Purchasing and Supply Officer
Advertised: 05 May 2025
Santos
Procurement / Purchasing | Papua New Guinea
Don’t come for an easy career. Stay for a rewarding one.
Santos is a global energy company committed to increasingly cleaner energy and fuels production, with operations across Australia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and North America.
We are currently PNG’s largest single investor and most active explorer, operating all the country’s producing oil fields and holding an extensive appraisal and exploration portfolio. Our aspirations and strategies reflect our genuine commitment to making a meaningful contribution to the lives of Papua New Guineans.
At Santos, our commitment is to be a global leader in the transition to cleaner energy and clean fuels, by helping the world decarbonise to reach net-zero emissions in an affordable and sustainable way.
Santos is one of Australia’s biggest domestic gas supplier, a leading Asia Pacific LNG supplier and is committed to supplying the critical fuels such as oil and gas in a more sustainable way through decarbonising projects such as the Moomba CCS project.
For more than 65 years, Santos has been working in partnership with local communities, providing local jobs and business opportunities, safely and sustainably developing its natural gas resources, and powering industries and households.
What you’ll do:
The role oversees purchasing for warehouse stock, ad hoc requests, and contract-related materials. Responsibilities include coordinating with material coordinators and managing procurement of high-value drilling equipment and critical spares for CPF and Hides operations.
This position is located in the Santos Port Moresby office.
Key accountabilities include:
- "Collaborate with suppliers and stakeholder teams to ensure timely delivery, competitive pricing, and quality compliance. Work with the contracts team to establish outline agreements."
- Maintain accurate procurement records, contracts, and supplier performance data.
- Partner with internal teams to assess material needs, support procurement planning, and manage inventory levels.
- "Work with the released materials list to update and address obsolescence, alternatives, or missing information, while coordinating with the inventory team. Expedite PR-to-PO turnaround to mitigate inventory stock level risks and ensure deadlines and requirements are met."
- Ensure adherence to company policies, safety standards, and industry regulations.
- Expedite critical and maintenance orders, follow up on delays, and manage transport updates.
- Resolve invoice mismatches and procurement-related queries.
- Support vendor selection, tender processes, and pricing agreement negotiations.
- Facilitate supply planning meetings and lead resolution of supply chain issues and safety incidents.
What you’ll bring:
The ideal candidate will have attained tertiary qualifications in the relevant field (Business, IS, Law, Engineering, Commerce) and relevant experience. Your advanced analytical and data management skills are essential for the role, along with:
- Substantial experience in a Supply Chain Role (Scheduling, Contracts, Purchasing, Logistics).
- Exposure to lean manufacturing and six sigma.
What you’ll get:
Here, you’ll be amongst high-calibre people and get to work on industry-leading projects. We don’t shy away from solving tough problems at pace. We like it that way. You can expect to be challenged and supported; to learn and grow.
At Santos, we’re committed to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive. This means a place that is safe; where you are valued and respected, and your contribution is recognised and appreciated. Join us, and you’ll play a role in this too.
Each of our sites offer access to specific amenities that aim to create the best possible benefits to your health, wellbeing and performance.
What you’re part of:
Everywhere you turn you will be a part of a team who are coming together to contribute to our single uniting purpose - to provide reliable and affordable energy to help create a better world for everyone And because it’s not only what you do, but how you do it, you will also contribute to improving the living standards of the communities where we operate, building enduring and respectful relationships that serve a generation. It’s about each of us, and all of us – together.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted via the online recruitment system before 20th May 2025.
A requirement of this role is that you will need to have in place the legal work rights for PNG to apply.
Potential Scams
There are a number of fake adverts that are impersonating Santos Limited, in these instances you will receive an e-mail from a generic e-mail address. We do not make offers without interviews or due diligence taking place. You will know if an advert is genuine if you are directed to the Santos company careers page to apply which is https://recruitment.santos.com/
A requirement of this role is that you will need to have in place the legal work rights for PNG to apply.
To Apply
To apply, email your CV and other relevant documentation to [email protected]. Please include the Job ID "#23382" in the email's subject to ensure your application is processed.
More information
Job ID: #23382
Industry: Procurement / Purchasing
Location: Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea
Company: Santos
Company Description: A proudly Australian company, Santos is a leading supplier of natural gas, a fuel for the future, providing cleaner energy to improve the lives of people in Australia and Asia. Having recently merged with Oil Search to create one high performing team with a diversified portfolio of high quality, long-life, low-cost assets across Australia, Timor-Leste, Papua New Guinea and Alaska with significant growth optionality. Santos is already Australia’s biggest domestic gas supplier, a leading Asia-Pacific LNG supplier and aims to be a world-leading clean fuels company, achieving net-zero emissions by 2040. Santos will grow its clean fuels capability as customer demand evolves for zero-emissions LNG, hydrogen and other products through carbon capture and storage, nature-based offsets, energy efficiency and use of renewables in its operations.
Company Website: https://www.santos.com/
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