IT Sourcing Senior Executive

Job Summary:

Responsible for negotiating prices, deliveries, and conditions related to IT assets, consumables, supplies, maintenance & supporting services in order to obtain favorable terms for QNB. In addition, placing IT Purchase Orders in accordance with QNB procedures.

Duties & Responsibilities:

1.Consolidate and review the approved IT purchase requisitions on Oracle, in accordance with established bank procedures.

2. Compare received proposals from IT suppliers and evaluate them upon contract renewals to give recommendation whether to maintain the current supplier or establish contract with new one. 3. Research, identify and assess bank potential strategic vendors/suppliers commercial & financial offers according to predefined qualitative and quantitative criteria in coordination with I-Procurement and Suppliers’ Registration team.

4. Negotiate prices with the vendors/suppliers to reach for the optimum deals by attending meetings & communicating through emails and signed documents.

5. Process requests regarding IT assets (printers, PCs, scanners, etc.), consumables & supplies (toners, ATM rolls, RAM, etc.), IT maintenance & supporting services (software support, etc.).

6. Collaborate with Tenders Management and Contracts Executives to decide on terms and conditions of IT products contracts or call for tender process.

7. Prepare and issue the IT Purchase Orders to the selected suppliers/successful bidder, in accordance with the bank procedures.

8. Process IT Purchase Orders through Oracle tool & follow up on the delivery date & time.

9. Prepare comparison sheet between suppliers’ commercial offers in terms of price, terms & conditions, specifications of the required service/product, in coordination with requesters regarding technical specifications.

10. Maintain correspondence with vendors/suppliers on all matters related to purchasing.

11. Follow up on deliveries and ensure their arrival on a timely manner; handle all complains that may arise concerning delivery and apply penalties if required.

12. Receive invoices and all supporting documents related to IT products/services submitted by business lines and ensure that they are correct according to the established procedures & checklist and deliver them to Billing Team to process payments.

13. Follow up with Fixed Asset Tracking team in creating Bar Code ID for invoice processing related to IT assets.

14. Request new item or new supplier definition on Oracle tool from I-Procurement and Suppliers’ Registration team.

15. Participate in attending Tender Committees for selecting the most suitable supplier/bidder.

16. Follow up on acquiring approval in releasing LGs from Head of IT Sourcing, in communication with I Procurement and Suppliers’ Registration team to process payments.

17. Ensure the correct functioning and implementation of the Permanent Supervision, Compliance and Money Laundering, Operational Risk, and Workplace Success Guidelines whenever and wherever possible.

18. Ensure the correct adoption of policies and procedures in order to guarantee that the bank business is conducted in compliance with Local Laws, Internal Rules and Regulations, as well as, International Standards

Education :

Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance or Accounting

Experience:

Senior Executive : Minimum 3 years of experience in Purchasing and/or Supply Chain Management

Skills:

Good planning and organizational skills

Good analytical skills of financial information

Ability to work under pressure and within a team.

Fluency in Arabic and English written/spoken.

Very good computer knowledge

Working Conditions :

Based in the Head Office.

Require attending tenders and bids