Good Day!
NES Fircroft is seeking local candidates for an immediate job opportunity with one of the leading global chemical manufacturers for a Turnaround Buyer at their Lima, OH plant. This would be a long-term contract role with opportunity for fulltime employment that would entail procuring goods and executing vendor contracts for ongoing turnarounds at the plant. If this sounds like a great opportunity for yourself or someone you know, please reach out to Tom Rebellato at tom.rebellato@nesfircroft.com. Additional job details can be found below.

Job Details
Location: Lima, OH
Hours: 40 hours per week—some OT may be required.  
Pay Range: Negotiable depending on experience. 
Duration: Multi year contract with opportunity for long-term employment
 
Responsibilities

• Proactively support the development procurement strategies for the Turnaround event.
• Leverage your strong problem solving and analytical skills to develop and lead implementation of practical sourcing and stakeholder engagement strategies which consider Capital program demand forecasts, work scope requirements, opportunities, and risks, as well as supplier and industry dynamics and other business drivers.
• Execute procurement best practice for sourcing and purchasing activities, ensuring these practices are in accordance with client policies and procedures. Develop project or scope specific contracting and procurement strategies and contract execution plans in support of Project Management stage gate review processes.
• Facilitate and support end users’ needs for sourcing goods and services, including providing appropriate and timely input to planning of Turnaround event needs; assisting in RFx processes including participating in the development of scopes of work and evaluation criteria, support the development of quality commercial compensation structures for the scopes of work, support the evaluation of bids, negotiation preparation and execution, completing and implementing contracts including contract close-out activities.
• Manage the day-to-day contract related requests such as supporting contractor on-boarding and kick-off requirements, change management activities, and claims management.

 
Job Qualifications

• Must have at least 5 years of Procurement/Supply Chain related experience.
• Must have previous turnaround experience within Oil & Gas, Petrochemicals, or other similar industrial environment.
• Must have strong experience around vendor negotiations, contract management, and procuring goods for turnarounds/outages.
• Previous experience utilizing Oracle and/or SAP would be preferential.  Candidates local to the Lima, OH region are highly preferred. No per diem offered for out of market candidates.

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.