Job Description

Date Posted: 2009-10-31 Ref. JB1225926

Purchasing Supervisor Indirect & Services

• Leads and develops and implements effective sourcing strategies to achieve excellent support on delivery and order fulfillment, achieve maximization, fulfill customer expectations on products coverage perspective and promote Group image on sourcing capability.
• Develops and expands suppliers base and partnerships to creates a reliable and long-term source of supply.
• Sourcing and forms strategic supply base management and handles activities such financial management and issue resolution.
• Leads negotiation activities to drive and realize continuous performance improvement.
• Alignment of supplier agreements with business performance and cost objectives.
• Be as a Market Expert for purchased commodity and responsible for providing information to the business unit on the current and future market status and prepare annual report of conducted market survey.
• Be actively aware of the Business unit operations and activities for the knowledge development.
• Monitoring the inventory status is at optimum level with minimum less of oversupplies.
• Leading and developing strategies to achieve overall cost saving for the Group.
• Highlighting cost saving achievement to the Manager to be recognized as active participant in ROI of the corporate.
• Supports the finance capabilities in term of preserving long period of cash flow such as achieving the most resilient credit facilities from the supplier at the lowest possible price.
• Oversees all activities related to procurement of commodity from the intent to purchase to the delivery of commodity with outcome of zero defects.
• Submitting the semi-annual report of the procurement activities related to the business units.

Skills

 Bachelor’s degree in business or engineering with advanced degree work in mechanical engineering. A member of Global Procurement Institute such as CIPS, ISM.
 At least 10 years’ experience in procurement position as senior personnel.
 Strong oral and written communication skills and interpersonal skills needed for dealing effectively with vendors.
 Fluency in English & Arabic Language.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business or engineering