Regional Procurement & Supply Chain Manager

The Role

A senior leadership opportunity to drive procurement and supply chain transformation across the Middle East & India region.

Reporting to the Regional Head of Operational Excellence, this role combines:

Country leadership (Saudi Arabia)

Regional functional leadership (Middle East & India)

Global procurement frameworks, standards and tools are already in place. The mandate is to elevate regional performance to those standards embedding governance, driving efficiency, and creating measurable commercial impact.

This is a senior management role, one level below the regional leadership team.

Key Responsibilities

Transformation & Governance

Align regional operations to global procurement and supply chain standards

Embed consistent processes, controls and compliance

Implement clear KPIs and savings tracking

Operational Efficiency

Drive cost optimisation and supplier rationalisation

Improve planning discipline to reduce reactive spend

Strengthen logistics and local sourcing strategies

Introduce structured category management

Leadership & Integration

Lead and develop established country procurement teams

Build a cohesive regional procurement community

Partner with operations and finance to position procurement as a strategic function

The Profile

This role requires more than technical capability. It demands energy, pace and drive.

We are looking for someone who:

Has led procurement transformation across multiple countries

Can upgrade processes without disrupting live operations

Brings urgency, resilience and accountability

Is comfortable challenging the status quo

Builds momentum and engages teams through change

Understands governance, compliance and commercial impact

10+ years experience in procurement & supply chain leadership is expected, ideally within complex, operational or project-driven environments.

Arabic language skills are advantageous but not essential.

What Success Looks Like (12 Months)

Regional alignment to global standards

Clear savings framework and measurable impact

Reduced supplier base and stronger risk management

Improved planning discipline and cost control

A visible shift in energy, accountability and performance across the function

This is a high-impact transformation role for a leader who thrives in fast-moving environments and has the drive to elevate a regional function to best-in-class standards.