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Senior Procurement Officer (6 Months Contract)

1.00 to 10.00 Years   United Arab Emirates   02 Jun, 2022
Serco
1 Jobs Openings
Job LocationUnited Arab Emirates
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IndustryOther Business Support Services
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Job Description

Senior Procurement Officer (6 Months Contract)Make a difference every dayThe Job OpportunityAcquiring new business is essential to Serco?s success, and as such, this role provides procurement support to strategically important bids across Serco?s Middle East Division. In addition, this role is expected to leverage the capabilities of the supply chain to contribute to the improvement of these propositions by codifying and capturing the knowledge developed on bids in such a way that it can be reused for future bids.Key accountabilities

  • Provides procurement support to specific bids in line with the SMS (Serco Management System) and Serco?s Bid Methodology. Provides the key interface between a specific Bid Team and the relevant Category team within Global Procurement.
  • Responsible within a bid team for interpreting and helping facilitate the thinking around client requirements, assisting estimators with estimating the volumes and benchmarking the price of outsource service lines; assisting solutions developers in clarifying client requirements into specifications for suppliers; obtaining & negotiating suppliers? commercial proposals whilst managing contractual risks; and delivering to client timescales.
  • Where appropriate, and with legal support, manages the offsetting of customer-imposed risks by flowing-down terms to suppliers through the development of appropriate contractual agreements.
  • Ensures bid alignment with Serco?s evolving procurement category strategies.
What we are looking for in our candidates:
  • Ability to engage credibly with senior stakeholders, developing and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships across a complex matrix organisation.
  • Ability to manage the ambiguities that are often a feature of bids and to differentiate between the ?vital few? and the ?trivial many? issues and act accordingly.
  • Excellent presentation skills, both written and verbal.
  • Flexible and calm under pressure with the ability to manage changing priorities.
Specific requirements
  • Minimum 5 years of experience in Procurement preferably in the Facilities Management sector.
  • Holder of a Bachelor?s Degreeor post-graduate qualification (e.g. MSc/MBA) or a professional qualification such as MCIPS.
  • Experience of working in Procurement in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is preferable.
  • Ability to communicate in the spoken and written Arabic will be an advantage.
Working with SercoAt Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has important role to play. https://www.serco.com/meWe are a team of 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services. We are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone.Join UsBy joining Serco you will have unlimited access to our Global Employee Networks ? SercoInspire (Gender), SercoEmbrace (Multicultural), and SercoUnlimited (Disability). Serco Employee Networks, led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging.We take pride in what we doSerco is committed to Equal Employment Opportunities and is committed to ensuring the safety of all of its employees through its Zero Harm initiative. Please visit www.serco.com/careers for more information.

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