Procurement & Contracts Manager

We're Hiring | Procurement and Contracts Manager – Al Khobar - Saudi Arabia Ion Exchange Arabia is looking for a dynamic and commercially driven Procurement and Contracts Manager to lead end-to-end procurement activities across our water and wastewater treatment business. If you have strong experience in procurement, supplier development, commercial negotiations, and supply chain operations within KSA, we would like to hear from you. Job Purpose: Own the end-to-end procurement process for water and wastewater treatment products, spares, services, and treatment chemicals across all IE Arabia contracts and customer accounts, ensuring commercial competitiveness, contractual integrity, and full traceability of every PO from issuance to closure. Key Responsibilities 1. Sourcing & Supplier Development • Identify, evaluate, and qualify suppliers for water/wastewater treatment products, spares, services, and chemicals • Look for alternate sources to reduce single-source dependency and strengthen negotiating leverage 2. Commercial Negotiation • Lead price and commercial terms negotiations with suppliers • Negotiate payment terms, warranties, and delivery commitments 3. Purchase Order Management • Issue POs to suppliers with approved requisitions and budget authorization • Maintain a complete, organized POs register and track PO’s status 4. Fund Allocation & Payment Coordination • Coordinate with Finance to align supplier payments with project cash flow and customer collections • Arrange and verify tax invoices and supplier statements of account; reconcile discrepancies 5. Logistics Coordination • Coordinate dispatch of materials from supplier locations to IE Arabia's or to customer/project sites • Track shipment milestones and resolve delivery exceptions • Ensure documentation accompanies each shipment 6. Contract & Compliance Integrity • Ensure every PO and supplier contract complies with IE Arabia's commercial policy, customer contract terms, and applicable KSA regulatory requirements • Maintain standardized PO/contract templates and terms to reduce commercial and legal exposure • Support audit reviews with organized, retrievable procurement records Qualifications & Experience • Bachelor's degree in engineering, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or related field • 3-7 years of procurement/supply chain experience • Working knowledge of the KSA supplier landscape and import/logistics processes • Strong negotiation, documentation, and procurement systems skills • Fluent in English and Arabic language