Procurement Officer

Job description / Role

- Provide a strategic, efficient and flexible procurement service which will deliver optimum value for money, cost savings and best quality of service.
- Advise and support WMQ staff in procurement and supplier relationships helping to drive better procurement practice
- Support the Procurement Manager in procurement activities such as supplier relationships and contract management for goods and services.
- Assist in the development of internal procedures and documentation in relation to Local and overseas procurement.
- Assist WMQ in managing commercial risks in its relations with external suppliers.
- Assist some teams with purchases and order inquiries.
- Ensure purchases are properly approved in terms of WMQ published authority levels and purchases are raised using the purchase system

Key Responsibilities:

- Providing procurement support as directed by the Procurement Manager
- Assisting in and supervising the procurement of goods and services and other procurement activities as directed by the Procurement Manager
- Assisting the Procurement Manager in grant specific requirements and best practice overseas procurement.
- Administering supplier contracts
- Monitoring supplier relationships
- Assisting in the implementation of supplier contracts
- Liaising with the Procurement Manager in areas of commercial risk
- Assisting in the development of internal procedures and documentation
- Assisting in the ordering of key supplies and acting as a purchaser for teams
- Helping to drive better procurement practice across WMQ
- Feeding back departmental sourcing requirements to the Procurement Manager to help identify where aggregated spend might offer better value for money
- Communicating opportunities to achieve better value for money through better procurement practices
- Communicating improved ways of working
- Any other procurement or buying requirements as requested by the Procurement Manager

Requirements

- Bachelor Degree in Business, Commerce or engineering
- CIPS
- Wide Knowledge of MEP & Civil Material & resources
- Minimum 4 years of procurement in MEP company in Qatar
- Tally ERP 9.0 - Microsoft Office
- Experience in a procurement administration role or similar
- Experience of tracking and dealing with inquiries and working to deadlines
- Experience of planning, organizing and prioritizing workload

About the Company

WATERMASTER is a 40-year-old, market-leading company that specializes in water-related projects encompassing Wellness & Pools, Water Features, and Water/ Waste Water Treatment. With over 6,000 completed projects around the world and three branches in Lebanon, Qatar and UAE, we have the in-house capabilities and resources to undertake and deliver turnkey projects from A to Z in the role of a complex solution provider.