Strategic Regional Procurement Lead

Earnmodes; Dubai; On-site; AED 257,000 - 441,000; Full time

Job summary

MBRF, a global leader in the food industry, is seeking a Senior Procurement professional to develop and execute Direct Materials sourcing strategies for the UAE and Saudi Arabia. You will lead supplier negotiations, contract management, and cross-functional cost optimization initiatives to deliver value.

Collaborating with R&D, Quality, Operations, Finance, and Logistics, you will manage spend, monitor market trends, and ensure compliance with governance standards while driving supplier

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, engineering, or economics.
• Experience in Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, or Supply Chain, with Direct Materials exposure.
• Strong category management, supplier performance management, and contract management experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for Direct Materials across UAE and Saudi Arabia.
• Lead supplier negotiations and contract management activities.
• Drive value engineering and cost optimization with cross-functional teams.
• Manage an annual spend portfolio of roughly USD 60 million in ingredients and packaging.
• Monitor markets, logistics, currency movements, and risks to guide sourcing actions.
• Lead supplier scouting, qualification, onboarding and implementation to strengthen competitiveness.
• Manage supplier performance through scorecards, corrective actions, and continuous improvement.
• Support budgeting, savings delivery, cost forecasting, and should-cost modelling.

Skills

Negotiation

Supplier management

Category management

Procurement analytics

Budgeting

Stakeholder mgmt

SAP/Ariba

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain/Related

Tools

SAP

Ariba

Job description

MBRF, a global leader in the food industry, is seeking a Senior Procurement professional to develop and execute Direct Materials sourcing strategies for the UAE and Saudi Arabia. You will lead supplier negotiations, contract management, and cross-functional cost optimization initiatives to deliver value.

Collaborating with R&D, Quality, Operations, Finance, and Logistics, you will manage spend, monitor market trends, and ensure compliance with governance standards while driving supplier