Role Summary
Incumbent will be responsible for organizing procurement and strategic sourcing activities for the Middle East region and providing administrative support to the Procurement department and to work closely GBS Procurement Operation Team.
Responsibilities:
- Execute sourcing strategies that align in conjunction with the WSP Stakeholders - Source and engage vendors for IT, fleet and Shared Services, driving strategic sourcing initiatives and RFQ/RFPs to fulfill business requirements and drive commercial value.
- Facilitate negotiations and achieve optimal price/performance and price/quality ratio to deliver maximum value and savings
- Performs all duties in accordance with Organizational policies / procedures and prescribed regulatory compliance guidelines.
- Ability to partner with internal stakeholders and suppliers, execute sourcing /negotiations strategies aligning them with future corporate strategy.
- Periodical Procurement and Spend based reporting to the key stakeholders - highlighting key matrices and cost trends/Insights across different business segments.
- Proactively manage vendors through the contract lifecycle by monitoring their fulfilment of obligations and by performing benchmarking through scorecards, performance metrics and other tools.
- Co-ordinate the day-to-day assignment of requests received in ME - Procurement.
Experience & Skills :
- Graduate with minimum of 5+ years of experience in Purchasing and/or vendor management with a successful track record of completing RFx events, negotiations and cost saving initiatives
- Expertise in sourcing of IT (Hardware/Software/Telecom), Fleet and other shared services etc.
- Contract Management, understanding of contract lifecycles
- Proven records to manage vendors through contract management.
- Supplier Relationships Management and supplier Negotiations.
- Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills
- Must be organized, detail oriented, responsive and be able to adapt quickly to a rapidly changing environment.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent
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