Director Procurement

Business & Product Management
Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦
July 21, 2024

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OVERVIEW

Position

Director Procurement

Job Code

Reports to

Executive Director Procurement

Direct Reports

5-8

Division/Section

Procurement

Department

Procurement

Sector

Job Family

Role Purpose

This role has end to end accountability of the procurement team performance, it is a senior position of significant responsibility and engagement in managing and leading many aspects of the execution of projects procurement.

Candidate will be responsible for leading the sourcing effort, identifying potential suppliers and conducting negotiations on high-value or strategic categories / NEOM Regions / Assets. This managerial leadership role covers the scope of Contracting (Construction related Services) including Pre qualification, scope clarification, RFP preparation and execution as well as award. The candidate is expected to manage a certain scope while managing more junior people as direct reports. Close collaboration with NEOM Projects, Legal and Finance are required. The role as such is structurally embedded into the overall Procurement Organization. Key success factors include speed to market, compliance, optimized cost and impeccable compliance. The manager is expected to contribute as part of the broader Procurement leadership team and to support improvement of processes and procedures.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES & ACTIVITIES

  • Creation and ongoing value creation with a world class supply base
  • Development of procurement strategies
  • Creation and management of short, mid, and long term goals and objectives
  • Creation and improvement of best-practice based processes (e.g., leadership of high-value/strategic sourcing efforts)
  • Management of business process and optimization
  • Identification and realization of cost-saving and cost-reduction opportunities
  • Optimization and management of procurement systems / Solutions.
  • Actively lead bid slate development and run RFPs independently
  • Manage contract negotiations and manage pre and post awards activities
  • Leading a small Contracting Team and build mastery and capability of local talent
  • Managing the skills and competency development of procurement staff, including training development and knowledge management capabilities
  • Leadership of cross-functional teaming across other business functions and initiatives
  • Budget management for categories under management – and for procurement itself
  • Development of benchmarks to be used for continuous improvement

BACKGROUND, SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

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