Requisition ID:27474
Job Country: Saudi Arabia (SA)
Job City: Riyadh
Group Overview:
Headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, we operate construction and manufacturing businesses, design & development centers and a host of facilities in the Middle East and other countries.
alfanar Building Systems
alfanar Construction is classified as a Grade I contractor by the Contractors Classification Committee of the Government of Saudi Arabia.
alfanar Building Systems manufactures and markets a variety of building construction products and systems. .
The core manufacturing activities of the industries operating under alfanar Building Systems are:
• Real estate development
• Façade cladding, glazing systems and architectural aluminum products
• Precast concrete products and architectural elements
Job Purpose
Leads the purchase department, managing a team to acquire goods/services efficiently and cost-effectively. Drive process improvements, foster team performance, and align with company objectives.
Key Accountability Areas
Material Planning & Requirement Analysis:
- Review technical specifications, BOQs (Bills of Quantities), and drawings to determine material requirements for current and future projects.
Supplier & Subcontractor Management:
- Source, assess, and prequalify suppliers and subcontractors based on cost, quality, lead time, and compliance with project needs.
- Develop and maintain strong vendor relationships to ensure long-term reliability and value.
RFQ & Negotiation:
- Prepare and issue Request for Quotations (RFQs).
- Evaluate supplier quotations and negotiate both commercial and technical terms to secure the best value.
Purchase Order Management:
- Prepare and issue accurate Purchase Orders (POs) with agreed terms, prices, and delivery dates.
- Ensure POs align with project requirements and contractual obligations.
Coordination with Internal Teams:
- Liaise with project managers, engineers, and site teams to synchronize procurement with project timelines and milestones.
Order Tracking & Delivery Management:
- Monitor and expedite material deliveries to prevent delays.
- Resolve any issues related to late delivery, non-compliance, quality concerns, or incomplete documentation.
Documentation & Compliance:
- Maintain complete and accurate records of vendors, quotations, POs, and other procurement-related documents.
- Ensure procurement practices comply with company policies, contractual obligations, and relevant regulations (local/international).
Cost Optimization & Value Engineering:
- Identify cost-saving opportunities and recommend alternate materials or vendors.
- Support value engineering efforts to enhance efficiency and reduce overall project costs.
Role Accountability
HR Proficiency:
- Ability to recruit, recognize and cultivate high performers and expose them in order to create a robust second line of management.
- Ability to recognize low performers and guide them to improve or release them.
- Ability to treat subordinates equally without any discrimination.
- Assessment criteria of subordinates is performance that leads to planned results.
- Ensure availability of delegation of authority matrix to have sufficient delegations as per company policy.
Responsibility:
- Must take full responsibility for his operation as per the job description and the required deliverables from this position, taking into consideration the general company guidelines.
- Able to anticipate problems and make the necessary proactive steps to prevent them
- Ability to take necessary and proper timely decisions.
Delivery:
- Deliver the required results in timely manner with required quality and cost.
- Making a Tangible Difference:
- Must make a tangible difference to his area of operation. and exceed business expectations.
Business Planning and Performance:
- Able to transform the corporate goals into business plans.
- Able to Plan, follow-up and execute those plans, whether they are annual or development plans.
- Monitor the plan performance and initiate action to strengthen results and take the corrective action accordingly.
- Provide periodic work progress reports.
- Responsible for monitoring and controlling budgets and expenses to achieve the optimum cost efficiency.
Organizational Development:
- Develop the organizational structure according to the current requirements taking into consideration future and development plans.
- Ensure availability of job descriptions for all job roles and deployment.
Business Process Improvements:
- Develop, coordinate well-defined written systems, policies, procedures, and seek automations opportunities as much as possible.
- Should be conversant and able to navigate through IT solutions especially those relevant to his job and business.
- Promote the automated systems and using them fully, to spread its culture.
Quality:
- Quality is considered as alfanar’s prime competitive advantage as such, managers are expected to act accordingly.
Adaptation:
- Adapt to new and alternative techniques, technologies, management structures, and business models.
Health, Safety and Environment:
- Ensure a safe, secure, and legal work environment as per the standard regulations.
Academic Qualification
Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering
Work Experience
5 to 10 Years
Technical / Functional Competencies
Inventory and Supplies Audits
Supplier Relationship Management
Supply Chain Best Practices
