Sourcing Specialist

Hays

Dubai, UAE

Ref: GP222-2353

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

A Procurement/Sourcing Specialist will support the Sourcing Unit Manager and Sourcing Category Management through the execution of the sourcing category and unit plans in a unit. This includes identification of local sourcing opportunities, managing supplier tenders, acting as contract owners for selected suppliers, managing related supplier relationships as well as keeping agreement/prices lists up to date and ensure they are fed into operational purchasing systems for usage.

Requirements

- Follow-up and clarify unit business requirements with unit focus
- Conduct local and support regional/global supply market analysis
- Identify local sourcing opportunities and risks
- Execute sourcing category plans within unit (including follow up of saving actions)
- Create and manage RFx for materials/services according to sourcing category/unit plans
- Lead selected local supplier negotiations
- Ensure good understanding of Regional supplier base within the unit
- Execute global/regional supplier agreements
- Act as Contract owner for nominated contracts according to supplier Segmentation principle
- Keep agreements/price lists updated and feed data into operational purchasing systems (e.g. SAP)
- Manage repetitive and escalated supplier issues and escalate to SuM/category manager as needed
- Represent Sourcing in cross-functional meetings within the unit
- Act as cross-functional link/facilitator to Sourcing within the unit.

About the Company

At Hays, we invest in lifelong partnerships that empower people and businesses to succeed. With over 50 years’ success under our belts and a workforce of 10,000+ people across 32 countries, we’ve evolved to put our customers at the heart of everything we do.

So much more than a specialist recruitment business, what really sets us apart is our knowledge through scale, deep understanding and our ability to meaningfully innovate for our customers. By providing advice, insights and expertise on issues you face today in the fast-paced world of work, we help you make the right decisions for tomorrow.

Offering an unrivalled suite of recruitment and workplace solutions, whether you’re looking for what’s next in your career, or have a gap to fill, we’ll help you get where you want to go.

You can rely on us to deliver today and help you plan for tomorrow.

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