Project Procurement Advisor

Exxon Mobil; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Exxon Mobil is seeking a Project Procurement Specialist to be a key member of a major capital project team. The role focuses on planning and execution of equipment purchasing, expediting, and logistics from early Stage 2 through Stage 4 handover to Operations.

You will develop procurement strategies, manage supplier lists, evaluate bids, and ensure schedule compliance while leveraging global supplier relationships and EMCAPS deliverables.

Qualifications

• Experience planning and executing equipment purchasing, expediting, and logistics.
• Knowledge of engineered equipment market and project execution experience.
• Strong commercial negotiation capabilities and EPC collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Development Stage: collates market intelligence and trends, assesses lead times and supplier capabilities.
• Leads EMCAPs deliverables: Long Lead Equipment strategy, purchasing strategy, PSL creation.
• Execution Stage: oversees procurement activities including supplier qualifications, bidding, evaluation, expediting, and logistics.
• Captures and shares lessons learned and best practices.

Skills

Strategic Supplier Engagement

Opportunity & Market Identification

Negotiation

Strategic Contract Development

Sourcing Economics & Cost Modeling

Job description

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Job Group Capability

Procurement

Job Group

Strategic Sourcing

Job Role Description

The Project Procurement Specialist (also referred to as Project Procurement Advisor (PPA)) is a key, integrated member of a major capital project team or Site Projects organization (i.e. portfolio of capital projects of ~<$100M each in value), responsible for planning and execution of all activities related to equipment purchasing, expediting, and logistics. A Project Procurement Specialist’s involvement on a project spans from early Stage 2 through Stage 4 facility handover to Operations, and requires commercial expertise, knowledge of engineered equipment market and project execution experience

Job Role Responsibilities

Development Stage:

Collates latest market intelligence and trends:

• Equipment lead times
• Key challenges / opportunities
• Supplier capabilities

Leads the development of ExxonMobil Capital Projects (EMCAPS) Element 10.2 Deliverables:

• Long Lead Equipment (LLE)strategy
• Purchasing Strategy and Roles & Responsibilities (RACI)
• Project Materials Management Plan

Provides input to Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Invitation to Tender and technically evaluates contractor bids

Develops Project Supplier List (PSL), including consideration of global suppliers, use of ExxonMobil scale and agreements and standardization opportunities

Execution Stage:

Leads execution of Long Lead Equipment purchase commitments and any other scopes aligned for Company to provide (self-managed carve outs, project studies, etc.)

As applicable, oversees Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) in execution of all equipment procurement activities:

• Supplier qualifications
• Bidding, evaluation, award, including commercial competitiveness
• Expediting and Logistics coordination, including schedule compliance
• Site Materials Management activities
• Spare parts selection and procurement
• Contract closeout, including vendor data, warranty transfer and final supplier payments

Leverages relationships to escalate and mitigate issues, including engagement with Engineering, Quality, Construction functions

Captures and share lessons learned and best practices

Functional Skills

Strategic Supplier Engagement

Opportunity & Market Identification

Negotiation

Strategic Contract Development

Sourcing Economics & Cost Modeling

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