Summary
NEOM is seeking a Direct Procurement Senior Expert to lead complex, high-value procurement activities and develop sourcing strategies, category plans and commercial models. The role oversees tendering, evaluations, negotiations, awards and supplier performance, while advising senior stakeholders on commercial strategy, governance and risk. Candidates need at least 15 years of relevant progressive experience and a bachelor's degree in a related discipline; a relevant master's degree and professional certifications are preferred. The role is based in NEOM, Saudi Arabia.
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| Provide strategic leadership and subject-matter expertise for complex, high-value, and high-risk procurement activities across projects and business functions. Develop and execute procurement strategies, category plans, sourcing approaches, and commercial models aligned with organizational priorities and approved governance. Lead or oversee major tendering, evaluation, negotiation, award, contracting, and supplier-selection activities, ensuring fairness, transparency, value for money, and auditability. Advise Procurement leadership and executive stakeholders on commercial strategy, market conditions, supplier risk, contracting options, and critical procurement decisions. Establish and strengthen procurement governance, policies, controls, Delegation of Authority compliance, reporting, and performance-management practices. Partner with Legal, Finance, Projects, Risk, and technical stakeholders to resolve complex commercial, contractual, and delivery matters. Drive supplier performance, relationship management, risk mitigation, market engagement, and continuity-planning initiatives for strategic suppliers and categories. Lead commercial assessments, negotiations, claims support, contract changes, closeout, and dispute-avoidance activities where senior procurement expertise is required. Develop procurement capability through coaching, knowledge sharing, templates, standards, and lessons learned, and promote consistent best practice across the function. Identify opportunities for cost optimization, demand management, process improvement, digital enablement, and measurable value realization, and report progress to senior leadership. | Minimum 15 years of progressive experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, category management, commercial management, contract management, or major-project procurement. Extensive experience leading complex and high-value procurement activities, commercial negotiations, tender evaluations, contract awards, and strategic supplier engagements. Strong knowledge of procurement governance, sourcing methodologies, contract principles, commercial and supplier risk, compliance, and Delegation of Authority requirements. Proven ability to formulate procurement strategies and provide credible, evidence-based recommendations to senior and executive stakeholders. Strong leadership, stakeholder management, influencing, negotiation, and conflict-resolution capability across multidisciplinary and cross-functional environments. Demonstrated ability to manage multiple strategic priorities, resolve complex issues, and deliver outcomes in large-scale project or organizational settings. Excellent commercial acumen, analytical thinking, problem solving, decision making, communication, and presentation skills. Experience with procurement analytics, performance measures, ERP and e-procurement platforms such as SAP, Ariba, Oracle, or equivalent systems is desirable. | Bachelor's degree in Procurement, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Engineering, Law, Finance, Construction Management, or related discipline. Master's degree in a relevant discipline is preferred. Professional certification such as MCIPS, CPSM, CIPS, CPCM, CCM, PMP, or an equivalent procurement, commercial, contract, or project-management credential is desirable.