Procurement Operations Manager

Role       : Procurement Operations Manger
Location : Abu Dhabi

Role Purpose:

 - To lead the Procurement Operations Manager and support the HOD to execute duties associated with Procurement Operations including but not limited to the following:

• Responsibility to ensure an effective VMCP operating model including policy and procedures, procurement technology, targeted governance and control, talent management of resources
• Responsibility for management and execution of VMCP low level spend commodities on behalf of ADIB departments
• Act as an enabler to increase VMCP overall spend influence to ensure value can be derived for all ADIB stakeholders
• Where required, lead major negotiations and procurement activities, engaging and presenting to senior stakeholders
• Proactively identify and reduce ADIB Risk across the supply chain 

• Proactively identify opportunities to develop and institutionalize VMCP brand     
  
  KEY METRICS For Procurement Operations Manager:

• Increase spends under influence for VMCP
• Enhance department reporting activities incorporating savings, risks, BRCC, ORM etc.
• Reduce process exceptions
• Ensure timely registration of vendors to enable competition
• Map catalogues spend v PO spend and drive digitalization 
• Review Lifecycle activities to identify manual steps, governance, and control points
• Conduct findings assessment and gap analysis and document priority actions/roadmap
• Provide regular progress to plan to support process automation

• Enhanced Procurement Functionality
  
  Key Accountabilities of the role      
  
  Thought Leadership 

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  Lead VMCP reporting mechanisms to ensure reports provided to senior management with key information 
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  Identify opportunities /provide support to HOD and Category Managers to increase spend under VMCP influence
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  Engagements with external thought-leadership to analyze industry best practices and identify opportunities to incorporate within ADIB
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  Own and develop risk management strategies for ADIB engagements with strategic and critical vendors 
  
  Business As Usual Focus
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  Continuous review of department P & P, mapping to technology and ADIB objectives to ensure risks are managed and value is created
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  Develop and implement formal awareness campaigns to ensure wider and appropriate understanding and adherence to VMCP Policy and Procedures
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  Drive the utilization of spend catalogue to ensure effective use of VMCP resources
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  Provide technology operational expertise to VMCP and internal customers, improvement program to increase technology utilization
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  Proactive management of the ADIB vendor commercial directory to ensure institutionalized competition, risk management and alignment to ADIB overall objectives
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  Effective management of VMCP low value and low risk spend commodity
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  Develop and implement voice of the customer (internal and external) and factor feedback into department roadmap 
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  Lead the delivery of year-on-year savings for ADIB where opportunities exist to provide competitive advantage 
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  Responsible for department reporting activities incorporating savings, risks BRCC, RSCA, ORM etc.
  
  Governance & Controls
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  Ensure effective controls are in operation to manage the potential financial loss
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  Develop robust departmental KPI and KRI to ensure risks and value are identified and map to ADIB objectives 
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  Develop suite of reporting tools to enable VMCP to demonstrate its compliance to all associated metrics
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  Act as point of contact for all engagements with Audit, ORM, ICD (etc.)
  
  Financials & Benefits Realization
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  Where requested effectively lead major vendor negotiations to deliver value for ADIB
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  Liaise closely with Business teams to ensure accurate & robust budget monitoring against project plans
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  Input into the annual Savings Pipeline, generate and submit savings Track and monitor benefits realization against planned targets 
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  Ensure effective management and delivery of team budget /cost

• Vision, mapping of organizational objectives to department output

• Procurement operational experience

• Customer Management

• Effective Customer engagement skills

• Data analytics and reporting experience

• Excellent presentation skills
  
  Previous experience:

• Minimum 12 years procurement experience

• Professionally qualified (CIPS) (or working towards), Legal awareness (LLB) and/or experience in Financial Services