Key Responsibilities
JOB DESCRIPTION
- Lead teams of Procurement Category Managers members for different procurement categories implementing sections capable of giving the direction with a sense of urgency and able to operate effectively in a changing environment by developing and managing strategic relationship with key suppliers and leading internal stakeholder management operating model in relation to the sourcing and procurement of products/services to e& from third parties.
- Responsible to ensure among the Procurement Category Managers, OpCos and within e& synergies across to optimize spend through standardization of products and services, benchmarks of prices consolidating demands to support e&s financial and growth plans.
- Responsible for promoting the historical spend data analysis per category in liaison with OpCos procurement, UAE/ OpCos Budget Holders and Group/OpCos Finance functions, including the forecasted launch of new products/services in the market by UAE/ OpCos and/or the adoption of new technologies in UAE / OpCos technology infrastructures for the purpose of consolidate the demand in a group wide Master Procurement Plan where all sourcing initiatives are planned and cost saving's targets and drivers have been identified.
- Create the Global Procurement strategy/plans and establish global framework agreements and ensure its implementation through support and engagement from respective stakeholders
- Responsible for leading Strategic Sourcing Category Execution and RFx process from RFx preparation to RFx execution in liaison with Budget Holders and Finance. Scrutinizing market condition, industry rivalry and market/technology trends to anticipate commercial opportunities and understand/respond to the needs of the internal customers exceeding their expectations.
- Responsible for promoting the reduction of the direct and indirect cost by building long term partnerships with strategic and approved vendors understanding the vendor's business rational and promoting vendor rationalization and consolidation on strategic vendors to create mutually beneficial and cost saving opportunities leveraging on strategic vendor's area of excellence.
- Oversee the drafting and negotiating commercial terms and contractual clauses based on e& standard templates to ensure that before the award to vendor the final agreement is in order and properly drafted, the execution process has been duly fulfilled in compliance with P&Cs processes and policies, BoQ or BoM are clear and accurate, delivery date (including intermediate milestones) are carefully indicated in the contract and linked to liquidated damages, service levels are properly drafted (including key performance indicators, key performance objectives, calculation formulas linked to service credit mechanisms, etc.), and scope of work legally enforceable.
- Direct the identification of best-in-class suppliers of products/services, review the evaluation of their potential value and analysis of multiple suppliers before making informed decisions.
- Lead stakeholder engagement activities ensuring efficient communications/engagements with suppliers and internal parties.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's Degree in Procurement & Supply Chain, Engineering or related field
- 15+ years of experience in procurement operations at a large multinational telco or technology organization, with at least 6 in a senior managerial position
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