Procurement Manager

Financial / Monetary:

• Ensure achievements of saving to reduce operating expenses according annual target.
• Conscious about cost efficiency in all activities.
• Provide specific feedback and reports on the progress of saving initiatives.
• Ensure involvement and support of budget owner and finance on related matter.

Customers / Clients (Internal):

• Ensure Building strong collaborative networks with internal business partners according to SALs.
• Ensure change management, effective communication and stakeholders’ alignment are in place.
• Ensure development and implementation of category strategies in close collaboration with stakeholders.
• Manage risks related to assigned spend to a group of categories.
• Convey periodic awareness of procurement roles to reflect a positive image of the added value.
• Take necessary actions to ensure targets are met, and track performance against objectives.
• Ensure Customers requirements and needs are met at all time.

Supplier / Vendors (External):

• Ensure registration, development and implementation of supplier’s relationship management program are fulfilled in close alignment with stakeholders.
• Ensure periodicalmeeting, visits, assessment for key suppliers to promote performance.

People / Employee (Cross Functional) 

• Manage and direct a team of sourcing officers through sourcing activities and KPIs.
• Balance out capacities and workload within own team.
• Create a healthy environment for teamwork, commitments, and individual accountability within own team.
• Develop won team competencies and share best practices and knowledge and encourage feedback to enhance performance.
• Encourage innovative solutions to improve category performance.
• Identify development areas and ensure own team attending assigned training courses.
• Offer free capacity to support colleagues from same category group team or outside team whenever needed.
• Acts as role model to his/her team and exercise/promote the Panda values.

Internal processes (Productivity/Quality/Compliance/reporting) 

• Ensure team compliance to corporate Procurement governance, regulations, policy and procedures and code of conduct for non-trade products and services related matter.
• Generate appropriate analytical reports such for category spend, contracts status, supplier’s assessment, stakeholders need…. etc.
• Continuously improve practices within own team in compliance with the department policies and procedures.
• Contribute to the frequent improvement of processes, practices with corporate procurement to suite its customer’s needs.

Ensure sourcing activities are delivered in a professional manner in alignment with BUs needs.

Education:

• University degree in Business Administration and or Engineering
• Project Management certification is preferable

Experience, Skills & Competencies

• Minimum 5 years ’ experience in (Commercial/Contract Management/Sourcing )
• Professional communication in English and Arabic
• Knowledge of Retail business
• Analytical Skills
• Problem solving
• Contract Management
• Result Oriented
• Planning and Project management
• Self-Motivated
• Communication Skills
• Leadership Skills
• Customer Focus
• Negotiation skills
• Sourcing Skills
• Relationship Builder

Applicable for Special Needs (Yes/ No)