Buyer (Mechanical / Electrical / C&I)

Turner & Townsend
Shanghai
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Procurement & SourcingExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Negotiation","Vendor management","Communication","Problem-solving","Attention to detail"]

Manage procurement for mechanical, electrical, and C&I equipment across projects, sourcing, negotiating, and purchasing to meet budget, schedule, and quality targets. Lead tender processes, vendor qualification, and contract checks, while coordinating with Eng and Legal teams to ensure compliant, cost-effective buy decisions that align with project requirements.

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Turner & Townsend
Turner & Townsend
5 months ago

Buyer (Mechanical / Electrical / C&I)

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Job Summary

Manage procurement for mechanical, electrical, and C&I equipment across projects, sourcing, negotiating, and purchasing to meet budget, schedule, and quality targets. Lead tender processes, vendor qualification, and contract checks, while coordinating with Eng and Legal teams to ensure compliant, cost-effective buy decisions that align with project requirements.
Location: Shanghai
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Procurement & Sourcing
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead the tender process in a fair manner and identify Bidders that will best meet project technical requirements, budget and schedule constraints. Understand the contractual requirements of equipment / service to be purchased and elaborate the bid package together with the relevant disciplines (Eng, Legal, etc).
  • •Ensure that Vendor Qualification process is performed as per relevant rules.
  • •Issue RFP / RFQ, expedite and collect offers from Bidders.
  • •Analyze the offers and identify areas for commercial or contractual clarifications to facilitate discussion with Bidders and get offers aligned and in line with relevant requirements.
  • •Develop recommendations for the Bidder selection based on the input from the relevant disciplines and on the assessment of offered costs, technical requirements and delivery time in accordance with Ethics and Compliance rules.
  • •Fully document the tendering process.

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s or master’s degree in relevant field of engineering or business administration.
  • •5+ years of experience as a Buyer within oil and gas sector, energy sector, either in the operator or EPC contractor.
  • •Experience and expertise in mechanical / electrical / C&I equipment is required for most key packages
  • •Proficiency in English.
  • •Oil and gas or energy sector experience as a Buyer preferred
Experience:5+ yearsOil & gasEnergyProcurementConstruction
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:NegotiationVendor managementCommunicationProblem-solvingAttention to detail
Languages:English

Company Brief

Turner & Townsend
Global professional services firm providing program, project and cost management, advisory and consulting services across property, infrastructure and natural resources sectors to public and private clients worldwide.
Industry: Consulting
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: Leeds, United Kingdom
Founded: 1946
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