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About this role
<p><strong>Job Purpose</strong></p> <p>To provide an account management service to the nominated business units ensuring that best practice procurement techniques are adopted to achieve lowest cost of ownership and that agreed service levels are achieved.</p> <p><strong>Job Outline </strong></p> <ul> <li>Provide support to the Vice President, Procurement & Logistics (Airline) and/or Manager Procurement & Logistics, by developing and implementing strategies to deliver the lowest total cost of ownership for acquisition of capital, goods or service items. This is specifically for Emirates on board catering agreements.</li> <li>Independently decide on and authorise supply orders and contracts for values up to AED 100,000. Where contract values exceed this financial limit, analyse and prepare reports & recommendations for review & approval at Manager P&L, VP & SVP and DSVP level, as necessary.</li> <li>Manage and provide guidance to a team of subject matter experts to provide a full service procurement function within agreed service levels to Customer Departments.</li> <li>Ensure that the sourcing, pre-qualification and evaluation of suppliers is carried out as per company standards/policies to assess what services and products they are qualified to provide thereby ensuring that the correct products and services are available.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Qualifications & Experience </strong></p> <ul> <li>The job holder should be a University Graduate in Business Admin or Commerce and preferred to be CIPS Qualified.</li> <li>He/she should have a minimum of 8 years practical experience in an Airline or other Blue Chip Organisation in the middle management level.</li> <li>Experience in airline on-board catering.</li> <li>Strong financial acumen (need not have worked in the Finance Department).</li> <li>The job holder must have a proven track record of analytical decision-making, with strong commercial acumen.</li> <li>Strong organisational and negotiation skills.</li> <li>The job holder will often be required to influence the decision making process of line departments. To do so effectively, the job holder must have strong interpersonal skills, experience and confidence to adequately deal with senior personnel.</li> <li> <p>Additional Information:</p> </li> <li>The position requires the job holder to handle the best practice procurement techniques for on-board catering, manpower, food and the full range of beverages.</li> <li>The position is based in Dubai, however requires frequent international duty travel.</li> </ul> <p><strong><strong>Salary & Benefits:</strong></strong></p> <p>We offer an attractive tax-free salary, paid in Dirhams, the local currency of the UAE. Besides generous travel benefits normally associated with an airline, this managerial role also has excellent leave, health care packages, accommodation and more.</p> <p><strong>About Emirates</strong></p> <p>Tomorrow you could be living in dynamic Dubai and earning a tax-free salary with global benefits. Starting with two aircraft and a handful of enthusiastic people, we have grown at a phenomenal rate. We are now one of the fastest growing airlines in the world, flying to over 125 destinations across 6 continents</p> <p>We are looking for people to join our global family of over 54,000 people from 160 nationalities across a diverse range of disciplines. If you are a high performer, seeking unparalleled career opportunities, join the Emirates team and help us create the future of travel</p> <p><strong>To Apply:</strong></p> <p>Please submit your application before 30<sup>th </sup>April 2015 23:59 GMT + 4 hours</p>