Senior Procurement Lead – (Tactical Buyers) – Single Point of Contact (SPC)
Summary Description
- Responsible for procurement and commercial management activities and providing support to the Procurement Manage
Role and Responsibilities
- Assist and take instruction from the Procurement Manager
- Administer procurement process
- Implement procurement instructions, policies and procedures
- Develop Expression of Interest (EOI) Pre-Qualification requests, conduct EOI / PQQ’s, evaluate EOI / PQQ responses
- Manage prequalification process, review and verify agreements with support from Legal Department, develop vendors lists and vendors’ database
- Identify opportunities and lead efforts for cost reduction and increased efficiencies
- Identify and plan delivery timetables
- Monitor supplier performance to ensure targets are met and identify ways to improve the supply chain process with suppliers
- Provide technical advice on specifications supply and logistics arrangements to facilitate efficient procurement, clearance, storage and distribution of supplies and equipment, services and works to be delivered.
- Assess supply operations and control mechanisms and advise on appropriate actions • Work with the Procurement Department and other Sectors and Departments, as required.
- Ensure preparation of supply status reports required for budget reviews, program analysis, annual reports, or other reports as may be required.
Qualifications & Experience
- Degree in Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Business, Commerce or similar
- Relevant professional qualification i.e. CIPS status or equivalent procurement, project management professional qualification
- Minimum 8 years of experience in procurement for major international infrastructure projects and railways Experience working in Middle East beneficial
- Experience with planning, forecasting
- Knowledge of procurement concepts, processes, activities and trends
- Experience of developing contracts and relationship management with vendors
- Experience working with FIDIC or similar suite of contracts
- Experience of procurement and contracting
- Experience with basic contracting principles and practices such as tendering, subcontracting, outsourcing management
- Experience in drafting contract documents across various stages of the project lifecycle (e.g. SOW, Charter, progress reports, Gantt charts, etc.)
- Experience of infrastructure large capital projects, preferable