Overview

Reporting to the Category Manager, the Senior Officer, Procurement role is responsible for providing all purchasing/procurement-related services and ensuring they are performed in an effortless and efficient manner. This role is also responsible for planning and coordinating the purchasing activities by receiving and completing all purchase requisitions in adherence with MH\xe2\x80\x99s overall procurement plan and relevant policies and regulations to ensure MH\xe2\x80\x99s business needs are met.

Responsibilities

• Pro-actively participates in collaboration with the Line Manager to meet the division\xe2\x80\x99s strategic and operational goals.
• Adheres to the division\'s policies, procedures and standards while ensuring compliance with applicable regulatory bodies.
• Contributes in developing the division\'s policies and procedures and provides recommendations towards improving them wherever applicable.
• Contributes towards an innovative culture of continuous improvement for enhancing operational efficiency and effectiveness.
• Participates in meetings and maintains professionalism and confidentiality as per the organization\'s standard code of conduct.
• Completes personal performance evaluation cycle in a timely manner.
• Supports the collection and review of the latest spend and internal demand data, as well as gathers and analyses market intelligence data to support the development and refinement of the sourcing plan.
• Monitors and maintains all purchase orders in the systems to ensure the accuracy of information.
• Procures goods and services for MH by effectively ensuring that all requisitions are complete and accurate before processing any orders to ensure that all business procurement requirements are met.
• Processes orders accurately and distributes goods and materials in accordance with divisional policies and procedures.
• Maintains accurate records of goods being ordered and received to accurately track orders.
• Resolves any problems caused by orders being filled out inaccurately and not meeting target dates in addition to any problems caused by the delivery of damaged merchandise.
• Ensures that billing and budgets are charged accurately and in a timely manner to abide by the divisional budget constraints.
• Examines and adjusts any discrepancies by gathering accurate information and working effectively with the Finance divisions.
• Provides recommendations to enhance performance, reduce cost and continuously improve the automation of the sourcing process in collaboration with the relevant IT teams and end users.
• Provides regular and ad-hoc management information reports to and on behalf of the Supply Chain team on the implementation of the annual procurement plan and budget throughout the year, including but not limited to aspects related to timelines, savings and value derived from supply chain.
• Supports procurement related audit activities when required.
• Provides supervision, guidance, on the job training and share continuous constructive feedback for direct reports (if any).
• Communicates effectively with team members and maintains good interfunctional liaison to ensure smooth implementation of operational activities.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s Degree in Management, Business Administration or related fields.
• Four (4) years of progressive career experience in a smilar role.

Desired:

• Healthcare industry experience.
• Fluency in written and spoken Arabic.

Job Specific Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of key supply chain processes and current best practices
• Understanding of international, regional and local supply markets and working practices
• Strong commercial acumen, and negotiation skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Computer literate with strong skills in finance (ERP) systems
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite
• Fluency in written and spoken English

Mubadala Health