Senior Buyer

Job Overview

CB&I Storage Solutions group is the world's leading and most experienced builder and designer of industrial storage products facilities around the world.  Headquartered in Houston, Texas, CB&I has the global expertise and strategically located operations to provide engineering, procurement and construction solutions for our customers' most complex energy projects.

The Sr Buyer is responsible for identifying varied sources of commodities and services, evaluate bids, awards contracts and purchase orders, maintains contact with vendors, and maintains comprehensive descriptions of available products and current prices of CB&I Storage Solutions' products and services.  The Sr Buyer will be the first point of contact for the Project Manager for a project where no PPM been assigned. The role directly reports to the Procurement Manager and routinely interacts with Engineering, Operations and Estimating.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

         Proactively embraces and promotes the company's HSE requirement's and culture

         Prepares contract documents and bidders list, proactively seeks out and qualifies new potential bidders.

         Assembles and distributes requests for quotation from vendors.

•          Responsible for purchase of material and services at or below estimate using procurement processes while maintaining consistency with schedule requirements.
•         Perform bid evaluations and issue purchase orders for complex engineered packages or commodities.

         Negotiate complex or large dollar value purchase orders for domestic and international purchases.

         Assists with the evaluation, award and conforming processes.

         Able to resolve large claim or dispute events with vendors.

         Responsible for soliciting budgetary pricing for equipment, material, or labor to support estimating/proposal efforts for new opportunities/projects.

         Represents the department in meetings with other functions/management.

         Provides leadership training and guidance for junior staff.

         Manages the project procurement activities and deliverables for smaller scale projects.

         Proactively recommends, supports, and implements improvements to tools, systems and software to improve efficiency and maximize autonomy.

         Effectively exemplify the company's Leadership Competencies

         Actively seeks and utilizes an effective mentoring relationship(s)

         Enthusiastically seeks and accepts tasks and projects in rotations that allow for maximum experience and growth.

Essential Qualifications and Education:

         Typically 5-10 Years of relevant work experience.

         EPC Industry experience is preferred.

         BA or BS degree in Supply Chain, Business, Technical / Engineering, Construction Management or related field (preferred).

Company Overview and Core Values:

McDermott is a premier, fully-integrated provider of technology, engineering and construction solutions to the energy industry. For more than a century, customers have trusted McDermott to design and build end-to-end infrastructure and technology solutions-from the wellhead to the storage tank-to transport and transform oil and gas into the products the world needs today. 
 
At McDermott, we hold all employees accountable to follow our 5 core values.  

• Integrity - we maintain a firm adherence to legal and ethical conduct 
• One Team - we are one company, where everyone is equally important 
• Go Beyond - we seek courageous and creative solutions 
• Well-Being - we promote all forms of well-being 
• Commitment - we are reliable and dependable in delivering quality solutions