Procurement Specialist - Careem, Riyadh, KSA

 Procurement Specialist - Careem, Riyadh, KSA


Responsibilities:

    Support sourcing and procurement activities that support key business objectives.
    Implement best practices in procurement and supplier management to support commercial and operational objectives.
    Ensure the execution of standards, controls, policies, procedures and performance metrics to effectively and efficiently manage the acquisition and reporting of third-party spend across the company.
    Lead rigorous and objective contract negotiations with key internal stakeholders, legal department and support groups.
    Conduct business review meetings with key stakeholders to assess risk, review future strategies, and identify potential cost down and improvement opportunities.
    Identify areas for improvement to continually drive performance and business results.
    Maintain strong working relationships with strategic suppliers to assure cost, quality, and delivery targets are met.
    Build market intelligence capabilities within the category management team on key markets, suppliers and solutions to support strategy development purposes.
    Update procurement strategies based on changing market conditions.
    Support in executing the procurement strategy including spend analysis, industry benchmarks, and transformation objectives to deliver optimized purchasing and hard cost savings across functions and locations.
    Create clear, detailed reports against benchmark KPIs to articulate spend at granular levels.
    Sourcing and vendor management: Vendor sourcing, evaluation, competitive bidding and negotiation. Experience in vendor management system to drive continuous improvements.
    Transformation and systems: Integrate best-of-breed procurement system to automate procurement, bidding, and reducing operating costs in procurement
    Cost saving and controls: Support and Drive adoption of tools and processes to increase turnaround times, eliminate non-compliant purchasing and reduce costs significantly while managing rapid growth.

Technical skills/Experience

    Bachelor’s degree in Business, Logistics or related field
    2-4 years of experience in procurement from telco, retail, FMCG, tech industry preferred
    Results-oriented, metrics-driven leader with expertise in purchasing, supplier collaboration, development and compliance
    Strong communication skills, Outstanding team building and leadership skills
    High emotional intelligence - able to build required vendor relationships into partnerships, even after a tough negotiation will be on friendly terms with suppliers/vendors and internal stakeholders



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https://boards.greenhouse.io/careem/jobs/5756053002

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