Procurement Engineer

Enova by Veolia; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Enova by Veolia seeks a procurement professional to manage materials, services, and MEP/FM procurement in the UAE. You will lead tender cycles, evaluate proposals, and coordinate with suppliers to secure quality and cost-effective terms.

Responsibilities include developing purchasing plans, shortlisting suppliers, negotiating terms, and liaising with internal departments and accounts payable to ensure timely payments and contract compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Civil Engineering.
• Minimum 5 years in MEP, FM, or civil procurement.
• Experience UAE/GCC market preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Advanced tender lifecycle management and negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyze procurement needs and develop purchasing plans.
• Control the tender cycle and ensure policy compliance.
• Prepare RFPs and evaluate supplier offers.
• Source new suppliers and maintain approved vendor lists.
• Assist in tendering, raise POs, and compare commercial offers.
• Negotiate payment terms and supplier discounts to optimize costs.
• Coordinate with internal departments and accounts payable.
• Ensure compliance with quality, health, safety and environmental procedures.

Skills

Tender lifecycle management

Advanced negotiation

Commercial management

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Emotional intelligence

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Civil Engineering

CPP, PMP, or CIPS certification (advantage)

Job description

To procure the required materials, ADHOC services, annual maintenance contracts, supplies and equipment’s for Enova operations within the assigned country, Conducting detailed commercial analysis of the quotations and complying with project requirements and to prepare all the relevant contract documentation and coordinate with suppliers to ensure delivery of optimal quality and cost-effective materials and services in line with the organization’s needs and comply with approved policies and standards.

Key Accountabilities

Purchasing Needs

• Analyze the organization’s materials, services, annual maintenance contracts, supplies and equipment procurement needs in the assigned geography to support in the development of comprehensive purchasing plans and activities to meet the Company’s requirements within the required timeframes
• Control the tender cycle and documentations ensuring compliance with approved standards and policies.
• Prepare and organize requests for proposals and quotations and analyze offers from suppliers.
• Sourcing new potential suppliers, maintain the Monthly List of approved vendors (AMLS) category and specialty wise.
• Provide support in executing tendering process and raising purchase orders (POs) as directed by the line manager, to obtain and evaluate competing bids from suppliers/vendors and source optimal terms and conditions for supplies and services.
• Assist in shortlisting preferred suppliers according to the organization’s requirements in terms of quality, price, specifications and delivery and payment terms, and provide recommendations to the line manager on a suitable supplier, to ensure selection of the most appropriate supplier in compliance with Enova’s procurement policies and procedures.

Materials and Services Purchase

• Obtaining the requirements from the site, clarifying the technicalities, coordinating site visits, obtaining proposals within the timeline, updating the prices in the system
• Annual maintenance contracts. Obtaining the requirements from the site like scope of work, bill of quantity and service level agreement, coordinating site visits, obtaining proposals within the timeline, and rise POs.
• Obtaining the requirements from the site like scope of work, bill of quantity and service level agreement, coordinating site visits, obtaining proposals within the timeline and prepare the commercial and technical comparison.

Negotiations

• Assist the line manager in negotiations as required with selected suppliers/ vendors on price in order to obtain the highest discount for supplies/services to achieve cost savings and optimally utilize Enova’s budgets.
• Enhance Company’s cash flow by obtaining and improving payment terms with vendors.
• Preparing of monthly report for saving and other achievements.
• Analyze and monitor the market practices including price benchmarking, identification and monitoring of key spending areas and prioritization of purchasing activities and make recommendations to the line manager to ensure cost optimization.

Internal and External Relations

• Manage & lead the Qualified Partner Program (QPP) and Supplier Relation Ship Management (SRM) program.
• Coordinate with key vendors and suppliers to enable building effective partnership and to assist in negotiation process.
• Liaise with internal departments as required to identify their procurement needs, specifications, quantities, etc. and follow-up with them on a regular basis to ensure timely procurement of materials.
• Coordinate with Accounts Payable section to ensure accurate and timely payment of invoices, as necessary for the business with the supplier.
• Coordinate and follow-up with the Legal and Compliance department on a regular basis regarding review of contracts from a legal perspective and incorporate the necessary changes as required, to ensure compliance with required regulations.
• Follow all relevant departmental policies, processes, standard operating procedures, and instructions so that work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner.

Statements and Reports

• Assist in the preparation of timely and accurate reports to meet and department requirements, policies, and standards.

Update the approved suppliers list on a regular basis and reflect the best providers in the marketplace to facilitate ease of accessibility when required.

• Ensure all relevant quality, health, safety and environmental procedures, instructions and controls are adhered to so that the safety of employees, quality of products/services and environmental compliance can be guaranteed.
• Comply with / support the company asset management strategy applicable for its contract.

Related Assignments

• Perform other related duties or assignments as directed.

Qualifications, Experience & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Civil Engineering.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in MEP, Facilities Management (FM), or Civil procurement, preferably within the UAE or GCC market.
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong expertise in end-to-end tender lifecycle management.
• Advanced negotiation and commercial management skills.
• High emotional intelligence with the ability to effectively manage internal and external stakeholders.
• CPP, PMP, or CIPS certification is an added advantage.