Senior Procurement Officer

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The Job Opportunity
Since 1947, Serco Middle East has been supporting governments to deliver public services across various sectors (Transport, Healthcare, Citizen Services and Defence), enabling transformation and ensuring the delivery of world class services. We are extremely proud of our partnerships with government and semi-government entities and what we continue to achieve together.

In the Middle East, we employ more than 5,500 people across four countries including the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Iraq. Our employees remain our greatest asset.

To support Serco’s continuous growth and delivery of world class services, we are currently bidding for a new project in Saudi Arabia and we are looking for a Saudi national Senior Procurement Officer.

Key accountabilities
The Senior Procurement Officer will be primarily supporting the Procurement Bid Lead(s), working closely with Serco’s Global Procurement team (SME Business Partners, Category Owners, the Procurement Services team as well as GEP, our service delivery partner), Serco’s bid and transition teams, Serco’s wider business development community, Serco existing and prospective suppliers, Serco’s Bid process stakeholders. Responsible within a bid team for interpreting and helping facilitate the thinking around client requirements, assisting estimators with estimating the volumes and benchmarking the price of outsource service lines; assisting solutions developers in clarifying client requirements into specifications for suppliers; obtaining & negotiating suppliers’ commercial proposals whilst managing contractual risks; and delivering to client timescales. Where appropriate, and with legal support, manages the offsetting of customer-imposed risks by flowing-down terms to suppliers through the development of appropriate contractual agreements. Ensures bid alignment with Serco’s evolving procurement category strategies. Facilitates appropriate supplier / cross-functional workshops to seek and implement innovative and value adding proposals from suppliers.

We are looking for someone who h as proven commercial acumen with excellent negotiation skills and strong analytical skills. Excellent presentation skills, both written and verbal. Able to work both independently and as part of a team with the ability to engage with key stakeholders at all levels. Flexible and calm under pressure with the ability to manage changing priorities Has a passion for understanding customer’s critical issues and drivers and delivering compelling solutions to meet those challenges.

Specific requirements
Holder of a B achelor’s Degree in a related field.
Post-graduate qualification (e.g. MSc/MBA) or a professional qualification such as MCIPS is desirable.
Experience of working in Procurement in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is preferable, along with strong knowledge of the supply base and market drivers in the major citie.
Advanced SAP awareness would be an advantage.
Proficient in the Arabic language, both written and verbal.

Working with Serco
At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play.

We are a team of 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services. We are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone.

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