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About AESG

Job purpose

Procurement and sourcing

• Maintain procurement schedules and package trackers against the design programme.
• Plan strategic sourcing, package sub-consultancy work, and determine the best appointment route.
• Record fees from previous appointments for benchmarking and build knowledge of regional supplier capabilities, track records, and capacity.
• Identify, prequalify, and shortlist sub-consultants and specialist consultants.
• Carry out techno-commercial proposal evaluations with Design Leads supporting the technical review.
• Support fee and terms negotiations and prepare appointment recommendations.

Agreements, payments, and controls

• Prepare LOIs, sub-consultancy agreements, and subcontract agreements, keeping terms back-to-back with the upstream contract.
• Review agreement terms against upstream contracts, raise gaps or risks with the Procurement Manager, and obtain internal approval before signing.
• Review invoices against agreed fees and deliverables and coordinate payments with Finance, Commercials, and project teams.
• Track payments and keep payment terms in line with upstream contracts.
• Follow company and client procurement policies and maintain audit-ready records and a fair, transparent process; keep proposal information confidential.
• Maintain the sub-consultant database, including registration, prequalification status, and performance.

Reporting and coordination

• Prepare monthly procurement reports, including KPIs and savings.
• Attend and minute procurement meetings with project and design teams and resolve queries between sub-consultants and project teams.
• Suggest improvements to procurement templates, procedures, and tools.

Essential qualifications and experience

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain, or a related field.
• 4–7 years of procurement experience, including at least 3 years at a design or engineering consultancy in the UAE.
• Experience appointing sub-consultants and subcontractors under SCAs and subcontract agreements.
• Experience with upstream contracts and keeping downstream terms back-to-back.
• Good Excel skills and strong written and spoken English.

Desirable qualifications and experience

• CIPS/MCIPS qualification or working toward it is desirable.
• Design procurement experience on UAE or KSA projects is desirable.
• Exposure to procurement on international projects is desirable.

Key competencies

• Commercial awareness and negotiation; attention to detail; integrity and confidentiality.
• Ability to manage several packages at once and communicate clearly with project teams, clients, and sub-consultants.