Procurement Specialist (SPM), SPO

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Job Description

As a Site Procurement Manager, you will be a Business Partner for our sites, in a cross-functional environment with Operations, Procurement peers, support departments, and Suppliers. This will empower you to procure value-adding solutions to the Business. You will also play a key role in driving continuous improvement, innovation, sustainability, and preventing legal & supply risks, through your Procurement missions.

The role is an individual contributor (IC). Overall the role delivers Key SPO Performance Indicators targets that deliver value for the Business such as savings, compliance, sustainability, Invoice on Hold and more
SOURCING AND PROJECT DELIVERY:
– Manage the SPO Process and policy, from needs detection to execution of sourcing requirements, at local, regional, country, and cross continent levels.
– Anticipate and understand the business needs, to provide the right Procurement strategy with optimal requirements.
– Lead sourcing, suppliers due diligence, negotiations, risk assessments, and other best practices, using Coupa (ERP) and other tools.
– Conduct market research and evaluate Suppliers manufacturing capabilities to enhance/develop GPO Suppliers base, for current and future needs.
– Deliver projects (RFI, RFQ, etc) with different spend thresholds / complexity / risks / confidentiality / and time constraints. Analyze solutions and make recommendations to the Business.
– Execute and support GPO projects and initiatives (tenders, cost optimizations, sustainability, process improvements etc.) of different scales and magnitudes. Additionally, support the critical yearly peak readiness (e.g. capturing and documenting Lesson Learned and Successes, creating pre-peak readiness presentations, and executing playbook actions).

Qualifications & Experience:

  • Bachelor’s Degree with Procurement or Supply Chain or significant Procurement experience,
  • Relevant experience in a Procurement environment,
  • Proficient computer literacy in MS office suite,
  • Qualifications and/or experience in sourcing, contract management, or equivalent role,
  • Negotiation skills (internal and external)
  • Contract management skills
  • Highly proficient in spoken and written English