Head of Purchasing & Supplier Operations
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About the Role
Bamboo Card seeks a Head of Purchasing & Supplier Operations to own supplier relationships, commercial terms, and margin control. The role requires strategic supply management, procurement governance, and cross-functional coordination.
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Responsibilities
- Own the supplier and brand sourcing strategy across all Bamboo Card markets
- Manage key supplier relationships
- Negotiate commercial terms, pricing, credit terms, SLAs and settlement cycles
- Ensure high demand brands have reliable supply coverage
- Build backup supplier options for critical brands and countries
- Approve supplier onboarding and lead supplier risk reviews
- Monitor purchasing margins and cost movements
- Prevent negative margin transactions and flag FX variance and currency mismatch risk
- Own preferred supplier routing by margin and reliability
- Coordinate with Finance on payments, credit limits and supplier balances
- Report weekly purchasing risks and margin performance to VP Operations
- Own procurement SOPs and approval controls
Requirements
- Minimum 6–8 years experience in purchasing, supplier management or supply chain
- At least 3 years in a senior role
- Prior experience in gift card, digital gifting, e commerce or prepaid voucher industry
- Proven experience owning gross margin control, supplier negotiations and commercial terms
- Experience building backup supplier coverage and managing supplier concentration risk
- Strong commercial acumen, able to detect margin leakage, FX variance and cost movements
- Experience designing procurement governance frameworks, approval matrices and supplier scorecards
- Proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets for margin reporting and supplier performance analysis
- Experience working with UAE or GCC based suppliers
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Role Overview
- This is a strategic supply, margin, availability and supplier control role, not an administrative buying function.
- The Head of Purchasing & Supplier Operations owns supplier relationships and commercial terms, brand and product availability, cost and margin control, supplier SLA performance, backup supplier coverage, supplier issue escalation and recovery, procurement governance, and product/catalogue commercial
- Purchasing must own supplier performance and margin, not just supplier orders.
Job Requirements
- Minimum 6–8 years experience in purchasing, supplier management or supply chain, with at least 3 years in a senior role (Mandatory)
- Prior experience in the gift card, digital gifting, e commerce or prepaid voucher industry (Mandatory)
- Proven experience owning gross margin control, supplier negotiations and commercial terms (Mandatory)
- Experience building backup supplier coverage and managing supplier concentration risk (Mandatory)
- Strong commercial acumen, able to detect margin leakage, FX variance and cost movements
- Experience designing procurement governance frameworks, approval matrices and supplier scorecards
- Proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets for margin reporting and supplier performance analysis
- Experience working with UAE or GCC based suppliers
Job Responsibilities
- Own the supplier and brand sourcing strategy across all Bamboo Card markets
- Manage key supplier relationships
- Negotiate commercial terms, pricing, credit terms, SLAs and settlement cycles
- Ensure high demand brands have reliable supply coverage
- Build backup supplier options for critical brands and countries
- Approve supplier onboarding and lead supplier risk reviews
- Monitor purchasing margins and cost movements
- Prevent negative margin transactions and flag FX variance and currency mismatch risk
- Own preferred supplier routing by margin and reliability
- Coordinate with Finance on payments, credit limits and supplier balances
- Report weekly purchasing risks and margin performance to VP Operations
- Own procurement SOPs and approval controls
Benefits
- Annual Leave: 22 working days per annum (accrued on a pro rata basis) effective upon completion of the probation period, plus UAE statutory Public Holidays.
- Sick Leave: As per UAE Labour Law effective upon completion of the probation period.
- Medical Insurance: Comprehensive health insurance coverage (as per company policy).
- Visa Sponsorship: UAE employment visa and Emirates ID sponsored by the company.
- One return economy air ticket every two years of continuous employment.
- A collaborative and detail driven team within a fast growing digital gifting platform.
- Opportunity to grow with the business and take on expanded responsibilities over time.
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