Procurement Manager – Construction
Role Overview
Manage procurement across construction, renovation, fit-out, landscaping, and related projects, balancing price, quality, delivery, and commercial control.
The employer seeks an experienced Procurement Manager familiar with the UAE construction market, suppliers, subcontractors, materials, MEP packages, finishes, and project procurement.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
Manage procurement across construction, renovation, fit-out, landscaping, and related projects, balancing price, quality, delivery, and commercial control.
The employer seeks an experienced Procurement Manager familiar with the UAE construction market, suppliers, subcontractors, materials, MEP packages, finishes, and project procurement.
Procurement and sourcing
- Manage sourcing and purchasing of construction materials, finishes, MEP materials, equipment, and subcontract packages.
- Evaluate local and international suppliers and subcontractors, maintain databases, and identify alternative sources.
Tendering and commercial evaluation
- Prepare RFQs, obtain quotations, create comparison sheets, and conduct commercial evaluations.
- Negotiate prices, payment terms, delivery schedules, warranties, and commercial conditions; support tendering and estimation with current market pricing.
Orders and project coordination
- Prepare purchase orders and subcontract documents; verify quantities, specifications, approvals, terms, and delivery requirements.
- Coordinate with project teams and accounts; monitor schedules, long-lead items, deliveries, site needs, and procurement risks.
Cost and supplier management
- Monitor costs against budgets, identify savings and value-engineering options, and maintain pricing data.
- Evaluate supplier performance and resolve commercial, quality, and delivery issues; support invoice and document reconciliation.
Requirements
- Requires a bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Procurement, or a related field.
- Requires 3–5 years of construction procurement experience in the UAE and strong knowledge of the UAE construction materials and supplier market.
- Strong sourcing experience for construction materials, architectural finishes, MEP materials, and subcontract works is required.
- Understanding of BOQs, specifications, drawings, material submittals, and project requirements is required.
- Experience in a relevant contracting or construction sector is strongly preferred; an established UAE supplier and subcontractor network is highly preferred.
- The source description ends mid-requirements after “Strong experience”; further requirements are unavailable.
Employment and salary
- Full-time, permanent position.
- Salary starts at AED 4,500 per month and is negotiable based on experience and capability.
Work location
- Work is in person at Al Quoz 4, Dubai, UAE.
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