Job Description

Role: Senior Procurement Contracts Officer

Location: Abu Dhabi

Role Purpose:

Senior Procurement Contracts Officer is a unique techno functional role with good system and process knowledge on Sourcing, Contract Management, and Buying modules Must have a minimum of 5 years of experience in supporting SAP ARIBA P2P solution which includes Contract Management solution, Sourcing, Supplier Performance and information management. Must have good understanding of the procurement process and supplier management, also have working knowledge of sourcing and selection process of supplier. Monitoring and reporting Monitors procurement contractual agreements. Must possess Strong Analytical skills and should be able to perform RCA's and propose permanent fix for issues related to contract management, sourcing, P2P. Broad knowledge of spend management strategies and/or procurement, sourcing, contract management category management and supplier performance & information management. Good experience in generating reports to enable data driven decisions. Support all stakeholders including suppliers, buyers and business units.

Key accountabilities of the role:

Responsible for working with buyers, category managers and business units Responsible to work with suppliers Provide best practices around SAP Ariba Responsible for carrying out online/onsite training and coaching to end users and technical team Comfortable documenting all changes proposed and made in Ariba and updating control documents, plus communicating to all impacted stakeholders. Loading trouble shooting catalog files into the SAP Ariba p2p system Strong proficiency with transactional purchasing systems catalogs and formats Responsible for maintenance of catalogues within the P2P systems with regular system check Responsible for preparation and regular update of training manual/FAQ's

Specialist skills / technical knowledge required for this role:

Extensive experience in SAP Ariba P2P, Strategic Sourcing, Contract Management Good understanding of the entire SAP Ariba suite (Ariba Buying, SIPM, Sourcing, eInvoicing, Contracts, etc.) Must have experience of at least one ERP (SAP/Oracle) specific to Supply chain * Maintain desired certificates in Ariba.