Associate Director - Procurement

Aldar Education is currently seeking an outstanding Associate Director – Procurement to provide senior procurement leadership for assigned Aldar Education portfolios, ensuring requirements are planned, sourced, contracted and delivered in line with procurement policy, Delegation of Authority, approved budgets, agreed SLAs and business priorities. 

This is an exciting opportunity to join the highly successful Aldar Education family of schools and play a key role in shaping the technology strategy and service delivery across some of Abu Dhabi’s leading educational institutions.

As the leading education group in Abu Dhabi, Aldar Education provides inclusive and innovative learning that inspires and empowers communities. We offer a range of educational brands for learners from nursery through to adult education, with the broadest choice of curricula across the largest number of locations in Abu Dhabi.

Working collaboratively, our education network aims to empower the next generation to shape our future while directly supporting the educational priorities of the Abu Dhabi Government. Our work is guided by the Abu Dhabi Economic Vision 2030, which seeks to build a sustainable, knowledge-based economy through premium education.

The Associate Director – Procurement role combines portfolio delivery, governance, stakeholder partnering and commercial management across schools, HQ departments and cross-functional programmes. It supports procurement transformation through structured procurement planning, framework agreements, standardised specifications, data-led reporting, supplier performance management, audit action follow-up and continuous improvement. 

The Associate Director is expected to act as a senior escalation point, coach assigned team members, challenge non-compliant or single-source approaches where appropriate, and help translate business needs into compliant, value-driven procurement outcomes.