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<h3 >About Francaise Foods and the Role</h3> <p >Francaise Foods, established in 1985, is a leading importer and distributor of premium fresh fruit and vegetables in Saudi Arabia. We supply major retail chains and hotel groups across the country, with operations in Jeddah and Makkah. We are seeking a dedicated <strong >Warehouse / Inventory Accountant Fresh Produce</strong> to join our team on a full-time basis. This role is critical in a fast-paced environment where inventory turns every two to four days, demanding precision and immediate action.</p> <h3 >Role Purpose and Impact</h3> <p >This is an operational accounting position, situated directly between the warehouse floor and the financial ledger. The successful candidate will be solely responsible for the accuracy of our stock, encompassing both quantity and value, from the point of pallet unloading through to its appearance in the financial statements. In a business managing over 260 SKUs across five stock locations, with full lot traceability and a short shelf life, even minor costing errors can lead to significant financial discrepancies within a week. This role is designed for an individual who can proactively identify and prevent such errors.</p> <h3 >Key Responsibilities</h3> <ul > <li >Reconcile physical stock to system balances daily across all warehouse and van locations, investigating every variance to its root cause.</li> <li >Execute the three-way match process between purchase orders, goods receipt notes, and supplier invoices, with specific attention to foreign currency conversion and unit of measure discrepancies.</li> <li >Ensure product cost accuracy by setting and maintaining standard costs based on the most recent actual purchase invoices, and controlling access for cost modifications.</li> <li >Allocate landed costs, including air freight, customs duty, clearance fees, import permits, loading, and handling, to shipments and down to SKU level to ensure accurate product margin reflection.</li> <li >Plan and lead cycle counts and full physical counts, implementing blind count sheets, two-person teams, mandatory recounts for significant variances, and signed, timed documentation.</li> <li >Accurately account for spoilage, damage, and repacking losses, distinguishing them from count variances, and publish a weekly waste report by product and branch.</li> <li >Monitor lot ageing, enforce FIFO discipline, track expiry exposure, and flag slow-moving stock to procurement before it requires write-off.</li> <li >Clear negative stock lines, open transfers, and unvalidated deliveries, and enforce month-end cut-off procedures across all locations.</li> <li >Reconcile the inventory control account in the general ledger to the stock valuation report monthly, and prepare the stock closing entry.</li> <li >Document supplier quality claims with the receiving team and independent surveyors, and track claim recovery.</li> <li >Support month-end close activities with cost of goods sold analysis, gross margin reporting by product, and shrinkage analysis.</li> <li >Develop and enforce Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for receiving, scrapping, and stock adjustment, and train warehouse staff on their implementation.</li> </ul> <h3 >Qualifications and Requirements</h3> <ul > <li ><strong >Required:</strong> <ul > <li >Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.</li> <li >3 to 5 years of experience in inventory, cost, or warehouse accounting.</li> <li >Demonstrated comfort working within a cold store environment and on the receiving dock, including early mornings for shipment arrivals.</li> <li >Advanced Excel proficiency (pivot tables, lookups, large reconciliations).</li> <li >Working knowledge of Saudi VAT and ZATCA e-invoicing requirements.</li> <li >Professional fluency in both Arabic and English, written and spoken.</li> </ul> </li> <li ><strong >Strongly Preferred:</strong> <ul > <li >Experience in food, fresh produce, dairy, meat, or chilled FMCG distribution, where shrinkage, weight loss, repacking, and short shelf life are common operational realities.</li> <li >Hands-on experience with Odoo, particularly its Inventory and Accounting modules; strong experience with SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, or similar ERP systems is equally valued.</li> <li >Familiarity with lot and batch traceability, barcode scanning, and warehouse mobile applications.</li> <li >Exposure to landed cost allocation methodologies and import documentation processes.</li> <li >SOCPA membership or active progress toward a professional accounting qualification.</li> <li >Capability in SQL or Power BI / Looker Studio for independent report building.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h3 >Initial Performance Expectations (First 90 Days)</h3> <ul > <li >The inventory control account will align with the stock valuation report, with any differences explained line by line.</li> <li >Achievement of zero negative stock balances across all locations.</li> <li >Every SKU within the top 25 by value will have a cost traceable to a specific supplier invoice.</li> <li >Production of a weekly waste and shrinkage report that management trusts and utilizes for decision-making.</li> <li >Implementation of a written and signed receiving and adjustment procedure that is consistently followed by warehouse staff.</li> </ul> <h3 >About Francaise Foods</h3> <p >This role offers a unique opportunity to address a significant operational challenge within a 40-year-old company that has recently implemented a modern ERP system and is actively rebuilding its financial controls from the ground up. The Managing Director directly sponsors this initiative. If you are seeking a position where the quality of your reconciliation directly and visibly impacts the company's reported margin, this role provides that platform.</p>

