Purchasing Officer (Tankers) – London

Purchasing Officer (12 month contract) – London – Competitive salary plus benefits

This is an excellent opportunity to join a reputable shipping company based in London

As Purchasing Officer, you will be responsible for the day-to-day activities involved in the timely and economic supply of materials and services required by the fleet.

Responsibilities include:

• Receiving sequentially numbered Requisitions from the Vessels and monitoring same to ensure that all Requisitions are received.
• Obtain competitive bids from and negotiating with Vendors, wherever possible. Submitting the Requisitions and Quotations to the responsible Superintendent for authorisation.
• Placing Purchase Orders with the selected Vendor/Contractor.
• Progress chasing to ensure that materials and services are delivered/executed in a timely fashion to meet the Vessel’s requirements.
• Arranging despatch of materials by Vendors or consolidated Freight Forwarders and monitoring consignments to ensure that the Consignee receives them.

Experience required:

• Purchasing experience in a shipping company
• Knowledge of ShipNET (desirable)
• Tanker experience (highly desirable)
• Strong negotiation skills

You MUST have the right to live and work in the UK to be considered.

This role is very urgent, therefore, candidates available immediately will be looked upon favourably.

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