Location: United Arab Emirates (U.A.E)
Job Category: Senior Level Positions
Ref #: SNL–0115
PostedOn: 9/10/2009

Job Description:
1. Managing a portfolio of Category level Cost Base Reduction (savings) projects.
2. Managing a portfolio of client projects to agreed timings and targets.
3. Managing in–house process, infrastructure or tools enhancement projects.
4. Supporting other team members in the delivery of projects.

Key Tasks:

1. Managing a portfolio of Category level CBR (savings) projects:

– Challenging traditional thinking and bringing leading edge Supply Chain management expertise.
– Conducting tenders, negotiations, reverse auctions in order to deliver objectives.
– Developing and agreeing with client a clear approach strategy for a given category.
– Managing cross–functional teams to deliver the agreed approach strategy.
– Overcoming barriers to delivery from senior client or supplier management.
– Agreeing and delivering base and stretch CBR (savings) targets for each category.
– Supporting the analysis of baseline contract, spend and spec data.
– Developing and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships.
– Presenting formal progress updates and end of project reports to clients.

2. Client and supplier management:

– Developing and maintaining strong supplier relationships
– Balancing project delivery across numerous clients, such that no client feels second priority.
– Maintaining supplier and client confidences between projects.
– Applying procurement management expertise and process to new category areas

Key Competencies:
– Relationship management, Innovation & creativity.
– Written and Verbal Communication.

Project management:

– Process and data analysis.
– Resilience & tenacity
– Negotiation
– Result focused
– Influencing

Experience: 1 – 5 Years

Education: Higher Secondary

Skills:

Experience in Procurement, Buying and sourcing.

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