Responsibilities:

• Develop the strategic sourcing plan.
• Establish a suitable and diverse pool of suppliers.
• Lead supplier selection, nomination, development process.
• Identify savings opportunities.
• Establish long term sourcing agreement with suppliers.
• Evaluate, negotiate and manage the most complex or strategically important suppliers and vendor relationships to secure terms that are in AIC best interest.
• Managing on-going relationships with major suppliers, vendors, or subcontractors to ensure that AIC receives satisfactory standards of service.
• Negotiating long-term contracts.
• Lead supplier qualifications & evaluation.
• Develop and implement a supplier development process.
• Develop and implement procurement KPIs.

Operational Procurement:

• Execution of Procurement plan, in coordination with key stakeholders within AIC organization.
• Purchase Order acknowledgement and follow-up of deliveries with suppliers.
• Ensure Purchase transactional data is always updated.
• Cooperate with Planning & WH Departments.
• Contribute to Supplier performance measures
• Maintaining purchasing parameters in our ERP systems.
• Manage Purchasing KPIs, identifying deviations, outlining and implementing action plans.
• Oversee the quotations analysis process to ensure appropriate selection of quotations received from different suppliers
• Follow-up with Finance department and fulfill their requirements to ensure proper execution of required payments on purchases ordered.

Knowledge and Experience:

• 8 years of experience in Purchasing, Supply Chain with at least 3 years of experience in a managerial position
• Previous Industry knowledge is required
• Previous Supplier Relationship Management experience is required

Education and Certifications:

• A bachelor’s degree in business administration or engineering or equivalent is required.

Job is in industrial city in Riyadh in a steel factory