Procurement & Estimation Engineer

DEWA / TRANSCO / Kahramaa / SEC 11k V up to 400k V Installation of cables/Substation experience required.- Perform buying duties when necessary.- Prepare invitation-of-bid forms and mail forms to supplier firms or distribute forms for public posting.- Approve bills for payment.- Calculate costs of orders, and charge or forward invoices to appropriate accounts.- Check shipments when they arrive to ensure that orders have been filled correctly and that goods meet specifications.- Compare prices, specifications, and delivery dates in order to determine the best bid among potential suppliers.- Compare suppliers' bills with bids and purchase orders in order to verify accuracy.- Contact suppliers in order to schedule or expedite deliveries and to resolve shortages, missed or late deliveries, and other problems.- Determine if inventory quantities are sufficient for needs, ordering more materials when necessary.- Locate suppliers, using sources such as catalogs and the internet, and interview them to gather information about products to be ordered.- Prepare, maintain, and review purchasing files, reports and price lists.- Prepare purchase orders and send copies to suppliers and to departments originating requests.- Respond to customer and supplier inquiries about order status, changes, or cancellations.- Review requisition orders in order to verify accuracy, terminology, and specifications.- Track the status of requisitions, contracts, and orders.- Maintain knowledge of all organizational and governmental rules affecting purchases, and provide information about these rules to organization staff members and to vendors.- Monitor contractor performance, recommending contract modifications when necessary.- Monitor in-house inventory movement and complete inventory transfer forms for bookkeeping purposes.- Analyze all suppliers in order to select the most suitable suppliers who are able to deliver high quality products at competitive pricing.- Negotiate with suppliers on lead-time, cost and quality so as to obtain the maximum benefit for the company.- Manage suppliers to meet objectives related to cost, delivery performance, schedule and quality.- Develop purchasing or sourcing strategies based on portfolio analyses and supplier referencing study.- Define and maintain documented category and supplier strategies using market and competitive data.- Develop, implement and drive the procurement strategies in order to meet cost savings targets.- Review and manage the supplier base to ensure consistency with the sourcing strategy.- Perform regular performance review with suppliers to drive continuous improvements.- Ensure commercial, legal and contractual compliance in all the procurement transactions.- Adopt appropriate supplier management methodologies and procurement strategies in purchasing to secure better prices.Determine cost estimate targets during the design and development process, recommending cost effective solutions.Gather proposals, specifications and related documents and liaise with stakeholders in order to convert specifications to cost estimates for new and current products.Utilise cost methodologies and tools and appropriate software models and packages to prepare and maintain reliable and accurate data.Establish cost estimates of production processes and tooling costs and review alternatives or put forward recommendations for improvement.Assess cost effectiveness of products and track actual costs relative to budget and report status on a regular basis to ensure costs are in line with forecasts.Monitor and review data and information to detect or assess problems.Investigate and identify cost reduction opportunities through cost analysis review.Contribute to cost monitoring and reporting systems and procedures and monitor trends. #J-18808-Ljbffr