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JOB PURPOSE:
Lead and manage high-value, business-critical categories across the entire ADNOC Group Companies, providing necessary support to the Category Management and the Strategic Sourcing Personnel. Drive the culture of end-to-end Category Management across the ADNOC Group, including Strategic Sourcing, Procurement Excellence, Supplier Performance Management support, and ICV. Guide the development of strategies to manage multiple billions of US Dollars of third-party spend across the Sector throughout the ADNOC Group.
Lead Category Management and Strategic Sourcing Personnel managing cross-functional teams (typically comprising 5-50 members per category) resourced from ADNOC Group Companies to develop and drive multibillion- dollar commercial strategies and corresponding plans that will drive value into ADNOC’s business priorities and are consistent with ADNOC’s values.
Assist the Manager in developing the Sector Strategy based upon a deep understanding of the evolving Sector needs of the ADNOC Group and build alignment & trust with ADNOC senior management.
Coordinate with senior Leaders of all procurement functions, including planning, inventory, materials management, logistics, purchase-to-pay (P2P), and ICV, as well as all relevant stakeholders to ensure full endto- end value is considered during the development and implementation of category strategies.
Support the wider delivery of the Category Management Team, supporting the Team’s overall objectives.
Support the Manager in the timely delivery of value-adding category strategies within the Sector.
Guide and support the Category Management Personnel in the development & delivery of category strategies and all related activities in the Category Management process.
Support the Category Management Strategic Sourcing Personnel in activities relating to tendering, award, and close-out of Category Management contracts / Framework Agreements in adherence to established policies and procedures.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Job Specific:
Category Management

• Responsible for leading multiple complex, strategic categories in parallel, with limited supervision from the

Manager. Increasingly become responsible for oversight of Specialists’ deliverables, providing guidance and support and assuring quality.

• Accountable for the full Category Management life cycle from strategy development, sourcing, implementation

and supplier management.

• Work collaboratively with other Procurement functions including planning, P2P, Warehousing and ICV to

identify and implement synergies across the Sector in support of the Manager.

• Lead collaborative efficiency workshops with selected suppliers to identify and remove waste and to identify

incremental value through integrated planning, technology adoption, etc.

• Represent the Sector when requested to by the Manager.
• Support Category managers to establish cross-functional Category Management Teams (teams involving

Technical & Procurement resources across the Group Companies) for the designated category, to develop and implement Category strategies, which generate value and achieve financial savings. Agree on the strategy with all relevant Stakeholders and lead communication drives and rollouts prior to implementation.

• Plan, lead and execute strategies for categories in the Sector which align business plans; including:

Identification and prioritization of Global (common) Categories for Upstream & Downstream.
Lead the historical spend and pricing approach analysis, development of demand-forecasted spend and inventory analysis.
Support the formation of a cross-functional team of Procurement and End Users from the participating Group Companies, Development of Category Strategies to achieve overall business objectives, which reduces TCO through standardization, lowering inventory levels, enhancing supplier performance.
Secretary of the Sector Steering Committee where applicable.
Supports the supplier management process and manages Framework level commercial concerns with suppliers.
Generate / refresh an ADNOC category spend map and assist in the development of a 12-month and 5-year Sector Strategy aligned with Business Plan objectives, in coordination with Planning Teams of ADNOC and Group Companies.
Direct efforts of product segmentation, simplification & standardization for the technical specifications. Identify commonalities among the Group Companies.
Perform Market & Suppliers analysis (e.g., cost drivers, market trends, competition, Supplier Profiles) in coordination with Market Intelligence Team.
Manage segmentation and selection of Key/Strategic Categories and Suppliers.
Identify and select relevant sourcing levers (e.g., specification rationalization, standardization, substitution, volume bundling, and efficiency).
Review and prioritize savings opportunities and benchmark industry standards and practices to identify opportunities.
Guide the Category manager to develop Category Strategy options, analyse feasibility and assoc