Category Manager - Facility Management | Group Procurement | Corporate Services

Role overview

Strategic procurement leadership

• Develop and implement category strategies with measurable objectives using market data, stakeholder input, and organizational needs.
• Use scenario planning, total cost of ownership analysis, should-cost modelling, and value chain mapping to find optimization opportunities.
• Ensure compliance with procurement policies, budgets, and regulations and take corrective actions as required.
• Plan procurement projects with clear objectives, timelines, and resource allocation.
• Ensure completion of team members' talent development plans.

Demand and supplier management

• Collaborate with stakeholders to balance business needs and procurement strategy and optimize specifications for organizational value.
• Identify cost-effective options and optimize resources; establish preferred suppliers to consolidate the supplier base and improve commercial terms.
• Lead source-to-contract activities, including supplier identification, selection, and negotiation.
• Maintain key supplier relationships, align suppliers with business goals, and optimize supplier performance.

Stakeholder engagement

• Build sustainable, effective relationships with internal stakeholders and use sound judgment to influence decisions.

Skills and qualifications

• Expertise in category strategy development and implementation and advanced supplier relationship management and negotiation skills.
• Proven project management, process improvement, communication, and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Bachelor's degree required; master's degree preferred.
• CIPS or equivalent qualification is highly desirable.
• 7–10 years of procurement experience, preferably in category management and/or supplier management.
• Experience managing projects and using procurement tools; expertise in category strategies, total cost analysis, and ecosystem mapping.
• Experience monitoring compliance, implementing risk mitigation plans, managing supplier lifecycles and performance, budgets, and procurement KPIs.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English; additional languages are advantageous.

Listed salary

• The structured salary field lists AED 800 per month.

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