• Organises and leads discussions on desired contractual strategies in function of goals and possibilities.
• Advises internal organisation including EMT/Superintendent Purchasing on possible purchasing strategies.
• Works together with colleagues in other industrial sites and global purchasing department to align on these strategies.
• Sets up potential bidder lists and creates RFI documents. Advises on RFI results & RFQ strategies to follow, taken the overall multi-years purchasing planning and the known shutdown/TA planning into account.
• Organises the setup of RFQ’s for industrial services and the required documents for the RFQ, together with the contract owners/technical specialists, safety & cost engineering.
• Distributes RFQ’s to selected companies and organises scope clarification meetings.
• Conducts commercial evaluations on received bids and delivers support on technical evaluations. Organises bid clarification meetings and negotiates with suppliers to optimise the bids.
• Prepares internal decision making meetings on contract awarding.
• Writes contracts and makes sure these are signed by the authorised persons.
• Reports on achieved savings & other results.
• Provides support during implementation of new contracts, including (de)mobilisation of contractors, in the maintenance department.
• Leads all actions in (potential) claim situations on (industrial services) up to the level where the legal counsel is involved and takes the lead.
• Involves other disciplines to support the claim file and tries to settle things commercially, within the mandate given by the hierarchy.
• Proactively informs the Superintendent Purchasing and other internal stakeholders on specific situations that require this, based on own expertise and market knowledge or market feedback as a result of RFI/RFQ’s, in order to align the purchasing strategy on certain dossiers.
• Periodically supports the Superintendent Purchasing with the monitoring of annual purchasing plans, as a means to define and track the performance of the purchasing function. Periodically reports on achieved savings as a result of completed purchasing activities.
• Performs the necessary work on contract follow-up, storage of new- and archiving of expired contracts in order to make sure the administration of contracts is up-to-date and accessible by the internal customers that work with these contracts.
• Supports, together with colleagues, the prequalification processes of suppliers and the evaluation of

selected suppliers throughout the year, all according to the internal procedures & work instructions.

• Keeps track of supplier-, product- and market (price) developments in order to take the best possible purchasing decisions by having regular meetings with suppliers, contacts with other refineries, corporate purchasing and public available information sources.
• Makes sure tenders are executed taking the main safety documents/rules into account.
• Makes sure contracts are in line with applicable legislation and negotiates on deviations on Terms & Conditions, having contacts with Superintendent Purchasing and/or legal counsel in case of doubts/difficulties.

Training & Qualifications

• HBO Bedrijfseconomie/Bedrijfskunde with at least 10 years of working experience of which 5 years in a similar purchasing function
• Purchasing courses, NEVI 1 or comparable working experience
• Mastering English at least on level B2

Special required aspects

• Analytical, strategical & negotiation skills
• Managerial skills to lead topics to conclusions
• Interpersonal skills to persuade others/parties