Senior Procurement Contracts Officer

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

Job summary

A prominent financial services company based in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Senior Procurement Contracts Officer. In this unique role, you'll leverage your expertise in SAP Ariba and procurement processes to support contract management. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience, with strong analytical skills and the ability to work with various stakeholders. This position requires a deep understanding of sourcing and supplier management, along with hands-on experience with SAP Ariba and ERP systems.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in supporting SAP ARIBA P2P solution.
• Broad knowledge of spend management strategies.
• Strong proficiency with transactional purchasing systems.

Responsibilities

• Work with buyers, category managers, and business units.
• Train and coach end users and technical team on SAP Ariba.
• Document all changes in Ariba and update control documents.

Skills

Analytical skills

Sourcing and selection process knowledge

Supplier management

Tools

SAP Ariba

SAP

Oracle

Job description

Description

Role: Senior Procurement Contracts Officer

Location: Abu Dhabi

Role Purpose:

• Senior Procurement Contracts Officer is a unique techno functional role with good system and process knowledge on Sourcing Contract Management and Buying modules
• Must have a minimum of 5 years of experience in supporting SAP ARIBA P2P solution which includes Contract Management solution Sourcing Supplier Performance and information management.
• Must have good understanding of the procurement process and supplier management also have working knowledge of sourcing and selection process of supplier.
• Monitoring and reporting Monitors procurement contractual agreements.
• Must possess Strong Analytical skills and should be able to perform RCAs and propose permanent fix for issues related to contract management sourcing P2P.
• Broad knowledge of spend management strategies and/or procurement sourcing contract management category management and supplier performance & information management.
• Good experience in generating reports to enable data driven decisions.
• Support all stakeholders including suppliers buyers and business units.

Key accountabilities of the role:

• Responsible for working with buyers category managers and business units
• Responsible to work with suppliers
• Provide best practices around SAP Ariba
• Responsible for carrying out online/onsite training and coaching to end users and technical team
• Comfortable documenting all changes proposed and made in Ariba and updating control documents plus communicating to all impacted stakeholders.
• Loading trouble shooting catalog files into the SAP Ariba p2p system
• Strong proficiency with transactional purchasing systems catalogs and formats
• Responsible for maintenance of catalogues within the P2P systems with regular system check
• Responsible for preparation and regular update of training manual/FAQs

Specialist skills / technical knowledge required for this role:

• Extensive experience in SAP Ariba P2P Strategic Sourcing Contract Management
• Good understanding of the entire SAP Ariba suite (Ariba Buying SIPM Sourcing eInvoicing Contracts etc.)
• Must have experience of at least one ERP (SAP/Oracle) specific to Supply chain
• Maintain desired certificates in Ariba.

Required Experience:

Senior IC