Procurement & Logistics Manager

Job Purpose: To provide an account management service to the nominated
business units ensuring that best practice procurement techniques are adopted
to achieve lowest cost of ownership and that agreed service levels are
achieved. Job Outline: - Provide support to the Vice President, Procurement &
Logistics (Services) and/or Manager Procurement & Logistics, by developing and
implementing strategies to deliver the lowest total cost of ownership for
acquisition of capital, goods or service items. - Independently decide on and
authorise supply orders and contracts for values upto AED ‎100,000. Where
contract values exceed this financial limit, analyse and prepare reports &
recommendations for review & approval at Manager P&L, VP & SVP level, as
necessary. - Manage and provide guidance to a team of subject matter experts
to provide a full service procurement function within agreed service levels to
Customer Departments. - Ensure that the sourcing, pre-qualification and
evaluation of suppliers is carried out as per company standards/policies to
assess what services and products they are qualified to provide thereby
ensuring that the correct products and services are available - Ensure that
the tender documents are developed and lead cross-functional teams to produce
detailed specifications (where appropriate, in conjunction with Legal and
other departments) and to subsequently issue for tender to obtain equal and
competitive quotations. - As an account manager, provide expert advice to
customer departments during product design phase in order to optimise value
for money to the Group. - Negotiate contract prices and terms and conditions
where business impact/value/risk is deemed high, to ensure that the Companys'
best contractual and commercial position is attained. Ensure that supply and
commercial risk is minimised. - Liaise & communicate closely with Customer
Departments at all times to ensure that the Customer Department is fully
involved in the procurement process. The successful development with these
relationships at SVP, VP & Grade ‎10 level is crucial to ensure efficient and
effective supplier selection. - Proactively search for and identify
opportunities for cost reduction wherever possible. Benchmark the performance
of their sections against available statistics/indicators and identify areas
for improvement. This will include knowledge of technical advances, market
developments and other relevant changes in the supply market. - Critically
evaluate reports generated by reporting staff to assess performance of their
respective sections and take corrective action where required.
Qualifications & Experience: Procurement.Contract Management : ‎8+ Years MCIPS
- Professional Diploma in Purchasing & Supply Degree or Honours (‎12+‎3 or
equivalent) - Degree level or equivalent, ideally in a Business Management/
Supply Chain/ Engineering or related field. - Experience preferably in an
Airline or other Blue Chip Organisation in the middle management level with
strong financial acumen (need not have worked in the Finance Department). -
The job holder must have a proven track record of analytical decision-making,
with strong commercial acumen. - He/she must have strong organisational and
negotiation skills. - The job holder will often be required to influence the
decision making process of line departments. To do so effectively, the job
holder must have strong interpersonal skills, experience and confidence to
adequately deal with senior personnel Functional/Technical Competencies: -
Facilities Maintenance, Capex, construction procurement knowledge required -
Good technical knowledge of facilities, maintenance and engineering are a plus
- Demonstrate procurement planning and strategy development within the region.
- Good experience with savings tracking and measurement. - Good understanding
of Category Management, governance design and category performance management.
- Experience with compliance management. - Supply market research and supplier
analysis - Supplier Costing Models & Total Cost of Ownership analysis and
supplier analysis - Supplier evaluation, registration and on-boarding Personal
Characteristics and Required Background: - Preferred experience in a direct
Procurement organization dealing with multiple contract types covering
Maintenance, Construction and Engineering. - Understanding of best-in-class
procurement processes, systems and practices - Customer focused & takes time
to understand the needs of the business partnering, influencing and
negotiation skills
Salary & Benefits: Join us in a management role and enjoy an attractive tax-
free salary. On top of our generous travel benefits, including discounted
flights and hotel stays around the world, this managerial role also has an
excellent leave and healthcare package. That's on top of transport benefits,
life insurance and more.