IT strategic sourcing
Technology categories subject matter expert (SME) managing high value and complex purchases and covering the end to end sourcing life cycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive high value & complex sourcing initiatives/projects for technology purchasing categories.
• Analyze the spend of the assigned technology categories and identify potential cost saving opportunities in collaboration with business units stakeholders
• Partner with business units’ stakeholders to ensure smooth communication and clear documentation.
• Support the Strategic Sourcing lead to take direct responsibility for large scale or complex sourcing initiatives through Category / Commodity plans whilst ensuring the risk associated with the purchase of Goods & services are mitigated commercially, contractually and operationally.
• Execute strategic sourcing activities for assigned technology categories including but not limited to business requirements, spend analysis, supply market analysis, agree on sourcing strategies, preferred vendors and tendering tools (RFP/RFQ/RFI), purchase order issuance and contract handover to business unit, procurement operations and vendor management.
• Support line manager to achieve Key Performance Indicators (KPI) as set out in the objectives.
• Track and report category spend, savings and general performance.
• Monitor and forecast upcoming projects for assigned technology categories
• Forecast price and market trends to identify changes of balance in buyer-supplier negotiation power.
• Renew annual maintenance contract in due time at the best cost.
• Execute sourcing strategies and comply with contractual guidelines.
• Enhance the overall procurement cycle and ensuring the best value for money spend
• Ensure compliance with the approved policies, procedures, SLAs and regulatory requirements to maintain quality standards and ensure risk mitigation.

EDUCATION

Minimum Graduation or Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Technology or equivalent field.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Minimum of 3 - 4 years of experience in procurement category management buying related to technology products and services

Technical Comptencies

• Strategic sourcing
• eProcurement
• Tendering tools (RFx)
• Spend analysis
• Supply market analysis
• Vendor management
• Negotiations skills
• Contracts and contracts management
• Sharia principles of Islamic finance

ERP Application

• Drive high value & complex sourcing initiatives/projects for technology purchasing categories.
• Analyze the spend of the assigned technology categories and identify potential cost saving opportunities in collaboration with business units stakeholders
• Partner with business units’ stakeholders to ensure smooth communication and clear documentation.
• Support the Strategic Sourcing lead to take direct responsibility for large scale or complex sourcing initiatives through Category / Commodity plans whilst ensuring the risk associated with the purchase of Goods & services are mitigated commercially, contractually and operationally.
• Execute strategic sourcing activities for assigned technology categories including but not limited to business requirements, spend analysis, supply market analysis, agree on sourcing strategies, preferred vendors and tendering tools (RFP/RFQ/RFI), purchase order issuance and contract handover to business unit, procurement operations and vendor management.
• Support line manager to achieve Key Performance Indicators (KPI) as set out in the objectives.
• Track and report category spend, savings and general performance.
• Monitor and forecast upcoming projects for assigned technology categories
• Forecast price and market trends to identify changes of balance in buyer-supplier negotiation power.
• Renew annual maintenance contract in due time at the best cost.
• Execute sourcing strategies and comply with contractual guidelines.
• Enhance the overall procurement cycle and ensuring the best value for money spend
• Ensure compliance with the approved policies, procedures, SLAs and regulatory requirements to maintain quality standards and ensure risk mitigation