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Job Description
Direct the workforce to achieve plant production needs and uninterrupted material delivery ensuring continuous production.
Accountabilities:
- Review and consolidate the direct materials budget initiated by buyers; to ensure its compliance with the pricing and payment plan.
- Update budget frequently based on prices and needs to ensure compliance with the procurement strategy and business needs.
- Participate in the financial planning process, provide periodic relevant market information to internal stakeholders such as Marketing, Finance and Projects.
- Monitor approved departmental policies, processes, procedures and instructions to be implemented by subordinates so that work is carried out in a controlled manner.
- Participate in developing and updating the purchasing policy to ensure it is up to date to best serve the current business needs.
- Participate in developing and updating the Direct Procurement Service Level Agreements with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure that the agreement terms serve the business needs and the company’s policies
- Foster strong business relationships with vendors/suppliers standards and establish and update supplier database to enhance our database and keep it updated.
- Develop and educate suppliers to the performance measurements and principles of continuous improvement
- Review vendors’ selection process of direct material procurement subordinates to make sure it works in compliance with the set policies and quality standards from the pool of approved vendors.
- Follow up on PRs to ensure that they are successfully processed as required
- Allocate money value to the POs in compliance with the authority matrix to guarantee control over budget.
- Review contracts to verify the contractual terms and ensure they comply with the set policies and standards.
- Manage team of subordinates to ensure that all work activities are carried out in an efficient and procedurally compliant manner.
- Proactively addresses and resolves routine variations within the defined process, including but not limited to issues related to quality, supplier performance, documentation, delivery, pricing, and/or invoicing
Job Requirements
Academic & professional qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, Accounting or a relevant field
- Basic understanding of material functionality, material flow and handling to optimize supply chain effectiveness.
- Certificates or courses in the Supply Chain field is preferable
Experience:
- 8 years of procurement experience in the Direct Procurement field including at least 3 years in Foreign Purchasing, (less experience acceptable if coming from a relevant industry/business area)
- Working on ERP system preferably SAP
Language Proficiency:
- Fluent English verbal and written.
- Fluent Arabic verbal and written.
