Technology Sourcing Specialist - Procurement

First Abu Dhabi Bank; Al Ruways Industrial City; On-site; AED 156,240 - 245,520; Full time

Job summary

First Abu Dhabi Bank is looking for a Technology Sourcing Specialist to support procurement activities in Abu Dhabi. This full-time role focuses on sourcing across technology domains, including cloud and infrastructure services.

The ideal candidate will have a relevant degree and experience in procurement operations, managing sourcing events, and ensuring compliance with governance standards. This opportunity offers exposure to high-value technology procurement in a leading banking institution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Procurement, Business Administration, Finance, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• Relevant experience in technology sourcing, procurement operations in banking or large enterprise environments.
• Hands‑on experience managing sourcing events such as RFQs, RFPs.

Responsibilities

• Execute sourcing strategies across technology domains.
• Manage RFQ and RFP documentation and vendor communication.
• Coordinate with internal teams to meet sourcing objectives.

Skills

Technology sourcing

Procurement support

RFQ management

RFP management

Vendor coordination

Commercial evaluation

Cost optimization

Sourcing strategy execution

Technology procurement

ESG compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Procurement, or related field

Job description

Job Snapshot

Technology Sourcing Specialist – Procurement in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Banking procurement role across technology domains such as cloud, infrastructure, platforms, and enterprise technology services.

Role: Technology Sourcing Specialist – Procurement

Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Industry: Banking

Function: Purchasing

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: 14,000 - 22,000 AED (estimated; please confirm with employer)

Key Responsibilities

• Execute sourcing strategies and support sourcing plans across assigned technology domains, including cloud, infrastructure, platforms, and related services.
• Manage RFQ and RFP documentation, vendor communication, evaluation coordination, and decision-support activities.
• Liaise with procurement teams to ensure sourcing processes meet internal policies, compliance standards, risk requirements, and governance checkpoints.
• Maintain sourcing artifacts, including playbooks, trackers, evaluation matrices, scorecards, dashboards, and issue logs.
• Identify sourcing efficiencies, cost optimization opportunities, and commercial improvement areas across allocated technology domains.
• Coordinate daily sourcing activities with category managers, business stakeholders, delivery teams, finance, legal, and other internal partners.
• Ensure vendor engagement processes and sourcing documentation are aligned with enterprise procurement standards.
• Support tracking of sourcing KPIs such as cycle time, savings, vendor service levels, and sourcing pipeline progress.
• Generate regular sourcing reports, dashboards, and status updates for stakeholders and procurement leadership.
• Promote sourcing discipline by ensuring proper documentation control, issue tracking, approval records, and vendor accountability.
• Assist in drafting and maintaining vendor engagement models, performance scorecards, and sourcing governance documentation.
• Evaluate commercial offers, compare cost structures, support benchmarking activities, and provide clear input for sourcing decisions.
• Help ensure sourcing activities support ESG requirements, sustainability expectations, and supplier diversity objectives.
• Work within procurement governance principles and ensure sourcing files are audit‑ready and complete.
• Support continuous improvement in sourcing processes, vendor coordination, evaluation quality, and reporting practices.

Ideal Profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Procurement, Business Administration, Finance, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• Relevant experience in technology sourcing, procurement operations, vendor coordination, or category support within banking, financial services, or a large enterprise environment.
• Hands‑on experience managing sourcing events such as RFQs, RFPs, vendor evaluations, and commercial comparison exercises.
• Working knowledge of technology procurement categories such as cloud, infrastructure, platforms, software, IT services, or digital solutions.
• Understanding of sourcing governance, procurement compliance, documentation standards, and internal approval workflows.
• Ability to support vendor engagement models, performance dashboards, scorecards, and sourcing trackers.
• Strong analytical ability to review commercial proposals, compare cost models, and support benchmarking.
• Good communication skills for coordinating with category leads, business users, finance, legal, delivery teams, and vendors.
• Strong process discipline with careful attention to documentation, policy checkpoints, risk controls, and audit readiness.
• Ability to manage multiple sourcing activities while maintaining accuracy, timelines, and stakeholder alignment.
• Awareness of ESG, sustainability, supplier diversity, and responsible sourcing practices will be an advantage.

Skills Set

• Technology sourcing
• Procurement support
• RFQ management
• RFP management
• Vendor coordination
• Commercial evaluation
• Cost optimization
• Sourcing strategy execution
• Technology procurement
• Cloud sourcing
• Infrastructure sourcing
• Platform sourcing
• Vendor scorecards
• Evaluation matrices
• Sourcing dashboards
• KPI tracking
• Vendor SLA tracking
• Procurement compliance
• Sourcing governance
• Documentation control
• Issue tracking
• Stakeholder coordination
• Category manager support
• Finance coordination
• Legal coordination
• ESG compliance
• Sustainability sourcing
• Supplier diversity
• Benchmarking
• Commercial analysis

Why Join Us

This role offers strong exposure to technology sourcing within a leading banking institution in Abu Dhabi. It provides the opportunity to support high‑value technology procurement activities, work with cross‑functional stakeholders, improve sourcing governance, and contribute to cost‑effective vendor engagement across critical technology domains. The position is ideal for a procurement professional who wants to grow in technology sourcing, commercial analysis, vendor management support, and enterprise procurement governance within a structured financial services environment.