Senior Manager Group Business Sourcing
Emirates NBD
United Arab Emirates
4th June 2025
2506-1886-19
Job Description
To apply for this role, it is essential to have experience in Banking operations, Professional & General Services and Travel & Transportation. Additional experience in Insurance is advantageous.
The Senior Manager is responsible for developing and executing sourcing strategies for a set of tech or non-tech categories across ENBD Group locations. This role ensures category-level delivery of service to businesses, manage spend and cost savings in line with strategies set by the Business / Tech Sourcing Heads. It plays a pivotal role in translating sourcing strategies into actionable plans within assigned categories across Group Locations.
On a day-day you will be responsible for:
- Developing and Implementing Sourcing Strategies for Multi Categories across Group Locations – you will be using leading sourcing tools to develop and implement Strategic Sourcing, including: supplier assessment, supplier financial analysis, RFI, RFQ & RFP based on certain threshold, Strategy Advisory, Scope Advisory, etc.
- Manage direct reports.
- Drive annual cost savings, supplier and service improvement in each spend category across Group Locations.
- Measure And Track Performance Within Each Spend Category and Define Budgetary Impact: Establish KPIs for each spend category. Define the data collection process; forecast budgetary impact and track actual savings.
- Monitor Category Strategy Implementation and Contract Compliance: Actively monitor the performance of contracts under management of assigned categories to ensure savings identified are meet, and business comply with the contracts in place.
- Cross Functional Team Management: Meet stakeholders weekly / monthly to collaborate and discuss all the activities, including ensuring alignment of sourcing team across Group Locations.
- Supplier Relationship Management: Manage and develop key supplier relationships for the assigned portfolio.
- Drive Best Practices For Sourcing Categories: Ensure adoption of best practices and regular exchange of knowledge across Group Locations.
- Uphold Internal And External Policies, Regulations And Laws: Maintain a working knowledge of applicable laws across the bank International locations.
- Bachelor’s Degree
- MCIPS, CIPS 3 / 4 level
- Multi-year track record in delivering cost savings and strong supplier performance.
- Specific commodity experience.
- 8 year+ Strategic sourcing/category management.
- Technical skills: problem-solving and analytical skills, construct/execute multiple complex analyses simultaneously, market research & intelligence, demand management, risk management
- Managerial skills: project management, negotiating skills, change management, stakeholder management, planning categories.
- Competitive salary package
- Market-leading incentives
- Strong emphasis on work-life balance and wellbeing across the bank
- Preferential banking facilities for employees
- Generous annual leave entitlement and Private Healthcare
- World-class Learning & Development platform and career development
Job Details
| Role Level: | Mid-Level | Work Type: | Full-Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country: | United Arab Emirates | City: | Dubai |
| Company Website: | http://www.emiratesnbd.com | Job Function: | Procurement & Vendor Management |
| Company Industry/ Sector: |
Banking | ||
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About the Company
About Emirates NBD Emirates NBD (DFM: Emirates NBD) is a leading banking group in the MENAT (Middle East, North Africa and Türkiye) region with a presence in 13 countries, serving over 20 million customers. As at 30th September 2023, total assets were AED 836 billion, (equivalent to approx. USD 228 billion). The Group has operations in the UAE, Egypt, India, Türkiye, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Singapore, the United Kingdom, Austria, Germany, Russia and Bahrain and representative offices in China and Indonesia with a total of 853 branches and 4,213 ATMs / SDMs. Emirates NBD is the leading financial services brand in the UAE with a Brand value of USD 3.89 billion. Emirates NBD Group serves its customers (individuals, businesses, governments, and institutions) and helps them realise their financial objectives through a range of banking products and services including retail banking, corporate and institutional banking, Islamic banking, investment banking, private banking, asset management, global markets and treasury, and brokerage operations. The Group is a key participant in the global digital banking industry with 97% of all financial transactions and requests conducted outside of its branches. The Group also operates Liv, the lifestyle digital bank by Emirates NBD, with close to half a million users, it continues to be the fastest-growing bank in the region.Emirates NBD contributes to the construction of a sustainable future as an active participant and supporter of the UAE’s main development and sustainability initiatives, including financial wellness and the inclusion of people of determination. Emirates NBD is committed to supporting the UAE’s Year of Sustainability as Principal Banking Partner of COP28 and an early supporter to the Dubai Can sustainability initiative, a city-wide initiative aimed to reduce use of single-use plastic bottled water.
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