Procurement Performance Manager

Urgent requirement for a Procurement Performance Manager in Qatar on a 1 year contract for a major Financial institution.

Responsibilities:

• Develop the appropriate Procurement KPI dashboards in alignment with the VP, Supplier Relationship Management & Procurement Performance
• Implements KPI’s and best practices for Manager, Procurement Performance role.
• Promote cost consciousness and efficiency and enhance productivity, to minimise cost, avoid waste, and optimise benefits for the bank.
• Assist internal customers in all their procurement requests/activities and seek solution to their requests.
• Prepare business reviews and provide ad-hoc support (as much as available bandwidth allows):
• Prepare KPI’s and communication support for quarterly business reviews, regular team meetings and ad-hoc meetings
• Provide data extracts to internal stakeholders upon request
• Provide ad-hoc analysis support to teams
• Maintain activities in accordance with Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with internal departments/units to achieve improvements in turn-around time.
• Build and maintain strong/effective relationships with related departments/units to achieve the Group’s objectives.
• Provide timely/accurate data to external/internal Auditors, Compliance, Financial Control and Risk when required.
• Ensure Procurement dashboards (KPIs) production and manage reporting:
• Develop the appropriate Procurement KPI dashboards in alignment with the Head of Procurement Performance.
• Define relevant KPI’s and supplier assessment templates with VP, Supplier Relationship Management & Procurement Performance and buyers.
• Provide teams with appropriate KPI collection tools to facilitate data centralization.
• Work closely with relevant departments to compile KPI data and fill procurement performance dashboard with KPI results.
• Consolidate qualitative feedback from teams to understand performance results.
• Analyze performance quantitatively and qualitatively, identifying deviations and their root causes to define corrective action plans with Head of Procurement Performance.
• Support definition of procurement action plans and follow implementation by checking KPI evolution.
• Provide support in the establishment (initial analyses) and the maintenance of vendor management database with the administrative tasks associated with adding or removing vendors.
• Help define the appropriate specifications for Procurement solutions / IT suite that ensures they enhance procurement performance / KPI monitoring.

Qualifications and Experience:

• University graduate (Bachelors) preferably with a Major in the related field of study, Professional accreditation related to the function is an asset
• At least 6 years of relevant experience, preferably within a highly rated international bank in data analytics, and good command of data request definition, Excel management.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills (including report writing) in English and Arabic.
• Good interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Understanding of the relevant laws, regulations, and practices.
• Ability to interact with various department to collect and analyse data and information
• Personal integrity and self-management.
• Planning, organising, and analytical ability.
• Proficiency in analytical tools (Microsoft Excel, SQL, SAP)
• Excellent critical thinking and data-driven reasoning
• Self-sufficient and innovative