Senior Procurement Leader: Sustainable Plant & Landscape

The Red Sea Development Company; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Botanica, a subsidiary of Red Sea Global, is seeking a senior procurement leader to drive supplier management for plants, inputs and services. You will build annual plans, develop category strategies and ensure timely, compliant sourcing across international suppliers.

You will lead a team, enforce ethics and policy, manage contracts and optimize costs while meeting quality and biosecurity standards. Fluency in Arabic and English is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering or Agriculture.
• Minimum 12 years in procurement, of which at least 5 years managing a procurement team.
• Experience in agricultural, horticultural, landscape or construction procurement, including international imports.
• Fluent Arabic and English.

Responsibilities

• Build the annual procurement plan from the approved budgets of Production, Nursery Operations, Landscape Maintenance and support functions.
• Develop category strategies: plants and trees, agricultural inputs, irrigation, equipment and fleet, and services.
• Aggregate demand and set framework and rate agreements for recurring items.
• Run the full cycle: requisition, RFQ or tender, technical and commercial evaluation, negotiation and purchase order.
• Source imported plants from qualified international suppliers (e.g. Italy, Spain, Australia, Thailand, China, UAE, South Africa).
• Pre-qualify suppliers and join Production on site visits, inspection and tagging before order confirmation.
• Manage lead times, freight and customs clearance through the bonded facility, with phytosanitary documents checked by Biosecurity.
• Maintain the approved vendor list; qualify, evaluate and review supplier performance.
• Manage supplier contracts, claims and disputes; develop local suppliers where possible.
• Enforce procurement policy, ethics, conflict-of-interest and anti-bribery controls (ISO 37301); keep audit-ready records.

Skills

Negotiation

Supplier contract management

Spend analysis

Arabic & English fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain/Business/Engineering/Agriculture

CIPS or equivalent certification

Tools

ERP procurement systems

Job description

Botanica, a subsidiary of Red Sea Global, is seeking a senior procurement leader to drive supplier management for plants, inputs and services. You will build annual plans, develop category strategies and ensure timely, compliant sourcing across international suppliers.

You will lead a team, enforce ethics and policy, manage contracts and optimize costs while meeting quality and biosecurity standards. Fluency in Arabic and English is essential.