Specialist, OG Procurement and Sourcing
Job ID: 616192
17 Feb 2026
Graduate; Post Graduate; MBA / Management Post Graduates
Purchase / Stores / Spare Parts / Buyer
Supply Chain / Logistics / Import / Export
Telecom
Experience in a Strategic Sourcing
Jobseekers from any country
Your impact on our goals
Sourcing and procurement / Source to Settle:
Contributes into the overall Ooredoo strategic sourcing mission of the department.
Ensures execution of savings targets and related action plans for assigned categories.
Liaises with relevant functions to receive sourcing requests and ensures they are implemented swiftly and accurately.
Develops sourcing strategy, secures alignment with business units and secures necessary approvals.
Manages all up-stream activities including RFx process, vendor negotiation and contract finalization in conjunction with the superior.
Ensures timely and accurate completion of all downstream activities i.e. validation of Purchase Requisitions and issuance of preparation of Purchase Orders.
Ensures all activities follow the prescribed governance and maintains the highest standards of transparency and fairness.
Manages the reporting requirement for the function and tracks compliance.
Constantly seeks to update own knowledge and that of others within the department in relation to industry standards for Strategic Sourcing of high value products or services.
Establishes and manages category strategies within the assigned domains
Supports the day-to-day operations in line with the required standards of Ooredoo to deliver the highest level of service to internal customers whilst at the same time building supplier relationships to ensure that Ooredoo's suppliers become long term business partners.
Supplier performance management
Preparation of the data for the annual supplier performance evaluation and action planning
Reporting and cadence management, action tracking on the supplier improvement actions
Continuous review of the framework of SPM in the Group and identification of areas for improvement as well as action planning
Demand management
Consolidation of the demand inputs from Ooredoo entities
Review of the submissions and analysis for potential areas of efficiency and consolidation at Group level
Other
Supports overall team with the reporting requirements (monthly, quarterly reports on the key procurement and sourcing KPIs)
Experience
5-8 years' experience in a similar role.
Experience in a Strategic Sourcing function within an indirect spend portfolio, ideally, within a telecom organization.
An expert at developing costing models as per the requirements and able to develop detailed commercial analysis across supplier offers.
Adept negotiation and communication skills.
Must have in-depth understanding of key Contractual terms and ability to successfully negotiate independently with suppliers.
Experienced in use of various upstream and downstream procurement systems (SAP Ariba, Oracle)
Experience with analytical dashboards
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in business administration / Finance / Contractual Law / Procurement / Logistics.
CIPS or other internationally recognized procurement certification or Diploma.
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