Procurement & Materials Specialist
Suriname, Paramaribo
Fulltime: 56 hrs a week
Experience: Not applicable
Conventional Energy
Introduction
Brunel is currently seeking an experienced Procurement & Materials Specialist to support a major offshore development project.
Location: Onshore - Paramaribo, Suriname
Contract: 2-year contract
Rotation: 4 weeks on / 4 weeks off (7 days/week, 8 hours/day)
What are you going to do
- Support Procurement activities for operational departments, including Drilling, Wells, Logistics, Marine, and Support Services.
- Prepare and process Call-Off Orders under existing contracts and manage low-risk procurement activities.
- Draft and administer purchase orders and low-complexity contracts while ensuring timely sourcing execution.
- Coordinate with suppliers and contractors to expedite deliveries and maintain operational readiness.
- Monitor inventory levels, critical spare parts availability, and replenishment activities.
- Analyze stock consumption trends, identify surplus or obsolete inventory, and support inventory optimization initiatives.
- Act as the focal point for procurement procedures, templates, methodologies, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Monitor procurement KPIs, prepare performance reports, and contribute to process digitalization.
- Serve as the SAP MM focal point, supporting procurement and inventory management processes, user assistance, master data quality, and system improvements.
- Coordinate SAP testing activities, upgrades, and user training sessions.
- Ensure procurement activities comply with company governance, ethics, anti-corruption policies, and internal control requirements.
- Support internal and external audits while maintaining complete procurement documentation and audit trails.
- Identify procurement risks and recommend mitigation actions.
Essential skills and knowledge
- Bachelor's degree (required).
- Proven experience in Procurement, Supply Chain, Materials Management, or Contract Administration, preferably within the Oil & Gas industry.
- Strong understanding of procurement processes, contract management, and procurement governance.
- Solid experience with inventory management, materials planning, warehouse operations, and stock optimization.
- Expert knowledge of SAP MM (Materials Management), including Purchasing and Inventory Management processes.
- Experience supporting SAP users, master data management, system testing, and process improvements.
- Knowledge of logistics, marine support activities, drilling, and well operations.
- Experience with procurement reporting and KPI development; Power BI knowledge is considered an advantage.
- Strong commercial awareness and negotiation skills.
- Fluent English (written and spoken).