Manager - Procurement Excellence
Posted date [2026-07-07]
(ID: 47649)
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Founded in 1971, ADNOC is a leading diversified energy group, wholly owned by the Abu Dhabi Government. Our network of fully integrated businesses operates across the energy value chain, helping us to responsibly meet the demands of an ever-changing energy market.
Already in the top tier of the lowest carbon intensity oil and gas producers in the world, we are taking significant steps to make today’s energy cleaner while investing in the clean energies of tomorrow, strengthening our position as a reliable and responsible global energy provider. We are allocating an initial $23 billion to advance and accelerate lower-carbon solutions, investing in new energies and decarbonization technologies to enable our net zero by 2045 ambition and our commitment to zero methane emissions by 2030. ... |
Job Description and Requirements
Manager - Procurement ExcellenceJob Snapshot
Role: Manager - Procurement Excellence
Location: Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Oil and Energy
Function: Purchasing
Experience: 15 years in procurement, supply chain, and process improvement
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
Manager - Procurement Excellence in Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates is a senior Oil and Energy hiring opportunity focused on improving procurement operations, commercial governance, supply chain processes, and operational performance across ADNOC Group. The role requires an experienced procurement and transformation leader who can identify process gaps, pilot improved ways of working, strengthen policy adherence, support change adoption, and drive measurable efficiency across purchasing, contracts, supplier management, inventory, warehousing, registration, and pre-qualification activities.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Abu Dhabi Emirate
Industry: Oil and Energy
Function: Purchasing
Salary: 48000-65000
Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the
final offer with the employer.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Manager - Procurement Excellence will lead continuous improvement across procurement and commercial operations to ensure stronger governance, faster execution, better service quality, and more consistent operating practices. This position supports ADNOC Group by turning procurement policies and operating models into practical, measurable, and sustainable processes. The role has direct impact on cycle time reduction, cost discipline, stakeholder satisfaction, risk control, supplier coordination, audit readiness, and long-term procurement capability across group companies.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead continuous enhancement of procurement and commercial operations across ADNOC Group, with a focus on process excellence, governance, efficiency, and operational consistency.
* Review existing procurement processes, operating practices, control points, and service delivery models to identify inefficiencies, duplication, delays, and implementation gaps.
* Design and implement structured improvement initiatives that reduce cycle time, improve service quality, and strengthen procurement execution across business units.
* Pilot new procurement practices, tools, workflows, and ways of working before wider implementation across ADNOC Group companies.
* Guide organizational alignment during procurement transformation initiatives to ensure improved processes are understood, accepted, and embedded into daily operations.
* Strengthen procurement operations by refining execution practices, improving coordination, and standardizing process performance across relevant functions.
* Monitor implementation outcomes and adjust process improvement initiatives to sustain operational excellence after rollout.
* Ensure enhanced procurement practices remain aligned with approved policies, standards, governance frameworks, internal controls, and business requirements.
* Embed control mechanisms into procurement operations to reinforce governance adherence, process discipline, and reliable execution.
* Collaborate with ADNOC Group companies, procurement teams, commercial stakeholders, internal departments, and leadership teams to promote consistency in process execution.
* Facilitate cross-functional alignment to support seamless implementation of operational improvements and leading procurement practices.
* Identify risks caused by process inefficiencies, weak controls, unclear ownership, or implementation gaps and ensure corrective actions are introduced.
* Strengthen process integrity by improving documentation, workflow clarity, accountability, performance tracking, and compliance checkpoints.
* Promote a continuous improvement culture by engaging stakeholders, communicating process changes, and increasing awareness of enhanced procurement practices.
* Support capability building across procurement teams so improved practices are sustained beyond the initial implementation phase.
* Plan and supervise departmental personnel, activities, and resources to achieve division objectives in an efficient and cost-conscious manner.
* Support employee development through competency building, Personal Development Plans, succession planning, and talent pipeline initiatives in coordination with the Human Capability Group.
* Contribute to Emiratization objectives by supporting the development of UAE Nationals within the department.
* Compile input for division budgets and monitor department expenditure against approved budget levels.
* Investigate and reconcile significant budget variances to support effective performance management and cost control.
* Lead implementation of department policies, systems, processes, standards, procedures, and internal controls in line with company and international standards.
* Implement performance management practices for department personnel and monitor KPIs linked to annual performance contracts and balanced scorecard requirements.
* Review and recommend department structure improvements to make better use of human capital and support business objectives.
* Encourage innovation, employee motivation, and change management initiatives that improve department operations and service delivery.
* Propose internal process improvements against best practices and ISO-aligned standards to create intelligent solutions for operational challenges.
* Support HSE culture within the department and ensure compliance with relevant HSE policies, procedures, controls, legislation, and sustainability guidelines.
* Ensure department employees receive adequate HSE training and induction in line with required standards.
* Prepare department MIS, progress updates, performance reports, and management information to support accurate and timely business decisions.
* Maintain regular communication with line management, SVP-level stakeholders, procurement policy teams, and group company counterparts.