<h3 >About the Role</h3> <p >AstraZeneca is expanding its presence in rare diseases following the acquisition of Alexion in 2021. Rare diseases represent a high-growth therapeutic area with rapid innovation and significant unmet medical needs. This role focuses on bringing new therapies into clinical practice to positively impact patients' lives.</p> <h3 >Role Overview</h3> <p >As a Medical Science Liaison – Rare Disease Neurology, you will join the Medical Affairs team in Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. This full-time position requires 2-5 years of experience. You will provide medical and scientific support to healthcare professionals (HCPs) regarding the use of medicines within AstraZeneca's rare disease portfolio, reporting to the Medical Manager Rare Disease.</p> <h3 >Key Responsibilities</h3> <ul > <li >Identify and cultivate relationships with HCPs, including physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, pharmacists, and patient advocacy groups.</li> <li >Conduct educational programs on disease states and the appropriate use of medicines, aligned with Medical Affairs plans.</li> <li >Respond to customer inquiries by providing focused clinical and scientific information.</li> <li >Maintain expertise in disease state management, emerging therapies, and the therapeutic landscape.</li> <li >Gather customer insights to inform medical and commercial strategies, adhering to internal standards and regulatory requirements.</li> <li >Provide AstraZeneca with an understanding of the local medical community, clinical practice trends, and gaps in scientific knowledge.</li> <li >Share emerging data with HCPs in a scientific, objective, and balanced manner.</li> <li >Identify and develop scientifically based relationships with Key External Experts (KEEs) in the Saudi Arabia market.</li> <li >Work with HCPs on scientific activities such as clinical trials, Non-Interventional Studies, and Investigator Sponsored Studies (ISSs).</li> <li >Identify and train speakers for local events and provide recommendations for advisory board participants.</li> <li >Present scientific data to HCPs in both group and one-on-one settings.</li> <li >Develop scientific programs to explore unmet medical needs and provide actionable insights to internal stakeholders.</li> <li >Act as a scientific expert for internal stakeholders, continuously updating knowledge on therapeutic areas and compounds.</li> <li >Provide scientific support at AstraZeneca-sponsored educational events and monitor competitor knowledge.</li> <li >Serve as a medical resource for sales representatives, providing therapeutic area and product training.</li> <li >Respond to unsolicited requests for information about unapproved products or uses, ensuring objectivity and compliance with company policies.</li> </ul> <h3 >Qualifications and Requirements</h3> <ul > <li >Bachelor’s degree in Medicine, Pharmacy, or Pharmacology.</li> <li >3 or more years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry or equivalent.</li> <li >Demonstrated expertise in synthesizing and effectively communicating scientific information to HCPs.</li> <li >Experience in rare disease therapeutic areas.</li> <li >Experience in Neurology’s rare diseases and/or critical care specialties is highly regarded.</li> <li >Direct patient care experience or equivalent experience in the pharmaceutical industry.</li> </ul> <h3 >Required Skills</h3> <ul > <li >Excellent ability to learn and capacity for scientific concepts and knowledge.</li> <li >Strong presentation skills for communicating medical data and concepts.</li> <li >Proficiency in computer skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).</li> <li >Excellent project management ability.</li> <li >Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.</li> <li >Strong leadership capabilities with the ability to work independently.</li> </ul> <h3 >Work Environment</h3> <p >This is a full-time position based in Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, within the Medical Affairs team. The role involves working with a diverse range of healthcare professionals and strategic partners in the rare disease field.</p>

<h3 >About the Role</h3> <p >Petromin Corporation is seeking a <strong >Senior Architect</strong> to join its team in Rabigh, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role is a senior owner-side position within NDM, responsible for leading architectural, master planning, and design governance requirements for the Rabigh Special Project.</p> <h3 >Role Context and Objectives</h3> <p >The Senior Architect ensures that Petromin’s project objectives, OEM requirements, operational needs, expansion provisions, and cost-efficiency expectations are effectively translated into a coherent and executable master plan. This role serves as Petromin’s architectural interface with consultants and contractors, ensuring design outputs and site execution align with approved requirements. The Senior Architect also supports the GM NDM in cross-functional requirements where architectural, planning, design review, or project development expertise is needed.