Procurement Manager

Role purpose

Procurement and sourcing

• Maintain procurement schedules and package trackers against the design programme.
• Develop sourcing strategies, package sub-consultancy work, and identify appropriate appointment routes.
• Track historical fees for benchmarking and develop knowledge of regional sub-consultant capabilities, track records, and capacity.
• Identify, prequalify, and shortlist sub-consultants and specialist consultants.
• Evaluate proposals on techno-commercial grounds with Design Leads; support fee and terms negotiations and prepare appointment recommendations.

Contracts, payments, and governance

• Prepare LOIs, SCAs, and subcontract agreements, keeping downstream terms back-to-back with upstream contracts.
• Review terms for gaps and risks, raise concerns with the Procurement Manager, and obtain internal approvals before signature.
• Review invoices against agreed fees and deliverables; coordinate and track payments with Finance, Commercials, and project teams.
• Follow procurement policies and maintain audit-ready records; ensure the process is fair, transparent, and confidential.
• Maintain the sub-consultant database, including registration, prequalification status, and performance.

Reporting and coordination

• Prepare monthly procurement reports, including KPIs and savings.
• Attend and minute procurement meetings, resolve queries between sub-consultants and project teams, and suggest improvements to templates, procedures, and tools.

Essential qualifications and experience

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain, or a related field.
• 4–7 years of procurement experience, including at least 3 years at a design or engineering consultancy in the UAE.
• Subcontracting experience appointing sub-consultants and subcontractors under SCAs and subcontract agreements.
• Experience with upstream contracts and keeping downstream terms back-to-back.
• Good Excel skills and strong written and spoken English.

Desirable qualifications and experience

• CIPS qualification (MCIPS), or working toward it.
• Design procurement experience on projects in the UAE or KSA.
• Exposure to procurement on international projects.

Key competencies

• Commercial awareness and negotiation; attention to detail; integrity and confidentiality.
• Ability to manage several packages at once and communicate clearly with project teams, clients, and sub-consultants.