Director Procurement

About Qiddiya Investment Company

Qiddiya Investment Company | شركة قدية الاستثمارية is the holding company for Qiddiya City and its associated ventures. The company focuses on strategic investments that support the development of Saudi Arabia’s entertainment, sports, and culture sectors. Operating within the real estate domain, Qiddiya Investment Company plays a role in shaping large-scale environments and services that require commercial discipline, effective governance, and cross-functional collaboration.

Role Overview: Director - Procurement

The Director - Procurement will lead procurement activities supporting critical operational needs within Qiddiya Investment Company. This full-time position, based in Riyadh, Riyadh Province, involves ensuring that sourcing, contracting, and vendor governance processes align with business priorities. The role requires close collaboration with internal stakeholders to maintain continuity, control, and service quality across a complex operating environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead procurement planning and sourcing activities for City Operations, including requirements gathering, timeline management, and coordination with central procurement.
• Manage RFPs, service orders, contract approvals, renewals, and variations in collaboration with relevant teams and central functions.
• Oversee contract lifecycle management to ensure agreements are tracked, updated, renewed, and aligned with operational needs.
• Maintain a consolidated contract register detailing status, ownership, scope, SLAs/KPIs, risks, and renewal requirements.
• Support vendor performance management through SLA/KPI monitoring, issue escalation, and follow-up on corrective actions.
• Coordinate with Procurement, Legal, Finance, and other functions to ensure efficient contract execution and governance.
• Provide commercial controls and reporting on contract performance, procurement risks, upcoming renewals, and service gaps.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business administration, law, finance, or a related field.
• A minimum of 12 years of experience in procurement, contracts management, commercial management, supply chain, or vendor management. This includes experience leading a complex procurement department or function.
• Demonstrated procurement and contracts leadership experience within a large-scale, varied, and complex environment.
• Strong understanding of sourcing, RFPs, service orders, contract approvals, renewals, variations, and procurement governance.
• Knowledge of contract lifecycle management, vendor performance, SLAs/KPIs, and commercial controls.
• Experience in translating operational needs into clear procurement requirements and contract scopes.
• Hands-on experience with SAP, Ariba, and Power BI.
• Proven ability to coordinate across procurement, legal, finance, operations, and service providers, with experience negotiating with stakeholders or service providers.
• Experience in producing reports on contract, procurement, or commercial performance and resolving contract, procurement, or vendor-related issues with stakeholders.
• Experience in real estate, city operations, or large-scale development environments is an advantage.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role operates within a dynamic environment that requires strong commercial discipline and cross-functional collaboration to support large-scale developments.