Category Lead Facilities Management - Al Futtaim Group - Dubai, UAE
AlFuttaim
- Dubai
- Permanent
- Full-time
Senior procurement jobs in Dubai UAE within facilities management require strong strategic leadership and commercial expertise. As Category Lead Facilities Management, you will drive end to end procurement strategy across hard and soft services, managing a high value annual spend portfolio while delivering sustainable cost optimization and supplier performance excellence. This leadership role combines strategic sourcing, stakeholder engagement, and vendor governance to ensure operational efficiency and compliance across the organization.Job Details
Country: UAE
City: Dubai
Industry: Facilities Services
Function: Purchasing
Salary: 35000-55000 AED per month
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-timeKey Responsibilities
- Develop and implement comprehensive category strategies aligned with corporate procurement objectives and business priorities.
- Conduct total cost of ownership analysis, scenario planning, and market benchmarking to deliver measurable cost savings.
- Manage annual procurement spend of AED 800M across hard and soft facilities management services.
- Lead the full source to contract process including supplier identification, evaluation, negotiation, and contract finalization.
- Establish and optimize preferred supplier frameworks to consolidate spend and improve commercial outcomes.
- Ensure strict compliance with procurement governance, regulatory standards, and internal policies.
- Build strong supplier relationships to enhance service performance and achieve targeted supplier KPIs.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to align technical specifications with value optimization objectives.
- Lead procurement projects with defined timelines, measurable KPIs, and process improvement initiatives.
- Mentor and develop procurement team members to strengthen capability and performance.
- Extensive experience in strategic sourcing and facilities management procurement.
- Proven track record managing large scale annual procurement portfolios.
- Strong negotiation skills with expertise in contract structuring and commercial risk mitigation.
- Demonstrated ability to influence cross functional stakeholders and senior leadership.
- Experience leading and developing high performing procurement teams.
- Strategic sourcing and category management
- Facilities management services procurement
- Supplier relationship management
- Total cost of ownership analysis
- Contract negotiation and risk assessment
- Demand planning and spend optimization
- Governance and regulatory compliance
- Financial and commercial acumen
- Stakeholder engagement and influence
- Process improvement and performance management
- Lead a high impact procurement function within a diversified regional business group.
- Drive measurable cost optimization and supplier excellence initiatives.
- Work in a collaborative corporate environment with cross functional leadership exposure.
- Competitive executive level compensation package and performance incentives.
- Opportunity to shape procurement strategy across a complex multi entity structure.
Al Futtaim Group is one of the most diversified and progressive privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai. Operating across automotive, financial services, real estate, retail, and healthcare sectors, the Group partners with leading global brands and continues to expand through customer focused innovation and strong governance standards across more than 20 countries.Job Title Category Lead Facilities Management - Al Futtaim Group - Dubai, UAE
Job Description Category Lead Facilities Management - Al Futtaim Group - Dubai, UAEPosition Overview
Senior procurement jobs in Dubai UAE within facilities management require strong strategic leadership and commercial expertise. As Category Lead Facilities Management, you will drive end to end procurement strategy across hard and soft services, managing a high value annual spend portfolio while delivering sustainable cost optimization and supplier performance excellence. This leadership role combines strategic sourcing, stakeholder engagement, and vendor governance to ensure operational efficiency and compliance across the organization.Job Details
Country: UAE
City: Dubai
Industry: Facilities Services
Function: Purchasing
Salary: 35000-55000 AED per month
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-timeKey Responsibilities
- Develop and implement comprehensive category strategies aligned with corporate procurement objectives and business priorities.
- Conduct total cost of ownership analysis, scenario planning, and market benchmarking to deliver measurable cost savings.
- Manage annual procurement spend of AED 800M across hard and soft facilities management services.
- Lead the full source to contract process including supplier identification, evaluation, negotiation, and contract finalization.
- Establish and optimize preferred supplier frameworks to consolidate spend and improve commercial outcomes.
- Ensure strict compliance with procurement governance, regulatory standards, and internal policies.
- Build strong supplier relationships to enhance service performance and achieve targeted supplier KPIs.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to align technical specifications with value optimization objectives.
- Lead procurement projects with defined timelines, measurable KPIs, and process improvement initiatives.
- Mentor and develop procurement team members to strengthen capability and performance.
- Extensive experience in strategic sourcing and facilities management procurement.
- Proven track record managing large scale annual procurement portfolios.
- Strong negotiation skills with expertise in contract structuring and commercial risk mitigation.
- Demonstrated ability to influence cross functional stakeholders and senior leadership.
- Experience leading and developing high performing procurement teams.
- Strategic sourcing and category management
- Facilities management services procurement
- Supplier relationship management
- Total cost of ownership analysis
- Contract negotiation and risk assessment
- Demand planning and spend optimization
- Governance and regulatory compliance
- Financial and commercial acumen
- Stakeholder engagement and influence
- Process improvement and performance management
- Lead a high impact procurement function within a diversified regional business group.
- Drive measurable cost optimization and supplier excellence initiatives.
- Work in a collaborative corporate environment with cross functional leadership exposure.
- Competitive executive level compensation package and performance incentives.
- Opportunity to shape procurement strategy across a complex multi entity structure.
Al Futtaim Group is one of the most diversified and progressive privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai. Operating across automotive, financial services, real estate, retail, and healthcare sectors, the Group partners with leading global brands and continues to expand through customer focused innovation and strong governance standards across more than 20 countries.
Post DetailsJob Start Date
Salary from 35000.00
Salary to 55000.00
Number of Vacancies 1
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Gender No Preference
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