Senior Category Management Specialist

2 days ago


Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Rawaj - Human Capital Management Full time

**Get to know our client**:
Our client is a forward-looking maritime facility with a vision to become the ‘Shipyard of the Future’.

The facility is set to be one of the largest maritime facilities in the world, with the capacity to build various types of vessels, including very large crude carriers, offshore drilling rigs, and commercial ships. It will help shape the Saudi maritime industry as one of the largest, most advanced, and most sustainable maritime facilities in the MENA region, with global ambitions and reach.

**Key Accountabilities**:

- Leading the development, implementation, and update of all policies, strategies, procedures and process related to category management.
- Developing and working with the ERP team to ensure that PSCM requirements related to category management are implemented
- Categorizing Goods and services to ensure the optimum segmentation of the supply chain and the classification of suppliers according to the importance of their portfolio of goods and services.
- Developing baseline/ current spend & category analysis to determine the appropriate category strategy.
- Conducting market assessment of suppliers and their supply chain.
- Analyzing and interpret market conditions, trends, and data to identify market opportunities.
- Identifying opportunities to enhance business performance through improved analytics and reporting.
- Providing leadership, coordination and coaching to the team, ensuring they are trained enabling them to achieve the operational and financial metrics within their areas of responsibility and succeed in their roles.
- Delivering briefs, updates, and reports as and when required.

**Knowledge, Skills, and Experience**:

- 10/+ years of relevant experience. It is preferable** **to have experience in Shipbuilding/Rebuilding/Marine / Shipyard Industries.
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Operations Management, Engineering, Computer Science, MIS, or a closely related degree
- Category Management Association Certification (MCIPS considered a plus.
- Communication and Interpersonal Skills
- Basic accounting and business finance principles
- Analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills
- Expert in Microsoft Excel and other MS office tools.
- Previous experience working with ERP systems.
- Fluent In English.



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