Head of Education Procurement & Strategy

Aldar Academies; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Aldar Education is seeking an exceptional Associate Director Procurement to provide senior leadership for procurement across its education portfolios in Abu Dhabi. You will ensure planning, sourcing, contracting and delivery align with policy, budgets, SLAs and priorities while driving procurement excellence.

The role combines portfolio delivery governance, stakeholder partnering and commercial management across schools and central teams, supporting transformation through data-led insights and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field; MBA preferred.
• Recognized procurement qualification (e.g., CIPS) desirable.
• A minimum of 10 years of procurement experience in the region.
• Experience in education procurement is preferable.

Responsibilities

• Lead portfolio delivery, governance, stakeholder partnering and commercial management across schools, HQ departments and cross-functional programmes.
• Drive procurement transformation through structured planning, framework agreements, standardised specifications, data-led reporting, supplier performance management and continuous improvement.
• Act as a senior escalation point, coach team members, translate business needs into compliant value-driven procurement outcomes.
• Develop dashboards and monitor supplier performance across multiple sites and programmes.

Skills

Excellent communication

Fluent English

Arabic language

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Agile

Interpersonal skills

Proactive

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

MBA preferred

Procurement qualification (CIPS) desirable

Tools

Oracle Fusion ERP

MS Office (Excel, PPT)

Dashboard development tools

Job description

Aldar Education is seeking an exceptional Associate Director Procurement to provide senior leadership for procurement across its education portfolios in Abu Dhabi. You will ensure planning, sourcing, contracting and delivery align with policy, budgets, SLAs and priorities while driving procurement excellence.

The role combines portfolio delivery governance, stakeholder partnering and commercial management across schools and central teams, supporting transformation through data-led insights and