Lead Specialist, Procurement II Ma'aden Aluminium Company (MAC)

Key Accountabilities:

4.1 Strategic Contribution:

• Effectively contribute to the MA ADEN strategic plan
• Enhancing the Local Contents of Contractors to comply with MA ADEN strategy.
• Secure best effective contracting and sourcing strategy.
• Ensures continuous improvement of sourcing to leveraging the commercial competition for each project.
• Assist in the deployment of best practices, lessons learned implementation to maximize performance efficiency and value added to MA ADEN.

4.2 Project Contribution:

• Assure full compliance to the projects contracts and delegation of authority schedule (DOA) by monitoring the contracts and dispute settlements within the granted authority.
• Support the team to ensure that new stakeholders raising mega projects are aware about its process and policies.
• Provide project-specific/customized contracting solutions, proper project's contracting strategies, project bidding and provide consultations to Manager and Project Team on executed contracts.
• Participate in resolving contractual conflicts with contractors, and in reviewing, negotiating and finalizing Change Orders / Contract Amendments
• Leading the negotiation process for high value contracts.
• Managing Mega Projects claims, disputes and outstanding issues and involve MA ADEN Legal Counsel whenever required.

Minimum Qualifications, Experience and Competencies:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum University Degree in engineering or construction law or commercially oriented discipline such as finance, business administration, or related fields.

Minimum Experience:

1. 10-15 Years experience in the mining / petrochemical or industrial environment

Skills:

• Good communication and presentation skills.
• Develop/maintain good working relationships with the managers of other functions.
• Maintain respectful boundaries and professional relationships with contractors, vendors and suppliers
• Develop and maintain the transparent communication channels with all stakeholders.