Business Strategic Sourcing Senior Manager

Atribs Metscon Group; Dubai; On-site; AED 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

ENBD Group is seeking a Business Strategic Sourcing Senior Manager in Dubai to lead multi-category sourcing strategies across group locations, including international sites. You will drive annual cost savings, measure performance via KPIs, and ensure contract compliance while partnering with senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams.

The role requires a civil engineering background, 7+ years in strategic sourcing, strong analytical and leadership skills, and the ability to influence

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering.
• 7+ years in strategic sourcing and category management.
• Experience delivering cost savings and supplier performance improvements.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement multi-category sourcing strategies across group locations.
• Drive cost savings and supplier performance improvements.
• Monitor contract compliance and category performance KPIs.
• Lead cross-functional teams and stakeholder engagement.
• Manage supplier relationships and strategic sourcing initiatives.
• Present projects to the Sourcing Board and executives.

Skills

Sourcing strategy

Category management

Stakeholder management

Cost savings

Supplier relationship management

Leadership

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering

Job description

Business Strategic Sourcing Senior Manager

Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Posted on 08/13/2026

Business Strategic Sourcing Senior Manager

Overview

Role Name: Business Strategic Sourcing Senior Manager (fit-out projects, consultancy services, facilities management, security services, manpower, real estate, and transformation programs.)

Purpose: The Senior Manager is responsible for developing and executing sourcing strategies for a set of non-tech categories across ENBD Group locations incl. international. This role ensures category-level delivery of service to businesses, manage spend and cost savings in line with strategies set by the Business Sourcing Heads. It plays a pivotal role in translating sourcing strategies into actionable plans within assigned categories across Group Locations.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop And ImplementSourcing Strategies for Multi Categories across Group Locations: Develop, champion and ensure successful implementation of plans and strategies to support all the assigned categories. Lead all thestrategies and ensure operational excellence for the for all the assigned categories in linewith sourcing guidelines and policy. Use leading sourcing tools to develop andimplement Strategic Sourcing, including: supplier assessment, supplierfinancial analysis, RFI, RFQ & RFP based on certain threshold, StrategyAdvisory, Scope Advisory, etc
• Drive bestcategory performance across assigned categories
• Deliversustainable competitive advantage for ENBD in the areas of Cost, Innovation,Quality and supplier relationship management while ensuring flawless Service andSupply Security
• Lead categoriestransformation and enhancement through economical supply of goods and services
• BusinessProcess And Information Management: Drive annualcost savings, supplier and service improvement in each spend category across GroupLocations. Work with the sourcing teams across Group Locations to streamlineand improve sourcing processes. Gain a deep understanding of the categoriesunder management to enable discussions around the total cost of ownership andlead commodity-based discussions with senior stakeholders.
• Measure AndTrack Performance Within Each Spend Category And Define Budgetary Impact: Establish KPIs for each spend category. Define the datacollection process; forecast budgetary impact and track actual savings.
• MonitorCategory Strategy Implementation And Contract Compliance: Actively monitor the performance of contracts undermanagement of assigned categories to ensure savings identified are meet, andbusiness comply with the contracts in place.
• CrossFunctional Team Management: Meet stakeholders weekly/ monthly to collaborate and discuss all the activities, including ensuring alignmentof sourcing team across Group Locations.
• SupplierRelationship Management: Manage and develop keysupplier relationships for the assigned portfolio.
• Drive BestPractices For Sourcing Categories: Ensure adoptionof best practices and regular exchange of knowledge across Group Locations.
• UpholdInternal And External Policies, Regulations And Laws: Maintain a working knowledge of applicable laws across thebank International locations.
• Stakeholders &Internal Customers: The Sr.Strategic Sourcing Manager will work with int/ext stakeholders to ensure keyproject deliverables and timelines for Projects are met. Manage the internal stakeholderson three levels: Strategic, Tactical and operational advisory. Manage directly Senior internal stakeholders EVPs, VPs...
• Committees: TheSr. Strategic Sourcing Manager will present the projects related to theircategory to the Sourcing Board (SVPs and VP audience). Build persuasive presentations for the Group Procurementcommittee, Exco and Board.

Skills

• Bachelor’s degree incivil engineering
• Multi-year track recordin delivering cost savings and strong supplier performance.
• Specific commodityexperience.
• 7 year+ Strategicsourcing/category management.
• Technical skills:problem-solving and analytical skills, construct/execute multiple complexanalyses simultaneously, market research & intelligence, demand management,risk management
• Thinking-related:passion for reducing cost, able to work in a dual matrix environment and leadsavings strategies.
• People-related:distinctive leadership, comfortable with conflict.
• Self-related:self-starter and independent worker.

KeyStakeholders

• Business / TechStrategic Sourcing Heads
• Stakeholders andInternal Customers
• Suppliers and GovernmentOrganizations
• International Sourcing& Category Management Units ( Risk, Compliance, HR, GOPS etc.)
• Network steeringcommittee

Level

ReportingStructure

Reports To:
Senior Manager, Sourcing- MultiCategories (Group Engineering, Marketing, Cards, Sponsorships, Partnerships andReal estate) / Head of Business Sourcing

KeyPerformance Indicators (KPIs)

• ServiceLevels, Objective Levels, KPIs and TATs for categories under management.
• AnnualCost Savings and Total Spend of Combined Categories under Management