Senior SCM Engineer

Role Definition

1. DESCRIPTION OF FUNCTION

• Senior SCM Engineer for Oil & Gas projects

• He/she manages procurement of complex “engineered” materials and/or services as allocated by the Project SCM Manager

• He/she is globally responsible and accountable for the final delivery of the materials/services as per the requirements of the Project: technical specification, safety performance, budget, schedule, quality, contractual risks, etc.

2. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

He/she is responsible to the Project SCM Manager for the success of the SCM activities and deliverables for his/her procurement package in accordance with agreed schedules, milestones and cost, with focus on meeting the Project’s overall schedule and profitability.

Pre-Award

• He/she coordinates with other disciplines (Engineering, QA, QC & HSE) to ensure all requirements are included in pre-qualification and tender documents – including contractual flowdowns – and prepare/issue the Request for Quotation to the suppliers of the Bidders list using SAP Ariba tool.

• He/she coordinates with other disciplines to ensure the review and the clarification of all bids (he runs contractual, commercial and schedule analysis and he liaises and coordinates with other disciplines for on-time review and clarification of technical, quality and HSE sections).

• He/she is responsible and accountable to finalise the bid summary and make the recommendation to the Project SCM Manager and to the Project Manager.

• He/she performs commercial negotiation and ensure the best deal for the company.

• He/She works with HSE advisor to assess safety criticality at Supplier Side.

Award Management

• He/she prepares the Subcontract document

• He/she prepares the Supplier Commitment Approval (SCA) and the contractual deviation matrix for Management approval

• He/she creates PR & PO in S4 Hana and expedites their approval.

• He/she ensures Subcontract signature in Docusign or SAP Ariba.

Post Award Management

• He/she understands the requirements of the Project (scope of work, delivery schedule, budget, flow-down conditions) and how the PO integrates in the Project execution plan and interfaces with other Project activities.

• He/she understands the product and the execution strategy of the Supplier, its procurement and subcontracting strategy, the key engineering and manufacturing steps and the associated risks.

• He/she understands the risks of the PO and proactively develop mitigation measures with the relevant project stakeholders.

• He/she defines the convergence plan of the PO and identify the key gates, associated dates and readiness conditions. He/she uses the convergence plan to monitor the progress of the PO and to communicate priorities to Project stakeholders and expedite their actions (PO delivery model and tools). He/she promptly reacts on delays.

• He/she organizes necessary audits, HIRA (if required) KOM and PPMs. He/she monitors and expedites the progress of the Supplier documentation (issuance by the Supplier and review / approval by company and Client) and the timely treatment of Technical Queries, Deviation Requests and Non-Compliance Reports.

• He/she raises the awareness of the Project Team on PO issues that could affect the performance of the Project and lead their resolution with the support of the relevant project stakeholders.

• He/she reports to the Project SCM Manager and is the focal point of contact with the Supplier for all commercial, contractual, progress and coordination matters.

• He/she liaises with the Package Manager to understand the interfaces of the PO with other project activities and to include the associated constraints in the contract.

• He/she coordinates and liaises with other functions that have a contributing role to the final delivery of PO.

• He/she works in straight collaboration and team spirit with the Technical Owner and the Quality Owner and develop with them a sense of co-ownership for the delivery of the PO.

• He/she is the PO Owner. He/she doesn’t have full knowledge and expertise of all aspects of the PO but he/she shall mobilize and coordinate all necessary resources inside and outside the Project to ensure the safe, timely, on budget and compliant delivery of the PO.

• He/she prepares and issues the shipment documentation to the transit agent.

• He/she ensures a close relation with the transit agent to allow the anticipation of the release of the goods.

• He/she checks Suppliers invoices and the final account, obtains the corresponding close out certificate from Suppliers.

• He/She is responsible to organise the Lessons Learnt and performance assessment (through SAP Ariba) sessions and reports during the execution of the PO and/or at the end of the PO.

• For all the above, he/she shall follow SCM processes and implement and use SCM department tools.

3. CAPABILITY PROFILE – KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND BEHAVIOURS

• Degree in a relevant discipline (Engineering or Business) or qualified by Experience

• Is not required to solve technical issues (role of the Technical Owner) but shall be able to understand technical discussions and to measure potential associated commercialor schedule impacts.

• Is “cost saving” oriented, and capable of challenging requests.

• Has a good knowledge of the offshore industry and its specificities and of complex items.

• Demonstrate good communication skills and is a team player.

4. WORKING CONDITIONS

The majority of the work is carried out in the office in La Defense. Physical presence in office is required at least 4 days per week.

Some travel worldwide are likely.