Procurement Operations Manager

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank PJSC; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 279,000 - 390,600; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Abu Dhabi seeks a Procurement Operations Manager to lead the procurement operations team. The role involves managing vendor engagements, enhancing the VMCP operating model, and driving year-on-year savings. Candidates should possess strong procurement operational experience, data analytical skills, and excellent presentation abilities. This position offers growth opportunities in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Experience leading procurement operations and negotiations.
• Ability to manage risk across the supply chain effectively.
• Strong skills in data analysis and presentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support the procurement operations team.
• Manage VMCP operating model, ensuring effectiveness.
• Identify opportunities to enhance VMCP's value.

Skills

Procurement operational experience

Data analytics and reporting experience

Excellent presentation skills

Vision alignment

Customer Management

Job description

Role: Procurement Operations Manager

Location: Abu Dhabi

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

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
• Data analytics and reporting experience
• Excellent presentation skills

Job Info

• Job Identification 3648
• Locations Abu Dhabi, Al Rowdah, Shk Rashid Bin Saeed St. 313 ADIB New Headquarters Branch, Sh. Zayed Main Branch Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, AE