Position Overview/Scope of role:

The role of Senior Procurement Engineer (Sourcing) will be handling the company’s end-to-end sourcing operations, The successful candidate will be able to appraise and improve our sourcing activities to ensure the cost-efficient and timely procurement of construction materials, works services are performed while complying with the Company Standard Procedure (CSP) – Procurement Guidelines and Supplier Framework Manual of EEC Construction. 

Duties & Responsibilities:

General

• Manage the company’s supply portfolio ensuring transparency of spending

• Generate and implement efficient sourcing and category management strategies

• Analyse and calculate costs of procurement and suggest methods to decrease expenditure

• Invent negotiation strategies and secure profitable deals

• Optimize sourcing procedures to attain maximum efficiency

• Cooperate with stakeholders to guarantee agreement on terms and processes

• Research and anticipate shifts in the negotiating power of suppliers

• Perform cost and scenario analysis, and bench marking

• Estimate risks and apply risk-minimizing techniques

• Discover and partner with trustworthy vendors and suppliers

• Determine quantity and timing of deliveries

• Drafts contract agreements for subcontractors and issue purchase orders as per approved material submittals and material service request as well as after appropriate approvals are secured on the technical and financial bids from the relevant departments and/or line managers as required.

• Issue bid inquiries for Subcontractor/Suppliers for required material.

• Follow up with the Subcontractor/Suppliers to receive the offers/quotations.

• Compare between vendors’ offers both technically and financially per the pre-set evaluation assessment criterion for each procurement exercises and submit to line manager for review.

• Facilitate and support negotiation sessions with suppliers /subcontractors by working with relevant departments and contributing own assessment of the supplier/subcontractor and/or the market at various levels of the procurement process to achieving the highest value at minimum cost for EEC Construction.

• Liaise with quality, logistics and material management at supplier and customer offices as necessary to ensure timely delivery of the required goods or services to requisitioned.

• Follow-up on orders placed with suppliers/subcontractors and coordinate with site team on its on-time delivery as required.

• Keep track of all suppliers' (materials, goods, consultancy services and other services) performance evaluations and form a uniform database of the evaluation results in coordination with the Commercial Department subcontractors’ (construction works) performance evaluation assessments.

• Perform and monitor the periodic technical re-evaluation of suppliers and subcontractors for possible inclusion on to EEC Construction’s approved suppliers list.

•  Handle all special assignments within the scope of the department as required.

Communications and Working Relationships:

• Coordinates with the Engineering/Design Unit when design details are involved.

• Reviews the completed Procurement Schedule with line managers as required.

• Discusses the material files with line managers as required.

• Conducts regular visits to sites and coordinates with the site team for procurement issues.

• Coordinates with the Tender and Estimation teams when sending bid inquiries, obtaining quotations, preparing comparison sheets, and preparing material files as per the CSP – Procurement Guidelines.

• Interfaces with the QA/QC department with respect to their “audit” of suppliers

• Interfaces with relevant teams (Commercial Department etc.) when assessing suppliers and subcontractors.

• Work with the Plant and Equipment department team regarding machinery specification details for spare part purchases and quality approvals as deemed necessary.

• Works with Procurement Manager and line manager on selecting suppliers for prequalification.

•  Coordinates with Warehouse Officers when material is returned to supplier

•  Coordinates with Finance for the proper management of accounts receivables and payables

•  Communicates with potential suppliers

Job Requirements

Essential Skills and Experience Required: 

• B.S.c in Civil Engineering, Construction Management or related field of study

• Minimum 4 Years & above work experience in procurement in a construction firm Specialized in Sourcing 

• Demonstrated understanding of standard/basic procurement workflow processes and construction industry procurement.

• Knowledge of the industry market and ability to understand the technical requirement attached to the role

• International experience and/or experience working with international organizations and/or with affiliated firms is an added advantage.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, Word, and Power Point).

• Good Command of English language skills.

• Working knowledge of Engineering software AutoCAD , Revit or similar is Mandatory. 

Required Competencies

• Risk evaluation and management

• Negotiation Skills

• Problem Solving

• Details oriented

How to Apply

KEY NOTE BEFORE APPLYING FOR THIS ROLE

1. Ensure you fulfill the minimum set requirement.

2. If you fulfill the above requirement, then you are expected to fill  and submit the form using THIS LINK

3. All those that do not fulfill the above requirements will be rejected automatically. 

4. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.