Regional Procurement & Supply Chain Manager

A senior leadership opportunity to drive procurement and supply chain transformation across the Middle East & India region.

Reporting to the Regional Head of Operational Excellence, this role combines:

• Country leadership (Saudi Arabia)
• Regional functional leadership (Middle East & India)

Global procurement frameworks, standards and tools are already in place. The mandate is to elevate regional performance to those standards - embedding governance, driving efficiency, and creating measurable commercial impact.

This is a senior management role, one level below the regional leadership team.

Key Responsibilities Transformation & Governance

• Align regional operations to global procurement and supply chain standards
• Embed consistent processes, controls and compliance
• Implement clear KPIs and savings tracking

Operational Efficiency

• Drive cost optimisation and supplier rationalisation
• Improve planning discipline to reduce reactive spend
• Strengthen logistics and local sourcing strategies
• Introduce structured category management

Leadership & Integration

• Lead and develop established country procurement teams
• Build a cohesive regional procurement community
• Partner with operations and finance to position procurement as a strategic function

The Profile

This role requires more than technical capability. It demands energy, pace and drive.

We are looking for someone who:

• Has led procurement transformation across multiple countries
• Can upgrade processes without disrupting live operations
• Brings urgency, resilience and accountability
• Is comfortable challenging the status quo
• Builds momentum and engages teams through change
• Understands governance, compliance and commercial impact

10+ years' experience in procurement & supply chain leadership is expected, ideally within complex, operational or project-driven environments.

Arabic language skills are advantageous but not essential.

What Success Looks Like (12 Months)

• Regional alignment to global standards
• Clear savings framework and measurable impact
• Reduced supplier base and stronger risk management
• Improved planning discipline and cost control
• A visible shift in energy, accountability and performance across the function

This is a high-impact transformation role for a leader who thrives in fast-moving environments and has the drive to elevate a regional function to best-in-class standards.