Senior Procurement Officer, Non IT

ADIB Group; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

ADIB Group in Abu Dhabi seeks a Senior Procurement Officer Non-IT to support the category manager and elevate procurement services while ensuring spend control. You will deputize the category manager, lead performance across spend categories, and provide supply chain consultancy to internal stakeholders, aiming for value for money and risk management.

Applicants should have at least 10 years in procurement, knowledge of e-procurement tools such as SAP Ariba or Oracle, and strong business English

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or Supply Chain.
• Business English verbal and written skills.
• MS Office proficiency.
• Strong communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Report to Category manager and deputize in his absence.
• Support annual procurement planning with stakeholders and communication plans.
• Provide consultancy on procurement and supply chain best practices.
• Identify market research plans, demand challenges, vendor rationalization, and risk management.
• Assist category buyers in high-risk, high-value engagements (strategy, negotiations, risk).
• Implement advanced procurement techniques (Just-in-time, agility, feasibility, waste elimination).
• Collaborate with stakeholders to streamline processes and maximize value for ADIB.
• Manage supplier relationships and promote transparent procurement externally.
• Maintain stakeholder relationships (reporting, conflicts resolution, training, strategic solutions).

Skills

Business English

Communication Skills

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or Supply Chain

Tools

SAP Ariba

Oracle

Job description

Description

Role: Senior Procurement Officer Non-IT

Location: Abu Dhabi

Role Purpose:

To support the category manager in elevating the brand and service-quality of Procurement within the organization by ensuring professional services offering and increase of spend control.

• To deputize the category manager and manage the teams performance and deliverables across assigned spend categories.
• To work as part of the team of the Non-IT Category in VMCP to provide internal stakeholders with quality services value for money solutions cost effectiveness/enhance customer satisfaction.
• To plan lead and manage strategic procurement solutions within the non-IT category.

Key Accountabilities of the role

Responsibilities:

• Report to Category manage & deputize in his absence
• Support the category manager in developing and managing the annual procurement plan through regular engagements with relevant stakeholders and proper communication management plan.
• Provide support and consultancy to customers in terms of best practices of procurement and supply chain.
• Identify and implement category market research plan demand challenge vendor base rationalization and supply chain risk management.
• Support the category buyers in high-risk high-value procurement engagements (strategy planning negotiations risk management etc.)
• Implement advanced procurement techniques (Just in time agility feasibility effectiveness and wase-elimination activities).
• Work closely with different stakeholders to plan streamline and enhance process workflows to ensure values for ADIB.
• Undertake Suppliers relationship management responsibilities (Contractual relational and reputational matters) and promote a transparent and ethical procurement approach for ADIB externally.
• Stakeholders relationship management (reporting conflicts-resolutions awareness training strategic solutions etc.)

Specialist Skills / Technical Knowledge Required for this role:

• Bachelors degree in business administration or Supply Chain.
• Business English Verbal and Written Skills.
• MS. Office.
• Communication Skills.

Work experience:

• A minimum of 10 years experience in Procurement and supply chain related position.
• Previous experience in E-Procurement tools (SAP Ariba Oracle etc.).
• Supplier/Vendor Agreement/Contracts: Knowledge of the legal terminologies and language related to supplier and /or vendor agreement and contract.

Required Experience:

Senior IC