Senior Category Specialist- 10 Months Contract

Transguard Group was established in 2001 and has diversified significantly, we lead in the fields of Cash Services, Security Services, Manpower Services, Facilities Management & Aviation. Transguard Group is the UAE’s most trusted business support and outsourcing provider and has a large, dynamic, and culturally diverse workforce with 50,000 employees! We are currently for Senior Category Specialist to be based out of their office in Dubai.

Purpose-
The Specialist will provide inputs in developing category strategy / plans, assign requisitions to Category Associate Specialists and execute strategic sourcing and monitoring operational sourcing.

Responsibility-

• Support the development of multi - year category strategies and plans to achieve maximum lifecycle value from assigned spend categories.
• Review requisitions received, and assign requisition to category specialists for action, based on workload and sourcing route ( strategic or operational sourcing ).
• Review requisitions submitted by end users and required information to enable sourcing is available.
• Request clarifications from end users if adequate information is not available.
• Define and execute sourcing strategies in close collaboration with the business stakeholders for the respective spend categories.
• Recommend suppliers based on the evaluations and negotiations and submit for approval as per delegation of authority.
• Negotiate with suppliers and obtain approval of finalized contracts / purchase orders as per the approved delegation of authority.
• Manage, guide and monitor the execution of strategic and operational sourcing processes, and approve commitment, based on authority.
• Set up contracts in Oracle.

• Minimum 7 years of experience in similar role.
• Bachelors in business, engineering, finance, or in a related field, based on the categories managed.
• Knowledge of ERP systems (preferably Oracle), and Advanced Excel. Regional /industry knowledge of relevant categories is preferable.