Procurement Manager – AFGRE

Al Futtaim Group

Cairo, Egypt

Ref: HP698-5660

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Procurement Manager - AFGRE - Cairo Festival City - Cairo, Egypt

Spanning 3 million square metres Cairo Festival City is a visionary mixed use urban community strategically located just 15 minutes from Cairo International Airport, along the Cairo Ring Road. Cairo Festival City features Egypt's first indoor-outdoor retail and entertainment resort combined with luxury residential communities, prime office spaces, internationally renowned hotels, schools and an automotive park all set within a lush landscaped environment.

We are looking to recruit an experienced Egyptian National Procurement Manager to work within the Cairo Festival City Team. This role demands the skills and experience of a fully fledged procurement professional who will have close control of purchasing budgets, negotiating with suppliers, ensuring delivery schedules are met and preparing ongoing reports for company executives.

Requirements

You must be an Egyptian National to be considered for this role. We are looking for an intelligent person with strong analytical, negotiation and communication skills and the ability to quickly master the full scope of this complex role. You must have a lot of drive and initiative. You must be degree qualified in a relevant discipline. Relevant postgraduate studies is a plus. You will need an excellent command of spoken and written English language with ideally, eight to ten years experience preferably in the real estate industry. A thorough knowledge of setting up a procurement function is necessary.

About the Company

Established in the 1930's, the Al-Futtaim Group initially operated as a trading enterprise. Rapid development throughout the 1940's and 50's saw it establish itself regionally as an integrated commercial, industrial and services organisation, positioning itself one of the leading business houses in the lower Gulf region. Today, it operates collectively over 40 companies bearing the Al-Futtaim name, dominates many market segments in the UAE, and has expanded its sphere of operation to include Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Egypt.

The Group comprises a diverse range of strategically positioned operating subsidiaries and associate companies, structured to give the Al-Futtaim Group the flexibility and versatility to keep ahead of local competition while keeping pace with the ever-evolving global business scenario. The Groups continued investment in world-class systems technology is clear evidence of its commitment to maintain leading edge performance and service delivery.

The success of the Al-Futtaim Group can be attributed to a business approach that combines the ability to change with the traditional values of integrity, service and social responsibility that define its core business philosophy. This, linked with the Groups belief in decentralisation, gives the heads of the operating companies a high degree of functional autonomy and authority, providing the Group with essential flexibility, and individual employees a clearly defined work culture and sense of responsibility.

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