Senior Purchasing Manager at Adexen

Job Introduction

• Adexen was mandated by a leading maritime organization to recruit a senior Purchasing Coordinator for their operations in Nigeria. The position is based in Port Harcourt.

Responsibilities

• To supervise the purchasing team and team activities to support company operations, especially backlog management and update of PR and PO in ORACLE.
• Local and International purchasing supervision for vessels operating in Nigeria, provide supplies and services as per purchase requests received in a timely and controlled manner in accordance with relative procedures.
• To handle tendering and contracting process, propose new tenders and update existing contracts.
• To plan, organize and manage purchasing team from the request/spec to the delivery onboard the vessels
• To ensure the follow up of the strategy set up within the organization
• To ensure the follow up of the weekly review with shipmanagers and buyers
• To coordinate assigned team

Desired Skills and Experience

• Understand budget concept, evaluate needs effectively, gather and manage data, monitor and review against changes, continuous budget optimization
• Identify, analyse and review key performance indicators.
• Know-how to manage customers relationships (internal & external): understanding needs, building relationship, influencing, offering added value solutions, collecting and evaluating client feedback.
• Knowledge of data collection, data mining, data analysis, benchmarking and statistical techniques. Know-how to select data and use appropriately for research business intelligence or to solve complex situations.
• Knowledge of flag, class and port state requirements, Maritime national & international conventions and regulations.
• Technical knowledge of offshore support vessel types.
• Knowledge of national and international HSE legislations and regulations: SOLAS, MARPOL, ISO14001, OSHA, etc...
• Knowledge of structural design and all technics (mechanical, electrical, structural...) related to hull, painting, machinery and know-how to supervise vessel conversion and operational maintenance (planned maintenance, conditional maintenance, corrective maintenance) and New Building if applicable.
• Know industry standards: OVID, OSM standard, ISM, IMCA. Know-how to perform OSMSA related to his/her own scope of responsibilities.
• Know-how to negotiate understanding objectives & constraints of all stakeholders, exploring acceptable alternatives, obtaining information, navigating solutions towards desired outcome.
• Knowledge of contract/business law, implemented in the maritime/offshore industry, experience in drafting/negotiating contracts for both clients and suppliers, Able to manage legal dispute/litigation.
• Ability to define and manage the tender process. 
• Strong knowledge of technical characterists of the material/services to acquire.
• Knowledge of specific aspects of a range of commodities/services/works both technically and commercially. Understanding of industry cost structures and pricing mechanisms. Ability to carry out market analysis to identify new suppliers and to realize a regular market watch to identify related impacts on the contracts components (cost...).
• Knowledge of customs regulations. Knowledge of the characteristics of the material transported. Ability to manage Incoterm procedures and relative documentation. Ability to prepare and plan adapted international distribution and freight.
• Qualifications: HND, BSC in Purchasing Supply Chain or Social Science, Finance, Certificate in SCM/ Related certification
• Minimum of 5 – 7 years in a similar role in a multinational organization.