Graduate - Procurement

Main Purpose:
Knowledge Skills and Abilities, Key Responsibilities:
Key Responsibilities:
Planning, Operations and Monitoring
- Initiate, lead and coordinate all procurement activities (processing requisitions, creating purchase orders, spot purchases, tenders, negotiation, expediting supply, supply market intelligence, benchmark) related to his/her country
- Proposes, negotiates, and ensures the appropriate Procurement Service Levels to the business within the country, including cost/benefits objectives
- Monitor and report Procurement KPIs for his / her country (e.g. savings, number of tenders)
- Is responsible for controlling the supplier’s payment terms under Procurement scope
- Leads initiatives pursuing optimization of the Total Cost of Ownership, establishing plans, directions and controls
- Perform price benchmark to ensure that Puma Energy prices are consistent within the market

Sourcing and Negotiation
- Validates country targets and consolidates the country’s negotiations to ensure the best costs/benefits for the company
- Lead multi discipline teams in charge of negotiations for his / her country
- Creatively explore different alternative approaches in negotiation agreements to achieve greatest cost reduction for Puma Energy
- Identify, propose and lead savings initiatives related to:

- Technical requirement (e.g. standardization, value engineering)
- Volumes (e.g. consolidation / rationalization)
- Vendors market (e.g. new vendors sourcing)
- Price (e.g. payment terms, warranty, lump-sum, life cycle)
- Co-responsible with Regional Procurement and Global Sourcing to implement regional and global negotiations within the country and evaluate the local impact of company’s procurement policies
- Propose, validate, initiate and follow-up vendor qualification request (KYC)
- Build / maintain a network of contacts and develop top country Procurement relationship with suppliers
- Represents Puma Energy to suppliers, ensuring suppliers know what is expected of them and markets the opportunity for suppliers to supply Puma Energy

Selecting suppliers and contracting
- Define / propose short lists of vendors for RFP or for RFQ
- Pilot and organize RFQ
- Negotiate commercial terms of contracts
- Ensures that the outcomes of negotiation are translated into contracts (Frame Agreements)
- Cooperation with the Legal department for all contracts
- Manage contracts / issues (e.g. vendors dispute, invoices, warranty) in close cooperation with stakeholders
- Monitor and report on contract’s performance and savings
- Organize contract reviews during execution of contract / return on experience at the end of contract

General Management
- Be the primary point of contact for the country relating to all non-oil procurement activities supporting the general management team
- Assure implementation of Procurement policies, programs and procedures, and provide guide and advice to the business and country management
- Have clear understanding of functional areas challenges and opportunities regarding Procurement matters to provide guide and advice in decision making processes
- Understanding the main difference business activities and processes at Puma Energy (e.g. Retail, Maintenance, Operations, Aviation, etc.)

**Requirements**:
**Experience**:

- Undergraduate degree

**Skills**:

- Strong Learning & Development administration experience and able to work methodically and accurately
- Ability to analyze Learning & Development data effectively
- Able to embrace the changing business environment
- Shows initiative to resolve issues but also to escalate when necessary
- Strong inter-personal and communication skills to be able to communicate effectively with line management, colleagues and stakeholders
- Fluent in English and local language

Competencies:

- Customer Service oriented
- Organized
- Ability to deal with difficult situations
- Time management

Key Relationships and Department Overview:
Internal & external Stakeholders