Director of Procurement Department

Job Description:
To oversee the Procurement department’s activities including central receiving and warehouse operations, implement purchasing practices in accordance with applicable University of AL DHAID bylaws and regulations. As well as implement best practices to minimize procurement expenses to help UODH invest in its growth and people.

Responsibilities:

• Develop workflows and procedures in alignment with the university’s policies and regulations, and the requirements of UAE ministry of higher education in order to achieve UODH’s vision and mission.
• Manage the implementation and/or review of appropriate university-wide procurement/purchasing procedures and policies ensuring compliance with UODH bylaws and optimizing the purchasing request process to ensure major purchases are aligned with the department’s plan/strategy.
• Develop and deliver Procurement and strategies in order to provide benefits and financial savings as well as to identify the best suppliers and vendors. As well as control cost and quality, shorten process and delivery time through initiating blanket purchase orders/contracts for certain identified commodity/service areas.
• Ensure fair and open competitive bid processes by managing complex requests for proposals, evaluation of returned proposals, invitation and selection of vendors and award of contracts. As well as prepare recommendations that are legal, ethical, and demonstrate best value to UODH.
• Provide leadership to the Procurement and Department’s team in order to build and develop their organizational capabilities, provide them with development opportunities, as well as report on their performance.
• Manage the hiring process for the Procurement and department including preparing request to recruit forms, selection and interview process to ensure the best and most suitable candidates are selected for the available vacancies.
• Negotiate contracts, pricing discounts and pricing agreements with vendors with an emphasis on maximizing value for UODH, and oversees the processing of purchase orders and other procurement instruments.
• Define and manage key supplier relationships including their evaluation based on a defined criterion in order to deliver the highest performance of procurement.
• Ensure the purchasing process as well as goods and services purchased are always aligned with the University bylaws and regulations whilst ensuring business needs are not compromised.
• Complete any other job-related tasks as assigned by line manager within the expected time limit.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or a relevant discipline.
• More than 15 Years of UAE experience in leadership position preferably in higher education institutions.
• Professional qualifications in procurement and supply such as CIPS (Certificate in Procurement and Supply Operations), CSCP (Certified Professional), CLSCMP (Certified Logistics & SCM Professional), etc. is required.
• Priority to UAE Nationals.

Monthly Salary:

• Start from 24,000 to 34,000 AED
• *For Male-local, child allowance will be added as per the policies.