Procurement Expert

Leap29

Dubai, UAE

Ref: HP846-641

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Our client are a major government organization in Dubai. Due to an ongoing expansion, they are looking to hire an Expert Procurement to carry out assignments pertaining to contracts standardization, review, contractual opinion, claim assessment, dispute resolution and arbitration management.

Reporting directly to the Director of Procurement, the Procurement Expert will hold a number of key accountabilities including:

- Providing professional input and advice to Procurement and other departments including CEOs on Pre & Post Contractual issues, legal matters and legislation
- Drafting, modifying and reviewing first hand contracts before submittal to Chairman in line with FIDIC standards
- Preparing legal oriented negotiation strategies and providing decision support during contractual negotiations
- Leading the Procurement Arbitration Team with regards to Ad-hoc & Institutional Arbitrations
- Auditing the submissions prepared by external claims consultants
- Auditing the legal submissions to be made to legal Consultants & Counsels
- Participating effectively in the company Arbitration Teams by appearing before Domestic & International Tribunals to protect the interests of the organization
- Leading the Procurement Department for standardizing Contractual & Legal Documents
- Monitoring and guiding Contracts Specialists, Contracts Lawyers, Quantity Surveyors, Tender Officers, Purchasing Officers, Insurance Specialists and Contract Engineers with regards to the Legal & Contractual issues and reviewing contracts prepared by them
- Drawing up a development plan for supervising and coaching legal specialists in accordance with international best practices
- Conducting seminars and workshops to enlighten the concerned officials regarding international development to appraise the audience so that they adopt them in their day to day practices
- Preparing special contracts and agreement for new projects

All jobs assigned to the Procurement Expert will be closely overseen by the Director of Procurement and will form part of the Contracts & Purchasing Department.

Requirements

- PhD in Law, Quantity Surveying or Engineering
- A minimum of 13 years of professional experience
- Excellent knowledge of the current industry standard, procedures, government requirements, UAE legal affairs, procurement and supply management
- Broad knowledge of contract administration and legal administration
- Well-developed supply management and negotiation skills

90% of this role will be office based with the remaining 10% being field based.

If you feel that you fit the criteria above, please apply now to be considered for the role.

About the Company

Leap29 is a Global Recruitment Business established in 2000. In line with our success and vision we have grown organically to our current size, where we source professional applicants for clients around the globe in Oil & Gas, Construction & Engineering, Power, Mining, Legal & Finance and Pharmaceuticals. With new offices recently established in Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Switzerland, USA and Malaysia we are now even better placed to service our clients & candidates around the world. Organisations in 89 countries have used Leap29's quality controlled and audited service to source candidates which they were unable to access through their own network. As an organisation, we strive to deliver a highly professional and effective search solution to all our customers. We achieve our greatest success through our highly evolved referral network of senior professionals and our ability to source expatriate, repatriate or local candidates. Tailored Business solutions are offered to our partners depending on their specific need. These are predominantly retained, contingency & interim services. Leap29 continues to successfully deliver to large multinationals and small SME niche businesses alike.

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