At Tenaris, you will join a global network of professionals working together toward a common goal: shape the future of energy through advanced tubular products and services
If you want to become part of a diverse team that values results, analytical approach to problem solving and teamwork, Tenaris is the place for you.
Buyer - Bay City, TX
LOCATION: Bay City - Texas - USA
DEPARTMENT: PROCUREMENT
Purpose:
Purchase, in due time and manner, equipment, services and materials from approved suppliers and subcontractors, ensuring the best customer service level. Optimize the purchasing cycle, maximize quality, minimize costs and ensure that purchase orders and contracts comply with all specifications.
Main Responsibilities:
Establish a proper work plan considering business priorities, vendor and end user criticalities. Understand the market where operations take place, the sourcing process and its technicalities.
Assess the market to define the eligible vendor list, which complies with quality and safety policies, and have a strong financial situation. Provide accurate information to supplier, verifying technical specifications with the end user.
Purchase the best product or services, offering the best value-for-money in the market, by assessing economic and technical information on the proposal submitted by each supplier.
Provide key data based on numerical analysis for decision-making. Carry out the management control process, detect deviations and implement improvement actions.
Ensure fulfilment of Purchase Orders and Contracts and define the Logistics of the products such as maritime, land or air transportation.
Seek purchasing cycle improvement by developing new or alternative products or services, and suppliers, maximizing quality and minimizing costs, lead times and liabilities for Clients.
Understand the relevant safety parameters associated with each type of purchase, and select suitable suppliers accordingly (ie: Safety indicators, HSE audits results).
Coordinate the activities needed to place a new Contract with all the areas involved within Exiros or Clients' organization, such as Quality, Safety, Normalization, Human Resources, Maintenance, Legal, Compliance, Supply Chain, etc.
Ensure that our suppliers know the company HSE polices for critical services. Ensure compliance with the company policies and management standards. Ensure adherence to SOX regulations in activities under his / her responsibility.
Ensures adherence to SOX regulations in activities under his / her responsibility.
Required Skills:
Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial/ Mechanical Engineering, Supply Chain, or related field.
Strong organizational and time-management skills and ability to multi-task
Strong Presentation skills
Energetic and collaborative
Innovative thinker and problem solver
Takes initiative and able to work independently - Autonomy
Analytical mindset
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Good problem-solving abilities
If your experience and knowledge match our requirements, please apply
Tenaris is an equal opportunity employer, valuing diversity in employment.
We thank all candidates for their interest, however, only those that match the criteria required for the desired profile will be contacted

Tenaris is a leading supplier of tubes and related services for the world’s energy industry and certain other industrial applications. Our mission is to deliver value to our customers through product development, manufacturing excellence, and supply chain management. Tenaris employees around the world are committed to continuous improvement by sharing knowledge across a single global organization.
Our customers include most of the world’s leading oil and gas companies as well as engineering companies engaged in constructing oil and gas gathering, transportation and processing facilities. Our principal products include casing, tubing, line pipe, and mechanical and structural pipes.
Tenaris employs around 29,000 people from more than 25 countries. From the moment they enter the company, our employees follow a career plan specially designed to meet their professional goals. TenarisUniversity, Tenaris’s corporate university, offers high-quality, job-specific curricula and development plans that help them succeed in the many challenging assignments faced during their careers.
Our employees work in a culturally diverse setting that enriches their professional as well as their personal lives. As part of our fundamental corporate values, Tenaris offers our employee an active participation in a long-term, sustainable industrial project.
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