Procurement Operations Manager

ADIB Group; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services organization in Abu Dhabi is looking for a Procurement Operations Manager to lead procurement functions and manage negotiations to deliver value. The role requires procurement operational experience and excellent presentation skills. Responsibilities include overseeing risk management strategies and driving effective spend resource utilization. The position offers a full-time opportunity with competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• Procurement operational experience is essential.
• Excellent presentation skills are required.
• Data analytics and reporting experience needed.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Procurement Operations Manager to execute operational duties.
• Develop risk management strategies for vendor engagements.
• Drive the utilization of the spend catalogue to ensure resource effectiveness.

Skills

Purchasing

Sourcing

Procurement

Vendor Management

HR Sourcing

Procurement Management

Supply Chain Experience

Contract Management

Contract Negotiation

E-procurement

Negotiation

Contracts

Job description

Role Purpose

To lead the Procurement Operations Manager and support the HOD to execute duties associated with Procurement Operations including but not limited to the following :

• Responsibility to ensure an effective VMCP operating model including policy and procedures procurement technology targeted governance and control talent management of resources
• Responsibility for management and execution of VMCP low level spend commodities on behalf of ADIB departments
• Act as an enabler to increase VMCP overall spend influence to ensure value can be derived for all ADIB stakeholders
• Where required lead major negotiations and procurement activities engaging and presenting to senior stakeholders
• Proactively identify and reduce ADIB Risk across the supply chain
• Proactively identify opportunities to develop and institutionalize VMCP brand

Key Accountabilities of the role

Thought Leadership

• Lead VMCP reporting mechanisms to ensure reports provided to senior management with key information
• Identify opportunities / provide support to HOD and Category Managers to increase spend under VMCP influence
• Engagements with external thought-leadership to analyse industry best practices and identify opportunities to incorporate within ADIB
• Own and develop risk management strategies for ADIB engagements with strategic and critical vendors

Business As Usual Focus

• Continuous review of department P & P mapping to technology and ADIB objectives to ensure risks are managed and value is created
• Develop and implement formal awareness campaigns to ensure wider and appropriate understanding and adherence to VMCP Policy and Procedures
• Drive the utilization of spend catalogue to ensure effective use of VMCP resources
• Provide technology operational expertise to VMCP and internal customers improvement program to increase technology utilization
• Proactive management of the ADIB vendor commercial directory to ensure institutionalized competition risk management and alignment to ADIB overall objectives
• Effective management of VMCP low value and low risk spend commodity
• Develop and implement voice of the customer (internal and external) and factor feedback into department roadmap
• Lead the delivery of year-on-year savings for ADIB where opportunities exist to provide competitive advantage
• Responsible for department reporting activities incorporating savings risks BRCC RSCA ORM etc.

Governance & Controls

• Ensure effective controls are in operation to manage the potential financial loss
• Develop robust departmental KPI and KRI to ensure risks and value are identified and map to ADIB objectives
• Develop suite of reporting tools to enable VMCP to demonstrate its compliance to all associated metrics
• Act as point of contact for all engagements with Audit ORM ICD (etc.)

Financials & Benefits Realization

• Where requested effectively lead major vendor negotiations to deliver value for ADIB
• Liaise closely with Business teams to ensure accurate & robust budget monitoring against project plans
• Input into the annual Savings Pipeline generate and submit savings Track and monitor benefits realization against planned targets
• Ensure effective management and delivery of team budget / cost

Specialist Skills / Technical Knowledge Required for this role

• Vision mapping of organizational objectives to department output
• Procurement operational experience
• Customer Management
• Effective Customer engagement skills
• Data analytics and reporting experience
• Excellent presentation skills

Required Experience

Manager

Key Skills

Purchasing,Sourcing,Procurement,Vendor Management,HR Sourcing,Procurement Management,Supply Chain Experience,Contract Management,Contract Negotiation,E-procurement,negotiation,Contracts

Employment Type

Full Time

Experience

years

Location

Abu Dhabi

Vacancy

1