Senior Purchaser (Contract)

Contexte et environnement

About TotalEnergies

At TotalEnergies we are committed to balancing flexibility while fostering strong relationships among our team members. This role allows collaboration with our dynamic team in the office 3 days per week. This position is located in our Houston, TX office.

What We Provide

TotalEnergies celebrates diversity and is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability status or any other category protected under applicable federal, state or local law. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs.

TotalEnergies believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.

International Consideration

- TotalEnergies regrets that it is unable to sponsor employment Visas or consider individuals on time-limited visa status for this position.

Activités

Responsibilities:

- Creates and launches RFI’s, RFQs and RFP’s in support of procurement strategy and plan; documents bid events; develops selection criteria and drives the selection of suppliers in collaboration with cross-functional teams; prepares presentation for upper management prior to launch and prior to award.

- Documents initiatives, develops selection criteria, and provides input on supplier panels.

- Executes operational transactions within SAP or other ERP systems to issue Purchase Orders and manage workload.

- Proactively follows-up with Suppliers, Requestors, and Management to ensure timely delivery of goods and/or services.

- Ensures Purchasing best practices are followed while complying with TotalEnergies Group Referential.

- Communicates and coaches end users, suppliers, and management on Purchasing processes and procedures.

- Negotiates contractual terms with suppliers to ensure safety, service, and quality, and correct price.

- Deploys relevant contracts for their locations, including managing supplier transitions.

- Interacts across different organizational levels, functions, and business units, including industrial site management and other key stakeholders.

- Actively seeks ways to streamline business processes while improving purchasing processes.

- Ensures that purchasing documents are auditable according to current processes and procedures.

- Participates on specifically assigned projects relating to purchasing and provides summaries, reports, and recommendations on these subjects.

- Assists stakeholders in all aspects of the P2P process (vendor set-up, supplier options, supplier quotes, SAP troubleshooting, invoice discrepancies, etc.)

Profil du candidat

Experience/Qualifications Required:

- Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, Finance, or other related field required.

- Previous purchasing experience in an industrial environment (minimum 3 years).

- Must possess good interpersonal skills with specific emphasis in communications, organization, planning, and conflict resolution. Strong analytical capabilities and negotiation/influencing skills at all levels in the organization.

- Prior experience using ERP systems (SAP), e-Sourcing tools, and Excel is preferred.

Informations supplémentaires

TotalEnergies valorise la diversité, promeut le développement individuel et offre des opportunités d'emploi égales à tous les candidats.

TotalEnergies is a major energy company, which produces and markets fuels, natural gas and low-carbon electricity. Over 100,000 employees are committed to better energy that is safer, more affordable, cleaner and accessible to as many people as possible. Active in more than 120 countries, TotalEnergies ambition is to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 or sooner. The US Government is engineering a major transformation of the US economy with ambitious goals to cut GHG emissions in half by 2030 and reach net-zero emissions by 2050.