</p> <h3 >Core Responsibilities</h3> <ul > <li >Lead the development, refinement, and progressive freezing of the Owner’s Design Brief and master planning intent for the Rabigh Special Project.</li> <li >Act as Petromin’s architectural and master planning lead in all engagements with appointed consultants, contractors, OEM representatives, and internal stakeholders.</li> <li >Review, challenge, and technically validate master planning deliverables, including site zoning, land-use planning, building envelopes, buffers, circulation, expansion provisions, and functional adjacencies.</li> <li >Ensure architectural and planning outputs align with Petromin’s business requirements, operational needs, future expansion strategy, and approved project objectives.</li> <li >Oversee consultant deliverables to ensure completeness, quality, coordination, and timely submission against project requirements.</li> <li >Oversee contractor compliance with approved architectural designs, layouts, specifications, and design intent during execution.</li> <li >Identify design deviations or execution risks on site and recommend corrective action; any recommendation to suspend works shall be subject to GM NDM approval.</li> <li >Coordinate closely with the Senior Infrastructure Engineer to ensure alignment between building layouts, site infrastructure, utilities corridors, circulation networks, and future expansion requirements.</li> <li >Coordinate with the Controls &amp; Reporting Manager to provide design status, risk inputs, consultant performance updates, and decision-support information for leadership reporting.</li> <li >Lead value engineering and constructability reviews to optimise cost, functionality, phasing, and long-term operational efficiency without compromising Petromin requirements.</li> <li >Maintain structured records of design assumptions, approvals, decisions, consultant submissions, review comments, and key project requirements for traceability.</li> <li >Support cross-functional organisational requirements as directed by GM NDM, including design reviews, planning assessments, and project development support outside Rabigh where required.</li> </ul> <h3 >Required Qualifications and Experience</h3> <ul > <li >A minimum of <strong >5-10 years</strong> of relevant experience.</li> <li >Mandatory registration with the Saudi Council of Engineers.</li> <li >Registered Architect or equivalent professional membership (preferred).</li> <li >BIM / Design Coordination certifications (advantageous).</li> </ul> <h3 >Key Skills and Attributes</h3> <ul > <li >Strong ability to lead and challenge consultants constructively.</li> <li >Ability to translate business and operational requirements into effective planning and design solutions.</li> <li >Experience in multi-disciplinary coordination across architecture, infrastructure, and execution teams.</li> <li >High level of ownership and ability to operate effectively in lean project environments.</li> </ul> <h3 >Work Location</h3> <p >This full-time position is based in Rabigh, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.</p>

<p><h4>About Four Seasons</h4> <p>Four Seasons is powered by our people. We are a collective of individuals who crave to become better, to push ourselves to new heights and to treat each other as we wish to be treated in return. Our team members around the world create amazing experiences for our guests, residents, and partners through a commitment to luxury with genuine heart. We know that the best way to enable our people to deliver these exceptional guest experiences is through a world-class employee experience and company culture.</p> <p>At Four Seasons, we believe in recognizing a familiar face, welcoming a new one and treating everyone we meet the way we would want to be treated ourselves. Whether you work with us, stay with us, live with us or discover with us, we believe our purpose is to create impressions that will stay with you for a lifetime. It comes from our belief that life is richer when we truly connect to the people and the world around us.</p> <h4>About the location</h4> <p>Steps from the Prophet’s Mosque, our hotel will offer luxury accommodation for the city’s 1.5 million annual visitors. The new-build hotel will be located at the heart of Madinah and steps from one of the most historic and significant sites in the region: Al-Masjid an-Nabawi, also known as the Prophet’s Mosque. Madinah is also home to the Quba Mosque, which is regarded as the oldest mosque in the world.</p> <h4>About the role</h4> <p>We are seeking a strategic, highly experienced, and integrity-driven Director of Finance to join the opening team at Four Seasons Hotel Madinah. Reporting directly to the General Manager, with dotted line reporting to the Regional Director of Finance and Vice President Operations Finance, you will be an integral member of the Hotel Leadership team, collectively responsible for key strategic and operational decisions for the hotel.</p> <p>In this role, you will be responsible for safeguarding the hotel’s assets and financial resources, providing timely and accurate financial information, establishing and enforcing strong internal controls, and offering sound financial counsel to senior leadership. You will ensure that the hotel operates in full compliance with local regulations, corporate policies and procedures, and the terms and conditions of the Management Agreement.</p> <p>As a senior leader, you will also serve as a cultural advocate of the Golden Rule, supporting a workplace where people are valued, developed, and empowered to deliver exceptional guest experiences.