Procurement Category Lead - Direct (Airlines Experience)

Job Description

Qualifications (Academic, training, languages) * Bachelor Degree in Management or equivalent combined with necessary experience. * MCIPS or equivalent * Have excellent communication skills * Can show a history of career progression and ambition to grow further * Excellent business writing and reporting skills. * Proficient in Microsoft Office, Internet and Web Search (Excel advanced level). * Detail oriented, comfortable with numbers, charts and data sheets. * Fluent in English Language Work Experience * 5+ years of experience in procurement/ Purchasing role for Airlines of large-scale tactical & strategic nature. * Prior experience in managing RFP and contracts management is essential. * Experience in managing and negotiating with key vendors, strategically agile, with strong commercial acumen and exceptional negotiation skills in managing large, complex, Large outsourcing based development contracts in an Airline/Airport environment. * Experienced in initiating and managing contracts of technical nature. * Demonstrates skills in handling financial transactions with accuracy. * Cooperative team player; possesses very good organizing and time management skills. * Capable of preparing/extracting reports from different sources of data and identifying shortages. * Multi-task oriented, responds to multiple assignments easily and promptly. * Organized and demonstrates high attention to details. * Willing to support and provide alternate solutions in ad-hoc scenarios and unplanned situations. * Dependable, self-motivated takes ownership and acts proactively. * Displays energy and enthusiasm. * Capable of working under pressure and tight timeframes without compromising quality. * Employs a balance of technical expertise, and interpersonal relations to interact with senior level stakeholders and external providers as well as execute new initiatives that support company?s objectives. * Demonstrates the ability to contribute and successfully deliver against set KPIs.

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About Company

Air Arabia (PJSC), listed on the Dubai Financial Market, is the Middle East and North Africas first and leading low-cost carrier flying to over 100 destinations across the world. Air Arabia was the first airline to introduce the low-cost carrier concept in the region and is on a mission to serve all Arab countries and beyond, constantly undergoing aggressive route expansion, taking advantage of its ideally located hubs in the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Egypt and Jordan. Over the past thirteen years, Air Arabia, through continuous market research and customer feedback, provides a range of value added services to millions of passengers who chose to fly with Air Arabias fleet of A320 aircraft. The airline commenced operations in October 2003 and achieved financial break-even from its very first year of services and has been profitable ever since.