Sr Procurement Officer - Petrochemicals

Role overview

Procurement and sourcing

• Develop category and sourcing plans for petrochemical materials and services based on forecasts and business priorities.
• Research markets and suppliers, benchmark pricing, analyze cost drivers, and assess total cost of ownership.
• Prepare RFQs and RFPs, bid lists, commercial comparisons, negotiation plans, and award recommendations.
• Aggregate demand and leverage suppliers across Sichem and PPC while observing legal-entity and operational requirements.
• Drive savings, cost avoidance, value engineering, and improved payment terms.
• Use Oracle ERP and approved workflows to turn approved requirements into compliant sourcing and purchase orders.

Supplier, contract, and supply management

• Negotiate price, Incoterms, lead times, payment terms, warranties, quality obligations, and other protections.
• Coordinate contract preparation, review, renewal, and expiry monitoring with Legal, Finance, Quality, HSE, and requesting departments.
• Expedite commitments and resolve commercial, delivery, documentation, and invoice-matching issues.
• Coordinate supplier onboarding, due diligence, qualification, and approved-vendor requirements; maintain supplier scorecards.
• Maintain supplier-risk registers and develop alternate-source, dual-source, and contingency proposals.
• Monitor supplier capacity, logistics, market movements, regulatory changes, and supply risks.
• Support demand, supply, and inventory reviews and help reduce excess, slow-moving, and obsolete stock without disrupting production.

Governance and reporting

• Ensure compliance with procurement policies, procedures, delegated authority, budget controls, ethical standards, and record-retention requirements.
• Support audits, close corrective actions, and maintain supplier, sourcing, contract, and purchase-order records.
• Prepare reports on spend, savings, price variance, contracts, supplier performance, open orders, inventory exposure, and supply risks.
• Guide assigned procurement team members, lead cross-functional sourcing projects, and provide delegated cover for the Procurement Manager - Chemicals.
• Follow applicable QHSE, quality, environmental, occupational health and safety, sustainability, legal, and regulatory requirements.

Candidate requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry or a related field; CIPS certification is an added advantage.
• Seven to nine years of experience, ideally in chemical procurement.
• Specialized knowledge and experience procuring chemicals for the oil and gas industry.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, commercial, and negotiation skills.
• Able to meet demanding targets and deadlines, adapt to stakeholder needs, and build successful working relationships.
• Confident and mature approach, with tact and diplomacy.

Workplace

• Office-based role in Abu Dhabi, UAE.