Strategic Category Buyer: Drive Value & Supplier Relationships

SBM Offshore; Porto; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Commercial acumen

Analytical mindset

Data analysis

Communication skills

Problem solving

Market knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in supply chain management

Bachelor's degree in business administration

Job description

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.