Procurement Manager

Job description / Role

Reporting to: Director Procurement Operations

Main responsibilities:
- Devising and using fruitful procurement and sourcing strategies.
- Discovering profitable suppliers and initiate procurement partnerships.
- Negotiating with external vendors to secure advantageous terms.
- Approve the ordering of necessary goods and services.
- Finalize purchase details of orders and deliveries.
- Examine and test existing contracts
- Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness.
- Collaborate with key persons to ensure clarity of the specifications and expectations of the company.
- Foresee alterations in the comparative negotiating ability of suppliers and clients.
- Expect unfavorable events through analysis of data and prepare control strategies.
- Perform risk management for supply contracts and agreements.
- Control spend and build a culture of long-term saving on procurement costs.

Other interactions: Finance, Production, Legal, Internal Audit

Requirements

- University Qualifications: Bsc in Engineering, Business Administration.
- Nature and length of previous experience: 6 years experience Proven as a procurement manager, procurement officer or head of procurement.
- Language Fluency: English, Arabic
- Skills: Excellent analytical, researching, and negotiating.
- Additional Knowledge: Good knowledge of supplier or third party management software.

About the Company

Saudi Airlines Catering Company was established in 1981. The 30 years that followed witnessed a drastic expansion in the organization's operations, which spanned both the local and international markets. New catering units were established in King Khalid International Airport, Riyadh (KKIA); King Fahd International Airport, Dammam (KFIA); Prince Mohammed International Airport, Madina (PMIA); and Cairo International Airport.

To leverage the organization's catering expertise, in the raising overall service standards and value delivery to the customers the organization was privatized in 2007 by Royal Decree, from His Royal Highness, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.