JOB DESCRIPTION
Role: Senior Procurement Officer, Non-IT
Location: Abu Dhabi
Role Purpose:
To support the category manager in elevating the brand and service-quality of Procurement within the organization by ensuring professional services offering and increase of spend control.
- To deputize the category manager and manage the team's performance and deliverables across assigned spend categories.
- To work as part of the team of the Non-IT Category in VMCP to provide internal stakeholders with quality services, value for money solutions, cost effectiveness/enhance customer satisfaction.
- To plan, lead and manage strategic procurement solutions within the non-IT category.
Key Accountabilities of the role
Responsibilities: - Report to Category manage & deputize in his absence
- Support the category manager in developing and managing the annual procurement plan through regular engagements with relevant stakeholders and proper communication management plan.
- Provide support and consultancy to customers in terms of best practices of procurement and supply chain.
- Identify and implement category market research plan, demand challenge, vendor base rationalization and supply chain risk management.
- Support the category buyers in high-risk high-value procurement engagements (strategy planning, negotiations, risk management, etc.)
- Implement advanced procurement techniques (Just in time, agility, feasibility, effectiveness, and wase-elimination activities).
- Work closely with different stakeholders to plan, streamline and enhance process workflows to ensure values for ADIB.
- Undertake Suppliers relationship management responsibilities (Contractual, relational, and reputational matters) and promote a transparent and ethical procurement approach for ADIB externally.
- Stakeholders relationship management (reporting, conflicts-resolutions, awareness training, strategic solutions, etc.)
Specialist Skills / Technical Knowledge Required for this role:
- Bachelor's degree in business administration or Supply Chain.
- Business English - Verbal and Written Skills.
- MS. Office.
- Communication Skills.
Work experience:
- A minimum of 10 years experience in Procurement and supply chain related position.
- Previous experience in E-Procurement tools (SAP Ariba, Oracle, etc.).
- Supplier/Vendor Agreement/Contracts: Knowledge of the legal terminologies and language related to supplier and /or vendor agreement and contract.
