Procurement Senior Manager Operations

Job Description

• Ensure involvement and support of budget owner and finance on related matter.

• Maintain 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.
• Identify, procurement risks to enable the organization to meet its obligations and maximize business opportunity
• Continuously improve practices within own team in compliance with the department policies and procedures
• Identify, manage, and mitigate procurement risks to enable the organization to meet its obligations and maximize business opportunity validate
• Ensure team compliance to corporate Procurement governance, regulations, policy and procedures and code of conduct for non-trade products and services related matter.
• Analyze and take strategical decisions based on the generated analytical reports such for category spend, contracts status, supplier’s assessment, stakeholders need…. etc.
• Contribute to the frequent improvement of processes, practices with corporate procurement to suite its customer’s needs.
• Manage and direct a team of mangers
• Create a healthy environment for teamwork, commitments, and individual accountability within own team.
• Develop a winning-team competencies and share best practices and knowledge and encourage feedback to enhance performance
• Guide innovative solutions to improve category performance
• Identify development areas and ensure own team attending assigned training courses.
• Certify change management, effective communication and stakeholders’ alignment are in place.
• Convey periodic awareness of procurement roles to reflect a positive image of the added value.

Education

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

Experience, Skills & Competencies

• Minimum 8+ years ’ experience in (Commercial/Contract Management/Sourcing )

• Professional communication in English and Arabic

• Knowledge of Retail business

• Analytical Skills

• Problem solving

• Contract Management

• Planning and Project management

• Self-Motivated

• Communication Skills

• Leadership Skills

• Customer Focus

• Negotiation skills