market analysis
- You ensure that commercial agreements match projects and operations needs and bring benefits such as simplification, competitive prices, manufacturing slots reservation.
- You Embark lesson learnt into vendor commercial improvement monitoring.
- You deliver Frame Agreement as per defined contracting plan on target as defined in the Category Strategy.
- You support the negotiation with suppliers for packages / services in your area, as required, using benchmark and cost breakdown models, bringing TCO parameters into the equation
- You support Project & Operations teams when the relationship with the vendor is at risk (e.g. dispute & claims resolution, manufacturing performance, slot allocation)
- You measure the contracted savings from the implementation of the category strategy and other relevant SC KPIs for the category.
- You Measure, Monitor and Report KPIs as required
- On an ad-hoc basis, you issue Purchase Orders for key scopes
- Education- Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, business administration, or a related field.
- Experience- Previous experience in procurement or supply chain management within the oil and gas industry.
- Commercial Acumen.
- Analytical mindset with proficiency in data analysis and market research.
- Good communication and problem-solving skills.
- Market knowledge for the targeted products
- Knowledge in Total Cost of Ownership methodology
- Understanding of Cost Breakdown models
- Good understanding of the products in your category in liaison with technical stakeholders
- Functional Competencies- Commercial- Analytics and reporting- SBM Product Knowledge- Business Acumen- Third parties relation management- Strategic Sourcing and Vendor Management- Contract Management- Negotiation- Product Costing- Risk Management**GENERAL INFORMATION**
- SBM Offshore is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. SBM Offshore does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.