• Participate in vendor assessments, bid reviews and contract award formalities;
• Prepare bid summaries and procurement status reports;
• Review monthly progress reports from vendors/suppliers and report on cost and schedule deviations;
• Supplier selection and management;
• Provide training and guidance to other purchasing personnel as required;
• Effective communication with suppliers to achieve required service and meet project need;
• Effective communication with engineers to assist and/or guide them in the preparation of material requisitions;
• Direct negotiations in the commitment of purchases, front cost negotiations, competitive bidding, market and vendor knowledge;
• Provide backup support to the Materials & Procurement Lead, if appropriate;
• Manage and coordinate supplier close-out meetings;
• Meetings with vendors and suppliers;
• Prepare weekly and ad hoc reports as required;
• Participate in on call rotation as scheduled, if appropriate;
• Ensure preventative measures and root cause analysis in place with vendors to increase vendor quality;
• Ensure compliance with applicable Industry Codes and Standards, HSE Alerts, Statutory Instruments, Client Specifications and Legislative Requirements and establishing order of precedence on a project-by-project basis;
• Verify correct taxation terms and conditions are in place, where appropriate;
• Arrange all aspects of freight forwarding;
• Prepare all relevant documents to gain client expenditure approval for procured items (e.g. extra service work orders for BP Caspian, etc.);
• Update and gain necessary approvals of customs clearance / exemption certificates, where appropriate;
• Deputise for the Procurement & Materials Lead for Procurement responsibility, when required;
• Development opportunities: the opportunity to develop within your project services department, to be appreciated, to work with people who have the same goals and are driven to succeed;
• Varied workload: you’ll have the chance to transfer your skills and develop in our industry and deliver on projects across the fully energy sector, from conventional to renewable energies;
• Opportunities for transferable skills: if your experience isn’t traditional oil & gas, we still want to hear from you;
• Salary: Competitive Salary depending on knowledge and experience plus a range of benefits that support your finances, wellbeing, and family;
• Benefits: Pension, Voluntary Insurance, Sick Leave, 30 days annual leave plus public holidays;
• Location: Baku, Azerbaijan.

The successful candidate would ideally have the following skills and attributes:

• Team working;
• Customer and quality focused;
• Professional conduct;
• Ability to use own initiative;
• Good organisational skills;
• Commercial awareness;
• Responsive to business and client needs;
• Safety aware;
• Good negotiating skills; 
• Good communication skills;
• Good interpersonal skills;
• Experience of the strategic control of suppliers;
• Proficiency and experience in the formulation; and administration of purchase orders;
• Good planning and organising skills;
• Ability to encourage, assist, develop trust, train and support others within the department;
• Good attention to detail.