Senior Category Manager – Infrastructure & Engineering Services
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About the Role
A confidential infrastructure organization in Abu Dhabi seeks a Senior Category Manager to lead strategic sourcing for power transmission and distribution programs. Candidates need extensive procurement experience in the energy sector, particularly in power infrastructure categories.
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Responsibilities
- Develop and execute category strategies across the Infrastructure & Power portfolio
- Lead complex sourcing projects, competitive tenders and commercial negotiations
- Manage strategic supplier relationships to maximise performance, value and innovation
- Partner with Engineering, Operations, Finance and Project teams to align procurement with business objectives
- Negotiate and manage high value contracts across power infrastructure spend
- Analyse market trends, supplier capabilities and cost drivers to identify commercial opportunities
- Mitigate procurement and supply chain risks across critical infrastructure projects
- Ensure compliance with procurement governance, regulatory requirements and sustainability objectives
- Drive continuous improvement across sourcing and category management activities
Requirements
- Extensive procurement and category management experience across Power Transmission & Distribution, Utilities or Electrical Infrastructure
- Strong experience sourcing categories such as transformers, switchgear, substations, overhead lines, underground cables, EPC, engineering services or other power infrastructure related spend
- Proven expertise in strategic sourcing, supplier relationship management and contract negotiation within the Power sector
- Experience working with large infrastructure, utilities or regulated organisations
- Excellent stakeholder management skills with ability to influence both technical and commercial teams
- Strong commercial, analytical and negotiation capability
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business or related discipline
- Typically 9+ years' procurement or category management experience
Full Job Posting
Senior Category Manager – Infrastructure
- An established infrastructure organisation in the United Arab Emirates is looking to appoint an experienced Senior Category Manager – Infrastructure to lead strategic sourcing across a critical portfolio supporting major power transmission and distribution programmes.
- Working within a high performing procurement function, you will develop and execute category strategies, manage strategic supplier relationships and lead complex sourcing activities across high value engineering spend.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and execute category strategies across the Infrastructure & Power portfolio.
- Lead complex sourcing projects, competitive tenders and commercial negotiations.
- Manage strategic supplier relationships to maximise performance, value and innovation.
- Partner with Engineering, Operations, Finance and Project teams to align procurement with business objectives.
- Negotiate and manage high value contracts across power infrastructure spend.
- Analyse market trends, supplier capabilities and cost drivers to identify commercial opportunities.
- Mitigate procurement and supply chain risks across critical infrastructure projects.
- Ensure compliance with procurement governance, regulatory requirements and sustainability objectives.
- Drive continuous improvement across sourcing and category management activities.
You will ideally bring
- Extensive procurement and category management experience across Power Transmission & Distribution, Utilities or Electrical Infrastructure.
- Strong experience sourcing categories such as transformers, switchgear, substations, overhead lines, underground cables, EPC, engineering services or other power infrastructure related spend.
- Proven expertise in strategic sourcing, supplier relationship management and contract negotiation within the Power sector.
- Experience working with large infrastructure, utilities or regulated organisations.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence both technical and commercial teams.
- Strong commercial, analytical and negotiation capability.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business or a related discipline.
- Typically 9+ years' procurement or category management experience.
Package
- Competitive tax free salary
- Housing allowance
- Annual flights
- Family medical cover
- Schooling support
- Performance bonus
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