Category Buyer

SBM Offshore; Porto; Sur place; EUR 45 000 - 75 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

SBM Offshore is seeking a Category Buyer in Porto to negotiate and contract long-term agreements with strategic partners. You will monitor suppliers, perform market analyses, and ensure commercial terms align with project and operations needs, delivering value and efficiency across the supply chain.

Required is a Bachelor's degree in supply chain or related field, with experience in procurement in oil and gas, strong analytical and negotiation skills, and knowledge of TCO and cost models.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in procurement or supply chain management within the oil and gas industry.
• Commercial acumen.
• Analytical mindset with proficiency in data analysis and market research.
• Good communication and problem-solving skills.
• Market knowledge for the targeted products.
• Knowledge in Total Cost of Ownership methodology.
• Understanding of Cost Breakdown models.
• Good understanding of the products in your category in liaison with technical stakeholders.

Responsabilités

• Support the Category Manager or other team members in the effective management of strategic suppliers.
• Monitor vendor financial data, load level, capacity and investment plans.
• Perform market analysis.
• Ensure that commercial agreements match Projects, Operations or Indirect Procurement needs and bring benefits such as simplification, competitive commercial terms, and manufacturing slots reservation.
• Embark lessons learnt into vendor commercial improvement monitoring.
• Deliver frame agreements as per defined contracting plan on target as defined in the category strategy.
• Support the negotiation with suppliers for packages and services in your category, using benchmark and cost breakdown models, bringing TCO parameters into the equation.
• Support Projects, Operations or Indirect Procurement teams when the relationship with the vendor is at risk (dispute & claims resolution, manufacturing performance, slot allocations).
• Measure, monitor and report the savings from the implementation of the category strategy and other relevant supply chain KPIs for the category.
• You may also issue Purchase Orders (POs) for key scopes.

Connaissances

Commercial acumen

Analytical mindset

Data analysis

Communication skills

Problem solving

Market knowledge

Formation

Bachelor's degree in supply chain management

Bachelor's degree in business administration

Description du poste

• You embark lesson learnt into vendor commercial improvement monitoring.

Imagine your career taking you to the depths of innovation and the heights of impact. Our people enable continuous progress. Their commitment, collective expertise, and unique capabilities are the engine room behind SBM Offshore’s True. Blue. Transition. - shaping the future of energy, and beyond.

About Us

SBM Offshore is a global leader in deepwater ocean infrastructure, delivering floating production solutions across the full asset lifecycle—from design and construction to installation and operation. Supported by a global team of more than 8,000 professionals, the Company operates a long-term, asset-backed business model that delivers high-availability assets and predictable cash flows. SBM Offshore combines engineering expertise, operational reliability, and selective innovation to support safe, efficient, and lower-carbon energy production, while extending its capabilities into new opportunities across the blue economy.

Purpose

• As Category Buyer, you are responsible for the negotiation and contractualization of long-term agreements with Strategic Partners as identified in the Category strategy, with the main objective of increasing SBM competitiveness and security of supply.

Responsibilities

• You support the Category Manager or other member of the team in the effective management of strategic suppliers.
• You monitor vendor's financial data, load level, capacity and investment plans.
• You perform market analysis.
• You ensure that commercial agreements match Projects, Operations or Indirect Procurement needs and bring benefits such as simplification, competitive commercial terms, and manufacturing slots reservation.
• You embark lesson learnt into vendor commercial improvement monitoring.
• You deliver frame agreements as per defined contracting plan on target as defined in the category strategy.
• You support the negotiation with suppliers for packages and services in your category, using benchmark and cost breakdown models, bringing TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) parameters into the equation.
• You support Projects, Operations or Indirect Procurement teams when the relationship with the vendor is at risk (dispute & claims resolution, manufacturing performance, slot allocations).
• You measure, monitor and report the savings from the implementation of the category strategy and other relevant supply chain KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) for the category.
• You may also issue Purchase Orders (POs) for key scopes.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, business administration, or a related field.

Experience

• Previous experience in procurement or supply chain management within the oil and gas industry.
• Commercial Acumen.
• Analytical mindset with proficiency in data analysis and market research.
• Good communication and problem-solving skills.
• Market knowledge for the targeted products
• Knowledge in Total Cost of Ownership methodology
• Understanding of Cost Breakdown models
• Good understanding of the products in your category in liaison with technical stakeholders

Functional Competencies

• Commercial
• Analytics and reporting
• SBM Product Knowledge
• Business Acumen
• Third parties relation management
• Strategic Sourcing and Vendor Management
• Contract Management
• Negotiation
• Product Costing
• Risk Management

GENERAL INFORMATION

SBM Offshore N.V. is a listed holding company that is headquartered in Amsterdam. It holds direct and indirect interests in other companies that collectively with SBM Offshore N.V. form the SBM Offshore Group (“the Company”). For further information, please visit our website at www.sbmoffshore.com. The companies in which SBM Offshore N.V., directly and indirectly, owns investments are separate entities.

SBM Offshore is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affimative Action employer. SBM Offshore does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.