Executive - Procurement

Role Overview

Executive - Procurement at Al Ghurair. This role is responsible for sourcing and negotiating all purchase goods or services within assigned categories, ensuring best quality and price in supplied goods, and managing strong relationships with suppliers.

Role Purpose

Ensure the right product is delivered on time in full to the right location to meet the originating department requirements of the Business Unit. Source, negotiate, and procure goods and services while optimizing supplier relationships and cost performance.

Key Responsibilities

Sourcing & Quotation Management

• Fulfill all RFQs from originating departments by providing quotations and preparing comparative analyses.
• Run auctions wherever applicable, following the spend SOP.
• Source and submit documents for new supplier registration or changes in supplier details with HOP approval to corporate for adding or modifying suppliers in Oracle.

Supplier Management & Negotiation

• Negotiate with suppliers to optimize payment terms and improve cash flow liquidity for AGFR.
• Maintain and update the approved supplier list on a yearly basis along with supplier ratings for Category Manager review and HOP approval.
• Reduce SSPJ on a yearly basis by introducing new suppliers for the service or product.
• Keep track of all supplier complaints from originating departments through the SCN and resolve them on time.

Contract & Spend Management

• Generate contracts for high contractual spend and execute on time, starting the process 90 days in advance per the contract renewal process.
• Track all spends year-to-date and analyze spend based on ABC analysis.
• Deliver cost reduction project recommendations to the Category Manager based on spend analysis.
• Support the Category Manager in achieving monthly cost savings targets.

Delivery & Quality Assurance

• Ensure quantity and services supplied are full and delivered on time.
• Generate online gate passes for materials to be delivered in JAFZA.
• Coordinate approval of documents from the Emergency Response Team for entry into plants.

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum: Bachelor's degree in Procurement or equivalent procurement professional certificate.
• Minimum: 3 to 5 years relevant experience in Procurement and/or Supply Chain.
• Preferred: Awareness of ERP systems operations, D365, and MS Office.

Skills & Competencies

• Action Achievement.
• Analytical and Problem Solving.
• Teamwork and Cooperation.
• Interpersonal Understanding.
• Customer Service Orientation.
• Integrity.
• Leadership.
• People Development.
• Communication.
• Negotiation and Persuasion.
• Supply strategy knowledge.
• Cost analysis.
• Planning.
• Supplier management.
• Fact-based negotiation skills.
• Data updates.