Associate Procurement Manager

Talent2; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 312,000 - 469,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent2 in the United Arab Emirates seeks an Associate Procurement Manager to oversee daily purchasing, cost control and supplier management across GCC/MEA sectors.

The role demands 5+ years in a senior procurement position, strong analytical capabilities, and excellent English written and spoken communication. Arabic is advantageous, and the successful candidate will work closely with cross-functional teams on strategic sourcing and budget alignment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a senior procurement role.
• Strong understanding of GCC/MEA outsourcing market.
• Excellent English verbal and written skills.
• Arabic not essential but advantageous.
• Experience across procurement processes and budgeting.

Responsibilities

• Analyze market and delivery systems to assess material availability.
• Develop and implement purchasing and contract management policies.
• Direct and coordinate activities of personnel buying and transporting materials.
• Review and approve specifications for purchase orders.
• Identify sources across countries and regions to consolidate suppliers and cut costs.
• Propose changes in purchasing policies and procedures.
• Provide high levels of professional customer support.
• Consolidate the company’s annual operational budget with respect to targets.
• Establish long-term strategic planning aligned with global targets.
• Undertake administrative responsibilities per Management Systems.
• Ensure compliance with company policies and procedures.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Analytical skills

Data mining

Procurement processes

Negotiation

English communication

Arabic (advantage)

Education

University Qualification

Tools

Procurement tools

Job description

As the Associate Procurement Manager you will oversee and implement all procedures and actions pertaining to the day to day cost and purchasing of the business. The Associate procurement Manager will need to be highly motivated, performance driven with solid experience in supply chain and logistics, coupled with local and international experience in oil & Gas, EPC or Aviation.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Analyze market and delivery systems in order to assess present and future material availability.
• Develop and implement purchasing and contract management instructions, policies, and procedures.
• Direct and coordinate activities of personnel engaged in buying and transporting materials, equipment, machinery, and supplies.
• Review, evaluate, and approve specifications for issuing and awarding purchase order.
• Identify existing sources of goods and services (including across Countries, Regions & Sectors), identify commonalities, and recommend supplier consolidation and cost reduction actions – including working with Procurement & Sourcing colleagues to ensure agreement.
• Recommend and implement changes in purchasing policies and procedures
• Deliver High Levels of professional customer support. Ensuring needs are met.
• Consolidation of Company’s Annual Operational Budget with respect to Company target
• Establishing Company’s Long Term strategy Plan with respect to Global targets.
• Undertake all administrative responsibilities required by Management Systems adopted within the company;
• Comply with, and have the personnel under her/his supervision be in compliance with, the company’s Management Systems Policy as well as the related procedures and instructions.

Our client is seeking a pro-active professional candidate with a minimum of 5+ years experience within a Senior procurement role.

• University Qualification.
• Strong understanding of the GCC MEA outsourcing market including supplier base, market dynamics, cost drivers etc
• Strong interpersonal, collaborative skills & success in collaborating with key work partners
• Excellent analytical and data mining skills – must have ability to track and report Projected versus actual costs against complex pricing schemes
• Good working understanding of Sourcing & Procurement processes, documentation & tools (Requirements gathering; Process; Negotiation; Supplier Selection; Contract Execution)
• Good understanding of Technology required for successful Network Deployment
• Excellent English Verbal and written skills
• Arabic not essential but advantageous.

About The Company

Talent2 is the first human resources (HR) company in the Asia-Pacific region to offer a complete range of outsourcing services, including executive search and recruitment, Human Resources Information System (HRIS), payroll, consulting and learning.

Talent2 is about talent management for the future. Our aim is to help companies with their staffing needs and assist them to achieve their resourcing goals. We provide a full range of integrated services that cover the talent lifecycle. From planning and selection, hiring and on-boarding, to payroll and learning, we help our clients source the best employees for the job, manage them and get the best out of them.

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