Senior Buyer

About us 

Worley is a global company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value across the life of their assets. We specialize in consulting, engineering, procurement and construction across the project lifecycle, with services extending through to operations and decommissioning. Leveraging extensive experience and AI-enabled delivery, we support customers in navigating complexity as they meet today's needs and transition to more sustainable solutions. 

Purpose of the Role

Worley is seeking a commercially astute and sustainability-driven Senior Buyer to support the organization’s mission of delivering sustainable change across the energy, chemicals, and resources sectors. This role is integral to advancing Worley’s purpose of delivering a more sustainable world by ensuring the strategic procurement of materials, equipment, and services that enable complex projects across the full asset lifecycle—from consulting and engineering through installation, commissioning, decommissioning, and remediation.

The Senior Buyer serves as a critical procurement leader who bridges operational excellence with sustainable transformation by developing and executing procurement strategies that align with Worley’s ambition to lead globally in sustainability solutions. This role partners closely with internal teams, customers, and suppliers to secure competitive, innovative, and risk-conscious supply solutions that support project success while maintaining the integrity, resilience, and sustainability of customer portfolios.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the procurement of a broad range of engineered and non-engineered materials, equipment, and services in support of corporate and project-specific objectives across energy, chemicals, and resource portfolios.
• Develop, implement, and continuously enhance procurement strategies that align with Worley’s sustainability ambitions, operational priorities, and commitment to delivering integrated, data-centric solutions.
• Act as a lead procurement professional or subject matter expert on highly complex purchasing initiatives, ensuring commercial competitiveness, technical compliance, and alignment with project delivery requirements.
• Identify supply market opportunities, procurement risks, and sustainability considerations to provide informed recommendations that strengthen project outcomes and support customers through the transition to more sustainable energy sources.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, project delivery, supply chain, commercial, and stakeholder teams to ensure procurement strategies are integrated into broader project and portfolio objectives.
• Provide leadership and strategic guidance to project procurement teams, supporting capability development, process improvement, and alignment with corporate standards and policies.
• Evaluate supplier capabilities, commercial models, and risk profiles to ensure reliable, ethical, and sustainable sourcing decisions that reflect Worley’s role as a trusted industry partner.
• Prepare and deliver procurement proposals, sourcing strategies, commercial recommendations, and executive-level reports that influence decision-making on complex business matters.
• Support supplier relationship management practices that promote long-term value creation, innovation, supply continuity, and responsible procurement outcomes.
• Champion continuous improvement of procurement systems, tools, and processes, contributing to operational excellence and the advancement of procurement best practices across Worley’s global operations.