Initial 3 month contract with the option to extend further for an experienced Procurement Specialist with strong technical skills in construction / building / civils / roadworks / engineering / infrastructure etc.
The Senior Procurement Specialist leads high-complexity sourcing projects and supplier relationships working effectively along with multiple Customer Relationship Leads and more junior members of the Procurement team. This specialist also operates as the single point of contact of small stakeholder groups (depending on the package of work).
While carrying out sourcing activities, the Senior Specialist provides strong commercial leadership in project teams, developing and executing creative strategies to ensure work is conducted with rigorous professional standards in full compliance with client’s governance
Key Responsibilities
- Operates as a single point of contact for all matters required by direct stakeholder groups where assigned by the Customer Relationship Lead
- Supports the Customer Relationship Lead on the development of Category Strategies and Supplier Management activities
- Applies Sourcing & Supplier Management methodologies, leading cross-functional teams executing multiple sourcing projects in a portfolio of goods, materials & services
- Delivers targets and sustainable value through managing sourcing and supplier relationship management initiatives
- Manages complex and multiple sourcing projects and deliver agreed business targets
- Influences effectively to ensure business needs consider commercial reality and do not unknowingly compromise value
- Communicates with Customer Relationship Leads and influences project teams and key stakeholders effectively
- Escalates key risks effectively, maintaining Customer Relationship Lead and stakeholder confidence and effective resolution
- Coaches junior team members to develop new insights from analysis and leading to a deliver solid set of actionable recommendations
- Negotiates with suppliers effectively as and when required
- Responsible for quality and timeliness of critical deliverables and communications
Essential requirements:
- Communication skills: Strong written and verbal communication. Able to communicate effectively with junior and senior stakeholders
- Accountability: Strong sense of accountability and ability to determine actions, risks and results to get the job done.
- Leadership: Strong influencing skills and ability to lead a team towards achieving strategic objectives.
- Innovation: Strong ability to create from concept and an ability to look for opportunities to apply new and evolving ideas, methods and approaches.
- Analytical Skills: Strong problem-solving skills and techniques. Able to understand and carry out spend analysis and draw out conclusions and fact-based decision making
- Organisational Understanding: The ability to translate strategic initiatives into practical solutions and a strong understanding of the impact of market drivers
- Planning Skills: Strong ability to plan deliverables, milestone and sign-off points. Strong ability to schedule and monitor activities to achieve organisational goals.
- Technical Knowledge: Knowledge of Procurement processes: Category Planning, Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Relationship Management and how to apply them in a greenfield context
- IT Skills: Ability to use SAP SRM applications and Microsoft Office programs including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s / Master’s Degree in Procurement, Engineering, Business, Finance, or related subject
- 5 years’ experience in Procurement organisations of which a minimum of 3 years applicable experience in managing/leading multiple sourcing projects
- Fluency in English
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Desirable requirements
- Procurement Qualification (e.g. CIPS)
- Project Management Qualification
- Arabic language skills
Desired Skills:
- Category planning
- strategic sourcing
- supplier relationship management
- Greenfield
- SAP SRM
- CIPS
- Project Management
Desired Work Experience:
- 5 to 10 years
Desired Accreditations:
- Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply
About The Employer:
Exciting opportunity to work from home consulting through a UK based Procurement Consultancy for one of their large clients based in Saudi Arabia.
You will be required to travel ocassionally to Saudi for meetings and also to work the Saudi weeks: Sundays to Thursdays.