IT Procurement Category Lead Majid Al Futtaim

An IT Procurement Category Lead at Majid Al Futtaim will be responsible for strategic sourcing of products and services for all MAF OpCos across all operating countries against a relevant category. There is no gender restriction for this role, both male and female can apply.

Duties of IT Procurement Category Lead

• Developing and delivering the strategic roadmap and annual budget for the relevant category in association with the Business and Head of Procurement.
• Creating and implementing sourcing strategies on a project level in compliance with the legal, internal policies, good practices and business goals.
• Managing and leading sourcing activities for new project development and achieving agreed milestones and key development timelines.
• Leveraging opportunities for consolidation, standardization and scoping to improve costs.
• Analyzing supplier offers and quantifying total costs of ownership (TCO).
• Meeting or exceeding annual sourcing goals and savings targets for the MAF spend.
• Managing price negotiation and finalization of commercial supply agreements or contracts in close alignment with MAF Legal.
• Analyzing industry and markets to identify and demonstrate emerging trends for business benefits, Mapping.
• Analyzing and interpreting data on current spend patterns, identifying cost drivers and opportunities.
• Actively communicating with the stakeholders across OpCos and developing digital platforms to meet the KPI and SLA set & Regular reporting of sourcing/negotiation strategies and outcome.

Eligibility Requirements

The eligibility requirements for role an IT Procurement Category Lead are as under:

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, supply chain management, procurement, or a related field. 
• Min 7-10 years of experience in a similar role and min of 15-17 years’ experience in Procurement.
• Experience in a large Indirect Procurement organization dealing with multiple sourcing activities covering Technology and IT
• Experience in negotiating big deals with the big Tech giants including ORACLE, SAP, etc..
• Experience in Procurement within “Shared Services” is a plus.

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