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🔍Houston, Texas, United States

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   Procurement

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TechnipFMC is a global oil and gas leader, specialized in subsea, onshore, offshore, and surface technologies. Our mission: to enhance the performance of world's energy industry. How we do it: by constantly challenging conventions
and investing in our 37 000+ employees, across 48 countries. At TechnipFMC, we aim to offer an inspiring working experience: tackling some of the most complex technical and engineering challenges in the world in collaboration with a truly global team.

JOB SUMMARY
Responsible for the effective execution of procurement activities for the full purchase-to-pay cycle for allocated Purchase Orders for a project or series of projects. Implements Project procurement strategies and activities to mitigate risk and deliver to budget, schedule, quality, cost, etc. Duties include preparing and initiating invitation to bids to selected suppliers, negotiation, Purchase Order award, and Purchase Order close-out of equipment and services. Lead in the region for a category or categories of supply, working closely with the Category Manager and network of category leads.

DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES
• Prepare and launch open and closed invitation to bids using the company eProcurement tool, expedite responses and serve as the single point-of-contact for Supplier questions, and harmonize, complete commercial bid tabulations with recommendations.
• Negotiate best prices and commercial conditions with suppliers within budgetary limits and scope of authority, manage contractual negotiations in line with legal recommendations and facilitate or lead Pre-Award meetings or proposal clarification meetings with suppliers and Project personnel to ensure alignment.
• Prepare and issue Purchase Orders and amendments per the assigned Delegations of Authority and manage supplier acknowledgements.
• In alignment with the Sourcing Team, maintain relationships with key suppliers in assigned category or categories to provide maximum utilization of their expertise, ideas, methods, market intelligence, best practices and material application in order to achieve the best value. Effectively share knowledge with the category network and with our project teams.
• Manage the home office expediting of materials and supplier documentation for allocated Purchase Orders.
• Develop and maintain Project procurement files in a prescribed and consistent manner including the adequate and timely close-out of Purchase Orders and at times, leading the completion of performance assessments for selected suppliers.
• Initiates quality review of Purchase Orders, Commercial Bid Tabulations, etc. of the Project procurement personnel as required while ensuring the highest level of quality and compliance of all department procedures and guidelines.
• Facilitates supplier conference calls or meetings for the resolution or mitigation plans of key or critical issues to ensure alignment with project expectations.
• Maintains the highest level of ethical and professional standards of conduct as established by the organization while recognizing specific behaviors, which contributes to Procurement fraud.
• Assists the Purchasing Manager and the procurement team on the preparation of reporting and KPI measurement (e.g. savings report)
• Efficient utilization of company systems, tools and spreadsheets.
• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE
•Technical diploma or relevant degree in supply chain, business management, engineering or equivalent
•Minimum 2-4 years procurement experience in related field in the Energy industry
•Experience in purchase order negotiation $3M-$5M USD

Experience in Oracle and SAP ERP systems preferred