Job Summary

Reporting into Veolia WTS\xe2\x80\x99 Sr Director, Procurement, Europe, Middle East & Africa Region, this key regional role will oversee a team of 10 Procurement people who are accountable for $80MM of Veolia WTS spend across the Middle East & Africa Region. In partnership with internal functional stakeholders and business partners, the Regional Procurement Director is responsible for leading overall procurement activities in the region comprising of Chemicals, Projects, Services and Indirect Procurement. This thoughtful and results oriented leader will be accountable for all procurement related deliverables in the Middle East & Africa region. This role will influence and collaborate with regional leadership and supply base to develop/deploy a regional procurement strategy in alignment with the Global Category Management team.

Key Characteristics:

• Good leadership and management skills to lead, mentor & coach Veolia WTS\xe2\x80\x99 Regional Procurement team while influencing and collaborating with various regional stakeholders to drive common goals.
• Proven track record of delivering enterprise-wide financial and non-financial results in a multicultural matrix environment in the Middle East region.
• Expertise in procurement sub-functions and water treatment technologies.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Leadership & Culture

• Lead and develop a high performing Procurement team by attracting, developing and retaining the best talent.
• Collaborate and partner with the Procurement Leadership Team and cross functional regional & global functions to create a best-in-class Procurement organization in the Middle East & Africa region.
• Establish regular communication & operating mechanism with the regional business and supply-base stakeholders to drive financial and functional metrics.

Financial Metrics

• Deliver EBIT improvement for the region while mitigating market risks via focus on top line growth and bottom-line.
• Develop and implement regional procurement synergies across the organization.

Procurement Operations

• Deliver on regional commitments (Project Execution, Fulfillment, On Time Delivery, Supplier Quality, etc.).
• Drive Procurement initiatives in accordance with Category Management strategy (Preferred Supplier Network, business allocation, supplier consolidation, sole source reduction, risk mitigation, etc.).
• Drive compliance to \xe2\x80\x98Procure to Pay\xe2\x80\x99 policies & procedures.
• Enable digitization while adapting the usage of data analytics and digital solutions in the region in accordance with Procurement\xe2\x80\x99s global digital strategy.
• Promote Supplier Diversity & Sustainability.

Required Skills:

• Good leadership skills, including the ability to inspire and lead a regional group in a unified direction with a common vision, and ability to influence business leaders and executives.
• Ability to translate global strategies to valuable outcomes for the business and to adjust the strategies to the local business and market conditions when required.
• Sense of accountability and ownership, ability to cope with regional complexity in a fast-paced work environment.
• Excellent verbal/written communication and proven interpersonal skills, capable of developing presentations, and comfortable interacting with internal/external stakeholders and Veolia WTS senior management.

Required Education & Experience:

• Master\xe2\x80\x99s Degree in Business Administration, Procurement, Supply Chain Management or any other related field.
• 15 years\xe2\x80\x99 experience in increasing roles in Procurement & Supply Chain function in several types of industries, with regional/global leadership and knowledge of business strategy, procurement strategy & processes, category management and overall execution of procurement KPIs.
• Work experience in the Middle East region is a must, especially in EP/EPC contracts with major O&G companies.

Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions