Senior Purchasing Officer

Job description / Role

Common Responsibilities:
• Assist in the development of the section overall strategy. Business plan and budget
• Assist in the development of the section policies and procedures and provide interpretation to staff
• Supervise and coordinate activities of staff
• Prepare work schedules
• Interpret lob specifications and key responsibilities to direct subordinates and assign duties
• Supervise the compliance with policies and procedures and ensure work exactness, completeness.
• Identify and recommend procedure change to improve efficiency of subordinates
• Perform or assist subordinate in performing duties
• Consolidate and report subordinates ‘performance
• Assist in implementing subordinate‘s motivation plans to ensure achievement of work goals Assist in identifying stall training needs and attend and evaluate trainings
• Assist in detecting and justifying the section need for new headcount
• Report work problems or assist subordinates in solving such problems
• Assist in the development of job description
• Identity challenges impacting the unit‘s talent ban and purpose appropriate succession planning
• Confer with peers to coordinate activities of Individual unit
• Assist in the preparation of performance report

Specific Responsibilities:
• Supervise and prioritize the daily activities of purchasing officers ensuring that all purchasing activities are completed in a timely manner
• Maintain good knowledge of goods / services within the specialized commodity group in order to provide sound advice to subordinates as well as customers
• Supervise the implementation of Schedules, task assignments, and allocation of man hours to ensure compliance with purchasing commitments
• Supervise and process purchase requisitions and purchase orders tor all goods equipment / services within the specialized commodity group
• Provide guidance to end-user departments and external customers and advise them on commodity specifications and purchasing activities
• Ensure that the necessary approvals are provided in the system before the processing of purchase requests and orders
• Ensure that purchasing data is inputted correctly Into the system and data logs are maintained in an organized fashion for easy reference and retrieval

Requirements

• Educational Qualifications s Certifications: I Experience
• Minimum requirements: A Bachelor's Degree
• Minimum Experience:
• 5 years” experience in purchasing related activities Or 3 years in Purchasing related activities for Nationals and Graduated from Qatar.
• Language Skills English moderate; Arabic preferred
• Computer Skills Advanced computer skills with capacity to prepare Quality documents using Excel. Word, end Power Point

About the Company

The Ali Bin Ali Group is a privately owned company with a heritage that dates back to 1945. Our roots began with a vision to provide quality international products and services to the people of Qatar. Today our Group is one of the largest retail and distribution companies in Qatar. We are also proud to say we have a long-standing reputation for building successful partnerships with the world's leading brands across a diverse range of business activities. This success is born out of our unwavering commitment to the long-term development and strategic growth of not just our Group but also that of our partners.

Our knowledge of the market is unrivaled. That is what keeps us ahead in an environment of phenomenal growth in Qatar. The Ali Bin Ali Group has evolved and grown in response to Qatar's diversifying requirements.

As a Group, we thrive on innovation, which is the key to our consistent market share results and achievement awards. The Ali Bin Ali Group operations are currently local but our standards are International. Our partners and competitors credit us with an impeccable reputation and with excellent public and private sector relationships. But from our perspective our most important affirmation comes from customer satisfaction across each of our Group's business divisions.