Bid Support Division Head Procurement And Supply Chain Management

One of our prestigious clients is looking to hire a Bid Support Division Head to be based in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from the Maritime Industry who will be responsible for but not limited to:

Job Overview

• Purchase goods materials components or services in line with specified cost quality and delivery targets Review and recommend revising purchasing practices to ensure their conformance with best industry practice established laws the Supply Chain Manuals and approved processes
• Conduct monthly file reviews.
  
• Identify potential items to be included under purchase agreements.
• Develop and maintain purchase agreements
• Plan lead and monitor purchase agreement
• Lead/participate development initiatives
• Lead/participate crossfunctional teams
• Cover a supervisor role
• Mentor & coach new employees
• Establish strategy and best practices for staff to ensure achievement of overall business objectives. Work with the Purchasing team to translate strategy into specific annual performance goals and departmental objectives including KPIs
• Deliver briefs updates and reports as and when required.
  People management responsibility.
• Take responsibility for a specific project or hold a larger remit in terms of purchasing responsibility. Build maintain and manage supplier relationships and ensure good communications

Key Accountabilites

Area: Purchase Order Activity RFQ Bid Evaluation Coordination PO placement. Executes and manages Purchase Orders for the procurement of major/critical commodities services and complex procurements with emphasis on improving supplier quality and lowering total cost of ownership for the program.

• For select commodities develop and execute longterm strategy deployment supplier cost modeling supplier opportunity assessments supplier financial analysis negotiations longterm contract establishment continuous supplier performance improvement and supplier relationship development.
• Coordinates purchasing activities with internal partners to acquire products and services in a cost effective and timely manner.
• Maintains all procurement KPIs for assigned commodities and agreements including corrective actions to be taken.

Area: Purchase Agreement RFQ Bid Evaluation Coordination PA placement.

• Ensure the application of the commodity strategy by adhering to purchasing plan with key suppliers. Prepares and issues moderate to high complexity value and risk purchase orders and complex agreements and ensures all procurement actions which commit the company are properly documented reviewed and approved consistent with policy and procedure. Is able to identify risks and mitigate them when negotiating terms and conditions.
  
  

Area: Purchasing Planning demand planning and interfacing with users

• Ensure continuous supply of required goods and materials and communicate any supply problems which may pose a risk or impact on business operations.
  
  

Area: Audit File Reviews

• Leads supplier issue resolutions (lead time drawing issues etc.); work with business users Supplier Quality etc. to resolve supplier quality issues identify sources for new products and improve supplier performance; issue supplier corrective actions and quality control instructions; and assess supplier responses to corrective action requests.
• Supports internal customer and external compliance audits.
  
  

Area: Reporting providing input

• Ensures communications regarding material status is being generated presented and distributed to appropriate personnel.
• Attend meetings and update others on issues or concerns in particular when there is a risk which could prevent the organization meeting customer demands or where there are over capacity concerns.

Area: Mentor and coaching

• Mentor and coach Buyers to enhance their career and professional development
• Provide leadership coordination and coaching to the team ensuring they are trained enabling them to achieve the operational and financial metrics within their areas of responsibility and succeed in their roles.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Business Operations Management Engineering Computer Science MIS or closely related degree.
• MCIPS OR a supply chain degree (at Bachelors level).
• 10 years of relevant experience in an international purchasing environment with positive results.
• Procurement experience in working with different commodities with large volume purchases.
• Fair understanding of oil & gas and shipbuilding industry.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Detail oriented and organized with good project management skills.
• Experience working in large multicultural and multilingual teams.
• Assignment in a customer organization.
• SAP (or similar) experience

Remote Work :

No