DescriptionRole: Senior IT Procurement Officer
Location: Abu Dhabi UAE
Job Description:
- To manage end-to-end procurement lifecycle related to Information Technology Department.
Role Purpose:
- Act as Senior Buyer for IT category.
Key Accountabilities of the role:
IT Procurement & Vendor Management:
- Receives RFQs/RFPs from IT requester solicits proposals from vendors vendor communication and negotiation
- Attending meeting with senior stakeholder and vendors
- Prepare procurement plan with end users
- Create Contract for all engagement and Negotiate terms & condition with vendors
- PO creation and issuance to vendors for execution and delivery.
- Coordinator between IT and VMCP for vendor registration vendor account updating etc.
- Initiate SPM for all engagement
- Ensure closing all Open POs
- Support vendors for pending payment by coordinating with requester and FCD
- Ensure the best utilization of SAP Ariba (RFP Contract Workspace Reverse Auction)
- Ensures to always maintain proper and intact vendor communication.
- Fully adhere to VMCP P&P and support line manager in closing audit point
- Work as SME to provide suggestion to enhance the process and to achieve savings
- All IT-related procurement requests should be accommodated in a timely manner in order to avoid delay.
- Acting as a SME in all meetings / deals with internal and external stakeholders.
- Proper vendor communication should be well-maintained.
Financial & Contract Approval Management:
- Lead contract drafting review and execution with internal and external stakeholders.
- Maintains and monitors Contract Database.
- Ensures proper archiving of procurement file.
Special Tasks:
- Provide assistance to all internal customers (other categories managed by VMCP) perform other tasks as required (attend meetings attend calls prepare reports etc.)
- To ensure that good controls are maintained in all department-related functions and ensure that the Department Head is aware of all issues raised within the department.
Specialist Skills / Technical Knowledge Required for this role:
- Must have IT procurement experience or IT by profession
Previous experience:
- Preferred CIPS qualified or having active membership
- Banking experience is preferred
Required Experience:
Senior IC