Supply Chain Manager Full-time Job

The person will assume the duty of organizing, carrying out, overseeing, managing, and finalizing project requirements in accordance with the outlined responsibilities for various projects as per the following:

Lead the company’s Supply Chain function, which includes strategic sourcing, procurement, supplier development and management, contracting strategy, and supplier delivery assurance.

Own the approved vendor list (AVL) and its associated upstream processes of vendor qualification, and downstream processes of performance evaluation.

Develop and implement a supplier performance management framework that includes assessment criteria and a mechanism for regular performance assessments.

Develop and implement a supplier risk management framework that includes contracting strategy best practices, vendor risk assessment criteria, and best practices for dealing with supply chain challenges such as delays, etc.

Develop and implement a strategic cost management framework that includes spend monitoring and KPIs, spend optimization strategies through partnerships and contracting arrangements, negotiation best practices, etc.

Directly take responsibility for negotiating the company’s largest POs (both pricing and terms) and work with suppliers to improve pricing, lead times, flexible payment terms, and after-sales support.

Directly take responsibility for hands-on delivery assurance during high-priority supply chain challenges.

Develop existing organizational talent with a special focus on negotiation and supplier management in the company’s procurement function.

Maintain a regular cadence of meetings with counterparts in partner / key supplier organizations.

Partner with Sales and Solutions teams to ensure qualified, cost-effective, and reliable suppliers are chosen for all projects.

Partner with Operations, Factory, and Logistics to execute our standard supply chain workflows and/or project-specific strategies.

Regular travel within UAE, and occasional travel across the EMEA region.

Ready to travel internationally on short notice to resolve significant supply chain challenges.

Requirements:

Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in engineering or a related field

CIPS Certification

10+ Years of experience in a similar role with industry experience

Significant work experience in the UAE market including relationships with reliable hardware fabricators/integrators (ex. Electrical Buildings, Skids, etc.)

Work experience in the KSA market is a strong bonus.

Demonstrated experience in building supply chain frameworks, qualifying new vendors, managing contracting strategies, and negotiating multi-million-dollar supplier agreements.

INTECH Automation & Intelligence is a globally renowned industrial automation & digitalization technology company. For nearly 30 years we have helped major oil & gas companies resolve their most pressing issues of instrumentation, control, and electrical automation. INTECHs diversified automation solution portfolio, technical skills, knowledge, and expertise on equipment from all major OEMs, and our asset-application specific approach to solution design are what differentiates us from a typical system integrator.
As part of our promise of helping businesses evolve in the Industry 4.0 era, we have focused on building up our expertise on Industrial IoT and related digitalization solutions. We are gradually shifting from a project-based solution provider to a partnership-based solution provider. We have started working closely with our technology and platform partners as well as clients to build long-term relationships where we work together to solve problems and provide solutions that are cost-efficient, time-efficient, and bring the best of what everyone can offer.