Job Description

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

The Mission of Senior Procurement Engineer is to purchase items and services as required for the project or in various operations in ALMEM. They are responsible to maintain the budgeted cost, time, and quality for
an effective process. Swiftly and efficiently fulfill urgent procurement needs, leveraging sourcing expertise to secure the best value and quality while maintaining compliance and responsiveness to the dynamic demands of our organization.

Main Responsibilities:

• Analyze procurement requirements for the categories as assigned by supply chain manager and select the most appropriate methods based on established policies, practices, and experience of Air Liquide (i.e. IMS, GP, other protocols...etc)
• Prepare the procurement strategy/Project procurement Plan for the given categories and implement in day to day operations
• Analyze, negotiate and prepare contractual agreements, ensuring appropriate terms and conditions are included to protect the interests of ALMEM.
• Design and approve a Procurement process according to the guidelines (e.g. Category Cards available in EPIC) strategies and instructions given by the category managers / country buyers
• Define and continuously optimize the procurement process
• Perform period activity meetings with Tactical Procurement Director and with Category Managers / Country buyers on procurement reduction opportunities
• Report savings performed and Service Levels achieved to procurement & Requisitioning Manager.
• Issue RFQs to the suppliers, obtain their offers, evaluation of the offers, commercial clarifications, bid comparison, obtaining necessary approvals and placing purchase orders on the suppliers
• Coordination with internal and external stakeholders to resolve the issues for timely placement of purchase orders
• Support the proposal team, as and when asked for, in obtaining the offers from the suppliers for ongoing proposals,
• Coordinate with Finance for working capital in routine procurement.
• Expediting the timely delivery of the material supplies of their assigned categories in absence of the expeditor
• Active participation in the closing the supplier NCR and related Cost of Poor Quality
• Introducing new suppliers and their qualification to increase competitiveness and agility
• Expediting of the material supplies for the indirect categories
• Ensure that the procurement schedules are met
• Manages daily operational requirements
• Contribution to companies competitiveness improvement programs
• Recording and implementation of lessons learnt during project execution as capitalization points
• Identify & validate opportunities with suppliers in different market segments to improve performance of procurement management
• Monitor and take actions to achieve Turnaround Time from procurement representative to purchase order (PR analysis, RFQ preparation, Review Offers)
• Monitor and take actions to generate the savings: compare the price obtained with the pre-defined baseline

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Position Requirements:

• Education: Bachelor Degree in Engineering/ supply chain, Industrial Management or other related discipline Business Administration and/ or law, engineering or equivalent
• Experience: 8-10 years of experience in Procurement and Supplier management experience is required (multinational company and/or Steel, chemical industry preferred); Good knowledge in strategic and project procurement in order to conduct category management and procurement activities within the dedicated procurement category. ability to independently organize and host internal and external meetings, coordinate across teams/departments;
• UAE experience is required
• Good communication skills and team working ability/spirit;
• Language: English
• Level required: Fluency in speaking, writing and reading
• IT Skill: SAP MM module, Google Sheets, Docs, Slides
• Strong knowledge of procure to pay process
• Knowledge of contractual terms and conditions
• Market analysis
• Procurement strategies and planning
• Supplier qualifications and performance evaluations
• Supplier relationship management

Our Differences make our Performance

At Air Liquide, we are committed to build a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.

We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their background. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.