Senior Buyer

Shell & Turcas Petrol A.Ş.

• Good negotiation, inter-personal and communication skills
• Good Business English, written and oral
• Strong analytical skills and ability to work independently
• Preparation and execution of tenders and contracts
• Local and Global Stakeholder engagement exposure
• Supplier Management Skills  
• Team player with a high drive and ability to build long term relationships
• Ability to work and collaborate in cross company and cross-functional teams
• Customer focused and likes to work proactively with business professionals
• Knowledge of procurement process & contracting skills, finance and IT systems would be an asset

İŞ TANIMI

Contracting & Procurement (CP) is striving to be "commercial powerhouse" and trusted advisors to the business, primary role is to seek out and generate value, minimise business and HSSE risks while extracting a value from third party spends

This role has responsibility for Shell & Turcas Petrol A.Ş. (and other Shell Entities in Turkey) across several categories:
Engineering, Logistics, Lubricants-Packaging, Additives Finished Lubricants, HSSE, IT Infrastructure, Marine, Aviation
 
This role will be expected to manage within a matrix organization, implementing and executing the cost savings and value creation initiatives considering the local market conditions and the global category management strategies

• To ensure that Procurement adds value to the various businesses mostly in Global Commercial, Trading & Supply through Total Cost of Ownership, delivering or exceeding business service needs and Third Party Spend Savings targets
• Developing and implementing sourcing strategies to meet the needs of internal customers in compliance with the Global Contracting & Procurement processes and procedures
• Provide input to the Global Category Strategy and ensure an effective and efficient local or localized implementation of the Global Category Strategies in Turkey
• Be the external face to the industry and be aware of industry trends, familiar with the key players, and bring that external insight into the Shell team
• Build and maintain good relations with key suppliers and manage negotiations including resolution of operational and supplier performance issues relating to the contract
• Build and maintain good relations with internal and external stakeholders
• Providing full Contracting & Procurement support for all businesses and other procurement Categories locally when needed.
• Managing regional or local tenders, negotiations or other operational procurement matters, negotiation with suppliers on contract terms
• Effective contract management in line with global procurement policies.
• Following-up and resolving of daily Contracting & Procurement related issues with vendors, businesses, finance and Global Shared Service Center
• Set-up and follow-up of On-Line Bidding
• Market Research for alternative competitive or creative suppliers
• Contribute technical and functional evaluation of Specifications
• Contracts and related database management in CMS(Contract management System)
• Ensure contracts are in place and appropriate systems/tools are utilized (GSAP, Ariba, CMS, SQS).
• Fully compliant with ISO9001 Management Quality system and ISO27001 Information security management systems and ISO14001 Environmental Management System
• Fully compliant to related regulations