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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.
Job ID: 143926765