Senior Procurement Specialist

Job Overview: The Senior Procurement Specialist uses best practices and knowledge of internal or external issues to improve the Procurement discipline within McDermott. They will act as a resource for colleagues with less experience and share their conceptual and practical expertise related to the Procurement discipline. The Senior Procurement Specialist solves complex problems and uses discipline-specific knowledge to improve their products or services. The Senior Procurement Specialist impacts a range of customer, operational, project, or service activities with the Procurement team and other related teams. It ensures they work within the appropriate guidelines and policies.  Key Tasks and Responsibilities: • Hold responsibility for the Supply Chain function within the Project Management Team • Collaborate with key stakeholders on the development and implementation of project requirements and have a key interface with the client and vendors to ensure project milestones are met on time and within budget • Lead the procurement strategy within the Project Management Team, ensuring all contract requirements are incorporated as well as negotiated to include the Project required flow-down conditions to minimize exposure • Develop a Project Procurement execution plan with the assistance of the supply chain function, to include all purchasing, expediting, logistics, communication, and project goals • Ensure client needs are identified and effectively addressed, pertaining to all supply chain/procurement requirements, and act where required, as a single point of contact with the client for all supply chain and procurement requirements • Ensure problems are identified timely and appropriate corrective action plans are developed to allow resolution • Participate in resolving disputes, claims, and performance issues • Ensure effective and timely status reporting, including representing the supply chain management function in project team meetings • Ensure auditable procurement files are maintained and project filing and record retention procedures are implemented • Ensure adherence to project schedule requirements • Oversee project supply chain management activities • Ensure deliverable quality level meets both internal and external customer requirements and expectations • Interface with peers and others to provide and receive information allowing all to perform more effectively • Lead efforts to conduct project reviews, including transfer of lessons learned to peers and others as appropriate • Ensure appropriate approval cycles are maintained • Manage procurement packages including budget and cost, monitoring expenditures on payment approval, change orders, etc. • Manage any dispute on claims with vendors, liaising with SPS, PMT, Legal, etc. • Provide independent advice to the Project Management Team and Function during the project tenure • Provide support to the SCM Function and Reporting Manager when required, perform tasks as directed Essential Qualifications and Education: • Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent) in Supply Chain Management (or a relevant discipline) or HSD/GED/IGCSE with 6 years of relevant experience • 6-10 years of relevant experience • Professional Procurement qualification preferred • Work independently with minimal guidance • Able to determine own work priorities • Capable of managing a high volume of procurement packages within a tight timeline and concurrently work with multiple projects as required • Act as a resource for colleagues with less experience • Able to apply knowledge and skills to a wide range of standard and nonstandard situations • Interpret customer needs, assess requirements, and identify solutions to non-standard requests • Use best practices and knowledge of internal/external business issues to improve products or services in its discipline • Monitor and control costs within own work • Solve moderately complex problems; take a new perspective on existing solutions • Manage own time to meet agreed targets; develop plans for short-term work activities in own area • Promote teamwork, coach, and guide others • Knowledge of database software (SPMAT - SharePoint Migration Assessment Tool or Oracle) preferred