Procurement Specialist – Kuwait

Job Description

The Procurement Specialist is responsible for overseeing all procurement activities within Kuwait, ensuring the efficient and cost-effective acquisition of goods and services to meet the organization’s needs. This role involves developing and implementing procurement strategies, negotiating cost and T&C, managing supplier relationships, ensuring compliance with local and international procurement regulations, to achieve the company’s objectives

Job Responsibilities:

• Scope: Indirect and direct categories
• Develop and implement country-specific procurement strategies that align with the organization’s global objectives and local market conditions
• Analyze procurement needs, trends, and market conditions to forecast demand and optimize decisions
• Review procurement procedures to set up common rules and practices in District, based on MER & Caspian Sea. Set up appropriate policies.
• Build a procurement yearly roadmap with an identified action plan
• Categories:
  • Review car leasing model as well as Equipment,
  • Implement a regional Travel platform,
  • Ensure optimization of equipment and consumables at District level
  • Lead the implementation of Group contracts (Dell, VWR, DHL etc…),
• Suppliers:
  • Review Top suppliers and set up appropriate contracts and T&C (prices/discounts and payment terms conditions, KPIs) in coordination with MER and Caspian Sea Management, to put contracts in place
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers and vendors to ensure reliable supply chains and timely deliveries
  • Evaluate and review suppliers’ costs, after-sales services and efficiency, based on scorecards prepared by category
• Cost Management:
  • Drive cost savings initiatives through effective negotiation, strategic sourcing, and process improvements.
  • Monitor procurement budgets, ensuring expenditures are within approved limits and aligned with the company’s financial objectives.
  • Analyze and report on cost trends, savings, and procurement performance to senior management.
• Internal Stakeholders Collaboration:
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders.
  • Manage stakeholder engagement and alignment throughout the end-to-end sourcing

process (meet with department managers to understand the needs across each entity and extend to District)

• Forecast needs and supplies, working closely with all BUs and departments
• Prepare and execute bid packages utilizing RFIs, RFPs, set appropriate sourcing actions etc.
• Support savings tracking processes, measure contract compliance, and other key metrics to ensure targets are being met and value is being delivered to the business
• Develop, negotiate, and manage the contract process with legal department support
• Elaborate reports to show the efficiency of the projects implemented, Travels, LAB’s, Printers, etc.
• Clear target for savings

You must have:

• 5 to 7 years of professional experience in Sourcing and Procurement with an understanding of best practices and world-class processes
• At least 3 years’ knowledge in multi-procurement categories
• Excellent negotiation and communication skills
• Strong understanding of financial measurement; ability to identify and quantify legitimate areas of business benefit (cost savings, avoidance, client satisfaction, quality improvement, etc.)
• Previous global experience working within a multi-national, multi-cultural environment

Skills:

• Collaborative team player and leader, able to build a positive work environment
• Strong negotiation skills
• Ability to lead and influence change in the face of complexity and ambiguity
• Capable of performing in a fast-paced, goal-oriented, and time-sensitive environment
• Effective communication and presentation
• Knowledge of internal sourcing/procurement procedures and processes, and of the external trends, global supply markets, and best practices
• Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and project management skills.

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