Regional Category Specialist Serco UAE

Serco is presently seeking qualified candidates for the role of a Regional Category Specialist. This role is part of the finance team and will be based in their corporate office in Dubai.  The successful candidate will be responsible to provide procurement and sourcing expertise and execution capacity to support effective management of Serco’s spend and supply base in the region by leading delivery of sourcing and continuous improvement projects that result in required business outcomes, robust contracts and improved value for money and collaborating with key stakeholders and procurement category managers to capture business requirements, develop effective sourcing strategies, run RFPs and successfully negotiate contracts for the supply of goods and services. The Requisition ID for this vacancy is 291539. 

Responsibilities of A Regional Category Specialist

• Engaging and managing selected key suppliers in collaboration with key stakeholders across business units.
• Optimising value delivery, performance improvement and risk mitigation from the supply base.
• Ensuring that benefits are recognised by key stakeholders to allow benefit delivery.
• Plan and manage delivery of procurement projects (>£50k) ensuring compliance to Sourcing & Category Management processes and governance.
• Support Category Managers in the delivery of large, complex procurement projects.
• Direct, oversee and support Buyers in the delivery of procurement projects.
• Review and analyse business purchase needs to determine the best procurement strategy to meet requirements in line with any relevant category strategies.
• Participate in global category communities of practice to share category insights and best practices globally.
• Conduct market analysis to identify and source potential suppliers, ensuring appropriate qualification and due diligence is completed.
• Maximise competitive sourcing opportunities wherever possible.
• Obtain stakeholder input to the development of statements of works/requirements.
• Publish the RFx to bidders and manage the RFx process (bidder questions, bidder submissions, evaluation & shortlisting).
• Provide RFx event support to Category Managers including advice and support in the creation and management of sourcing events.

Requirements for Role of Regional Category Specialist

The eligibility requirements for role of a Regional Category Specialist are as under:

• Bachelor’s degree preferably in Business (or other related degree) or CIPS qualified or working towards CIPS qualification.
• At least 4 years of experience working in Procurement.

Knowledge & Skills Desired

• Working knowledge of category management, strategic sourcing and contract management.
• Working knowledge and practical experience of using eSourcing systems to run sourcing events (preferable).
• Good desktop computing skills, particularly MS Excel and MS Powerpoint and the ability to learn Serco applications such as SMART, Power BI.
• Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and independently as required.
• Multi-task, prioritise and manage workload effectively and efficiently to produce quality deliverables within required timescales, and be able to work at a fast pace and maintain attention to detail.

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