# Procurement Operations Manager — ADIB - Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank

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Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Type: full_time · Level: lead
Monthly salary: AED 40,000 to 60,000 per month (estimated, not employer-stated) (UAE salaries are tax-free)
Posted: 2026-10-21
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## Description

Role : Procurement Operations Manger
Location : Abu Dhabi

Role Purpose:

- To lead the Procurement Operations Manager and support the HOD to execute duties associated with Procurement Operations including but not limited to the following:

• Responsibility to ensure an effective VMCP operating model including policy and procedures, procurement technology, targeted governance and control, talent management of resources

• Responsibility for management and execution of VMCP low level spend commodities on behalf of ADIB departments

• Act as an enabler to increase VMCP overall spend influence to ensure value can be derived for all ADIB stakeholders

• Where required, lead major negotiations and procurement activities, engaging and presenting to senior stakeholders

• Proactively identify and reduce ADIB Risk across the supply chain

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Proactively identify opportunities to develop and institutionalize VMCP brand

KEY METRICS For Procurement Operations Manager:

• Increase spends under influence for VMCP

• Enhance department reporting activities incorporating savings, risks, BRCC, ORM etc.

• Reduce process exceptions

• Ensure timely registration of vendors to enable competition

• Map catalogues spend v PO spend and drive digitalization

• Review Lifecycle activities to identify manual steps, governance, and control points

• Conduct findings assessment and gap analysis and document priority actions/roadmap

• Provide regular progress to plan to support process automation

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Enhanced Procurement Functionality

Key Accountabilities of the role

Thought Leadership

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Lead VMCP reporting mechanisms to ensure reports provided to senior management with key information

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Identify opportunities /provide support to HOD and Category Managers to increase spend under VMCP influence

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Engagements with external thought-leadership to analyze industry best practices and identify opportunities to incorporate within ADIB

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Own and develop risk management strategies for ADIB engagements with strategic and critical vendors

Business As Usual Focus

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Continuous review of department P & P, mapping to technology and ADIB objectives to ensure risks are managed and value is created

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Develop and implement formal awareness campaigns to ensure wider and appropriate understanding and adherence to VMCP Policy and Procedures

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Drive the utilization of spend catalogue to ensure effective use of VMCP resources

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Provide technology operational expertise to VMCP and internal customers, improvement program to increase technology utilization

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Proactive management of the ADIB vendor commercial directory to ensure institutionalized competition, risk management and alignment to ADIB overall objectives

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Effective management of VMCP low value and low risk spend commodity

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Develop and implement voice of the customer (internal and external) and factor feedback into department roadmap

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Lead the delivery of year-on-year savings for ADIB where opportunities exist to provide competitive advantage

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Responsible for department reporting activities incorporating savings, risks BRCC, RSCA, ORM etc.

Governance & Controls

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Ensure effective controls are in operation to manage the potential financial loss

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Develop robust departmental KPI and KRI to ensure risks and value are identified and map to ADIB objectives

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Develop suite of reporting tools to enable VMCP to demonstrate its compliance to all associated metrics

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Act as point of contact for all engagements with Audit, ORM, ICD (etc.)

Financials & Benefits Realization

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Where requested effectively lead major vendor negotiations to deliver value for ADIB

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Liaise closely with Business teams to ensure accurate & robust budget monitoring against project plans

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Input into the annual Savings Pipeline, generate and submit savings Track and monitor benefits realization against planned targets

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Ensure effective management and delivery of team budget /cost

Specialist Skills / Technical Knowledge Required for this role:

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Vision, mapping of organizational objectives to department output

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Procurement operational experience

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Customer Management

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Effective Customer engagement skills

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Data analytics and reporting experience

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Excellent presentation skills

Previous experience:

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Minimum 12 years procurement experience

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Professionally qualified (CIPS) (or working towards), Legal awareness (LLB) and/or experience in Financial Services

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## Requirements

Minimum 12 years procurement experience; Professionally qualified (CIPS) (or working towards), Legal awareness (LLB) and/or experience in Financial Services

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