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Role Overview
Expediting Manager at Wood PLC. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Expediting Manager with a proven track record in overseeing procurement activities, ensuring cost-effective, timely, and quality supply chain management for project success for a high-profile client.
Company Overview
Wood's Oil, Gas & New Energies business is built on a strong legacy of delivering large and complex projects for national and international energy companies across the globe. The company has experienced teams, a proven delivery model and a strong reputation. Wood is the market-leading provider of integrated and innovative solutions in the oil and gas upstream and midstream, onshore and offshore, gas to liquids and decarbonization and electrification markets.
Role Purpose
Lead expediting and procurement activities to achieve best value for money, ensure materials and equipment are procured and delivered on schedule, maintain high quality standards, identify and manage procurement risks, and ensure adherence to relevant regulations and project requirements.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Procurement
- Achieve best value for money through strategic procurement processes.
- Prepare and issue the project-specific procurement execution plan and/or contracting strategy and contract schedule in line with project scope.
- Prepare negotiation strategies and techniques and participate in or lead negotiations.
- Maintain awareness of the materials supply situation including area sources, price levels and current deliveries.
- Advise the Commodity Purchasing Manager and/or Manager Purchasing of possible new sources of supply.
- Develop contacts with Suppliers' personnel and maintain respect through adherence to code of conduct and business ethics, corporate policies, procedures and work practices.
Quality & Compliance
- Maintain high standards of quality by sourcing from reliable vendors and adhering to specifications.
- Adhere to relevant regulations, standards, and project-specific requirements.
- Work with Licensors, Clients, and Wood secrecy agreements.
- Ensure all supply chain activities are carried out in accordance with the project execution plan/schedule and/or contracting strategy, within approved budgets and in line with project processes and procedures.
Supply Chain Management
- Ensure that materials, equipment, and services are procured and delivered as per the project schedule.
- Identify and manage risks in procurement contracts and supply chains.
- Update and maintain Project Supplier Lists.
- Input all progress data to Material Management System and ensure these are up-to-date.
- When requested carry out spare parts co-ordination activities in accordance with the Project Procurement Execution Plan.
- When requested contribute to current and projected price and delivery trends.
- Manage, direct, and support others engaged in the full range of supply chain activities while ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures and relevant reporting requirements.
Reporting & Coordination
- Establish and manage the project/procurement status report (PSR) in line with project/client required on-site dates and current/estimate lead times, notifying any delays to the project manager.
- Establish and chair regular PSR meetings with client, procurement, engineering and/or project management personnel to ensure dates for pre-order deliverables are being maintained.
Team & Performance Management
- Check that supervised personnel carry out assigned duties in accordance with job descriptions.
- Manage and be accountable for the successful set up and delivery of all project supply chain processes, procedures and activities.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in business or engineering or similar.
- Minimum 20 years' working experience on Oil and Gas projects.
- Project expediting experience.
- Good knowledge of project procurement execution from start to finish.
- Good knowledge of Oil and Gas supply chain or related supply chain.
Skills & Competencies
- Ability to prepare negotiation strategies and techniques and participate in or lead negotiations.
- Work on Expediting Management.
- Work with Licensors, Clients, and Wood secrecy agreements.
Additional Information
- Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to high profile clients across the Energy Sector.
- Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion.
- Competitive remuneration package with regular reviews.
- Medical Insurance covering inpatient and outpatient medical care.
- Group Life and Personal Accident Insurance.
- End of Service Gratuity in line with UAE Labor Law.
- Employee Share Plan to purchase Wood shares with company match.
- Long Service Award at 5-year service milestones.
- Commitment to continued professional development with tailored development plans.
- Global connections with experts around the world at the leading edge of the industry.
- Energy Transition Academy to join a community of experts sharing knowledge and gaining exposure to existing and emerging energy systems.