Procurement & Supply Chain Manager (Construction/Specialty Chemicals Manufacturing)
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About the Role
Our client, a leading construction chemicals company, seeks a Procurement & Supply Chain Manager to lead purchasing activities for raw materials, packaging, and indirect spend across multiple countries.
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Responsibilities
- Develop and implement sourcing strategies for key categories (polymers, solvents, fillers, packaging, logistics, maintenance services, etc.)
- Analyse global and regional markets for construction chemicals raw materials; monitor price trends, capacity changes, and geopolitical / FX risks
- Consolidate spend across plants and countries to leverage global volumes and negotiate favourable contracts
- Identify, evaluate, and qualify new suppliers in line with technical, quality, EHS, and compliance requirements
- Lead contract and price negotiations, frame agreements, and service level agreements
- Drive supplier performance management: OTIF, quality, cost, innovation, and sustainability KPIs
- Ensure continuous supply of critical materials to all manufacturing sites with minimum stock outs and optimal inventory levels
- Deliver annual cost saving and value engineering targets (price reductions, TCO optimization, substitution, consolidation)
- Ensure adherence to corporate procurement policies, ethics, anti corruption, and competition law
- Own and improve end to end procurement processes (PR–PO cycle, approvals, vendor onboarding) in ERP (e.g., SAP)
Requirements
- Degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Chemistry, Business, or related field
- 7–10+ years' procurement experience, ideally in construction chemicals, specialty chemicals, or related manufacturing
- Strong negotiation, contracting, and stakeholder management skills in a multinational environment
- Experience with ERP systems and procurement analytics; strong Excel/Power BI skills
- Fluent English; Arabic language(s) preferred
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About the Company
- Our client is a renowned brand in the construction chemicals industry and a leading supplier of concrete admixtures, underground construction solutions, and specialty chemical products.
Role Purpose
- Lead and optimize all purchasing activities for raw materials, packaging, and indirect spend for construction chemicals production sites, ensuring cost, quality, and supply security across multiple countries.
- Prepare distribution plan keeping in view sourcing locations and customer locations, transport and warehousing costs for both bulk supply items and packaged goods.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and implement sourcing strategies for key categories (polymers, solvents, fillers, packaging, logistics, maintenance services, etc.).
- Analyse global and regional markets for construction chemicals raw materials; monitor price trends, capacity changes, and geopolitical / FX risks.
- Consolidate spend across plants and countries to leverage global volumes and negotiate favourable contracts.
- Develop overall strategy for sourcing together with production team for manufacturing and sourcing of materials with a combination of own manufacturing, contract manufacturing, peer to peer purchase and imports.
- Identify, evaluate, and qualify new suppliers in line with technical, quality, EHS, and compliance requirements.
- Lead contract and price negotiations, frame agreements, and service level agreements.
- Drive supplier performance management: OTIF, quality, cost, innovation, and sustainability KPIs.
- Develop strategic partnerships with critical suppliers for long term supply security and joint innovation.
- Procure services at optimised cost for design and engineering of the plant, machinery and building.
- Procure P&M, IT services and other required services for construction of the plant as per the design approved by the production team.
- Manage procurement of all other miscellaneous one time and regular purchase items.
- Ensure continuous supply of critical materials to all manufacturing sites with minimum stock outs and optimal inventory levels.
Operational Procurement & Planning Interface
- Work closely with Production, Planning, R&D, and Quality to align material specifications, safety stocks, and phase in/phase out of products.
- Resolve supply disruptions, quality issues, and logistics bottlenecks escalated from plant purchasing teams.
- Support NPI / new formulations by sourcing alternative raw materials and competitive second sources.
- Identify vendor, both domestic and internation, for procurement of goods and services related to own production.
- Identify existing and develop new vendors for new RMs, PM and finished products (P2P).
Cost Management & Value Creation
- Deliver annual cost saving and value engineering targets (price reductions, TCO optimization, substitution, consolidation).
- Conduct should cost analysis and benchmarking to identify saving opportunities.
- Support margin improvement projects by aligning procurement strategies with pricing and product portfolio decisions.
Compliance, Risk & Sustainability
- Ensure adherence to corporate procurement policies, ethics, anti corruption, and competition law.
- Assess and mitigate supply risks (single sourcing, long lead times, restricted substances, REACH/ISO/local regulations).
- Integrate sustainability criteria into sourcing decisions (CO footprint, recycled content, compliant sourcing, vendor ESG performance).
Systems, Process & Data
- Own and improve end to end procurement processes (PR–PO cycle, approvals, vendor onboarding) in ERP (e.g., SAP).
- Maintain accurate pricing, contracts, lead times, and supplier master data.
- Use analytics / dashboards to track spend, savings, supplier KPIs, and inventory performance.
Leadership & Collaboration
- Align with global procurement, regional management, finance, and supply chain on strategy, budgets, and priorities.
- Represent procurement in S&OP, Capex reviews, and cross functional project teams.
Typical Requirements
- Degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Chemistry, Business, or related field; advanced degree or CIPS/ISM certification is a plus.
- 7–10+ years' procurement experience, ideally in construction chemicals, specialty chemicals, or related manufacturing.
- Strong negotiation, contracting, and stakeholder management skills in a multinational environment.
- Experience with ERP systems and procurement analytics; strong Excel/Power BI skills.
- Fluent English; Arabic language(s) preferred.
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