Senior Manager - Procurement (Indirect Category)
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Role Overview
Lead the Indirect category function within BEEAH Group’s Central Procurement team.
Develop and execute category strategies across fuel, facilities management, professional services, marketing, travel, and other indirect spend areas.
Drive cost savings, supply quality, supplier innovation, compliance, ESG integration, and supply chain resilience.
Act as a strategic procurement partner to business stakeholders.
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Job Purpose
Lead the Indirect category function within BEEAH Group’s Central Procurement team.
Develop and execute category strategies across fuel, facilities management, professional services, marketing, travel, and other indirect spend areas.
Drive cost savings, supply quality, supplier innovation, compliance, ESG integration, and supply chain resilience.
Act as a strategic procurement partner to business stakeholders.
Accountabilities
- Develop and implement indirect category strategies aligned with business objectives, procurement frameworks, and ESG commitments.
- Lead strategic sourcing, high-value tenders, RFPs, commercial negotiations, and contract lifecycle management.
- Deliver year-on-year cost savings through spend analysis, market intelligence, supplier consolidation, demand management, and total cost of ownership decisions.
- Partner with Finance, HR, IT, Legal, Operations, and business units to capture requirements and support procurement planning.
- Ensure procurement activities comply with policies, delegated authority, governance requirements, ethical standards, and internal audit expectations.
- Manage supplier performance, preferred supplier lists, vendor registers, innovation initiatives, and category performance reporting.
- Lead, coach, and develop the indirect category team while ensuring performance, capability building, wellbeing, and HSE compliance.
Qualification and Experience
- A bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or a related field is essential.
- An MBA, master’s degree in Supply Chain or Procurement, or CIPS/equivalent professional certification is desirable.
- Minimum 10 years of procurement experience, including at least 5 years leading indirect category management in a complex, multi-entity organization.
- Experience in large-scale group procurement and UAE/GCC indirect procurement environments is preferable.
Knowledge and Skills
- Category management and strategic sourcing for indirect spend categories.
- Spend analysis, market intelligence, supplier innovation, and total cost of ownership evaluation.
- Supplier management, contract management, commercial negotiation, and procurement governance.
- Stakeholder engagement, influencing, collaboration, financial acumen, and team leadership.
- Understanding of procurement policy compliance, ESG requirements, risk management, and HSE responsibilities.
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