Overview:Seeking a dynamic, resourceful, and proficient Contracts Specialist - Procurement, to manage Core42s supply portfolio, ensuring transparency of spending and developing innovative, cost-efficient sourcing & category management strategies.The opportunityTo play a key role providing high level day-to-day administrative & coordination support for a range of procurement services across a global, new age, AI-driven organisation providing critical digital transformation solutions for the government and large enterprises.Core42 is the UAEs national-scale enabler for cloud and generative AI, combining G42 Groups expertise across multiple technology disciplines into a single platform for public sector and large enterprise transformations. Building on our capabilities as sovereign cloud and HPC specialist, we bring generative AI, cybersecurity, professional and managed services expertise to enable national-scale program deployments across industries. Responsibilities:

• Conduct Procurement Planning activities and liaise with End Users to create an efficient demand plan for their respective departments and business units.
• Generate and implement efficient sourcing and category management strategies.
• Negotiate contracts, improve prices and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings utilizing negotiation and procurement best practices.
• Create partnership contracts with relevant suppliers and negotiate best prices in comparison to the market.
• Implement methodologies and recommend ways to assess inventory management systems and rate agreements to achieve cost-efficient procurement processes for regular spent inventory.
• Discover and partner with trustworthy vendors and suppliers, ensuring that a professional and consistent approach with all supplier relationships.
• Review, create and analyze Procurement Spent Analysis reports, Procurement Planned reports and related methodologies to enable efficient procurement.
• Implement and initiate best practices to enable effective ERP and online procurement processes.
• Act as an interface between suppliers and other relevant departments on purchasing processes and new projects and activities.
• Analyze and calculate costs of procurement and suggest methods to decrease expenditure.
• Build, maintain and manage vendor management processes and engage with vendors based on supplier-classification.
• 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 benchmarking.
• Estimate risks and apply risk minimizing techniques.
• Determine quantity and timing of deliveries.
• Assist in the design of the ERP system at the Procurement level.
• Build and strengthen key relationships with internal and external customers.
• Comply with the Group Procurement Policy and report to the Procurement Manager for all activities.

Skills and attributes for success

• Savings optimization in procurement
• Strong negotiation and stakeholder management skills
• In-depth knowledge of purchase, negotiation, commercials and cost breakdown
• Project management skills
• Expertise in Procurement Demand Planning
• A foundation of fiscal responsibility and an eye for detail

Qualifications:

• Ability to build trust and foster long-term relationships.
• In-depth knowledge of purchase, negotiation, commercials, and cost breakdown.
• An understanding of distribution processes and components.
• Experience in launching new procurement related initiatives.
• Excellent communication and persuasion skills

What we look for:If you are a performance-driven, inquisitive mind with the agility to adapt to ambiguity, you will fit right in. You should be eager to explore opportunities to build meaningful collaborations with stakeholders and aspire to create unique customer-centric solutions. Bias for action and a passion to conquer new frontiers in the AI space is at the heart of the Core42 community.

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