* Coordinate with internal and external auditors on procurement governance, control, compliance, and audit-related matters.
* Engage with third-party service providers, suppliers, consultants, industry experts, shareholders, and partners when required for information exchange and technical discussion.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor Degree in Supply Chain Management, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field.
* Minimum 15 years of relevant experience in procurement, supply chain, commercial operations, process improvement, or procurement transformation.
* At least 8 years of supervisory experience with responsibility for teams, resources, budgets, performance, or operational delivery.
* Minimum 5 years of hands-on procurement experience, preferably within the oil and gas industry.
* Strong expertise across procurement and supply chain areas including contracts and purchasing, inventory and warehousing, supplier registration, pre-qualification, and supplier relationship management.
* Proven ability to lead process excellence initiatives, governance alignment, operating model improvements, and procurement transformation programs.
* Strong understanding of procurement policies, procedures, internal controls, audit requirements, commercial governance, and risk mitigation.
* Practical experience working with group companies, internal stakeholders, auditors, suppliers, consultants, and third-party service providers.
* Strong commercial awareness with the ability to evaluate operational impact, cost implications, service efficiency, and control requirements.
* Excellent analytical capability with the ability to identify root causes, assess process performance, and recommend practical improvements.
* Strong problem-solving skills with a structured approach to improvement planning, implementation tracking, and stakeholder adoption.
* Leadership experience in managing teams, developing employee capability, supporting performance management, and strengthening department effectiveness.
* Ability to work in a large Oil and Energy organization where governance, service quality, operational discipline, and stakeholder alignment are essential.
* Strong communication, facilitation, reporting, change management, and cross-functional coordination skills.
Skills Set
* Procurement excellence
* Purchasing operations
* Supply chain management
* Procurement transformation
* Commercial operations
* Process improvement
* Continuous improvement
* Procurement governance
* Policy alignment
* Internal controls
* Contracts and purchasing
* Inventory management
* Warehousing operations
* Supplier registration
* Supplier pre-qualification
* Supplier relationship management
* Operating model improvement
* Change enablement
* Risk mitigation
* Process integrity
* Service delivery improvement
* Cycle time reduction
* Stakeholder management
* Cross-functional coordination
* Audit coordination
* MIS reporting
* KPI monitoring
* Budget control
* Performance management
* ISO standards
* HSE compliance
* Capability building
* Emiratization support
* Commercial awareness
* Analytical competency
* Problem solving
Why Join Us
This position gives an experienced procurement leader the opportunity to influence how procurement and commercial operations perform across one of the UAE’s most important energy groups. The role offers strong exposure to governance improvement, procurement transformation, operational performance, supplier processes, and group-wide change adoption in Abu Dhabi Emirate. It is well suited for a professional who wants to move beyond routine purchasing work and help build smarter, faster, more controlled, and more sustainable procurement practices in a high-value Oil and Energy environment.
About the Company
ADNOC Group is a leading UAE energy organization operating across Abu Dhabi’s oil and gas value chain. The company supports major upstream, downstream, industrial, commercial, and supply chain activities with a strong focus on safety, governance, operational excellence, sustainability, and long-term value creation. ADNOC Group provides experienced professionals with the opportunity to contribute to strategic energy operations, strengthen business performance, and support the continued growth of Abu Dhabi Emirate’s energy sector.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Manager - Procurement Excellence will lead continuous improvement across procurement and commercial operations to ensure stronger governance, faster execution, better service quality, and more consistent operating practices. This position supports ADNOC Group by turning procurement policies and operating models into practical, measurable, and sustainable processes. The role has direct impact on cycle time reduction, cost discipline, stakeholder satisfaction, risk control, supplier coordination, audit readiness, and long-term procurement capability across group companies.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead continuous enhancement of procurement and commercial operations across ADNOC Group, with a focus on process excellence, governance, efficiency, and operational consistency.
* Review existing procurement processes, operating practices, control points, and service delivery models to identify inefficiencies, duplication, delays, and implementation gaps.
* Design and implement structured improvement initiatives that reduce cycle time, improve service quality, and strengthen procurement execution across business units.
* Pilot new procurement practices, tools, workflows, and ways of working before wider implementation across ADNOC Group companies.
* Guide organizational alignment during procurement transformation initiatives to ensure improved processes are understood, accepted, and embedded into daily operations.
* Strengthen procurement operations by refining execution practices, improving coordination, and standardizing process performance across relevant functions.
* Monitor implementation outcomes and adjust process improvement initiatives to sustain operational excellence after rollout.
* Ensure enhanced procurement practices remain aligned with approved policies, standards, governance frameworks, internal controls, and business requirements.
* Embed control mechanisms into procurement operations to reinforce governance adherence, process discipline, and reliable execution.
* Collaborate with ADNOC Group companies, procurement teams, commercial stakeholders, internal departments, and leadership teams to promote consistency in process execution.
* Facilitate cross-functional alignment to support seamless implementation of operational improvements and leading procurement practices.
