Qatar Airways is looking for a Procurement Manager in Ahmedabad, India.
The position will be responsible to lead and drive all procurement requirements in the defined categories. Analyse and develop strategies, agreeing cost savings targets interfacing with senior management and stakeholders. Manage supply chain to ensure best value for the company in line with strategic, financial and operational requirements. Lead, drive and motivate the team to achieve set goals, minimize risk exposure and provide maximized value to Qatar Airways. Continuously monitor and analyse scope under management to ensure further improvement in the categories and the department. Manage and develop the assigned team, ensuring compliance, maintain high professional standards and adherence to Qatar Airways culture and values.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for Tender administration generally including creating system documents, printing and approvals circulation, checking for a required documents, grammar and spelling, calculations, drafting executive Memos.
- Responsible for the high-level negotiation with the key suppliers on costs, commercial and contractual terms and assisting reports on this where required.
- Manage quality control throughout project life cycle by maintaining delivery timelines, mitigating project risks and act as a liaison with all project stakeholders to ensure effective change management.
- Provide comprehensive summaries and data for reporting activities on spend, timelines, current operational state.
- Organise and control purchasing department records necessary for complying with audit requirements, up to date and accessible.
- Oversee the process of tender creation of RFP/RFQ/RFI and other tender documents.
- Ensure high service levels delivery of subordinate Procurement team for QR Group including timelines, professionalism, communications and quality of produced work.
- Achieving Procurement KPls, regularly assessing progress to keep delivery on track.
- Challenge user timelines, specifications, sourcing methods, suppliers lists where appropriate to achieve the optimal outcome for QR.
Be part of an extraordinary story
Your skills. Your imagination. Your ambition. Here, there are no boundaries to your potential and the impact you can make. You’ll find infinite opportunities to grow and work on the biggest, most rewarding challenges that will build your skills and experience. You have the chance to be a part of our future, and build the life you want while being part of an international community.
Our best is here and still to come. To us, impossible is only a challenge. Join us as we dare to achieve what’s never been done before.
Together, everything is possible
- Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent with Minimum 6+ years of procurement specific experience
- 3+ years’ experience in managing a team
- Previous employment and work in geographically diverse teams
- Degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations, Business or a related field
- Prior experience in procurement or the aviation industry preferred
- Strong analytical skills, strong communication skills and negotiation skills
- Excellent planning, problem solving and decision-making abilities.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel and usual MS Office tools.
- Managerial skills - Ability to delegate work, set clear direction, manage workflow and achieve timely results from the subordinate team
About Qatar Airways Group
Our story started with four aircraft. Today, we deliver excellence across 12 different businesses coming together as one. We’ve grown fast, broken records and set trends that others follow. We don’t slow down by the fear of failure. Instead, we dare to achieve what’s never been done before.
So, whether you’re creating a unique experience for our customers or innovating behind the scenes, every person contributes to our proud story. A story of spectacular growth and determination. Now is the time to bring your best ideas and passion to a place where your ambition will know no boundaries, and be part of a truly global community.
