Buyer

Wood is currently recruiting for a **Buyer **to join our Operations business in Australia & Asia Pacific West (APAC WEST). This is an opportunity to join our expanding Operations team, as part of our strategic growth plan for 2024 and beyond. Based in Perth CBD, this is a long-term commitment role and is available on a permanent full-time / part-time (job share)/ contractor engagement basis.

Wood “Operations” delivers Brownfield's engineering, procurement, construction, optimisation and technical services to the Energy industry. Wood enjoys long-term partnerships with some of the region’s most prominent Energy and LNG producers with operations in Western Australia, Northern Territory, and Southeast Asia.

Join us in the heart of Perth's CBD with free 24/7 access to an exclusive onsite gym, superb end-of-trip facilities, coffee machines serving on demand and plenty of spaces to get creative. In addition, you will have access to remote and flexible working options, purchased annual leave and employee discount programs.

Reporting directly to the Contracts & Procurement Lead, you will step up and into a dedicated client contract team. You will be responsible for the delivery of specific purchasing activities and implementing strategies that deliver tangible and sustainable savings. Key aspects of the role include being responsible for adding value / generating net savings through:

- efficient maintenance of orders through SAP
- providing support to the Senior Buyer
- driving out waste and reducing costs from within the supply chain
- identifying and delivering ‘bottom up’ purchasing opportunities

You will bring to life Wood's three-pillar strategy of Inspired Culture, Delivery Excellence and Profitable Growth on the project. Leading by example, you will consistently display and enforce Wood values and behaviours, and commitment to the highest standards of safe and ethical behaviour, to ensure safe, reliable operations and client satisfaction.

At Wood, you will join an inclusive and diverse global community of inquisitive minds and recognised industry innovators, partnering with them to create new possibilities.

You must have full work rights to work in this Australian location.

Ideally, you will hold a Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent post-secondary qualifications from a recognised institution and related discipline and have a minimum of 5 years of demonstrated experience in a purchasing role within the Oil & Gas industry. You will also have:

- Strong communication skills - oral and written
- Experience with ERPs in an EPCM environment (including SAP)
- Experience in Supplier Relationship Management
- Be commercially astute with a “solutions mindset”
- Be customer-focused with an ability to develop trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders while balancing operational excellence to contribute to the competitive advantage of #teamwood.

**What will set you apart is your demonstrated experience as a buyer in a similar sized matrix organisation and demonstrated experience in successfully driving innovative solutions.**

It takes a diverse and inclusive community of inquisitive minds to unlock tomorrow’s solutions to the world’s most critical challenges. Wood encourages Women and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply.

**Diversity Statement**

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.