Senior Sourcing Manager Al Tayer Group Procurement 06:25

AimGulf; Dubai; On-site; AED 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

AimGulf, a Dubai-based conglomerate, seeks a senior procurement professional to lead strategic sourcing across key categories. You will manage high-spend activities, develop cost-optimized supplier strategies, and align procurement with business goals in a centralized UAE framework.

Ideal candidates have 7+ years in procurement, strong stakeholder management, and a proven record of negotiating favorable terms while ensuring policy compliance and supplier performance across ERP-enabled processes.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years in procurement leadership within UAE preferred.
• Experience with centralized procurement.
• Strong supplier management and cost optimization experience.
• Excellent communication with stakeholders and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Drive strategic category sourcing strategies and mitigate risk to protect stakeholders.
• Coordinate activities within the assigned category to achieve lowest total cost of acquisition/ownership.
• Ensure full compliance with internal policies and procedures across sourcing.
• Build relationships with internal stakeholders to proactively plan sourcing activities.
• Translate requirements into RFIs/RFPs and manage negotiations with vendors.
• Monitor supplier performance and conduct quarterly reviews to drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Category management

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Strategic thinking

Cost analysis

Project management

Vendor performance

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance or Engineering

MBA

Tools

Oracle/JD Edwards

SAP Ariba

Job description

Job Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Date Posted: 27 October 2026

Job Reference/ID: 4249

Job Description / Role

To act as the interface with stakeholders ensuring the delivery of both their service requirements and those of procurement. To lead and manage high spend and crucial category sourcing activities in a timely and cost effective manner, which meets the set group standards and department objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive strategic category sourcing strategies, implementing and maintaining risk analysis and mitigating action to protect the stakeholders.
• Coordinate all required activities within the assigned category of spend, to achieve lowest possible total cost of acquisition / ownership, while matching business expectations in terms of quality & timelines.
• Ensure full compliance of all sourcing activities with internal policies and procedures.
• Build relationship with internal stakeholders to proactively plan sourcing activities related to the assigned category of spend.
• Understand stakeholders /business unit requirements including their business goals, targets, initiatives, directions and supplier performance requirements for their categories.
• Challenge demand and requirements and manage customer expectations to ensure compliance and drive continuous improvement.
• Communicate appropriate procurement messages regarding strategies, process and policies to customers, to ensure compliance and engender a common understanding of each other’s goals and targets.
• Ensure that the end to end sourcing process is performed with full transparency, integrity and confidentiality as and when required.
• Translate requirements / scope of work into Request for Information / Request for Proposals.
• Clarify and negotiate scope of work with internal stakeholders ensuring real ”needs” of the business are tendered not the “want” by shaping demand and compliance where appropriate.
• Create and execute RFIs, RFPs, RFQs together with subsequent structured information analysis wherever possible using corporate e-sourcing platform.
• Create detailed pre-negotiation plans, to lead and participate any prolonged negotiation sessions with suppliers and to conduct post negotiation debriefs and follow through plans.
• Construct detailed cost models/purchase price analysis of goods and services that are supplied to our Company.
• Negotiate best cost, terms and conditions against the final approved scope and shortlisted vendor(s).
• Prepare, finesse and implement appropriate forms of contract and commitment with suppliers.
• Manage and evaluate contractual agreement terms to ensure compliance in conjunction with Legal and BU.
• Ensure that appropriate supplier agreements and relationships have good supplier matrix embedded within them.
• Monitor, report, manage and continuously improve supplier performance.
• Perform quarterly vendor performance reviews with key vendors.
• Analyze and report procurement spend across the Business to craft sourcing strategies that would result in value adding results not limited to savings.
• Conduct a detailed supplier and supply market analysis looking at facts and data analysis, reports and changes in technology and with the objective of providing deep and meaningful insight to Stakeholders and Sourcing Management teams.
• Creates/establishes external benchmark analysis including gap analysis and required actions to achieve competitive advantage.
• Manage & coach sourcing specialists and procurement executives (1+1).
• Coach other Sourcing Managers for the leading categories they cover.
• Allocate activities projects to team members and supervise execution.
• Ensure that direct report team members are strictly complying with Group procurement processes and policies.
• Help team members develop technical knowledge and best practices know how for the assigned spend category.

Experience Required

Min 7 years’ experience in a similar role within a procurement function, ideally within UAE in a centralized procurement model.

Education Qualifications

Graduate (any discipline) preferably with Finance or Engineering background with MBA.

Skills Required

• Detailed technical understanding of the assigned commodity / category of spend
• Strong influencing and facilitation skills to act as the interface between stakeholders / business units and procurement balancing the optimum delivery of customer requirements with the need to adhere to designated procedures
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Strong Project management skills showcasing capabilities to plan, mobilize and manage a Sourcing project with ability to solve show stoppers and other potential de‑railing issue for the project
• Outstanding relationship management skills (internal & external)
• Analytical & Negotiation skills
• Market understanding on vendor capabilities, should costs, supply chain, etc.
• Experience with ERPs in a must (preferable Oracle or JD Edwards)
• Experience with SAP Ariba sourcing is desired

Employment / Job Type

Full Time

About the Company

A Dubai family owned conglomerate with interests in automotive distribution, luxury and lifestyle retail, hospitality, perfumes and cosmetics. It represents international brands across the Middle East and employs teams in retail, sales, marketing, logistics and corporate functions.

Company Industry

Retail

Department / Functional Area

Procurement

Closing Date

Not mentioned (apply as soon as possible)