Purchasing Specialist

DeepOcean; Oslo fylke; On-site; NOK 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent or project employment with最佳

Mentoring and career guidance

Pension and insurance schemes

Access to courses

Job summary

Head Energy seeks a Purchasing Specialist to join project procurement teams from the Feed to delivery, building sourcing platforms and implementing procurement strategies for CCS packages.

You will lead sourcing activities, drive supplier collaboration, and ensure timely, cost-effective deliveries while aligning with HSSE and quality standards. Ideal candidates have 5–7 years in procurement with EPC experience and fluent English and Norwegian.

Qualifications

• Sourcing experience and strong contract management for procurement packages with medium to high technical complexity.
• Experience with RFQs, clarifications, negotiations, and contract administration (VORs, Claims) and execution follow up.
• Be familiar with EPC package execution environment with PRE and other support functions.
• Experience in working with the engineering (PRE) in 1-1 setup, follows technical discussions and analyses the impact further down in the process (schedule, cost risk).
• SAP Procurement knowledge (S4HANA); Ariba contract management; VIM.
• Solid contractual understanding and ability to review/ negotiate contractual documents (with other functions).
• Change management skills & Reporting capabilities
• Broad understanding of EPC Project dynamics, including technical, operational and planning contents
• Ability to work independently on all required tasks
• Experience Required 5-7 years from Procurement & Sourcing
• Preferred technical education due to the technical nature of packages
• Relevant technical, commercial, or administrative experience within packages procurement
• Be comfortable with MS Office and other digital tools
• Flexible - Be able to handle changes
• Determined - Be able to drive discussions and progress on the assigned packages
• Strong communication skills and able to handle internal & external stakeholders
• Commercial mindset and comfortable to be in negotiations.

Responsibilities

• Be part of the project procurement teams from Feed and EPC phase until the delivery of Project.
• Build sourcing & execution platform for CCS procurement packages in conjunction with project procurement strategy.
• Implement procurement strategy to ensure items & service deliveries according to cost, HSSE, and Quality requirements within the agreed delivery time.
• Cooperate with suppliers to maximize the use of available industry products and standard solutions and contributing to category management priorities.
• Work closely with various functions like project engineering, legal & compliance, construction & HSSEQ to select the best technical and commercial opportunities with low compliance risk.

Skills

Procurement & Sourcing

SAP Procurement (S4HANA)

Ariba contract management

VIM (Invoicing, PO close out)

Negotiation skills

English & Norwegian fluency

MS Office & digital tools

Education

Technical education

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Be part of project procurement teams from Feed and EPC phase until delivery, building sourcing platforms and implementing procurement strategies.

• 5-7 years of relevant experience from Procurement & Sourcing
• Experience with EPC package execution and contract management
• Knowledge of SAP Procurement (S4H), Ariba contract management, and VIM
• Solid contractual understanding and negotiation skills
• Proficient in English and Norwegian
• Permanent or project employment with competitive conditions
• Personal follow-up, mentoring, and career guidance
• Good pension and insurance schemes
• Access to both specific and general courses

Purchasing Specialist

On behalf of one of our clients, we are looking for Purchasing Specialist
Pnr: 23852
Job Description:

• Be a part of the project procurement teams from Feed and EPC phase until the delivery of Project.
• Build sourcing & execution platform for CCS procurement packages in conjunction with project procurement strategy.
• Implement procurement strategy to ensure items & service deliveries according to cost, HSSE, and Quality requirements within the agreed delivery time.
• Cooperate with suppliers to maximize the use of available industry products and standard solutions and contributing to category management priorities.
• Work closely with various functions like project engineering, legal & compliance, construction & HSSEQ to select the best technical and commercial opportunities with low compliance risk.

Qualifications

• Required
• Sourcing experience and strong contract management for procurement packages with medium to high technical complexity.
• Experience in, preparing requests for quotations, clarifications, negotiations, contract administration (VORs, Claims etc) and execution follow up.
• Be familiar with working in EPC package execution environment with PRE and other support functions in the project
• Experience in working with the engineering (PRE) in 1-1 setup, follows technical discussions and analyses the impact further down in the process (schedule, cost risk).
• SAP Procurement knowledge (S4H). Ariba contract management, VIM (Invoicing, PO close out).
• Solid contractual understanding and ability to review and negotiate contractual documents (insofar as necessary, in cooperation with the other functions)
• Change management skills & Reporting capabilities
• Broad understanding of EPC Project dynamics, including technical, operational and planning contents
• Ability to work independently on all required tasks
• Experience Required · 5-7 years relevant experience from Procurement & Sourcing
• Preferred technical education due to the technical nature of packages
• Relevant technical, commercial, or administrative experience within packages procurement or other relevant areas
• Be comfortable with MS office and other digital tools
• Flexible - Be able to handle changes
• Determined - Be able to drive discussions and progress on the assigned packages
• Strong communication skills and able to handle internal & external stakeholders
• Commercial mindset and comfortable to be in negotiations.

Applications will be evaluated continuously

In Head Energy you get:

• Permanent- or project employment with the best conditions.
• Access to the industry's most exciting job opportunities
• Personal follow-up, mentoring and career guidance
• A large variety of project opportunities
• Good pension- and insurance schemes
• A pleasant and positive work environment
• Access to both specific and general courses.

Video: Solutions that brings you one step ahead

• Ariba
• Energy Performance Contracting (EPC)
• Norsk
• SAP S/4HANA

Head Energy is an independent Scandinavian engineering & consulting house providing a wide range of products to onshore and offshore industries. We work with reputed clients in Energy, Civil Construction & Infrastructure, and Industry.
Head Energy has more than 900 employees, and offices in Bergen, Stavanger, Oslo, Trondheim, Gothenburg, Stenungsund, Esbjerg, Odense, and Hamburg. We are employee owned, client focused and growth oriented.
We live by our core values: Responsible | Honest | Inclusive | Innovative.
Our vision is to bring our employees and clients one step ahead.