Manager Procurement & Supply Chain

About the Role

Qiddiya Investment Company is seeking a Manager, Procurement & Supply Chain for a full-time position in Riyadh, Riyadh Province. This role is responsible for managing vendor and contract risk for Qiddiya Investment Company (QHC) from the initial stages and for developing the necessary procurement and supply chain capabilities as the organization scales through its startup phase. The Manager ensures that all sourcing, contracting, and supplier management activities are governed, compliant, and value-driven, establishing policies, processes, and controls to enable efficient procurement without compromising governance.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain QHC's procurement plan, aligning it with startup priorities, activation milestones, and budget, including category strategies for medical, technology, facilities, and professional services.
• Forecast demand and lead times, and sequence sourcing activities to meet Day-1 and scale-up requirements.
• Advise leadership on make-versus-buy decisions and leveraging QIC resources across various categories.
• Lead sourcing, tendering, and competitive evaluation processes with fairness, transparency, and auditability.
• Negotiate and structure contracts, service agreements, and framework arrangements to protect QHC commercially and operationally.
• Maintain the contract register, manage renewals and expiries, and ensure all obligations are tracked and met.
• Establish and manage supplier relationships, including onboarding, qualification, and performance monitoring against agreed KPIs and SLAs.
• Manage vendor risk, encompassing concentration, continuity, and compliance risk, and drive remediation for performance shortfalls.
• Build a reliable supplier base for critical medical and operational categories.
• Establish supply chain and inventory processes for medical consumables, pharmaceuticals, equipment, and non-medical supplies.
• Ensure availability, traceability, and appropriate stock levels for clinical and operational continuity, minimizing waste and stock-outs.
• Coordinate logistics, warehousing, and distribution arrangements as needed.
• Implement procurement policies, delegation of authority, controls, and segregation of duties to mitigate financial and compliance risk.
• Ensure compliance with Saudi procurement and regulatory requirements, as well as QIC service and governance frameworks.
• Maintain audit readiness, procurement records, and risk registers for internal and external review.
• Drive cost efficiency, value-for-money, and total-cost-of-ownership discipline across procurement decisions.
• Identify and deliver savings, consolidation, and demand-management opportunities without compromising quality or continuity.
• Provide procurement input to budgeting, business cases, and capital planning.
• Support the implementation and use of e-procurement and supply chain systems and dashboards.
• Standardize procurement processes and build internal capability as the function grows.
• Provide clear procurement reporting and analytics to Finance and leadership.

Required Qualifications and Experience

Candidates should possess 5-10 years of relevant experience. The role requires a working knowledge of Saudi procurement and regulatory requirements, along with experience operating within shared-services or SLA-based models.

Skills and Abilities

• Strong commercial acumen.
• Excellent negotiation skills.
• Robust analytical capability.

Work Environment

This role involves working across clinical, technology, facilities, and enabling functions, coordinating with QIC shared services and third-party providers to ensure the reliable, cost-effective, and compliant supply of medical and non-medical goods and services.