Req Id: 23114
Job Family: Project Management
Location:
Tianjin, CN, 300450
Additional Location:Description:
Imagine your career taking you to the depths of innovation and the heights of impact. Our people enable continuous progress. Their commitment, collective expertise, and unique capabilities are the engine room behind SBM Offshore’s True. Blue. Transition. - shaping the future of energy, and beyond.
About Us:
SBM Offshore is a global leader in deepwater ocean infrastructure, delivering floating production solutions across the full asset lifecycle—from design and construction to installation and operation. Supported by a global team of more than 8,000 professionals, the Company operates a long-term, asset-backed business model that delivers high-availability assets and predictable cash flows. SBM Offshore combines engineering expertise, operational reliability, and selective innovation to support safe, efficient, and lower-carbon energy production, while extending its capabilities into new opportunities across the blue economy.
Purpose
As Area Project Procurement Manager, you oversee procurement activities for a designated area of the project. Your role ensures the timely and cost-effective acquisition of goods and services required for your scope, closely coordinating with the overall Project Procurement Manager to align with broader project objectives.
Responsibilities
Develop Area-Specific Procurement Strategies: You formulate procurement plans and sourcing strategies tailored to your area’s project needs, supplier selection, and negotiation approaches.
Collaboration with Project Teams: You work closely with the Area Project Manager and Engineering teams to understand specific requirements, timelines, and milestones, ensuring procurement activities align with the overall project plan.
Supplier and Market Evaluation: You lead the area project procurement team in conducting market research, supplier evaluations, and bid analyses, identifying optimal vendors for the assigned project area, in liaison with the Category Management team as required.
Contract Negotiation and Management: You negotiate contracts, terms, and pricing agreements with suppliers, focusing on cost savings, quality assurance, and risk mitigation for your scope of work. You liaise with the Category Management team as required.
Supplier Performance Monitoring: You track supplier performance and compliance, managing relationships with key suppliers and promptly addressing any issues affecting the project scope under your responsibility
Reporting and Compliance: Provide regular updates to the overall Project Procurement Manager and Area Project Manager on procurement status, costs savings, and potential risks. You ensure compliance with regulations, industry standards, and company policies for your scope/area.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or a related field.
Experience
Proven experience in procurement management, ideally within large-scale projects in the Oil and Gas industry.
Strong negotiation skills and experience managing area-specific or partial project scopes.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work across cross-functional teams. Proficiency in procurement software and Microsoft Office suite.
Knowledge of industry regulations and standards
Functional Competencies
Commercial
Analytics and reporting
Project Procurement Strategy and Management
Purchasing Tools and Processes
Strategic Sourcing and Vendor Management
Contract Management
Negotiation
Product Costing
GENERAL INFORMATION
SBM Offshore N.V. is a listed holding company that is headquartered in Amsterdam. It holds direct and indirect interests in other companies that collectively with SBM Offshore N.V. form the SBM Offshore Group (“the Company”). For further information, please visit our website at www.sbmoffshore.com. The companies in which SBM Offshore N.V., directly and indirectly, owns investments are separate entities.
SBM Offshore is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. SBM Offshore does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.
