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Ithemba Recruitment- Sourcing Top Talent650 open roles

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Riyadh, Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia
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Your applicationOpen nowPurchaserIthemba Recruitment- Sourcing Top Talent · Riyadh, Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia

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  6. 44.6%60 days
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Key purpose:

Purchase goods, materials, and services to ensure that the company operational needs are met, considering price, quality, and delivery and to ensure continuity of supply. This role has greater responsibility and accountability than a Purchaser and includes some people management responsibility. The job holder may take responsibility for a specific project or hold a larger remit in terms of purchasing responsibility.

Duties and responsibilities:

  • Purchase goods, materials, components, or services in line with specified cost, quality and delivery targets
  • Ensure continuous supply of required goods and materials and communicate any supply problems which may pose a risk or impact on business operations
  • Monitor market trends, competitor strategies and market suppliers
  • Research and evaluate areas of opportunity and reduce costs where possible
  • Deliver briefs, updates, and reports as and when required
  • Develop creative and innovative procurement processes
  • Develop ideas and strategies to improve operational efficiency, add value, aid business performance and work towards a strategy of continuous improvement
  • Negotiate contracts, improved prices, and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings utilising negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods
  • Assess and evaluate suppliers and undertake performance reviews to ensure contract compliance and manage performance improvement activities
  • Ensure that a professional and consistent approach is taken in relation to all supplier relationships
  • Ensure compliance to company guidelines, purchasing policies and procedures and guidance during supplier negotiations and contracts award process
  • Explore alternate sources for goods and materials
  • Assess tenders and quotations from potential suppliers
  • Prepare purchase orders in line with final negotiations with selected suppliers and in line with organisational targets and requirements
  • Undertake research on and evaluate existing and new suppliers
  • Contact suppliers to resolve price, quality, delivery, or invoice issues People management
  • Mentor and coach, the Purchasers to enhance their career and professional development Relationship Management
  • Work collaboratively and negotiate and engage with stakeholders and suppliers regarding new projects, supplies and initiatives and advise of impact of change on purchasing and production activities
  • Stay current and up to date on any changes that may affect the supply and demand of needed products and materials and advise others of any impact
  • Attend meetings and update others on issues or concerns, when there is a risk which could prevent the organisation meeting customer demands or where there are over capacity concerns.
  • Support product change requests and review and communicate the impact on capacity plans
  • Build, maintain and manage supplier relationships and ensure good communications Self-Management
  • Confident, rounded thinking
  • Is self-aware
  • Is assertive, optimistic, and open to change
  • Engages interest and participation of others and has a collaborative approach to working with others
  • Proactively contributes to the team
  • Resilient, self-motivated, and able to work well under pressure

Qualifications and experience:

  • The position is preferred for Saudi National (Local Saudi Talent)
  • Candidate ideally has at least a Diploma, Advanced/Higher/Graduate Diploma, Bachelors Degree
  • Must have current drivers license
  • Proven work experience as a Purchaser or similar
  • Proven purchasing experience, preferably within a luxury hospitality and/or private estate environment
  • Knowledge of Riyadh markets, repair centers and shopping areas highly regarded
  • Ability to add value, reduce costs and make business improvements
  • Highly skilled at building and maintaining effective and productive relationships with key stakeholders and suppliers
  • Strong negotiation, communication, interpersonal and influencing skills
  • Analytical, numerically astute with strong proven problem solving abilities
  • Results orientated with the ability to plan and deliver against project deadlines
  • Commercially and financially aware
  • Keen attention to detail and accuracy
  • Contract management and supplier experience
  • Strong technical knowledge and understanding of hospitality processes and components and supply chain management
  • Computer literate, to include advanced Excel skills
  • Fluent in English, Good communication skills, numerical literacy

Language Requirements:

Candidate must speak one of the following native languages as well as be fluent in the English Language:

  • Arabic
  • German
  • French
  • Dutch
  • Italian
  • Dutch
  • Spanish
  • Romansh
  • Portuguese
  • Swedish
  • Finnish
  • Norwegian
  • Indonesian
  • Filipino
  • Mandarin Chinese or Malay or Tamil
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