Senior Procurement / Contract Lead (Contractual opportunity for 6-12 Months, Extendable depending upon performance)

Summary Description :

Responsible for procurement and commercial management activities and providing support to the Procurement Manager

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.

Desired Profile

•      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

Location

The position will be based in our Riyadh, KSA office.