Procurement Manager

Khobar, Saudi Arabia

Ref: LP127-1060

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Our client provides a full range of project management, engineering, procurement and management services, currently working on more than 11,000 projects for 350+ clients.

We are hiring for a Procurement manager to be based in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia working on mega projects for the client and general supervision of the Procurement department.

Duties and responsibilities
- To manage all procurement activities. The focus of these activities relate to the procurement of goods & services for the execution of projects.
- To ensure transparency to the business controls and corporate governance requirements.
- To ensure departmental adherence to the corporate ethics policy.
- To develop, maintain and communicate knowledge of the Company’s supply chain capability.
- To act as the Client’s Company focal point for all commercial matters.
- To develop a business relationship with, and interact with, key suppliers and service providers.
- To develop and co-ordinate regional policies and procedures for all of the procurement processes to meet best business practices and guiding principles in line with corporate requirements.
- To ensure that the Procurement Page of the company website is up to date with the latest issues of the procurement procedures.
- To work closely with Project Managers and Lead Engineers to provide Procurement expertise / assistance on a day-to-day basis.
- To recruit and manage Procurement resources to meet business needs.
- To motivate and support department members.
- To provide an appropriate level of training and career development across the team.
- To mentor staff and conduct peer reviews.
- To prepare project guidelines, status reports and presentations for Management.
- To collect information and advise project team members in relation to laws, regulations, etc. concerning purchasing, sub-contracting, and shipping etc.
- To identify global / regional opportunities for consolidation of goods / equipment and implement the same.
- To ensure fit-for-purpose goods & services, and value for money, is obtained through best practices and an efficiently run competitive bid process.

Requirements

- A degree in Engineering
- 25 years experience work in procurement roles
- Min 5 years management and supervision experience in sourcing and procurement activities
- Member of a professional procurement institute
- Working knowledge of Saudi Arabian Procurement directives an advantage

About the Company

Propel Consult delivers a service in step with the needs of both our client companies and candidates. Our ability to add value to all levels of recruitment stems from our wholehearted belief in providing a professional service to both parties. We have built relationships with many leading indigenous and mulitnational organisations throughout the Middle East and internationally in countries such as UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Egypt and many more. Concentrating our resources has created 5 distinct specialist divisions: