Procurement & Supply Chain Manager (Construction/Specialty Chemicals Manufacturing)

Overview

Role Purpose

Strategic Sourcing & Category Management

• Develop and implement sourcing strategies for key categories (polymers, solvents, fillers, packaging, logistics, maintenance services, etc.).
• Analyse global and regional markets for construction chemicals raw materials; monitor price trends, capacity changes, and geopolitical / FX risks.
• Consolidate spend across plants and countries to leverage global volumes and negotiate favourable contracts.
• Develop overall strategy for sourcing together with production team for manufacturing and sourcing of materials with a combination of own manufacturing, contract manufacturing, peer to peer purchase and imports keeping in view cost and satisfactory customer service

Supplier Management

• Identify, evaluate, and qualify new suppliers in line with technical, quality, EHS, and compliance requirements.
• Lead contract and price negotiations, frame agreements, and service-level agreements.
• Drive supplier performance management: OTIF, quality, cost, innovation, and sustainability KPIs.
• Develop strategic partnerships with critical suppliers for long-term supply security and joint innovation.
• Procure services at optimised cost for design and engineering of the plant, machinery and building.
• Procure P&M, IT services and other required services for construction of the plant as per the design approved by the production team.
• Manage procurement of all other miscellaneous one time and regular purchase items.

Operational Procurement & Planning Interface

• Ensure continuous supply of critical materials to all manufacturing sites with minimum stock-outs and optimal inventory levels.
• Work closely with Production, Planning, R&D, and Quality to align material specifications, safety stocks, and phase-in/phase-out of products.
• Resolve supply disruptions, quality issues, and logistics bottlenecks escalated from plant purchasing teams.
• Support NPI / new formulations by sourcing alternative raw materials and competitive second sources.
• Identify vendor, both domestic and internation, for procurement of goods and services related to own production.
• Identify existing and develop new vendors for new RMs, PM and finished products (P2P)

Cost Management & Value Creation

• Deliver annual cost-saving and value-engineering targets (price reductions, TCO optimization, substitution, consolidation).
• Conduct should-cost analysis and benchmarking to identify saving opportunities.
• Support margin improvement projects by aligning procurement strategies with pricing and product portfolio decisions.

Compliance, Risk & Sustainability

• Ensure adherence to corporate procurement policies, ethics, anti-corruption, and competition law.
• Assess and mitigate supply risks (single sourcing, long lead times, restricted substances, REACH/ISO/local regulations).
• Integrate sustainability criteria into sourcing decisions (CO footprint, recycled content, compliant sourcing, vendor ESG performance).

Systems, Process & Data

• Own and improve end-to-end procurement processes (PR–PO cycle, approvals, vendor onboarding) in ERP (e.g., SAP ).
• Maintain accurate pricing, contracts, lead times, and supplier master data.
• Use analytics / dashboards to track spend, savings, supplier KPIs, and inventory performance.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Align with global procurement, regional management, finance, and supply chain on strategy, budgets, and priorities.
• Represent procurement in S&OP, Capex reviews, and cross-functional project teams.

Typical Requirements

• Degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Chemistry, Business, or related field; advanced degree or CIPS/ISM certification is a plus.
• 7–10+ years' procurement experience, ideally in construction chemicals, specialty chemicals, or related manufacturing.
• Strong negotiation, contracting, and stakeholder-management skills in a multinational environment.
• Experience with ERP systems and procurement analytics; strong Excel/Power BI skills.
• Fluent English; Arabic language(s) preferred.