Senior Local Content Specialist

About the Role

Manar Al-Omran Group is seeking a Senior Local Content Specialist to lead the group's local content performance across all manufacturing and trading entities. This full-time position is based in Dammam, Eastern, Saudi Arabia. The role focuses on managing LCGPA local content measurement and certification, Saudi Aramco IKTVA reporting, Mandatory List compliance, and supplier localization. The core objective is to transform local content from a compliance requirement into a commercial advantage, securing price preference in government tenders and strengthening the Group’s standing with key clients.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare local content scorecards for each entity according to LCGPA methodology, including expenditure classification, score computation, and documentation.
• Manage the annual certification cycle, including evidence packs, auditor queries, findings closure, and certificate renewal.
• Maintain a version-controlled local content register for all entities, tracking baseline, targets, actuals, and certificates.
• Prepare and submit Saudi Aramco IKTVA forecasts, actuals, and plans, ensuring IKTVA certificate security and protected vendor status.
• Meet client-specific local content requirements for entities such as SABIC, Ma'aden, NEOM, SEC, and EPC contractors at both company and project levels.
• Reconcile IKTVA and LCGPA figures and explain methodology differences to management and clients.
• Track Mandatory List updates, assess their impact, and manage exemption requests.
• Ensure complete, accurate, and timely submission of local content documentation for government and semi-government tenders.
• Identify products eligible for price preference and maximize their use in bids.
• Classify suppliers, collect local content certificates, and track spend with local and certified suppliers.
• Identify opportunities for local sourcing or manufacturing of imported materials and build localization business cases.
• Support supplier development, including local SMEs, to expand the Group's qualified local supplier base.
• Collaborate with HR to accurately capture Saudi headcount, wages, Nitaqat data, and training spend in the scorecard.
• Quantify the local content impact of hiring, training, and outsourcing decisions, recommending options to improve scores.
• Develop and maintain the Group's local content policy, procedures, and RACI across relevant departments.
• Build ERP reports and dashboards (Excel / Power BI) for real-time local content tracking.
• Conduct awareness sessions for managers and buyers on local content rules and their role in achieving target scores.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 5 to 10 years of relevant experience is required for this role.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Dammam, Eastern, Saudi Arabia. The role involves close collaboration with Finance, Procurement, HR, and factory teams to build data, controls, and improvement plans for local content score enhancement.

Application Process

Salary details for this position will be discussed during the interview process.