Senior Specialist - Purchasing
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AD Ports Group is hiring a Senior Specialist - Purchasing to manage tendering, award of purchase orders, and post-award support. The role requires a Bachelor's degree, 6-8 years of procurement experience, and strong negotiation and analytical skills.
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Responsibilities
- Advise cluster’s stakeholders in the development of yearly procurement plans and ensure compliance with policies
- Attend pre tender meetings, understand purchasing needs, and review purchasing orders
- Negotiate purchasing agreements, evaluate materials and products to meet business specifications
- Review and evaluate suppliers, vendors and bidders
- Facilitate approvals for purchasing invoices and ensure accuracy
- Evaluate purchasing variations and claims and prepare recommendations
- Stay updated on industry trends and devise appropriate tender strategies
- Prepare reports to management on purchasing activities, status, issues and enhancement plans
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Procurement, Quantity Surveying, Business Administration or related field
- Minimum 6 8 years of experience in a similar role
- Experience in pre award and post award management
- Good knowledge of procurement regulations and industry standards
- High level of proficiency in English
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Job Description
- To be responsible for tendering and award of purchase orders and, where needed, post award support in relation to awarded purchase orders in the cluster.
Core Responsibilities
- Advise cluster’s stakeholders in the development of yearly procurement plans and ensure compliance with procurement policies and procedures.
- Attend pre tender meetings in the cluster, understand purchasing needs and demand, and review purchasing orders.
- Negotiate cluster’s purchasing agreements, evaluate materials and products to meet the required business specifications, review purchasing scope of work.
- Review and evaluate the best suppliers, vendors and bidders to supply the required goods in the cluster.
- Facilitate approvals for purchasing invoices and ensure accuracy.
- Evaluate purchasing variations and claims and prepare recommendations for corporate procurement approval.
- Stay updated on industry trends and review cost effective solutions by devising appropriate tender strategies.
- Prepare reports to management on cluster’s purchasing activities, status, issues and enhancement plans.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Procurement, Quantity Surveying, Business Administration or a related field. Master's degree is a plus
- High level of proficiency in English; working knowledge of Arabic is highly desirable.
- A minimum of 6 8 years of experience in a similar role
- Experience in pre award and post award management.
- Good knowledge of procurement regulations and industry standards
- Ability to understand strategic issues and hold an overall perspective of the organization.
- Strong negotiation and relationship management skills.
- Strong analytical and research skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with individuals at all levels of the organization.
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