Group Procurement Manager

You lead procurement for the whole group of companies. You collect and consolidate what every company will need to buy during the year, prepare the annual procurement plan and budget with Sales, Production and Accountant Dept, and plan purchases against forecast demand, inventory, lead times and available cash. You then run the buying itself: you choose and check suppliers, approve offers, follow every purchase and import, and keep the supplier list reliable. You keep every step in writing, so management can see what was bought, from whom, why and against which budget.

Key Responsibilities

1. Collect and consolidate the purchasing requirements of all group companies from the beginning of each year: local purchases, imports, consumables, operating requirements and capital purchases for planned projects and investments.
2. Prepare the annual procurement plan and budget with Sales, Production and Finance, and send them to the CEO for final approval.
3. Plan purchasing against forecast demand, inventory, procurement lead times and available cash; set the purchasing priorities and schedule the execution.
4. Every month, update the plan, compare actual purchases with the budget, explain the differences and propose corrective actions.
5. Receive purchase requests from the group companies and check that they are clear, complete and inside the plan.
6. Ask suppliers for offers and compare them (price, specifications, payment terms, shipping terms); choose the winning supplier and send the draft purchase order for budget approval; send the final order.
7. Follow insurance, the ACID number, shipping details and shipping documents for every import; work with Accounting Dept on payment and the bank Form 4 and with Logistics on freight offers.
8. Follow local purchases and capital purchases from order to delivery with the requesting company.
9. Find and qualify new suppliers, and make sure every new product is tested and approved before the first order.
10. Evaluate suppliers after each shipment and every year, and keep one approved technical specification sheet for every product.
11. Guide the Procurement team and Outsourced Customs Broker.

• Bachelor's degree in commerce, chemistry, engineering or supply chain.
• At least 7 years in purchasing or imports, including 3 years managing import shipments, supplier negotiation and bank import procedures, and experience preparing annual procurement plans and budgets.
• Planning and budgeting: consolidating needs, reading forecast demand, inventory and cash, and explaining budget differences.
• Working with Finance, Sales and Production to agree a plan.
• Negotiating price, payment and shipping terms.
• Comparing offers on both commercial and technical points.
• Understanding import documents, shipping terms and bank import procedures.
• Understanding our products and test results.
• Careful record keeping and clear reports.
• Professional Arabic and good English for overseas suppliers is must.