* Identify risks caused by process inefficiencies, weak controls, unclear ownership, or implementation gaps and ensure corrective actions are introduced.
* Strengthen process integrity by improving documentation, workflow clarity, accountability, performance tracking, and compliance checkpoints.
* Promote a continuous improvement culture by engaging stakeholders, communicating process changes, and increasing awareness of enhanced procurement practices.
* Support capability building across procurement teams so improved practices are sustained beyond the initial implementation phase.
* Plan and supervise departmental personnel, activities, and resources to achieve division objectives in an efficient and cost-conscious manner.
* Support employee development through competency building, Personal Development Plans, succession planning, and talent pipeline initiatives in coordination with the Human Capability Group.
* Contribute to Emiratization objectives by supporting the development of UAE Nationals within the department.
* Compile input for division budgets and monitor department expenditure against approved budget levels.
* Investigate and reconcile significant budget variances to support effective performance management and cost control.
* Lead implementation of department policies, systems, processes, standards, procedures, and internal controls in line with company and international standards.
* Implement performance management practices for department personnel and monitor KPIs linked to annual performance contracts and balanced scorecard requirements.
* Review and recommend department structure improvements to make better use of human capital and support business objectives.
* Encourage innovation, employee motivation, and change management initiatives that improve department operations and service delivery.
* Propose internal process improvements against best practices and ISO-aligned standards to create intelligent solutions for operational challenges.
* Support HSE culture within the department and ensure compliance with relevant HSE policies, procedures, controls, legislation, and sustainability guidelines.
* Ensure department employees receive adequate HSE training and induction in line with required standards.
* Prepare department MIS, progress updates, performance reports, and management information to support accurate and timely business decisions.
* Maintain regular communication with line management, SVP-level stakeholders, procurement policy teams, and group company counterparts.
* Coordinate with internal and external auditors on procurement governance, control, compliance, and audit-related matters.
* Engage with third-party service providers, suppliers, consultants, industry experts, shareholders, and partners when required for information exchange and technical discussion.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor Degree in Supply Chain Management, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field.
* Minimum 15 years of relevant experience in procurement, supply chain, commercial operations, process improvement, or procurement transformation.
* At least 8 years of supervisory experience with responsibility for teams, resources, budgets, performance, or operational delivery.
* Minimum 5 years of hands-on procurement experience, preferably within the oil and gas industry.
* Strong expertise across procurement and supply chain areas including contracts and purchasing, inventory and warehousing, supplier registration, pre-qualification, and supplier relationship management.
* Proven ability to lead process excellence initiatives, governance alignment, operating model improvements, and procurement transformation programs.
* Strong understanding of procurement policies, procedures, internal controls, audit requirements, commercial governance, and risk mitigation.
* Practical experience working with group companies, internal stakeholders, auditors, suppliers, consultants, and third-party service providers.
* Strong commercial awareness with the ability to evaluate operational impact, cost implications, service efficiency, and control requirements.
* Excellent analytical capability with the ability to identify root causes, assess process performance, and recommend practical improvements.
* Strong problem-solving skills with a structured approach to improvement planning, implementation tracking, and stakeholder adoption.
* Leadership experience in managing teams, developing employee capability, supporting performance management, and strengthening department effectiveness.
* Ability to work in a large Oil and Energy organization where governance, service quality, operational discipline, and stakeholder alignment are essential.
* Strong communication, facilitation, reporting, change management, and cross-functional coordination skills.
Skills Set
* Procurement excellence
* Purchasing operations
* Supply chain management
* Procurement transformation
* Commercial operations
* Process improvement
* Continuous improvement
* Procurement governance
* Policy alignment
* Internal controls
* Contracts and purchasing
* Inventory management
* Warehousing operations
* Supplier registration
* Supplier pre-qualification
* Supplier relationship management
* Operating model improvement
* Change enablement
* Risk mitigation
* Process integrity
* Service delivery improvement
* Cycle time reduction
* Stakeholder management
* Cross-functional coordination
* Audit coordination
* MIS reporting
* KPI monitoring
* Budget control
* Performance management
* ISO standards
* HSE compliance
* Capability building
* Emiratization support
* Commercial awareness
* Analytical competency
* Problem solving
Why Join Us
This position gives an experienced procurement leader the opportunity to influence how procurement and commercial operations perform across one of the UAE’s most important energy groups. The role offers strong exposure to governance improvement, procurement transformation, operational performance, supplier processes, and group-wide change adoption in Abu Dhabi Emirate. It is well suited for a professional who wants to move beyond routine purchasing work and help build smarter, faster, more controlled, and more sustainable procurement practices in a high-value Oil and Energy environment.
About the Company
ADNOC Group is a leading UAE energy organization operating across Abu Dhabi’s oil and gas value chain. The company supports major upstream, downstream, industrial, commercial, and supply chain activities with a strong focus on safety, governance, operational excellence, sustainability, and long-term value creation. ADNOC Group provides experienced professionals with the opportunity to contribute to strategic energy operations, strengthen business performance, and support the continued growth of Abu Dhabi Emirate’s energy sector.
