الوصف الوظيفي
This role will manage the purchasing team based in Dubai and support the strategic objectives of purchasing: sourcing for the MENA region from approved suppliers, negotiate cost savings, improving quality and improve delivery performance from suppliers.Duties and Responsibilities:
• Supervise the team of centralized commodity buyers based in Dubai
• Monitoring supplier performance and follow the Global sourcing rules
• Develop and maintain a regional procedure to manage and track indirect costs
• Define and implement a supplier development process including classification of vendors with onwards performance measurement
• Support the wider regional buyers within MEA to promote standardization
• Update and maintain the purchasing procedure following best practice
• Build and maintain relationships with new and existing suppliers
• Negotiate contracts, improved prices and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings utilizing negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods
• Control Indirect and Direct costs and achieve savings as per annual targets
• Develop the purchasing team skills with a clear succession plan
• Research and evaluate areas of opportunity and reduce costs where possible
• Develop ideas to improve operational efficiency, add value and support the continuous improvement culture
• Promote SMITHS ethics and compliance standards
• Ensure that a professional and consistent approach is taken in relation to all supplier relationships
• Supervise the team of centralized commodity buyers based in Dubai
• Monitoring supplier performance and follow the Global sourcing rules
• Develop and maintain a regional procedure to manage and track indirect costs
• Define and implement a supplier development process including classification of vendors with onwards performance measurement
• Support the wider regional buyers within MEA to promote standardization
• Update and maintain the purchasing procedure following best practice
• Build and maintain relationships with new and existing suppliers
• Negotiate contracts, improved prices and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings utilizing negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods
• Control Indirect and Direct costs and achieve savings as per annual targets
• Develop the purchasing team skills with a clear succession plan
• Research and evaluate areas of opportunity and reduce costs where possible
• Develop ideas to improve operational efficiency, add value and support the continuous improvement culture
• Promote SMITHS ethics and compliance standards
• Ensure that a professional and consistent approach is taken in relation to all supplier relationships
المهارات
• Strong experience working within the purchasing department with technical value addition and similar functions of this job requirements
• Diploma or University Degree
• Member of CIPS and/or APICS and/or CILT is an advantage
• Experience in procurement of components for Oil & Gas markets with specific material certificates and end user specifications
• Experience in technical specification and selection of instrumentation and components, including material and product knowledge
• Delivered actual cost savings or other efficiency benefits within the organization
• Experience of working in a multinational and multicultural environment
• Prior experience with Instrumentation Vendors is preferred
• Able to read and understand technical drawings such as: GAD
• Good knowledge of Fluid Control instrumentation
• Good knowledge of Microsoft programs, data extraction and analysis including look ups and pivot tables.
• Excellent communication and relationship management skills
• Ability to negotiate effectively with suppliers
• Ability to project a positive and professional image on behalf of the organization, always promoting ethical procurement
• Ability to solve problems independently, keen and able to use initiative and lead.
• SAP knowledge but not essential
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• Diploma or University Degree
• Member of CIPS and/or APICS and/or CILT is an advantage
• Experience in procurement of components for Oil & Gas markets with specific material certificates and end user specifications
• Experience in technical specification and selection of instrumentation and components, including material and product knowledge
• Delivered actual cost savings or other efficiency benefits within the organization
• Experience of working in a multinational and multicultural environment
• Prior experience with Instrumentation Vendors is preferred
• Able to read and understand technical drawings such as: GAD
• Good knowledge of Fluid Control instrumentation
• Good knowledge of Microsoft programs, data extraction and analysis including look ups and pivot tables.
• Excellent communication and relationship management skills
• Ability to negotiate effectively with suppliers
• Ability to project a positive and professional image on behalf of the organization, always promoting ethical procurement
• Ability to solve problems independently, keen and able to use initiative and lead.
• SAP knowledge but not essential
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