HR Transformation Consultant – Contingent Workforce & VMS

edari; Dubai; On-site; AED 279,000 - 424,000; Full time

Job summary

edari is seeking an HR Transformation Consultant – Contingent Workforce & VMS to design and implement an enterprise-wide contingent workforce capability in Dubai. You will lead operating model design, governance, VMS selection and rollout, and standardise workforce lifecycle processes while ensuring compliance and strong analytics.

This is a 3-month consulting assignment. The role requires leading cross-functional stakeholders, driving adoption, and delivering enterprise-wide benefits within a

Qualifications

• Experience in contingent workforce management, vendor management, or workforce solutions.
• Strong experience in programme and project management leading enterprise initiatives.
• Experience in operating model design, business process redesign, and process standardisation.
• Hands-on knowledge of VMS and contingent workforce solutions.
• Strong understanding of procurement, supplier governance, and supplier performance management.
• Experience in designing and implementing governance frameworks, policies, approval matrices, decision rights, and RACI models.
• Experience in developing contingent workforce lifecycle processes, including onboarding, extensions, conversions, offboarding.
• Strong understanding of compliance controls, approval processes, and workforce governance.
• Experience in developing workforce analytics, reporting dashboards, KPI catalogues, and performance measurement frameworks.
• Financial and commercial acumen, including workforce spend visibility, rate card development, savings measurement, and benefits tracking.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, influencing, and negotiation skills.
• Experience in managing change and driving adoption across multiple business verticals.
• Strong problem-solving skills, strategic thinking, and a results-oriented approach.

Responsibilities

• Lead the contingent workforce management programme across key workstreams.
• Design and implement operating model, governance, policies, and controls.
• Lead VMS selection, requirements definition, implementation, and enterprise rollout.
• Coordinate supplier onboarding and stakeholder engagement across relevant business functions.
• Define and standardise the contingent workforce lifecycle processes.
• Establish workforce governance, approvals, and compliance controls.
• Develop reporting requirements, dashboards, KPIs, and performance metrics.
• Establish visibility for spend analysis and savings measurement.
• Develop supplier governance, rate cards, SLAs, and performance management.
• Drive supplier rationalisation and consolidation initiatives.
• Manage programme workstreams, risks, budgets, dependencies, milestones.
• Coordinate VMS/MSP ownership models aligned with future-state.
• Coordinate design of integration requirements, vendor evaluation, VMS roadmaps.
• Drive business adoption via stakeholder engagement, change management, training, pilot programs, rollout.
• Track programme benefits and readiness for implementation.
• Document operating models, governance, processes, and reporting requirements.

Skills

Contingent workforce management

Vendor management

Programme management

Operating model design

Governance

Procurement

Stakeholder engagement

Change management

Data analytics

KPI development

Negotiation

Tools

Vendor Management Systems (VMS)

MS Excel / BI tools

Job description

We are looking to hire an HR Transformation Consultant – Contingent Workforce & VMS who will be responsible for designing and implementing an enterprise-wide contingent workforce management capability, covering operating model design, governance, supplier management, VMS implementation, process standardisation, compliance controls, and workforce analytics, for our client, one of the largest semi-government organisations based in Dubai, UAE.

This position is a consultant role with an assignment period of 3 Months.

The HR Transformation Consultant – Contingent Workforce & VMS will be responsible for leading the overall contingent workforce programme, developing the target operating model, implementing governance frameworks, managing VMS selection and rollout, standardising workforce lifecycle processes, and establishing supplier performance and compliance frameworks. The role will work closely with business stakeholders, procurement teams, suppliers, and relevant functions to drive enterprise-wide adoption and ensure effective contingent workforce management.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the overall contingent workforce management programme and ensure effective delivery across key workstreams.
• Design and implement the contingent workforce operating model, governance framework, policies, decision rights, and controls.
• Lead VMS selection, requirements definition, implementation, and enterprise rollout.
• Coordinate supplier onboarding and stakeholder engagement across relevant business functions.
• Define and standardise the contingent workforce lifecycle, including request, engagement, onboarding, extension, conversion, and offboarding.
• Establish workforce compliance, approval, and control processes to support effective workforce governance.
• Develop enterprise reporting requirements, dashboards, KPIs, and workforce performance measures.
• Establish a baseline for workforce visibility, spend analysis, and savings measurement.
• Develop supplier governance frameworks, including preferred supplier models, enterprise rate cards, SLAs, and supplier performance management.
• Drive supplier rationalisation and consolidated contingent workforce management initiatives.
• Manage programme workstreams, risks, budgets, dependencies, and implementation milestones.
• Develop VMS, MSP, supplier, and Group Services ownership models aligned with the future-state operating model.
• Coordinate the design of integration requirements, vendor evaluation, and VMS implementation roadmaps.
• Drive business adoption through stakeholder engagement, change management, training, pilot programmes, and rollout activities.
• Track programme benefits and support business readiness for the implementation of the contingent workforce management capability.
• Ensure comprehensive documentation of operating models, governance frameworks, processes, implementation plans, and reporting requirements.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Experience in contingent workforce management, vendor management, or workforce solutions.
• Strong experience in programme and project management, with the ability to lead enterprise-wide initiatives.
• Experience in operating model design, business process redesign, and process standardisation.
• Hands-on knowledge of Vendor Management Systems (VMS) and contingent workforce solutions.
• Strong understanding of procurement, supplier governance, and supplier performance management.
• Experience in designing and implementing governance frameworks, policies, approval matrices, decision rights, and RACI models.
• Experience in developing contingent workforce lifecycle processes, including onboarding, extensions, conversions, and offboarding.
• Strong understanding of compliance controls, approval processes, and workforce governance.
• Experience in developing workforce analytics, reporting dashboards, KPI catalogues, and performance measurement frameworks.
• Financial and commercial acumen, including workforce spend visibility, rate card development, savings measurement, and benefits tracking.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, influencing, and negotiation skills.
• Experience in managing change and driving adoption across multiple business verticals.
• Strong problem-solving skills, strategic thinking, and a results-oriented approach.