Buyer / Senior Buyer, Shared Services (Chennai)

Fleet Management Limited; Mumbai; Sur place; INR 600 000 - 900 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Fleet Management India Private Limited seeks a Buyer in Shared Services to manage vessel requisitions, ensure timely deliveries and coordinate with vendors and ship chandlers. The role emphasizes adherence to policies, documentation, and efficient procurement processes for on-board needs.

Ideal candidates have 1–3 years in ship management, IT procurement system familiarity, and strong stakeholder communication skills to support global vessel operations.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of work experience in the ship management industry
• IVE or Diploma with 3–6 years relevant work experience
• IT literate for working with procurement systems
• Good interpersonal & stakeholder management with ability to communicate at all levels
• High stress tolerance and detail-oriented

Responsabilités

• Purchase related activities for vessels to ensure safe and timely deliveries
• Respond to requisitions in the company's purchase module (Oracle SCM)
• Communicate with category leads on prices and deliveries
• Ensure cost-efficient, safe and timely operations per policy and procedures
• Issue POs with required details after approvals
• Follow up on deliveries and ETB targets
• Coordinate with vessels, agents and ship chandlers for smooth deliveries
• Process invoices for payment

Connaissances

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

IT literacy

Attention to detail

Team coordination

Formation

Degree holder

ITI or Diploma

Outils

Oracle SCM

Description du poste

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Buyer / Senior Buyer, Shared Services (Chennai)

Date: 26 Aug 2026

Company: Fleet Management India Private Limited

Our 30 years journey rides on the passion of over 27,000 seafarers and 1,000 onshore professionals. Today, we are one of the largest independent third‑party ship management companies managing over 650 diverse types of vessels.
Headquartered in Hong Kong SAR, China, we operate on a global scale having 27 offices in 12 countries. Our client base spans over 100 world‑class ship owners, including Fortune 500 companies from China, Greece, India, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Norway, Turkey and the USA, among others.
In a shore career at FLEET, you will be working with a team of a highly passionate, self‑driven and committed group of people. We aim to be a place where you can achieve your full potential, regardless of your background. We are looking for individuals who are ambitious about making a strong contribution to FLEET’s short and long‑term sustainable growth – whether you are dealing directly with clients or working in a role supporting the business, such as technology, legal or communications.

Job Position Summary

The Buyer role would be a part of the shared services, based in Hong Kong. The Buyer is responsible for processing, documenting, and communicating the requisitions put in by the assigned vessels, adhering to policies and SOP’s set by the shared services

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Buyer performs day to day purchasing related activities to ensure safe and timely delivery of requisitions ordered by the vessel with due
  consideration to the criticality of the item
• Responds to the requisitions raised by vessels in company’s purchase module which is Oracle Supply Chain
• Communicates with Category leads regarding prices and deliveries
• Achieves the goal of cost efficient, safe & timely operations of vessels in accordance with company policy & procedures.

Routine Job Description

• Check & analyze requisitions based on the requirement of stakeholders.
• Comply with available frame agreements prices pre-selected by the vessel
• Issue the Purchase Order (PO) with all the required details (i.e. ETB, agent details) once approved (To be confirmed)
• Ensure that supplier issues Order confirmation
• Follow up on the delivery two days before of ETB

Over All Job Profile

• Deals with category leads for supply of requested items of required on board.
• Carefully takes care of the purchase flow to ensure the desired result which includes processing requisitions
• Daily coordination with vessels to ensure prompt information & immediately address queries and/or complaints
• Continuously improve service quality and productivity levels. Proactively share best practices across the teams
• Coordinates with vessel, agents and local ship chandlers for the smooth delivery of orders
• Resolves issues regarding supply as raised directly by the vessel
• Provides feedback to Captain and Superintendent regarding local ship chandler for budget control
• Process invoices for payment

Job Experience, Functional Knowledge and Qualifications

• Degree holder of any faculty with minimum 1 – 3 years of work experience in the ship management industry
• IVE or Diploma of any faculty with 3-6 years relevant work experience
• IT literate for working with advanced procurement systems
• Good interpersonal & stakeholder management skills with ability to communicate at all levels, High stress level, being comfortable handling numerous tasks within limited timeframes in a structured manner with eye forthe detail
• Strong-minded with robust personality

Fleet Management Limited is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by local laws.