Purchasing Specialist
Schlumberger, the leading provider of technology and services to the oil and gas industry, is looking for a Procurement Specialist to join the team at our facility in Florence, KY.
The Procurement Specialist is responsible for ensuring items or services are purchased from specified suppliers and are delivered upon agreed terms and conditions, seeking maximum value for the company including agreed time and cost. The Procurement Specialist is responsible for delivering high-quality purchasing services on a day-to-day basis according to defined procedures, respecting quantity, quality and timing. This person ensures quality of services provided and contributes to improvement and knowledge management of purchasing processes.
Responsibilities:
- Create and maintain purchase orders
- Qualify Purchasing Request
- Launching Sourcing Project
- Be responsible for purchase order (PO) processing.
- Support the user defining purchase requests when needed.
- Define the correct buying channel for each request; choose the best supplier in terms of price, quality and lead time.
- Ensure that a PO is created correctly (BORG info, currencies, quantity, etc.), and follow up on any issues related to PO creation.
- Create and dispatch supplier POs to supplier.
- Involve the Procurement Specialist Spot Buyer in spot buys when no catalogs are available.
- Involve the Procurement Specialist Field in spot buys when local knowledge is required or if purchase threshold is exceeded.
- Manage day-to-day interactions with suppliers and P2P Specialist.
- Escalate complex issues to the Category Procurement Leader.
- Perform knowledge management.
- Perform problem solving for noncomplex issues with operations users.
- Trigger catalog and buying guide updates when required.
- Propose documentation changes and process improvements when required.
- Track deviations and raise nonconformances in QUEST.
- Participate in continuous improvement projects.
- Use all required procurement tools when required or mandated by process (Ariba, ASL, QUEST).
About the company: Schlumberger is the leading provider of technology and services to the energy industry across the world. Throughout much of the oil and gas lifecycle in 120 countries, we design, develop, and deliver technology that transforms how work is done. Together, we create amazing technology that unlocks access to energy, for the benefit of all. We specialize in reservoir characterization, drilling, production, and processing and offer the most comprehensive range of products and services in the industry. We're looking for innovators who share our passion for discovery to help us shape the future of energy.
An Equal Employment/Affirmative Action Employer.
Females, Minorities, Veterans, Disabled and Other Protected Groups.
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