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Job Purpose
Procurement & Logistics Manager will provide an account management service to the nominated business units ensuring that best practice procurement techniques are adopted to achieve lowest cost of ownership and that agreed service levels are achieved.
We are currently looking for SMEs in the below areas:
- Ground Handling
- Airport Charges
Job Responsibilities:
- Provide support to the Vice President, Procurement & Logistics (Services) and/or Manager Procurement & Logistics, by developing and implementing strategies to deliver the lowest total cost of ownership for acquisition of capital, goods or service items.
- Independently decide on and authorise supply orders and contracts for values up to AED 100,000. Where contract values exceed this financial limit, analyse and prepare reports & recommendations for review & approval at Manager P&L, VP & SVP level, as necessary.
- Manage and provide guidance to a team of subject matter experts to provide a full service procurement function within agreed service levels to Customer Departments.
- Ensure that the sourcing, pre-qualification and evaluation of suppliers is carried out as per company standards/policies to assess what services and products they are qualified to provide thereby ensuring that the correct products and services are available.
- Ensure that the tender documents are developed and lead cross-functional teams to produce detailed specifications (where appropriate, in conjunction with Legal and other departments) and to subsequently issue for tender to obtain equal and competitive quotations.
- As an account manager, provide expert advice to customer departments during product design phase in order to optimise value for money to the Group.
- Negotiate contract prices and terms and conditions where business impact/value/risk is deemed high, to ensure that the Company’s' best contractual and commercial position is attained. Ensure that supply and commercial risk is minimised.
- Liaise & communicate closely with Customer Departments at all times to ensure that the Customer Department is fully involved in the procurement process. The successful development with these relationships at SVP, VP & Grade 10 level is crucial to ensure efficient and effective supplier selection.
- Proactively search for and identify opportunities for cost reduction wherever possible. Benchmark the performance of their sections against available statistics/indicators and identify areas for improvement. This will include knowledge of technical advances, market developments and other relevant changes in the supply market.
- Critically evaluate reports generated by reporting staff to assess performance of their respective sections and take corrective action where required
Qualifications & Experience
- University Graduate in Business Administration or Commerce and be CIPS Qualified or equivalent.
- Minimum 8 years of aviation experience procuring/negotiating services- landing, parking, overflying, etc., with airport authorities and related services providers.
- Sound understanding of local aero political matters with the ability to facilitate across multiple internal stakeholders and lobby/negotiate with external authorities.
- Intellectually capable to research, assimilate and process data from a range of sources.
- Ability to build and maintain strong and credible relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.
- Good track record of analytical decision-making, with strong commercial acumen.
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Salary & Benefits
We offer an attractive tax-free salary, paid in Dirhams, the local currency of the UAE. The Dirham is linked to the Special Drawing Right of the International Monetary Fund and it has been held constant against the US dollar since the end of 1980 at a mid-rate of approximately US$1=Dh3.66. Besides generous travel benefits normally associated with an airline, this managerial role also has excellent leave and health care packages, accommodation, power and water paid for, along with transport benefits, life insurance and other employee benefits making the role attractive to high performers. By viewing the 'Dubai Lifestyle' section in the careers website you can also consider the many benefits of Dubai as a location to live and work in
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Closing date: Feb 28, 2022
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