Responsibilities

Strategic procurement planning and portfolio delivery

• Develop, manage and monitor procurement plans for assigned portfolios to anticipate requirements, reduce emergency purchasing and improve operational readiness. 
• Coordinate requirements across schools, HQ functions and departments, including confirmed and forecasted needs, scope clarification, budgets, timelines and approvals. 
• Oversee complex capital and operational procurement programmes such as school expansions, specialized rooms, inclusion hubs, security, facilities, FF&E, refurbishment and technology or learning-space initiatives. 
• Monitor delivery status, risks, dependencies and blockers, escalating decisions or constraints in a timely and solution-oriented manner. 

Sourcing, tendering and award governance

• Lead and oversee RFQs, RFPs, bidder list recommendations, tender timelines, evaluation matrices, award recommendations, negotiations and approval submissions for the assigned portfolio. 
• Ensure tender strategies, evaluation criteria, disqualifiers, procurement routes and approval requirements are robust, proportionate and compliant. 
• Validate specifications with requestors before tendering and challenge single-source requests where competitive sourcing is required. 
• Use standard templates, trackers and weekly tender reviews to support faster cycle times and better visibility of bottlenecks. 

Commercial value, framework agreements and standardisation

• Drive cost savings and cost avoidance through auctions, negotiations, demand consolidation, early stakeholder engagement and volume leverage. 
• Identify high-spend and frequently purchased categories through spend analysis and convert suitable recurring requirements into framework agreements. 
• Standardise specifications where appropriate to reduce fragmented requirements, avoid unnecessary customisation and improve economies of scale. 
• Support catalogue-based ordering and approved reference catalogues for standardised items and school requirements. 

Contract, PO and supplier management

• Coordinate with the Contracts Specialist, SRM Specialist, Legal, Finance and business stakeholders to support the timely execution of contracts, renewals, variations, framework agreements and purchase orders.
• Ensure purchase orders are raised to formalise approved requirements, secure budget commitment and enable compliant supplier engagement.
• Ensure procurement and award documentation is complete before handover to the relevant contract or supplier management owner.
• Escalate contract execution, purchase order or supplier delivery issues that may affect the assigned portfolio

Stakeholder partnership and communication

• Act as a senior procurement partner to schools, Education, Operations, Finance, Legal, IT/Digital, HR and other HQ functions. 
• Facilitate workshops and structured discussions with stakeholders and suppliers where this supports scope definition, specification alignment or catalogue development. 
• Provide clear timelines, procurement route guidance and documentation requirements to help end-users progress requests efficiently. 
• Maintain professional supplier engagement while ensuring all bidder communication during tenders is channeled through Procurement. 

Governance, audit, risk and process improvement

• Ensure procurement activities comply with Aldar Education procurement policy, DOA, finance requirements, contract governance and audit expectations. 
• Assign and follow up internal audit action owners, support evidence gathering and monitor closure of agreed action plans. 
• Contribute to procurement risk registers, internal controls, policy improvements and evidence of value creation. 
• Escalate material risks, policy exceptions, vendor issues, contract risks, budget constraints and delivery concerns promptly. 

Team leadership, reporting and transformation

• Manage, coach, guide and review direct reports within the assigned procurement portfolio, ensuring quality of outputs and alignment with department standards.
• Manage, coach, guide and review assigned team members, ensuring quality of outputs and alignment with department standards. 
• Prepare executive-ready summaries, reports, dashboards and recommendations for management decision-making. 
• Use Oracle Fusion, procurement dashboards, trackers and other digital tools to monitor activities, approvals, order status, supplier data and KPI performance. 
• Support procurement transformation, AI / automation initiatives, reporting improvements and consistent procurement practices across portfolios. 

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in related field and/or professional training or qualification in related field; Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) preferred.
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