Director - Purchasing

The Red Sea Development Company; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Sea Coastal Trading Company, a specialized supply chain and logistics subsidiary under Red Sea Global, seeks a seasoned procurement leader to manage centralized purchasing for F&B, equipment, consumables, and services essential to operations.

You will drive strategic sourcing across multiple spend categories, develop procurement strategies, and lead negotiations to secure favorable contracts while coordinating with executive chefs and cost controllers to ensure timely deliveries and policy

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Procurement, Business Administration, Finance, Engineering, or related field.
• 12+ years of procurement and supply chain experience with 5+ years in a senior leadership role.
• Experience managing large procurement spend across Direct & Indirect categories.
• Experience developing procurement strategies and category management frameworks.
• Strong sourcing and contract negotiation experience.
• Experience implementing procurement policies, governance, and controls.
• Supplier relationship management and supplier performance improvement.
• Spend analysis, cost optimization, and savings delivery.
• Procurement transformation and process improvement initiatives.
• Managing cross-functional stakeholders (Finance, Operations, Commercial, Legal, Logistics).

Responsibilities

• Develop, lead and execute purchasing strategies.
• Track and report key metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness.
• Partner with stakeholders to ensure clear requirements documentation.
• Forecast price and market trends to identify changes in buyer-supplier power.
• Seek and partner with reliable vendors and suppliers.
• Monitor and forecast upcoming levels of demand.
• Obtain a minimum of three independent quotations for orders as per policy.
• Establish contracts to ensure negotiated prices for operating items.
• Coordinate daily item deliveries with Executive Chef.
• Update order receiving dates per supplier delivery dates.
• Send purchase orders to suppliers daily.
• Maintain up-to-date quotations and price lists.
• Research and identify new products and services for the hotel.
• Approve price/quantity discrepancy reports from cost control.
• Verify standing orders and Min/Max stock levels.
• Review pending orders daily and ensure verification.
• Identify standing orders with reliable vendor logistics.
• Ensure documentation and quotations are filed per policy.

Skills

Leadership

Negotiation

Sourcing

Supplier management

Cost optimization

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain or related field

Job description

Empowering Progress Through Integrated Supply Chain & Logistics Solutions

Red Sea Coastal Trading Company is a specialized supply chain and logistics subsidiary under Red Sea Global, designed to power the seamless delivery of materials, equipment, and services across our portfolio of pioneering developments.

Operating at the heart of Saudi Arabia’s most ambitious regenerative tourism projects, the subsidiary delivers end-to-end supply chain management, including procurement support, transportation coordination, inventory and warehouse management, and last-mile logistics to remote destinations across the Red Sea coast and beyond.

With a focus on efficiency, reliability, and environmental responsibility, the team ensures that every link in the supply chain supports Red Sea Global’s commitment to sustainability, operational excellence, and local value creation.

Efficiency in Motion. Excellence in Delivery.

Job Purpose:

To manage the centralized purchasing department for sourcing F&B, equipment, consumables, and services required for operations. Perform strategic procurement activities across multiple categories of spend, search for better deals and find more profitable suppliers.

Job Responsibilities :

• Develop, lead and execute purchasing strategies
• Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve the effectiveness
• Partner with stakeholders to ensure clear requirements documentation
• Forecast price and market trends to identify changes of balance in buyer-supplier power
• Seek and partner with reliable vendors and suppliers
• Monitor and forecast upcoming levels of demand
• Invite quotations for any items costing more than a certain amount (as per the purchasing policy).
• A minimum of three independent genuine quotations must be obtained for any orders as per the hotel purchasing policy.
• Establish contracts to ensure negotiated prices are available for all operating items required for the hotel.
• Receives market list from the Executive Chef on a daily basis and arranges for delivery of those items daily.
• Ensures that all orderreceivingdates are updated by the buyers according to the supplier’s promised delivery dates.
• Ensures that all authorized or approved purchase orders are sent to their respective suppliers/vendors for delivery purposes on a daily basis.
• Ensures & verifies that quotations are regularly updated, and supplier’s new current price lists are maintained.
• Research and identify new products and services for the hotel in the market.
• Checks, explain if needed, and approves delivered itemsdiscrepancy reportissued by cost control regarding price and quantity order variances.
• Approves all additional requests for storeroom items, checks correct item description, unit, packing, and category, and establishes Min/Max estimated stock levels.
• Verify the 'pending orders' report on a daily basis, and all pending orders are checked and verified regularly.
• Identifies items for standing orders utilizing vendor's logistics for regular deliveries to the hotel based on approved highly consumed items.
• Ensures validity of items available, force issue obsolete items, and follows up on action taken for disposal.
• Verifies that alldocumentationand proper quotations are maintained and filed according to Policy and Procedure requirements.
• Willing to work a flexible schedule in order to accomplish all major responsibilities and tasks.
• Ensure the efficient operation of the Purchasing Department in all aspects.
• Submits reports in a timely manner, ensuring delivery deadlines.

Team Leadership and Capability Building

• Build and lead a high-performing procurement and category management team with clear roles, responsibilities, and development plans
• Define capability requirements in strategic sourcing, analytics, negotiation, SRM, and stakeholder management
• Coach team members on category planning, commercial acumen, and value delivery
• Create a performance culture focused on accountability, continuous improvement, and business impact

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Procurement, Business Administration, Finance, Engineering, or related field.
• 12+ years of procurement and supply chain experience with 5+ years in a senior leadership/director-level role.
• Experience managing large procurement spend across multiple categories (Direct & Indirect).
• Experience developing procurement strategies and category management frameworks.
• Strong sourcing and contract negotiation experience.
• Experience implementing procurement policies, governance, and controls.Supplier relationship management and supplier performance improvement.Spend analysis, cost optimization, and savings delivery.
• Procurement transformation and process improvement initiatives.
• Managing cross-functional stakeholders (Finance, Operations, Commercial, Legal, Logistics).Experience within FMCG, Hospitality, Retail, Distribution, Industrial, Construction, or similar large-scale environments.