Parts Manager

abdul latif jameel motors; As Sudiyah; On-site; OMR 12,000 - 20,000; Full time

Job summary

Abdul Latif Jameel seeks a seasoned procurement professional to oversee orders from international and local suppliers, ensuring on-time delivery and 99% service levels. You will lead a procurement team, monitor KPI performance, and coordinate with HR, finance, quality, and IT to support ongoing projects.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree and 7+ years in Purchasing/Procurement and Logistics, with strong vendor management and data reporting capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• 7+ years experience in Purchasing/Procurement and Logistics.
• Strong vendor management and negotiation skills.
• Experience with order tracking, LC/payments and supplier payment cycles.

Responsibilities

• Manage & maintain overall orders and supply flow to ensure on-time operation.
• Coordinate procurement activities with international and local suppliers.
• Place purchase orders accurately and monitor supplier capacity and lead times.
• Ensure data entry in IT systems and provide timely reports to management.

Skills

Time management

Management of personnel resources

Monitoring and implementation

Active learning

Stress tolerance

Achievement/effort

Awareness and problem-solving

Problem sensitivity

Deductive reasoning

Knowledge of business functions

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Job description

Abdul Latif Jameel comprises diversified businesses with deep roots in the Middle East, North Africa, and Turkey (MENAT region). Strong networks and long-established relationships make us a powerful partner, opening doors for those who want to do business in the region.

Our businesses represent some of the world’s leading brands, earning us their trust and building long-lasting and mutually beneficial relationships. Our commitment to anticipate and support our partners’ needs has driven our success.

From our modest beginnings 75 years ago as a small trading business and then a Toyota distributorship in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, we have established an extensive operations infrastructure, built the largest vehicle distribution network in Saudi Arabia, and, along the way, we have accumulated comprehensive automotive expertise throughout the region.

Applying our vast experience in the automotive sector, we’ve used our expertise and operations infrastructure to diversify into new sectors that contribute to the ‘infrastructure of life’ in the MENAT region.

Financial Job Dimensions

Degree of supervision

General supervision over operational activities

Level of Authority

General Authority over daily functional operation

Purpose of the Job

Responsible for placing PO’s to International and Local Suppliers, 99% Service rate with reliable Supply by monitoring of orders, Shipping follow-up shipping forwarder, order Tracking System and all LC/payments follow up with finance. Lead procurement function with integration of procurement team & Suppliers. Manage order tracking function documentation from ordering to delivery at customer end

Key Accountabilities: Description

Parts availability fulfillment. On time order to suppliers. Timely follow up with suppliers. Supplier performance evaluation on time submission engineering. Timely payment to supplier

Major Activities

1. Manage & Maintain overall orders & supply flow to maintain on time smooth run of operation

2. Manage all the unit’s integration and functioning together within procurement team.

3. Ordering calculation quantities based on supplier capacity and ordering activities are carried out on time and orders placed on time to suppliers as per our commitment to our suppliers.

4. Ensure & monitor organizational KPI achievement by maintaining proper reporting system in supply chain function

5. Co-ordinate with all related departments (HR, finance, quality, IT etc.) to ensure all necessary support is provided on time to ongoing projects and to make necessary escalations

6. Ensure real time data entry in IT system to maintain smooth supply chain operation functioning and highlight to fix the issues and new requirements to be developed with in the agreed time frame to deliver to business.

7. Maintain all the operations are under control, shipping deliveries are taking place on time, locations are maintained, and safety risk measure are maintained

8. Day to day follow up on the critical tasks and project status with the team

9. Any burning issues to involve directly to rectify and take corrective actions and guide the team

10. Conducting regular meetings with the team with the direct reports on achievements and challenges in their respective areas to support,

11. Ensure the daily activity monitoring reports are circulated ordering monitoring report fulfilment reports, etc..

12. Interacting with vendor, maintain the relationship and do necessary follow-ups related to outstanding project steps

13. Weekly status reports preparation and update to management

14. Timely reporting critical issues to management for resolutionq

Job Context

• The job holder is responsible in managing the placing of purchase orders to International and local Suppliers
• The job has direct impact over ensuring parts stock availability
• The job holder has indirect impact over customer satisfaction
• The job holder is responsible in evaluating suppler performance on time submission
• The job holder is responsible in ensuring all payments of supplier are done on time.
• The job holder has the authority to approve/decline a vendor proposal

Organizational / Functional Strategic Focus

• The job holder has a crucial strategic role in managing tracking of orders from assign suppliers and act as primary liaison to expedite the deliveries of Purchase Orders
• The job has a crucial role in ensuring compilation and analyzing PO’s data to determine effective means of transportation to avoid any delays
• The job holder has a strategic role in developing and monitoring the team while developing a succession plan within the

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree

7 Yrs. Or more Experience in Purchasing / Procurement and Logistics

Job-Specific Skills

• Time Management, Management of Personnel Resources, Monitoring and Implementation
• Active Learning, Stress Tolerance, Achievement/Effort, Awareness and Problem-Solving Skill
• Problem Sensitivity, Deductive Reasoning, Good knowledge of different business functions

Why Work for Us?

With a truly international footprint and more than three quarters of a century of commercial success behind us, we are today, not only a leading employer across the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey (MENAT) region, but also offer exciting opportunities worldwide, from Chile to Japan, from the UK to Australia.

Our values guide the way we work with our business partners, within our communities, and with each other.

Through Respect, Innovation, a Pioneering Spirit, and Empowerment, we are proud of our culture which sees ideas blossom, people thrive and successes flourish.