Senior IT Procurement Officer

ADIB Group; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 250,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

ADIB Group in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Senior IT Procurement Officer to manage the end-to-end IT procurement lifecycle and act as Senior Buyer for the IT category. The role involves coordinating with senior stakeholders, vendors, and internal teams to drive procurement plans and contract execution.

The candidate should have IT procurement experience, preference for CIPS qualification, and exposure to SAP Ariba processes.

Qualifications

• Must have IT procurement experience or IT by profession.
• Preferred CIPS qualification or active membership.
• Banking experience is preferred

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end procurement lifecycle for Information Technology department.
• Act as Senior Buyer for IT category in coordination with stakeholders.
• Lead contract drafting, review and execution with internal and external parties.
• Maintain and monitor Contract Database and archiving of procurement files.
• Ensure timely IT-related procurement requests and vendor communications.

Skills

IT procurement

Education

CIPS qualification or membership

Tools

SAP Ariba

Job description

Description

Role: Senior IT Procurement Officer

Location: Abu Dhabi UAE

Job Description:

• To manage end-to-end procurement lifecycle related to Information Technology Department.

Role Purpose:

• Act as Senior Buyer for IT category.

Key Accountabilities of the role:

IT Procurement & Vendor Management:

• Receives RFQs/RFPs from IT requester solicits proposals from vendors vendor communication and negotiation
• Attending meeting with senior stakeholder and vendors
• Prepare procurement plan with end users
• Create Contract for all engagement and Negotiate terms & condition with vendors
• PO creation and issuance to vendors for execution and delivery.
• Coordinator between IT and VMCP for vendor registration vendor account updating etc.
• Initiate SPM for all engagement
• Ensure closing all Open POs
• Support vendors for pending payment by coordinating with requester and FCD
• Ensure the best utilization of SAP Ariba (RFP Contract Workspace Reverse Auction)
• Ensures to always maintain proper and intact vendor communication.
• Fully adhere to VMCP P&P and support line manager in closing audit point
• Work as SME to provide suggestion to enhance the process and to achieve savings
• All IT-related procurement requests should be accommodated in a timely manner in order to avoid delay.
• Acting as a SME in all meetings / deals with internal and external stakeholders.
• Proper vendor communication should be well-maintained.

Financial & Contract Approval Management:

• Lead contract drafting review and execution with internal and external stakeholders.
• Maintains and monitors Contract Database.
• Ensures proper archiving of procurement file.

Special Tasks:

• Provide assistance to all internal customers (other categories managed by VMCP) perform other tasks as required (attend meetings attend calls prepare reports etc.)
• To ensure that good controls are maintained in all department-related functions and ensure that the Department Head is aware of all issues raised within the department.

Specialist Skills / Technical Knowledge Required for this role:

• Must have IT procurement experience or IT by profession

Previous experience:

• Preferred CIPS qualified or having active membership
• Banking experience is preferred

Required Experience:

Senior IC