Pink Camel Recruitment
Head of Sourcing (F&B) needed for an on-demand tech start-up based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on a permanent basis.
Location – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Salary – 30,000-40,000 SAR/month + ESOP
Skills and experience:
Experience as a Sourcing Manager or Procurement Manager or equivalent
Familiarity with sourcing and vendor management and relevant software
Understanding of market dynamics and sound business judgement
Strong project management and leadership skills
Ability to negotiate and sustain networking relationships
Comfortable with figures and in collecting, analyzing and interpreting data
Solid judgement with ability to make good decisions
Fluent in Arabic and English
Key Responsibilities:
Manage the company’s supply portfolio ensuring transparency of spending
Generate and implement efficient sourcing and category management strategies
Analyze and calculate costs of procurement and suggest methods to decrease expenditure
Devise long-term development strategies for product categories
Develop exit strategies for unsuccessful products
Determine the positioning of a product category to maximize visibility
Inventory negotiation strategies and secure profitable deals
Optimize sourcing procedures to attain maximum efficiency
Cooperate with stakeholders to guarantee agreement on terms and processes
Research and anticipate shifts in the negotiation power of suppliers
Perform cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking
Estimate risks and apply risk minimizing techniques
Discover and partner with trustworthy vendors and suppliers
Determine quantity and timing of deliveries
About the role:
As the Head of Sourcing, you will be responsible for handling the company’s end to end sourcing operations.
The successful candidate will be able to appraise and improve our sourcing activities by analyzing the company’s spending, supplying partnerships and new possibilities.