Procurement Officer - August 2025

TES FE News; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Dubai British School Emirates Hills is seeking a Procurement Officer to join a thriving environment where you can contribute to high quality education. This role involves overseeing procurement processes, ensuring sustainability and ethical practices while managing supplier relationships effectively.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years' experience in a similar role.
• Strong negotiation and supplier management skills.

Responsibilities

• Achieve optimal value for money whilst maintaining high standards.
• Oversee and manage procurement processes.
• Monitor expenditure and income generation.

Skills

Collaboration

Problem Solving

Communication

Education

Degree in Business Management or similar accounting qualification

Job description

Job Overview

Job overview

Dubai British School Emirates Hills is recruiting a Procurement Officer from August 2025, to join their BSO, and KHDA rated 'Outstanding' international school.

Taaleem and DBS Emirates Hills

Taaleem, one of the largest education providers in the UAE, proudly celebrates Dubai British School Emirates Hills for our ‘Outstanding’ ratings, awarded by both the Dubai Schools Inspection Bureau (DSIB) and British Schools Overseas (BSO). We are a thrivingBritish international school, located in The Springs area of Dubai’s Emirates Hills delivering high-qualityNational Curriculum for Englandeducation to over a thousand students aged 3 to 18.

Our mission of ‘Enjoy, Aspire, Achieve’ perfectly captures the ethos of our great school, where students thrive in a nurturing yet challenging environment - able to achieve the best possible educational outcomes and flourish as individuals during the experience. It is this warmth of spirit that sets DBSEH apart, where every student, every member of staff and every parent can find their place. Schools are often talked about as being ‘happy places’, but DBSEH is made up ofhappy people- happy to be respected, valued, and appreciated, given every opportunity to succeed in a way that is meaningful to them.

DBS Emirates Hills Curriculum

Our curriculum is modelled on the National Curriculum for England and adapted to our own international context, leading to a challenging set of GCSE, BTEC and GCE A Level courses from Year 10 to Year 13. We feel the opportunities that students enjoy outside the classroom are just as important as the main curriculum and we offer an extensive and varied Extra-Curricular Activities (ECA) programme.

Key Accountabilities

Purchasing

• Achieve optimal value for money whilst maintaining high standards.
• Enhancement of procurement and sourcing strategies.
• Assist in the selection of appropriate suppliers and contractors, to promote good procurement practice with due regard to sustainability, ethical purchasing standards and cost analysis.
• Work with internal stakeholders (teachers or operations staff) to determine procurement needs, ensure high quality standards are maintained and manage delivery requirements.
• Responsible for order placement timing, supply/demand alignment, material replenishment and supplier performance.
• Monitor, evaluate and improve supplier performance, according to an appropriate Service Level Agreement, on a continuous basis.
• Payment terms negotiation, optimization and management.
• Receive orders for various departments.
• Initiate and keep track of orders.
• Reconcile or resolve order discrepancies with suppliers.
• Coordinate annual overseas orders.
• Accounts to be submitted for payment to vendors on time.
• Receiving and Closing all purchase orders within vendor payment terms.
• Asset Management and control.
  
  

Finance

• Oversee and manage the procurement processes.
• Monitor expenditure and income generation.
• Provide regular financial reports as required.
• Ensure optimal use of budgets.
• Provide all information required by the internal and external auditors.
• Ensure all procurement is in line with the approved policies and procedures.
  
  

Person Specification

Education: Degree in Business Management or similar accounting qualification

Experience: Minimum 2 years’ experience in similar role

Competencies

• Excellent collaborative skills and able to quickly establish effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrates a proactive approach.
  
  

Attributes:

• Outstanding interpersonal and decision-making skills.
• Demonstrates a proactive approach.
• Ability to problem solve and collaborate with various stakeholders to achieve positive outcomes.
• Taaleem is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. At Taaleem, we hold ourselves to a high standard of effective practices in relation to child protection, and we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We expect all staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be subject to various background checks including receipt of references, proof of relevant qualifications, identification, and police checks, including overseas checks.