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Overview

Shamal Holding is a diversified investment firm that cultivates the extraordinary. Born in Dubai, we curate a unique portfolio of extraordinary investments, experiences and assets to generate meaningful outcomes. The investments we make are strategically chosen and thoughtfully nurtured, mirroring Dubai’s ambition, spirit and energy. As a global investor, asset owner and developer we utilise our resources, know-how and connections, to deliver long-term value, wherever we operate.

As Shamal Holding continues to grow, we are strengthening we’re in search of a Senior Officer – Vendor Management. In this role, you will enable effective vendor management across the organisation by delivering accurate vendor onboarding, due diligence and master data governance, so that the organisation maintains compliance, audit-ready vendor records and reduced exposure to third-party risk.

Responsibilities

• Vendor Onboarding and Prequalification: Deliver complete, accurate and fully documented vendor onboarding within agreed turnaround times, conduct prequalification assessments to evaluate strategic vendor’s capabilities, financial stability and expertise resulting in audit-ready vendor records and uninterrupted business and payment activity.
• Vendor Data Integrity and Lifecycle Governance: Maintain a clean, current vendor master (including valid trade licenses) and govern vendor deactivation and reactivation, resulting in a reliable vendor base free of duplicate, expired or dormant records.
• Vendor Financial Data Governance: Validate and verify all changes to sensitive vendor data such as bank account details, resulting in zero unauthorized amendments and reduced exposure to payment errors and vendor fraud.
• Regulatory and Compliance: Keep the vendor base aligned to applicable regulatory requirements, including Federal Tax Authority (FTA) e-invoicing obligations for UAE-registered vendors, resulting in full regulatory compliance and no penalties.
• Third-Party Risk and Sanctions Compliance: Screen, identify and escalate third-party risks through due diligence, sanctions screening tools and risk assessment resulting in early mitigation of compliance, sanctions, reputational and operational exposure across the vendor base.
• Audit and Internal Control: Drive timely closure of vendor management audit observations and embed process improvements, resulting in strengthened internal controls and no repeat findings.
• Vendor Management Systems and Processes: Partner with IT to resolve system issues and deliver system enhancements, resulting in improved process efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Commerce, Supply Chain, Procurement, Finance or a related discipline. A master's degree is preferred.
• Preferred certification: Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS).
• A minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in Procurement, Vendor Management, Supplier Management, Third-Party Risk or a related function.

For more information about Shamal, please visit our LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/shamalholding/

Note:

Due to a high influx of profiles, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.