Assistant Manager Technology Procurement

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Job Description


  • Drive high value & complex sourcing initiatives/projects for technology purchasing categories.
  • Analyze the spend of the assigned technology categories and identify potential cost saving opportunities in collaboration with business units stakeholders
  • Partner with business units stakeholders to ensure smooth communication and clear documentation.
  • Support the Strategic Sourcing lead to take direct responsibility for large scale or complex sourcing initiatives through Category / Commodity plans whilst ensuring the risk associated with the purchase of Goods & services are mitigated commercially, contractually and operationally.
  • Execute strategic sourcing activities for assigned technology categories including but not limited to business requirements, spend analysis, supply market analysis, agree on sourcing strategies, preferred vendors and tendering tools (RFP/RFQ/RFI), purchase order issuance and contract handover to business unit, procurement operations and vendor management.
  • Support line manager to achieve Key Performance Indicators (KPI) as set out in the objectives.
  • Track and report category spend, savings and general performance.
  • Monitor and forecast upcoming projects for assigned technology categories
  • Forecast price and market trends to identify changes of balance in buyer-supplier negotiation power.
  • Renew annual maintenance contract in due time at the best cost.
  • Execute sourcing strategies and comply with contractual guidelines.
  • Enhance the overall procurement cycle and ensuring the best value for money spend
  • Ensure compliance with the approved policies, procedures, SLAs and regulatory requirements to maintain quality standards and ensure risk mitigation.
  • All the above accountabilities includes but not limited to any additional/new tasks or responsibilities assigned by the line Manager
Competencies/SkillsTechnical Competencies
  • Strategic sourcing
  • Category management
  • eProcurement
  • Tendering tools (RFx)
  • Spend analysis
  • Supply market analysis
  • Vendor management
  • Negotiations skills
  • Contracts and contracts management
  • Sharia principles of Islamic finance
  • ERP Applications

Dubai Islamic Bank

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Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD1684018
  • Industry
    Not mentioned
  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • Education
    Not mentioned