Associate Director - Procurement📣 Job Ad

About the Role

Mace is seeking an Associate Director - Procurement to join its team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This position is a key part of a significant program in Saudi Arabia, focusing on a large mixed-use development that includes sports facilities, entertainment, arts, and associated infrastructure. As a delivery partner, Mace requires experienced professionals to lead integrated teams through all project phases. This role offers an opportunity to contribute to a transformative development.

The Associate Director - Procurement will be responsible for developing and implementing procurement strategies to ensure value creation and successful project delivery. This includes building and maintaining stakeholder relationships, driving performance, and contributing to the program's strategic objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direction to category management teams, managing high-value and complex tender processes.
• Build and maintain strong senior stakeholder relationships, both internal and external, to support project delivery.
• Drive performance management, foster technical development, and provide coaching, acting as a role model for leadership behaviors.
• Conduct due diligence and provide market insight to ensure value creation across procurement processes, performance metrics, and commercial activities.
• Contribute to strategy development, adapt plans as needed, and oversee their implementation in challenging environments.
• Collaborate towards the goal of net zero carbon transition, sharing responsibility for identifying and managing associated carbon emissions and reductions.

Qualifications and Requirements

• A relevant degree or equivalent qualification.
• Professional qualifications such as CIPS and relevant industry certifications.
• Strong commercial acumen with extensive experience managing high-value, complex tenders.
• Proven negotiation skills at executive and client levels.
• Solid construction and market knowledge, with experience working with main contractors.
• Effective communication and strong analytical capabilities, with the ability to engage, influence, and build trusted stakeholder relationships.
• Eligibility to meet the necessary visa criteria for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• Relevant work experience in high-valued projects/programmes for a project management consultancy business, required for immigration and client approval.

Required Skills

• Category Management
• Tender Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Performance Management
• Coaching
• Due Diligence
• Market Insight
• Strategy Development
• Net Zero Carbon Transition
• Commercial Acumen
• Negotiation
• Construction Knowledge
• Market Knowledge
• Communication
• Analytical Capability
• Stakeholder Engagement

Work Environment

This is a full-time role based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from a diverse range of candidates. The company is open to discussing flexible working options if suitable for the role.