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| GEMS Education Dubai |
About the Role
The Procurement Coordinator will support our network of schools through tactical buying by using various methods such as RFx (RFI, RFQ, and RFP). This will be achieved by consolidating school spend and ensuring value-added procurement services to the schools.Key Accountabilities:
- To follow the GEMS procurement policy and procedure for all requisitions and to be a policy advisor to schools.
- Ensure goods and services are bought at the lowest Total Acquisition Cost and delivered on time
- Help to maintain relationships with key suppliers who are aligned with the company’s goals and growth plans
- Help to identify new suppliers for non-framework low value spend by exercising preferred suppliers for each category spend.
- Agree to terms and conditions, negotiate supply agreements where appropriate within departmental boundaries, including discount structures and rebates.
- Foster close working relationships with associated departments across GEMS school support center and schools
- Responsible to ensure all items purchased related to schools are delivered promptly to avoid disruptions within the schools. Follow up with Manager School Operations to ensure goods are receipted correctly and on time.
- Evaluate and monitor schools purchase requests for proper authorisation, specification, and legal compliance. Take responsibility for the procurement of those requests.
- Assist the schools in raising requisitions and becoming the center of excellence for schools procurement.
- Achieve cost savings on non-framework items
Required knowledge and skills:
- 3 of years of minimum experience in procurement at a large organization
- Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and business needs
- Strong numerical and analytical aptitude
- Commercial and financial acumen
- Proven negotiating skills and influencing abilities
- Experience with business and commercial analysis
- Ability to read, analyse and interpret commercial business documents and technical procedures
- Excellent verbal and written command of the English language. (Arabic desirable but not mandatory)
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Experience / knowledge of school operations would be an advantage.
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Location: UAE - Dubai
Closing Date: 05-Oct-2021
