Senior Procurement Specialist

Tanqeeb; Dubai; On-site; AED 335,000 - 536,000; Full time

Job summary

McDermott in Dubai seeks a Senior Procurement Specialist to enhance procurement discipline across projects. You will lead procurement strategy, manage contracts, and act as a key interface with clients and vendors to ensure milestones are met on time and within budget.

You will develop project procurement execution plans, maintain auditable files, monitor costs, and provide timely status reporting while guiding junior staff and collaborating with PMT and Legal as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management or equivalent.
• 6+ years of relevant experience.
• Professional procurement qualification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the supply chain function within the PMT.
• Lead procurement strategy and manage contract flow-down.
• Develop a Project Procurement execution plan.
• Interface with client and vendors to meet milestones.
• Ensure auditable procurement files and cost control.
• Resolve disputes and support PMT and Legal as needed.
• Provide status reporting and lessons learned.

Skills

Leadership

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Time management

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor or equivalent in Supply Chain

HSD/GED/IGCSE with 6+ years experience

Professional Procurement qualification

Tools

SPMAT

Oracle

Job description

Job Description

The Senior Procurement Specialist 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.

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

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent) in Supply Chain Management (or a relevant discipline) or HSD/GED/IGCSE with 6 years of relevant experience6-10 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 - Share Point Migration Assessment Tool or Oracle) preferred