Senior Specialist - Purchasing

The Red Sea Development Company; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

The Red Sea Development Company in Riyadh is seeking a skilled Procurement Engineer to manage purchasing strategies for electrical systems and building materials on a construction project. You will coordinate with engineers, suppliers, and hotel operators to ensure accurate specs and timely deliveries.

You will forecast market trends, maintain supplier price lists, create materials in SAP, and enforce compliant purchase orders while keeping cost control in mind.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Civil Engineering.
• Ability to read and understand materials technical specs.
• Knowledge of the market and suppliers.
• Minimum of 3 years experience in procurement of Electrical Systems or Building and Finishing Materials for construction project.

Responsibilities

• Manage and execute purchasing strategies.
• Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve 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.
• Communicate with the hotels and operators engineering team for the technical request aspects.
• Establish contracts to ensure negotiated prices are available for all operating items required for the hotel.
• Ensures that all order receiving dates 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 amp 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 items discrepancy report issued by cost control regarding price and quantity order variances
• Material creation on SAP with understanding the correct materials details
• Description-UOM-Sizing-Brand and COO
• 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 all documentation and 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

Skills

Relationship Building

Negotiation

Integrity

Judgment

SAP User

Decision Making

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Civil Engineering

Tools

SAP

Job description

Responsibilities

• Manage and execute purchasing strategies
• Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve 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
• Communicate with the hotels and operators engineering team for the technical request aspects
• Establish contracts to ensure negotiated prices are available for all operating items required for the hotel
• Ensures that all order receiving dates 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 amp 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 items discrepancy report issued by cost control regarding price and quantity order variances
• Material creation on SAP with understanding the correct materials details
• Description-UOM-Sizing-Brand and COO
• 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 all documentation and 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

Requirements

• Bachelor s degree in Electrical or Civil Engineering.
• Ability to read and understand the materials technical specs.
• Knowledge of the market and suppliers.
• Minimum of 3 years experience in the procurement of Electrical Systems or Building and Finishing Materials for construction project.
• Skills: Relationship Building Negotiation Integrity Judgment SAP User Decision Making