Manager-Procurement(Indirect Material).Procurement

Roles & Responsibilities

• Negotiation of techno-commercial terms with suppliers for various categories. Conversant with sourcing of multiple indirect procurement categories with specialization in

• Marketing & Media spend.

• Digital and social media spend.

• Administration services

• Develop & deliver sourcing strategies across the group companies.

• Conduct Spend analysis of entire group's indirect spend on regular basis and drive cost saving projects.

• Drive procurement efficiencies including improvement of existing practices and develop SOP and plans to achieve results in ever changing business priorities.

• Preparation and adherence to annual plans to achieve improvement in spend coverage, process improvement.

• Supplier base optimization

• Alignment of procurement processes and practices with multiple stakeholders

• Supplier relationship management with strategic suppliers

• This role may also involve leading team of buyers (Direct & dotted line), provide guidance and motivate them to develop into better procurement professionals.

KPIs

• Budget vs. Actual (spend within budget)

• Cost Optimization

• Internal Customer Satisfaction / GO TO BU

• Annual cost saving

• Ensure saving delivery through monthly tracking & alignment with business

• Supply resilience: single source risk mitigation

• Continuous supplier performance improvement

Work experience requirement

8-10 years of experience in Procurement including more than 5 years' experience in indirect procurement across multiple industry segments. Should have handled more than $50 million spend annually.

Experience of marketing-related procurement in GCC will be preferred.

Qualification

Graduate plus MBA from an institute of repute. Specialization/Certification in Marketing related procurement will be an added advantage.