Strategic Procurement Specialist

Oversee the procurement process, effectively sourcing segments and/or commodities of increasing complexity. Understands strategies for assigned segments or commodities and takes proactive steps to meet procurement objectives by evaluating supplier competitiveness, service quality, and leveraging purchasing power through strategic contract negotiation, supplier development, and risk analysis. Also responsible for ordering goods, supplies, equipment, and raw materials to support operations and services in accordance with purchasing policies, regulations, and procedures.

Location

Role provides the opportunity to work in hybrid environment, working both virtually and in office when required.

ESSENTIAL

Collect, segment and evaluate key category/supplier data; acting upon supply conditions that influence total cost of ownership or place company operations at risk.

Collaborate with suppliers to assess emerging opportunities and pull technology innovations from the supply base. Facilitate technical meetings as appropriate.

Lead supplier relationship management activities for respective category, including leading relationship and performance management reviews.

Perform analysis/TCO on cost data including make or buy analysis and provide recommendations for cost svgs. and additional value add items to Internal Stakeholders

Create and develop Purchasing Strategies for the commodities in line with strategic targets and OII Purchasing Strategies and Policies.

Identify and implement purchasing levers to reduce the total cost of ownership by submitting recommendations for savings or process improvement initiatives.

Manage and optimize supplier performance, including continuous improvement, and innovations.

Drive supplier rationalization, standardization, and cost reduction opportunities.

Support development of more efficient execution processes with SQE and supply partners.

Support internal customers, interfaces with them to ensure best overall value is being taken into consideration on all product/commodity acquisitions.

Lead negotiations with the selected suppliers, according to the defined strategy.

Optimize the supplier base through evaluation of information and benchmarking of suppliers.

Manage local aspects of the purchasing contracts and agreements for the commodity on his/her scope, including assisting with the qualification and evaluation of the suppliers.

Manage and optimize supplier performance, including continuous improvement, and innovations.

Find, assist and counsel prospective suppliers to enhance their abilities to compete.

Prepares purchase orders and sends copies to suppliers and to departments originating requests.

Prepares and solicits RFQ bids and obtains proposals on assigned requirements.

Prepares purchase orders and sends copies to suppliers and to departments originating requests.

Negotiates for the purchase of goods, supplies, equipment and services.

Ensures the communication of technical, quality, legal, and commercial requirement sourcing information for goods and services, and facilitates the resolution of commercial, quality and technical issues related to sourced goods, both internal and external to Oceaneering.

Manages procurement plan and pricing strategy to support cost objectives and works to ensure delivery schedules are adequate to support project and operational needs.

Resolves purchasing issues between OII and vendors.

NON-ESSENTIAL

All other duties assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Reporting Relationship

Reports to the Procurement Manager.

REQUIRED

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education and experience.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience managing procurement strategies.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience purchasing in a manufacturing production environment.
• Minimum three years’ experience reading drawings, including experience interpreting welding symbols and machine tolerances.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience with an ERP system.
• Strong analytical skills

DESIRED

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management or related discipline.

PeopleSoft experience.

Certification – CPSM, CSCP, CPIM

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other Characteristics

Ability to work in a team environment, remaining attentive to ideas, recognizing responsibilities, and actively participating with others to accomplish assignments and achieve desired goal.

Knowledge of department's policies, rules, regulations, business goals, vision, organizational structure, culture, philosophy, operating principles and values, etc.

Be self-starting, highly organized, outgoing with excellent people skills

Ability to handle multiple tasks in a high volume environment with minimum supervision

Strategic thinker that utilizes creative and innovative problem solving approaches to achieve key company procurement goals

Knowledge of purchasing and supplier management practices

Strong oral and written communication skills, excellent interpersonal skills, effective negotiation skills, good understanding of cost-price analysis techniques, and a basic understanding of contract law.

Ability to read, analyze, and understand technical subjects, such as technical specifications, procedures, and process descriptions

Ability to write reports and business correspondence, effectively present information, and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.Ability to calculate figures and work with formulas to achieve amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume; ability to apply basic algebra and geometry concepts.

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions, interpret an extensive

variety of technical instructions in diagram form, and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Must be knowledgeable about ERP systems and proficient in Microsoft Office environments (Excel, Word, Power Point...).

Working Conditions

• This position is considered OFFICE WORK which is characterized as follows.
• Almost exclusively indoors during the day and occasionally at night.
• Occasional exposure to airborne dust in the workplace.
• Work surface is stable (flat).
• This position requires 20% travel domestically.

Physical Activity/Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position is considered LIGHT work