Senior Procurement Lead (Saudi Arabia)

Eram Talent is seeking a Procurement Lead to join our team in Saudi Arabia. This role is essential for driving strategic sourcing and procurement activities within the organization, with a focus on maximizing value and ensuring timely delivery of goods and services. As the Procurement Lead, you will be responsible for leading procurement initiatives and optimizing the supply chain process.

Responsibilities:

• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Advanced knowledge of Procurement processes and procedures.
• Well-developed document drafting and contract formation skills.
• Familiarity with the FIDIC suite of contracts.
• Able to communicate effectively with mid-level and senior stakeholders
• Able to determine the actions, risks and end results required in order to get the job done.
• Ability to respond appropriately in unplanned and unforeseen circumstances.
• Advanced analytical interpretation and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced problem-solving skills and techniques - able to understand and carry out spend analysis; draw out conclusions and fact-based decision making from this.
• Excellent Knowledge of Procurement processes and procedures
• Advanced document drafting and contract formation skills.
• Familiarity with contracts.
• Specialist knowledge of procurement concepts, processes, activities and trends.
• Highly numerate, with highly developed analytical skills using qualitative and quantitative data.
• Knowledgeable of procurement/materials practices, economic principles, international codes, standards, procedures and specifications.
• Advanced user of Microsoft Office programs including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Hands-on experience with ERP systems, especially SAP, ORACLE
• Hands-on experience with e-procurement (SAP ARIBA) solutions preferred
• Lead by example, promoting the highest standards of conduct, integrity and probity
• Ability to coach / lean members of the Procurement team.
• Ability to think about and suggest ideas, which add value to the project procurement
• Ability to plan deliverables, milestone and sign-off points.
• Ability to schedule and monitor activities to achieve organizational goals.
• Recognizes when to use different negotiation approaches and builds trusting relationships when resolving conflicts.
• Successfully achieves results through persuasion and confident communication. Develops trust and uses logic, reasoning and bargaining strategies to gain commitment with internal and external stakeholders.