Key Responsibilities:
• Working closely with the internal stakeholders and suppliers to identify and deliver a pipeline of Value Improvement opportunities with a particular focus on IT, Print and Marketing services
• Taking responsibility for a wide range of other goods and services as varied as stationery to music licenses, and consultancy
• Helping to define and implement the policy that will govern the purchase of these services and deliver compliance with this
• Using our Source to Contract system, work effectively to deliver the opportunities through competitive tendering
• Negotiating the terms and conditions of the contracts that will formalise the supplier arrangements ensuring the inclusion of appropriate Service Level Agreements that will mitigate risk and enable the company to benefit from optimum Supplier support and then to monitor compliance against these.
• Fostering and developing excellent supplier relationships for the contracts that are managed by the team
• Keeping up-to-date on the categories covered such that the internal stakeholders are able to understand alternative supply options and improvement opportunities
• Providing challenge to specifications and ways of working to get best value solutions which may involve process change
• Championing the adoption of the Source to Contract system and the P2P process across the business to drive user uptake

Key Requirements:
• A relevant background in, or have been responsible for, sourcing activities within the above categories
• Strong influencing skills
• Good interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills
• Excellent negotiation capability
• Quick and clear logical thinker
• Self-motivated with drive and determination
• Excellent Supplier Relationship Management skills
• Ability to cope with multiple priorities and learn new categories very fast Should be available in UAE. Candidate outside UAE should not apply. Salary 25,000 AED +benefits.