Category Buyer (Maternity Leave)

About the role

As a Category Buyer (covering maternity leave), you will support the Category Manager or Senior Category Buyer in managing strategic suppliers, negotiating long‑term agreements and ensuring supply security for SBM Offshore’s deepwater projects.

Key responsibilities

• Assist in the negotiation and contractualisation of long‑term agreements with strategic partners according to the category strategy.
• Monitor suppliers’ financial data, capacity, load levels and investment plans.
• Conduct market analysis and ensure commercial agreements meet project and operational needs, delivering benefits such as cost simplification and reserved manufacturing slots.
• Support the creation and execution of frame agreements and purchase orders for key scopes.
• Provide commercial improvement monitoring and embed lessons learned.
• Help resolve vendor‑related risks, disputes, claims and performance issues.
• Measure and report contracted savings, KPIs and other supply‑chain performance indicators.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, business administration or a related field.
• Previous procurement or supply‑chain experience in the oil and gas industry.
• Strong commercial acumen and analytical mindset with experience in data analysis and market research.
• Good communication and problem‑solving abilities.
• Knowledge of total cost of ownership (TCO) methodology and cost‑breakdown models.

Required skills

• Market analysis
• Total Cost of Ownership methodology
• Cost breakdown modelling
• Data analysis