I'm currently recruiting a procurement specialist/ procurement business partner for a government entity in Abu Dhabi, the successful candidate must have the following credentials:
- Experience procuring equipment's and services for entertainment and leisure events
- Fluent Arabic & English
- Based in Abu Dhabi or willing to relocate
Client Details
- A government entity within the leisure and entertainment industry
Description The procurement business partner events procurement must be a fluent Arabia & English speaker and will be responsible for:
- Defining and executing sourcing strategies, in close collaboration with business stakeholders
- Profiling the spend category, collecting & reviewing latest spend and internal demand data
- Identifying and evaluating potential sourcing strategies; running risk analysis and documenting sourcing strategies
- Execute sourcing strategies; (RFI, RFP/RFQ)
- Developing evaluation criteria, and evaluating commercial tender responses
- Negotiating contracts with suppliers and optimizing costs
- Implementing and monitoring negotiated contracts; monitor contract compliance
- Benchmarking negotiated solutions against alternate supply market options
- Leveraging and sharing information and data (e.g. supplier, contract, specification) with the wider team
- Overseeing all tendering activity within the category
- Segmenting suppliers and determining relationship management strategies
- Participating and leading cross-functional sourcing teams based on the nature of festival/event/campaign/business need
- Reviewing existing sourcing strategies and proposing new ideas to increase efficiency.
Job Offer REQUIREMENTS - Fluent in Arabic & English speaking reading & writing
- Experience procuring equipment's and services for the events industry (non-corporate events)
- Confident with internal stakeholder management
- Based in Abu Dhabi are willing to relocate
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