</p> <h4>What you will do</h4> <ul> <li>Lead and oversee all finance functions, including accounting, financial reporting, purchasing, information technology, cost control, income audit, credit, accounts payable, general cashier, payroll, receiving, and related financial operations.</li> <li>Safeguard hotel assets and financial resources by establishing, maintaining, and enforcing effective internal controls.</li> <li>Provide timely, accurate, and meaningful financial information to support strategic and operational decision-making.</li> <li>Direct the preparation of annual budgets, business plans, forecasts, and long-term financial projections.</li> <li>Monitor financial performance, analyze business trends, and provide recommendations to maximize profitability and operational efficiency.</li> <li>Ensure compliance with generally accepted accounting principles, local statutory requirements, corporate financial policies, and the Management Agreement.</li> <li>Provide financial counsel and business partnership to the General Manager, Hotel Leadership team, and department heads.</li> <li>Oversee cash flow management, banking relationships, capital expenditure, working capital, and financial risk management.</li> <li>Ensure proper financial controls are in place across accounting, purchasing, food & beverage control, and related operational areas.</li> <li>Collaborate with operations, revenue management, sales & marketing, food & beverage, rooms division, and people & culture to support the hotel’s commercial and operational goals.</li> <li>Lead relationships with external auditors, financial institutions, regulatory authorities, ownership representatives, and corporate finance teams.</li> <li>Act as a catalyst for change by identifying process improvements, strengthening systems, and supporting business transformation initiatives.</li> <li>Recruit, lead, mentor, and develop the finance team, fostering a culture of accountability, transparency, integrity, and continuous improvement.</li> <li>Promote the Four Seasons Golden Rule by creating a respectful and supportive workplace where employees are empowered to perform at their best.</li> <li>Support pre-opening activities, system implementations, financial setup, policy development, and strategic projects as required.</li> </ul> <h4>What you bring</h4> <ul> <li>Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.</li> <li>Professional accounting qualification such as CPA, CA, ACCA, CMA, or equivalent is highly preferred.</li> <li>Proven experience as a Director of Finance, Assistant Director of Finance, or senior finance leadership role within a luxury hotel or international hospitality environment.</li> <li>Strong technical knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and hotel financial practices.</li> <li>Comprehensive knowledge of all key areas within finance, including accounting, purchasing, food & beverage control, credit, income audit, payroll, accounts payable, cost control, and financial reporting.</li> <li>Strong business acumen with the ability to understand operational needs and contribute to key strategies and business decisions.</li> <li>Highest level of integrity, transparency, professionalism, and sound judgment.</li> <li>Strong leadership and talent management skills, with a passion for developing people and building high-performing teams.</li> <li>Ability to act as a trusted business partner to senior leadership and as an employee champion within the hotel.</li> <li>Excellent analytical, communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.</li> <li>Experience with hospitality financial systems & platforms, property management systems, and reporting tools.</li> <li>Fluency in English and Arabic is essential.</li> <li>Suitable candidates must be eligible to work in Saudi Arabia.</li> </ul> <h4>What we offer</h4> <ul> <li>Competitive salary.</li> <li>Housing and transportation allowances.</li> <li>Complimentary meals and uniform cleaning.</li> <li>Medical and life insurance.</li> <li>Employee Assistance Program and worldwide complimentary room nights.</li> <li>Leadership development and career growth opportunities.</li> <li>Additional family benefits.</li> </ul> <h4>Schedule & hours</h4> <p>This is a full-time role.</p></p><p></p>

<p><h4>About Four Seasons</h4> <p>Four Seasons is powered by our people. We are a collective of individuals who crave to become better, to push ourselves to new heights and to treat each other as we wish to be treated in return. Our team members around the world create amazing experiences for our guests, residents, and partners through a commitment to luxury with genuine heart. We know that the best way to enable our people to deliver these exceptional guest experiences is through a world-class employee experience and company culture.</p> <p>At Four Seasons, we believe in recognizing a familiar face, welcoming a new one and treating everyone we meet the way we would want to be treated ourselves. Whether you work with us, stay with us, live with us or discover with us, we believe our purpose is to create impressions that will stay with you for a lifetime. It comes from our belief that life is richer when we truly connect to the people and the world around us.</p> <h4>About the location</h4> <p>Steps from the Prophet’s Mosque, our hotel will offer luxury accommodation for the city’s 1.5 million annual visitors. The new-build hotel will be located at the heart of Madinah and steps from one of the most historic and significant sites in the region: Al-Masjid an-Nabawi, also known as the Prophet’s Mosque. Madinah is also home to the Quba Mosque, which is regarded as the oldest mosque in the world.