Purchasing Associate

Company Profile

Since year 2003, Oceaneering’s India Center has been an integral part of operations for Oceaneering’s robust product and service offerings across the globe. This center caters to diverse business needs, from oil and gas field infrastructure, subsea robotics to automated material handling & logistics.

Our multidisciplinary team offers a wide spectrum of solutions, encompassing Subsea Engineering, Robotics, Automation, Control Systems, Software Development, Asset Integrity Management, Inspection, ROV operations, Field Network Management, Graphics Design & Animation, and more.

In addition to these technical functions, Oceaneering India Center plays host to several crucial business functions, including Finance, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Information Technology (IT), Human Resources (HR), and Health, Safety & Environment (HSE).

Our world class infrastructure in India includes modern offices, industry-leading tools and software, equipped labs, and beautiful campuses aligned with the future way of work. Oceaneering in India as well as globally has a great work culture that is flexible, transparent, and collaborative with great team synergy.

At Oceaneering India Center, we take pride in “Solving the Unsolvable” by leveraging the diverse expertise within our team. Join us in shaping the future of technology and engineering solutions on a global scale.

Position Summary

• This position is for Centralized Procurement of indirect spend in US region , mainly IT and other indirect services for Business Unit-BUCRP (US region), based in Chandigarh Office.
• Identify opportunities within Tail Spend to be converted to Strategic Sourcing activities
• Review quotations. Follow standardized processes by adhering to predefined parameters and aligning with correct workflows.
• Negotiates for the purchase of goods, supplies, equipment, payment terms and services.
• Timely payment of suppliers and Resolves purchasing issues between OII and vendors.
  
  

Duties And Responsibilities

• Reviews and analyzes purchase requisitions within the corporate services category: Professional Services, HR & Benefits, Information Technology, Marketing and Facilities,COTS, MRO,Hydrulics
• Prepares and solicits bids.
• Issues requests for quotes/information.
• Identify opportunities within Tail Spend to be converted to Strategic Sourcing activities
• Review quotations.Follow standardized processes by adhering to predefined parameters and aligning with correct workflows.
• Maintain clear and consistent communication with the team, providing frequent updates and escalating any potential service-level breaches.
• Knowledge of purchasing practices and procedures, materials, products, and the commodity market in an area of specialization.
• Basic understanding of Hydraulics & BOP parts, Fasteners.
• Negotiates for the purchase of goods, supplies, equipment, payment terms and services. Conduct data analysis and generate insights to support business decisions.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to streamline reporting and improve processes.
• Ensures the communication of technical, quality, legal, and commercial requirement sourcing information for goods and services, and facilitates the resolution of commercial, quality and technical issues related to sourced goods, both internal and external to Oceaneering.
• Resolves purchasing issues between OII and vendors.
• Performs administrative activities in support of the purchasing function.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in science / commerce / PGDCA/ BCA or B-tech with more than 1 years of SCM experience.
• Practical experience as SCM related task and should be able to mentor entry level SCM people.
  
  

Desired

• Knowledge of the Microsoft Office package, especially of Excel, word and Visio.
  
  

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, And Other Characteristics

• Self-driven, positive attitude.
• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to work in a cross functional team.
• Strong organizing & planning skills.
• Disciplined documentation and record keeping skills.
• Flexibility and adaptability under adverse conditions.
  
  

How To Apply

Oceaneering’s policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants.

How To Apply

Regular full-time employees who apply will be considered along with external candidates. Employees with less than six months with their current position are not eligible to apply for job postings. Please discuss your interest in the position with your current manager/supervisor prior to submitting your completed application. It is highly recommended to apply through the PeopleSoft or Oceanet portals.

How To Apply

In addition, we make a priority of providing learning and development opportunities to enable employees to achieve their potential and take charge of their future. As well as developing employees in a specific role, we are committed to lifelong learning and ongoing education, including developing people skills and identifying future supervisors and managers. Every month, hundreds of employees are provided training, including HSE awareness, apprenticeships, entry and advanced level technical courses, management development seminars, and leadership and supervisory training.

We have a strong ethos of internal promotion. We can offer long-term employment and career advancement across countries and continents.

Working at Oceaneering means that if you have the ability, drive, and ambition to take charge of your future-you will be supported to do so and the possibilities are endless.