Senior Buyer

Schlumberger Limited; Pune District; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Learning opportunities

Diverse and inclusive culture

Job summary

SLB seeks a Procurement Specialist to ensure items and services are purchased from qualified suppliers on time and cost effectively. You will manage PO processing, supplier selection, and ensure adherence to defined procedures.

You will collaborate with spot and field buyers for spot buys, maintain supplier relationships, and drive continuous improvement across catalog updates, documentation, and knowledge management within the P2P framework.

Qualifications

• Min Graduation; field not specified.
• 7–11 years of procurement experience.
• Experience defining buying channels and supplier selection.

Responsibilities

• Process purchase orders accurately.
• Define buying channels and select suppliers on price, quality, lead time.
• Create and dispatch supplier POs.
• Involve spot buyers/field buyers for spot buys.
• Maintain day-to-day supplier relations and with P2P.
• Escalate complex issues to Category Procurement Leader.
• Contribute to knowledge management and continuous improvement.
• Use procurement tools (Ariba, ASL, QUEST).
• Document changes and updates to catalogs and buying guides.
• Track deviations and raise nonconformances in QUEST.

Skills

PO processing

Vendor management

Procurement

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Ariba

QUEST

ASL

P2P systems

Job description

The Procurement Specialist is responsible for ensuring items or services are purchased from specified suppliers and are delivered upon agreed terms and conditions, seeking maximum value for the company including agreed time and cost. The Procurement Specialist is responsible for delivering high-quality purchasing services on a day-to-day basis according to defined procedures, respecting quantity, quality and timing. This person ensures quality of services provided and contributes to improvement and knowledge management of purchasing processes.

• Be responsible for purchase order (PO) processing.
• Support the user defining purchase requests when needed.
• Define the correct buying channel for each request; choose the best supplier in terms of price, quality and lead time.
• Ensure that a PO is created correctly (BORG info, currencies, quantity, etc.), and follow up on any issues related to PO creation.
• Create and dispatch supplier POs to supplier.
• Involve the Procurement Specialist Spot Buyer in spot buys when no catalogs are available.
• Involve the Procurement Specialist Field in spot buys when local knowledge is required or if purchase threshold is exceeded.
• Manage day-to-day interactions with suppliers and P2P Specialist.
• Escalate complex issues to the Category Procurement Leader.
• Perform knowledge management.
• Perform problem solving for noncomplex issues with operations users.
• Trigger catalog and buying guide updates when required.
• Propose documentation changes and process improvements when required.
• Track deviations and raise nonconformances in QUEST.
• Participate in continuous improvement projects.
• Use all required procurement tools when required or mandated by process (Ariba, ASL, QUEST).

Min. Graduation
Min 7-11 experience

SLB is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or other characteristics protected by law.

Global adventure, broad exposure, and limitless learning await you. You'll be part of the most multi-cultural and diverse team of experts in any industry, anywhere.

Insurance

Health, vision, and dental insurance for you and your dependents available from day one.

Learning Opportunities

Global adventure, broad exposure, and limitless learning await you. You'll be part of the most multi-cultural and diverse team of experts in any industry, anywhere.

Diverse and Inclusive

Our exceptional and diverse people are the pulse and spirit of who we are. Every day, you will enrich your knowledge in an environment where differences in thought, creativity and experiences are embraced.

About Us

We are a global technology company, driving energy innovation for a balanced planet. Together, we create amazing technology that unlocks access to energy for the benefit of all.

Global in outlook, local in practice - and with a united, shared passion for discovering solutions, we hire talented, driven people and support them to succeed, personally and professionally.

SLB is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or other characteristics protected by law.

We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation / modification to the known physical or mental limitations of a qualified applicant with a disability to assist in the hiring process, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local law. If you believe you require such assistance to complete this form or to participate in the interview process, please contact [e-mail] to request assistance. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to.

SLB is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor- priority referral Protected Veterans requested.

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