Procurement Executive

Job purpose:

Procurement executive will be responsible for the coordination of category plans, process efficiency, sourcing initiatives, and tactics for the shared services across Al Futtaim Group business units.

Key accountabilities:

• Executes category sourcing strategies including development and execution of RFIs, RFPs, and RFQs, documents bid events through correspondence to suppliers;
• Develops selection criteria and drives the selection and approval process of suppliers in collaboration with cross-functional teams;
• Conducts supplier negotiations and ongoing supplier management;
• Develops negotiation strategies, gains alignment from stakeholders, leads cross-functional, category-based negotiation teams, while implementing appropriate supplier risk analysis;
• Collaborates with different business units and IT teams to align procurement activities with business needs;
• Ensures business process efficiency and process improvement in line with procurement strategy to empower the business as strategic partners;
• Creates and maintains good relationships with the vendors;
• Maintains and updates a list of vendors and their qualifications, delivery times, and potential future development;
• Establishes effective internal customer relationship management by maintaining timely and professional communication with the team and business peers;
• Works with team members and procurement managers to complete duties as needed;
• Timely generation/updating of management reports.

Minimum qualifications:

Education:

• Engineering bachelor’s degree, business administration, or supply chain management;
• Any procurement or finance certification is an added value.

Experience:

• Previous hands-on experience in dealing with vendors (quotations, payments, reconciliations);
• Proficiency in procurement software and e-auction;
• 1-3 years of experience preferably in IT procurement.