Specialist/Core Network Procurement

Emirates Telecommunications Group Company PJSC (Etisalat by e&); Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading telecommunications company in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Procurement Manager responsible for strategic sourcing, vendor management, and cost reduction. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and over 5 years of experience in procurement operations. This full-time role involves managing procurement activities, negotiating contracts, and ensuring vendor performance aligns with company standards.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience in procurement operations.
• Strong understanding of strategic sourcing processes.
• Ability to negotiate commercial terms and contractual clauses.

Responsibilities

• Develop a master procurement plan for sourcing.
• Execute the RFx process from preparation to completion.
• Build long-term partnerships with strategic vendors.
• Minimize purchase order issuance time.

Skills

Procurement operations

Vendor management

Negotiation skills

Cost reduction

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

Job description

Implement the strategic sourcing for Core Network Procurement, which shall deliver the greatest value for ‘global’ and ‘local’ procurement categories by developing a plan, in liaison with ‘Budget Holders’, Group/OpCos’ Procurement and relevant stakeholders at e& UAE & OpCos to gain a competitive advantage for e& promoting a sustainable sourcing to preserve good performance and quality in purchasing products and/or services from third parties, and reducing costs which have a directly impact on the bottom line (EBIT).

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the data collection historical spend per category in liaison with OpCos procurement, OpCos ’ Budget Holders and Group/OpCos ’ Finance functions, including the forecasted launch of new products/services in the market by OpCos and/or the adoption of new technologies in OpCos ’ technology infrastructures for the purpose of consolidate the demand in a group wide ‘ Master Procurement Plan ’ where all sourcing initiatives are planned and cost saving ’ s targets and drivers have been identified.
• Responsible for the ‘ Strategic Sourcing Category Execution ’ and RFx process from RFx preparation to RFx execution in liaison with Budget Holders and Finance.
• Responsible for the reduction of the direct and indirect cost by building long term partnerships with strategic and approved vendors understanding the vendor's business rational and promoting vendor rationalization and consolidation on strategic vendors to create mutually beneficial and cost saving opportunities leveraging on strategic vendor ’ s area of excellence.
• Responsible for drafting and negotiating commercial terms and contractual clauses based on e& standard templates to ensure that before the award to vendor the final agreement is in order and properly drafted, the execution process has been duly fulfilled in compliance with P&Cs processes and policies, BoQ or BoM are clear and accurate, delivery date (including intermediate milestones) are carefully indicated in the contract and linked to liquidated damages, service levels are properly drafted (including key performance indicators, key performance objectives, calculation formulas linked to service credit mechanisms, etc.), and scope of work legally enforceable.
• Responsible for ‘ Transactional Procurement ’ in compliance with strategic sourcing guidelines and existing global/local framework and rates agreements to promote their execution and spot buying through the adoption of e& standard terms and condition for the procurement of goods or services.
• Responsible for minimizing the time requirement for the issuance of purchase orders from the purchase requisitions ’ receiving date to ensure the execution on a timely matter the prompt engagement of vendors safeguarding service performance, time to market and company reputation.
• Responsible to ensure a superior consistent delivery against the contract commitments, safeguarding the reputation of both contracting parties by ensuring that (i) both parties understand their respective responsibilities under the contract; (ii) the contract ’ s deliverables and vendor performance are constantly monitored; (iii) communications are managed consistently by authorized personnel; and (iv) deviations from the contractual terms are promptly identified, notified and corrected.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field of Procurement / Supply Chain with 5+ years relevant experience in procurement operations

Job Info

• Job Identification 10537
• Posting Date 09/10/2025, 10:10 AM
• Apply Before 09/20/2025, 10:10 AM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Locations Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates