Manager Vendor & Category Management- TAQA, UAE

 Manager Vendor & Category Management- TAQA, UAE

JOB PURPOSE:

To manage the overall vendor and category management’s activities and processes pertaining to supply chain planning, category management and supplier management by providing advice and guiding the development and implementation of category-specific supply strategies, ensuring best suppliers for all products and services are specified and used to achieve maximum procurement value for the business.

 

Job Specific Accountabilities

Supply Chain Planning & Category Management

Develop TAQA’s short and long-term supply chain and category management strategy and plans and oversee the implementation to ensure alignment with TAQA’s strategy and business plans.

Develop an efficient supply chain and procurement cycle and process for TAQA to define a structural approach for provision of procurement services across the organization in a convenient and optimal way.

Manage and guide the benchmarking studies on procurement best practices by other organisations in order to support the continuous improvement agenda of the department.

Identify the common sourcing needs for the operating companies (OPCOs) and review BLs inputs and annual plans, and past category tree in order to optimize the sourcing process for TAQA.

Analyse current procurement and contract requirements to recommend improvement or cost reduction measures via innovative approaches in achieving economies of scale and long-term price agreements.

Review analysis reports on various internal demand across the OPCOs (e.g. spending patterns, end user specifications and current / future requirements, spend categories, etc.) to ensure thorough and detailed demand analysis generation to aid the development of strategic sourcing strategy and models.

Review the supplier analysis report by ensuring all criteria, factors and guidelines are taken into account in order to create an open and competitive environment to source for each category is established.

Work closely with all internal departments and BLs to ensure fulfilment of obligations by contractors and approve or reject requests for deviation from contract specifications to ensure adherence of suppliers to agreements and enhance the supply portfolio.

 

Vendor Management

Manage the identification of profitable suppliers and initiation of business and organization strategic partnerships to ensure favourable prices and services are provided to TAQA.

Ensure that the vendor and category management and procurement teams maintain positive working relationships with strategic suppliers to assure cost, quality and delivery targets are being met.

Develop and maintain an extensive database of suppliers and contractors for all categories to help in sourcing requirements in a timely and efficient manner.

Guide and manage the overall supplier management activities and processes, including the supplier registration and pre-qualification, supplier segmentation, supplier performance management, and integrate the analysis, outcomes in order to attain joint advantage and collaboration between TAQA and its suppliers.

Plan and manage the implementation of supplier performance management processes and activities, including supplier performance evaluations and the supplier development actions.

Work closely with the finance team to ensure the timely and accurate process of supplier payment.

Maintain productive relationships with key suppliers and follow up with them on issues escalated by internal teams in order to ensure timely order receipt and complaint resolution.

Effectively collaborate with the Procurement team in the process of supplier selection for any major and long-term contracts for TAQA, in collaboration with the business to ensure selection of the most beneficial suppliers at favourable terms for TAQA.

Continually update the supplier database based on the evaluations and feedback provided by the internal stakeholders and remain abreast with new suppliers in the market to ensure selection of the most appropriate and suitable suppliers and contractors for TAQA.

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