</p> <h4>About the role</h4> <p>We are seeking a strategic, highly experienced, and integrity-driven Director of Finance to join the opening team at Four Seasons Hotel Madinah. Reporting directly to the General Manager, with dotted line reporting to the Regional Director of Finance and Vice President Operations Finance, you will be an integral member of the Hotel Leadership team, collectively responsible for key strategic and operational decisions for the hotel.</p> <p>In this role, you will be responsible for safeguarding the hotel’s assets and financial resources, providing timely and accurate financial information, establishing and enforcing strong internal controls, and offering sound financial counsel to senior leadership. You will ensure that the hotel operates in full compliance with local regulations, corporate policies and procedures, and the terms and conditions of the Management Agreement.</p> <p>As a senior leader, you will also serve as a cultural advocate of the Golden Rule, supporting a workplace where people are valued, developed, and empowered to deliver exceptional guest experiences.</p> <h4>What you will do</h4> <ul> <li>Lead and oversee all finance functions, including accounting, financial reporting, purchasing, information technology, cost control, income audit, credit, accounts payable, general cashier, payroll, receiving, and related financial operations.</li> <li>Safeguard hotel assets and financial resources by establishing, maintaining, and enforcing effective internal controls.</li> <li>Provide timely, accurate, and meaningful financial information to support strategic and operational decision-making.</li> <li>Direct the preparation of annual budgets, business plans, forecasts, and long-term financial projections.</li> <li>Monitor financial performance, analyze business trends, and provide recommendations to maximize profitability and operational efficiency.</li> <li>Ensure compliance with generally accepted accounting principles, local statutory requirements, corporate financial policies, and the Management Agreement.</li> <li>Provide financial counsel and business partnership to the General Manager, Hotel Leadership team, and department heads.</li> <li>Oversee cash flow management, banking relationships, capital expenditure, working capital, and financial risk management.</li> <li>Ensure proper financial controls are in place across accounting, purchasing, food & beverage control, and related operational areas.</li> <li>Collaborate with operations, revenue management, sales & marketing, food & beverage, rooms division, and people & culture to support the hotel’s commercial and operational goals.</li> <li>Lead relationships with external auditors, financial institutions, regulatory authorities, ownership representatives, and corporate finance teams.</li> <li>Act as a catalyst for change by identifying process improvements, strengthening systems, and supporting business transformation initiatives.</li> <li>Recruit, lead, mentor, and develop the finance team, fostering a culture of accountability, transparency, integrity, and continuous improvement.</li> <li>Promote the Four Seasons Golden Rule by creating a respectful and supportive workplace where employees are empowered to perform at their best.</li> <li>Support pre-opening activities, system implementations, financial setup, policy development, and strategic projects as required.</li> </ul> <h4>What you bring</h4> <ul> <li>Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.</li> <li>Professional accounting qualification such as CPA, CA, ACCA, CMA, or equivalent is highly preferred.</li> <li>Proven experience as a Director of Finance, Assistant Director of Finance, or senior finance leadership role within a luxury hotel or international hospitality environment.</li> <li>Strong technical knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and hotel financial practices.</li> <li>Comprehensive knowledge of all key areas within finance, including accounting, purchasing, food & beverage control, credit, income audit, payroll, accounts payable, cost control, and financial reporting.</li> <li>Strong business acumen with the ability to understand operational needs and contribute to key strategies and business decisions.</li> <li>Highest level of integrity, transparency, professionalism, and sound judgment.</li> <li>Strong leadership and talent management skills, with a passion for developing people and building high-performing teams.</li> <li>Ability to act as a trusted business partner to senior leadership and as an employee champion within the hotel.</li> <li>Excellent analytical, communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.</li> <li>Experience with hospitality financial systems & platforms, property management systems, and reporting tools.</li> <li>Fluency in English and Arabic is essential.</li> <li>Suitable candidates must be eligible to work in Saudi Arabia.</li> </ul> <h4>What we offer</h4> <ul> <li>Competitive salary.</li> <li>Housing and transportation allowances.</li> <li>Complimentary meals and uniform cleaning.</li> <li>Medical and life insurance.</li> <li>Employee Assistance Program and worldwide complimentary room nights.</li> <li>Leadership development and career growth opportunities.</li> <li>Additional family benefits.</li> </ul> <h4>Schedule & hours</h4> <p>This is a full-time role.</p></p><p></p>