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KBR · Onsite · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Title:

Purchasing Specialist

Job Posting Description

KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets.

Job Responsibilities

  • Under direct supervision, executes and supervises cradle to grave purchasing activities (including bid, evaluate, award cycle, execution of agreements, execution of changes, price, and schedule negotiations) for a specific commodity group or project

  • Negotiates favorable terms, volume discounts, and long-term contracts with suppliers for the procurement of goods, services, and supplies

  • Identify corrective actions and measures in case of quality or schedule issues with suppliers    

  • Works closely with Engineering and the projects

  • Assures that problems will report timely to the projects and senior procurement management

  • Conducts the orderly closeout of Procurement operations, including settlement of claims and back-charges, and resolving punch list items assigned to Procurement

  • Develops core job competencies with existing procedures and work processes

  • Must be willing to work hours to support counterparts in different geographical regions (US, UK, etc.)

Job Requirements

  • Engineering qualification background, preferably in Supply Chain Management or Business

  • 3+ years of Procurement and Supply Chain Management experience with a global EPC company executing contracts in key industries, such as oil and gas, LNG, petrochemical, chemical, etc.

  • Experience in purchasing or subcontracts, including bid, evaluate, award cycle, execution of agreements, execution of changes, price and schedule negotiations, and commercial strategy.

  • Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills in order to flow goals and directives and effectively communicate commercial solutions and concepts to procurement personnel and non-procurement personnel

  • Ability to work in a complex schedule-driven work environment

  • Candidates must have strong analytical skills and be proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)

  • Candidates must be able to learn new software and tools easily

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