Purchasing Leader

The Purchasing Leader is responsible for the daily purchasing activities in a manufacturing or distribution center. The Purchasing Leader directs Purchasing Specialists, ensuring compliance with purchasing procedures and ensuring that all transactions are made in accordance with agreed terms and conditions. This Purchasing Leader reports to the Supply Chain Manager for their assigned location.

Job Duties/Responsibilities :

• Execute and own the purchasing plan for purchased items in accordance with the assigned purchasing groups.

• Participate in planning reviews and alignment of supply with planning and production teams.

• Enforce and monitor purchasing procedures.

• Set action plans for improving lead time, cost reduction and on time delivery.

• Review and maintain open purchase orders (POs) from purchase requisition creation through accounts payable payment clearing.

• Manage past-due POs.

• Review and make material master setting recommendations for buy items.

• Review and control non-BOM POs to ensure correct approvals and to track actual expenditure against plan.

• Report PO statistics to the Supply Chain Manager.

• Identify factors that have an unfavorable financial impact, such as purchase price and work order variances, and work with the appropriate stakeholders, Supply Chain leaders and Manufacturing engineers to identify resourcing opportunities.

• Participate in regular financial and inventory reviews with the Supply Chain Manager.

• Ensure that the center adheres to Schlumberger approved supplier agreements and contracts.

• Support Finance and Logistics functions in resolving reception and invoice discrepancies.

• Implement continuous improvement activities within the Supply Chain department.

• Deliver a top performing workforce.

• Implement actions to continuously reduce wasted time, money and resources.

• Comply with Schlumberger and local procedures applicable to the job function.

• All other duties as directed by their manager.

Qualifications, Education and Competencies:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or supply chain preferred, or equivalent minimum of four (4) years’ experience in a supply chain leadership role.

• Demonstrated commitment to making and communicating a culture of positive change throughout the supply chain organization.

• Exhibit problem solving skills.

• Continuous process improvement mindset, including experience with Lean / Six Sigma.

• Experience in leading teams in supply chain activities.

• Strong working knowledge of ERP Systems (E.g. SAP).