Category Buyer

SBM Offshore N.V.; Porto; Sur place; EUR 45 000 - 65 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

SBM Offshore is seeking a Category Buyer to lead long-term supplier negotiations and drive value across the procurement lifecycle. You will monitor supplier performance, conduct market analyses, and ensure commercial terms align with project needs and category strategy.

Ideal candidates bring oil and gas procurement experience, strong analytical and negotiation skills, and a solid understanding of TCO and cost breakdown models.

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement or supply chain management within oil and gas.
• Analytical mindset with data analysis and market research.
• Commercial acumen with strong negotiation skills.
• Knowledge of Total Cost of Ownership and cost breakdown models.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving abilities.
• Understanding of category strategy and supplier management.
• Experience with contract management and vendor performance.

Responsabilités

• Negotiate and contract long-term agreements with strategic partners.
• Monitor suppliers' financial data, capacity and investment plans.
• Perform market analysis to support sourcing decisions.
• Ensure commercial agreements align with project needs and optimize terms.
• Deliver frame agreements per contracting plan in the category strategy.
• Support negotiations for packages and services using cost models and TCO.
• Assist projects and operations when vendor relationships are at risk (disputes, claims).
• Measure and report savings from category strategy implementation and KPIs.
• Issue purchase orders for key scopes when required.

Formation

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

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

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.