Senior Procurement Specialist - 6 Month Contract

Apple Search & Selection

Dubai, UAE

Ref: HP248-405

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Our client, a leading company in the UAE is looking to hire a Senior Procurement Specialist to join their growing team in Dubai.

As a Senior Procurement Specialist, your key responsibilities are to ensure maximum value is derived from purchase expenditure, ensuring continuity of supply while minimizing inventory investment; handle purchase of moderate to large value items often of a highly complex technical nature; and conduct negotiations with local and international vendors for assigned purchases. Specific duties include preparing the Sourcing Strategy & Contract Plan (SSCP), providing & consolidating purchase strategies, Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA), and management of long term Supply Agreements & high value Purchase Orders.

Requirements

To qualify for this role, you should have more than 10 years’ purchasing experience in the oil and gas industry, at least 7’ years' experience in a similar role and similar sized organization; experience in handling high value complex procurement agreements; experience in expediting purchases. You are also expected to be a firm negotiator with an excellent knowledge of vendor market; self-directed and highly motivated; highly effective interpersonal skills with excellent oral and written English communication skills, plus superb MS Office skills.

If you have all the skills and experience required please apply now! Due to high volume of received applications, we are unable to respond to each application on individual basis therefore only successful candidates will be contacted.

About the Company

Apple Search & Selection offers a very personalised, executive recruitment service. Our fresh and honest approach to ensuring cultural and strategic fit between clients and the candidates we present is tailored to minimising the workload, releasing the pressure of decision making and significantly reducing the recruitment cycle time. We develop our business based on long-term relationships and have an excellent reputation for service delivery.

We are dedicated to providing our customers with an unparalleled level of care, professionalism, confidentiality and integrity and the service that we provide is constantly applauded by our clients and candidates alike, for our quality professional and courteous approach.

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Procurement Specialist salaries in UAE

Average monthly compensation
AED 10,000

Breakdown available for industries, cities and years of experience