Material Specialist - Abu Dhabi

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Job Purpose

To handle the purchasing of nuclear and non-nuclear related materials and equipment from initiation to post-award administration for Nawah requirements to ensure that those requirements are met in a safe, compliant, timely, and efficient manner to ensure safe and reliable operation and maintenance of the Nuclear Power Plant (NPP).

Key Activities, Responsibility & Accountability

Procurement

• Prepare, plan, schedule, and process the purchase of spare parts, tools, materials, and equipment, as appropriate and in a timely and cost-effective manner to ensure safe and reliable operation and maintenance of the NPP.
• Support nuclear supplier qualification as required, update the qualified supplier list.
• Understand the specifications and scope of work/Material Masters, and ensure all Quality Assurance (QA), Health and Safety, Engineering, and end user requirements are included.
• Review technical specifications for the purchasing materials and equipment.
• Assist end users in creation of purchase requests (PR), help them in selection of correct parameters in the system.
• Assist end users in developing the Scope of Work/Material Masters by sending requests for information (RFIs) to the market in order to gather more information about the work.
• Arrange supplier meetings with the end user and site visits for suppliers, if required.
• Review PR in the system and check the frequency of consumption of materials to identify any potential for creating strategic contracts for materials.
• Interface with Nuclear Specification Engineering and QA for safety quality materials and nonconformance issues resolution.
• Assess quotes ensuring that they are allowable under policies and allocated budgets.
• Review competitive bids and quotes by evaluating proposals, reviewing with requesters and subject matter experts, and analyzing any grounds for rejection.
• Assist vendors in raising bid exceptions, deviations, and clarifications and getting them resolved with support of Nuclear Specification Engineering, which includes necessary changes in the material master.
• Discuss and resolve issues related to supply of materials with the support of related departments - QA, Specification Engineering, Inventory Management, Warehouse, Logistics, etc.
• Prepare the commercial evaluation.
• Ensure terms and conditions are agreed by the vendors and none of the clauses should be open.
• Meet, negotiate, and/or clarify terms with vendors as requested by the management.
• Prepare recommendation for award, with thorough justification to support decision as per the Delegation of Authority (DOA), and ensuring that all required information is available.

Professional Certifications

Qualifications

Bachelor degree in Business or Engineering or equivalent

Experience

3 years relevant experience in procurement/purchasing

• Master's in Business Administration (MBA), Supply Chain Management, or Engineering
• Procurement experience in energy sector
• Power plant experience

Company Industry: Marketing, Advertising & PR

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