At AtkinsR\xc3\xa9alis in the Middle East and Africa, youll find yourself challenged in more fascinating and far-reaching ways than ever before. Youll explore new and inspiring opportunities to make the most of your expertise, broaden your professional horizons and create exciting new possibilities for people and organisations. Reporting to the Director of Operations, this role will lead the strategic direction and growth of procurement and supply chain services, providing professional commercial guidance for the internal development of our procurement and supply chain projects, processes, governance and management providing support to our clients and external stakeholders across the Middle East and Africa on strategic procurement, supply chain, market shaping and commercial solutions. Our strategic procurement and supply chain function works very closely with our clients to implement innovative and best practice procurement and supply chain strategies from business and programme level to contract award. This presents a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious and strategically focussed procurement and supply chain professional to develop and deliver the next phase of growth for AtkinsR\xc3\xa9alis. Key Attributes Leading a dynamic service of this nature with the associated complexities of operating across multiple internal stakeholders (regional and international) and our client base, will require a well-rounded, deep technical and operational knowledge of procurement and supply chain gained from experience working successfully for established client organisations and large-scale programmes and projects. This will need to be combined with a genuine flair for stakeholder management, strategic thinking, leadership, networking, and ability to build strong working relationships that deliver results. Energy and drive will be essential attributes at your disposal, alongside a natural motivation to keep procurement and supply chain at the forefront of best practice: constantly looking beyond existing boundaries to identify innovative approaches and best practice regionally and internationally that could deliver improved outcomes for our clients. You will also need a strong people management and leadership focus and track record. The team of procurement and supply chain professionals, operating across multiple locations, will look to you to set the agenda as the capability lead for strong partnership and collaborative working by creating and empowering a delivery focussed and supportive culture. Business growth will also be a key focus moving forward. We need an individual who will be comfortable in using their commercial expertise to grow and shape our service delivery portfolio, allowing us to deliver more effective services at increased profitability. You will be required to proactively manage resource and capabilities across the full procurement and supply chain team. This will include identifying and developing team capabilities with defined service offers as well as active recruitment and engagement to meet business targets. Your qualifications will include: o Degree qualified - within a construction or business related discipline o Membership of RICS, CIPS or equivalent Rewards & Benefits:
We offer an excellent package which includes: A competitive salary; Transportation allowance; Medical and life insurance cover; Annual leave; Medical and life insurance cover; Company gratuity scheme; Discretionary bonus scheme; Annual flight allowance to point of origin; Employee Assistance Programme - 24 hour free advice on financial, legal and family care specialists and also access to personal health, fitness and nutrition consultants.