Senior Specialist

**Communication**
**Internal Communication**:

- Business Units

**Purpose**:

- Act as a Procurement representative to internal and external management level. Successfully manage internal customer relationship of the respective category

**External Communication**:

- Suppliers
- Contractors

**Purpose**:

- Commercially negotiate and manage the Procurement process for a category;
- Define pricing, commercial terms and conditions of contracts ensuring the provision of the right level of service, quality and innovation whilst reducing the total cost of ownership (ToCo).

**Occupational Health & Safety and Environment**
**Accountability**:
Accountable to their line manager and direct reports so far as is reasonably practical to ensure:

- a safe place or work;
- safe systems of work;
- safe plant & equipment;
- provision of information and training.

**Responsibility**:
Responsible for:
His/her personal safety and that of all personnel under his/her authority, including others who may be affected by the company’s activities. In particular to:

- Conduct risk assessments on activities within their department ensuring that the methods and safe systems of work are safe and implemented;
- Ensure all employees and contractors under their control are competent to undertake their duties;
- Ensure all accidents, incidents and near misses are reported and investigated;
- Promote good behaviours and set a personal example with regard to occupational health and safety matters.

**Authority**:
Managers/Supervisors have the authority to stop work when health and safety is unsafe or being compromised.

**Education & Professional Qualification**:

- Bachelor Degree in Management, Engineering, Logistics or equivalent

**Professional Experience**:

- 6 - 8 years of experience in the area of Procurement & Supply Chain Management as category manager or in a similar role
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a leadership role with proven capability of leading a multi-disciplinary team

**Geographic Experience**:

- Not Required

**Computer Skills**:

- Computer literate (Word/ Excel/ Power-point, MS Project, MS-Visio)

**Language Skills**:

- Business fluent English is a must
- Business fluent Arabic is preferred

**Market/Industry/Functional Knowledge**:

- Experience of pre and post commercial administration of contracts and managing supplier performance

**Key Roles & Responsibilities**
- Manage and optimize the assigned category according to the Milaha-wide Procurement strategy
- Present the category strategy in front of the Tender Committee if requested
- Implement and control execution and implementation of category strategies by tracking execution (category strategy roadmap and execution plan, KPI, frequent performance reviews)
- Responsible for tactical and strategic procurement processes within the category (incl. Supplier portfolio management, market analytics, RfX & Sourcing, Supplier selection, Purchase order creation & placement, PO follow-up and issue management)
- Define optimization initiatives (i.e., standardization, bundling, supplier concentration); initiate, support and drive make-or-buy decisions
- Manage Milaha-wide category supplier portfolio and budget planning in coordination with VP, Milaha Business units, departments and suppliers
- Constantly drive the realization of savings, bundling of demand (analyse Milaha-wide demand structure) and category specific objectives
- Benchmark category (Procurement conditions, processes) and continuously optimize procurement processes/ systems and category (sub-category) portfolio
- Oversee contract management, including the administration of the contract master data
- Maintain a standardized reporting for the assigned category acc. to the defined standards
- Monitor the global supplier market for the assigned category, force best cost country sourcing
- Identify, evaluate and manage category risks (e.g., delivery dates, capacities, exchange rates / prices for materials) and develop risk management initiatives
- Inform stakeholders about Procurement activities, collect feedback and derive initiatives in line with strategic requirements
- Responsible for internal customer relationship management of the assigned category
- Provide recommendations on new subordinate hires and ensure the availability of all resources required to perform assigned tasks and activities
- Supervise subordinate staff, assign work activities, monitor performance and review results
- Act as a coach to subordinates, identify their training and career development, recommend training courses and follow-up on their personnel records such as timesheets, discipline, vacations, leaves and absenteeism
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned

**Education & Professional Qualification**:

- Bachelor Degree in Management, Engineering, Logistics or equivalent

**Professional Experience**:

- 6 - 8 years of experience in the area of Procurement & Supply Chain Management as category manager or in a simil