Procurement Associate IFS PwC UAE

Procurement Associate at PwC Internal Firm Services will have the opportunity to develop and manage the procurement of all goods and services required by PwC for operational and strategic purposes. As a part of the team, you’ll assist in developing our standard practices and compliance infrastructure, managing relationships for both internal clients and suppliers to aid in the strategic selection of suppliers, supplier diversity, and contract negotiations. This job is open for UAE Nationals only. The Requisition ID for this vacancy is 197780WD.

Responsibilities of A Procurement Associate IFS

• Procurement sits within the centralised Finance Function and is managed by the Director of Procurement.
• Responsible for the development of procurement processes, procedures, strategy development, implementation/administration of procurement activities, optimisation of procurement spend via category management, as well as supporting the operational aspects of the agreement with the operations team and spend.
• The Procurement Officer reports to the Procurement Category Lead and is responsible for supporting the optimisation of the category spend within the operating procurement business stream.
• The team is the primary point of contact for cost review, optimisation analysis, tendering, contract review and negotiation with key vendors across all spend categories.
• Follow procurement strategy set by team leadership, focusing on high opportunity areas of spend, and identifying challenging procurement spend savings across the business.
• Assist the Procurement Category Lead with the management of category spend, defining category strategies. Working to optimise the contract terms, costing and quality of services delivered.
• Reviewing vendor performance and benchmarking across the region.
• Supports the RFI / RFP processes within the spend categories, including creation of scopes of work, technical and commercial evaluation, recommendation and facilitation of sign off with key stakeholders.
• Reviews contract terms and recommends amendments that support the position of / benefits PwC , particularly strategies for financial negotiations for all significant areas of spend, with aim of achieving year on year reductions in like for like spend.
• Personally embody company culture of long-term saving on procurement costs. Drive ethos of regionalisation / centralisation of procurement spend and contracts e.g. Regional Frame agreements.
• Log savings achieved across the procurement categories.
• Ensure accurate capture of procurement data to feed into Finance Systems e.g. LPOs etc, ensuring meaningful and accurate data is collected, reconciled and managed appropriately.

Eligibility Requirements

The eligibility requirements for role of a Procurement Associate IFS are as under:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Procurement, Supply Chain, Logistics or related field required.
• No experience is required in a procurement function.

Knowledge & Skills Desired

• Knowledge of Corporate Procurement principles.
• Knowledge of implementing cost improvement.
• Strong liaison skills, with the ability to maintain geographical relationships.
• Excellent people management skills.
• Ability to work within a team and develop excellent relationships with co-workers.
• Knowledge of the tender evaluation process.
• Ability to adhere to and implement corporate procurement policies.
• Negotiation skills and assertiveness in dealing with external vendor.
• Strong ability to collaborate across function.
• Strong customer service orientation.
• Orrganisation, thoroughness, eye for detail, time management skills and proactivity.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Fluency in written and spoken English, proficiency in Arabic is an advantage.

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