Buyer

A day in the life of a Murphy Buyer

• Ensure contract arrangements and package details are comprehensive and protect the business in its dealings with suppliers and sub-contractors.
• Monitor the supply chain performance, workload and financial status to protect the corporate position.
• Ensure supplier evaluation forms and risk assessments are maintained
• Work package procurement
• Deliver a consistent procurement approach across all projects within the region from work winning / pre-construction stage. 
• Demonstrate best overall value for money in the procurement recommendations and negotiation process is applied in engagement
• Ensure decisions are not focussed upon lowest price but overall best value for money
• Input to the monitoring of the market place to ensure awareness of pricing trends, risks and opportunities.
• Continuously seek out and assess new supply chain members to meet regional project demand.
• Support the development of the supply chain, products and innovations that bring cost and/or buildability benefits.
• Develop and forge closer relationships with the strategic supply chain to encourage a culture of inclusive interaction and learning and an atmosphere of mutual respect and understanding.
• Establish good relationships with internal clients and project teams
• Attend regional supply chain events as required to promote and sell Murphy and encourage teamwork

Still interested, does this sound like you?

• Demonstrable experience of Subcontract buying 
• Ideally with OHL experience
• Ideally knowledge and understanding of work practices, processes and procedures within the construction process from pre-construction stage and into construction stage.    
• Good understanding of strategic procurement practices
• Knowledge of sustainability within procurement practices
• Product and supplier knowledge relevant to the regional operating unit.    
• Good working knowledge of contracts 
• Must be able to travel and happy to go to site.