Manager - Procurement Policy
Posted date [2026-07-07]
(ID: 47656)
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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 PolicyJob Snapshot
Role: Manager - Procurement Policy
Location: Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Oil and Energy
Function: Purchasing
Experience: 15 years in procurement, supply chain, and governance
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
Manager - Procurement Policy in Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates is an Oil and Energy hiring opportunity for a senior procurement governance professional who can lead the design, control, interpretation, and continuous enhancement of commercial and procurement policy frameworks across ADNOC Group. The role focuses on enterprise-wide policy alignment, regulatory compliance, Delegation of Authority governance, procurement standards, risk mitigation, ISO-aligned quality assurance, and consistent application of procurement governance across Group Companies.
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 Policy will shape and maintain the procurement and commercial governance framework that supports consistent, compliant, and controlled procurement activity across ADNOC Group. This position helps protect commercial integrity, strengthen accountability, improve policy maturity, and ensure that procurement decisions are supported by clear standards, regulatory alignment, ethical practices, and effective internal controls. The role has direct business impact on governance reliability, audit readiness, supplier-facing consistency, procurement risk reduction, decision authority clarity, and enterprise-wide alignment across Group Companies.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead the development, update, and institutionalization of procurement and commercial policies, standards, frameworks, and governance documents across ADNOC Group.
* Establish policy governance mechanisms that ensure approved procurement policies are implemented, monitored, interpreted, and followed consistently.
* Ensure procurement and commercial policy frameworks support consistency, control, accountability, transparency, and governance across Group Companies.
* Review existing policy structures, identify gaps, and recommend improvements that strengthen procurement governance and commercial integrity.
* Ensure procurement policies comply with applicable local laws, international regulations, ethical standards, and corporate governance expectations.
* Interpret regulatory requirements and translate them into clear procurement policies, standards, controls, and governance structures.
* Protect ADNOC’s commercial integrity and reputation by embedding compliance, ethics, and regulatory discipline into procurement policy design.
* Drive enterprise-wide alignment of procurement policies across ADNOC Group Companies to ensure uniform interpretation and practical application.
* Support policy framework alignment during organizational changes, mergers, acquisitions, integration activity, or operating model adjustments.
* Review procurement-related sections of Delegation of Authority frameworks across ADNOC and Group Companies.
* Assess decision rights, approval thresholds, authority clarity, accountability lines, and control mechanisms within DOA frameworks.
* Provide recommendations to strengthen procurement accountability, decision control, governance discipline, and compliance within DOA structures.
* Provide expert advice to ADNOC Group Companies on interpretation and application of procurement policies, standards, procedures, and governance documents.
* Resolve complex policy-related queries by providing clear, practical, and governance-aligned guidance to stakeholders.
* Lead benchmarking initiatives with international organizations, government entities, industry bodies, and peer companies to assess procurement policy maturity.
* Translate external benchmarking insights into actionable improvements for ADNOC’s procurement and commercial policy framework.
* Identify policy-level risks that may affect procurement governance, regulatory compliance, commercial control, or operational consistency.
* Recommend and implement mitigation measures that improve framework resilience and reduce exposure to governance gaps.
* Ensure procurement policy frameworks align with ISO standards, corporate quality requirements, and approved internal control expectations.
* Promote understanding and adherence to procurement policies through structured awareness sessions, guidance material, stakeholder engagement, and capability-building initiatives.
* Work closely with SVP-level stakeholders, procurement policy teams, executive function leaders, business-facing procurement teams, supporting functions, and Group Companies.
* Coordinate with Human Capability, Finance, Legal, IT, internal auditors, senior management, shareholders, and other stakeholders on policy interpretation and governance alignment.
* Liaise with internal and external auditors on procurement policy compliance, audit issues, control evidence, and corrective action requirements.
* Engage with third-party service providers, suppliers, consultants, and industry experts to support policy maturity, benchmarking, and governance improvement.
* Plan and supervise department personnel, activities, and resources to achieve division objectives in a cost-conscious and efficient manner.
* Ensure implementation of approved operational plans for the department in line with division objectives and business priorities.
* Develop employee knowledge, competencies, and innovative capability within the department through coaching, guidance, and structured development.
* Support Personal Development Plans, succession planning, and talent pipeline development in coordination with the Human Capability Group.
* Contribute to UAE National development and Emiratization objectives through knowledge transfer, mentoring, and capability-building support.
* Compile and provide input for division budget preparation and monitor department expenditure against approved budget levels.
* Investigate, highlight, and reconcile significant budget variances to support effective performance management and cost control.
* Lead implementation of approved department policies, processes, systems, standards, procedures, and internal controls.
* Ensure department work programs are executed in line with company standards, international standards, approved procedures, and governance requirements.
* Implement the company performance management system for individuals within the department according to approved guidelines.
* Monitor department KPIs linked to the annual performance management contract and balanced scorecard requirements.
* Review, develop, and recommend department organization structure improvements to optimize human capital and support business objectives.
* Incorporate sustainability into ongoing work practices and department operating routines where relevant to procurement governance.
* Encourage innovation, employee motivation, and change management initiatives that improve department operations and services.
* Propose improvements in internal processes using best practices and ISO-aligned standards to improve efficiency and resolve policy-related challenges.
* Support the institution of an HSE culture and ensure department compliance with HSE policies, procedures, systems, controls, legislation, and sustainability guidelines.
* Ensure adequate HSE training and induction for department employees in line with company standards.
* Prepare department MIS, policy updates, governance reports, audit support information, progress reports, and management briefings accurately and on time.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business Administration, or an equivalent professional discipline.
* Minimum 15 years of relevant experience in procurement, supply chain, commercial governance, policy management, or procurement operations.
* At least 8 years of supervisory experience with responsibility for teams, stakeholders, resources, performance, or governance delivery.
* Minimum 5 years of procurement activity experience, preferably within the oil and gas industry.
* Holder of accredited procurement certification, preferably CIPS Level 4 or above, or currently working toward certification.
* Strong expertise across procurement and supply chain activities including contracts and purchasing, inventory and warehousing, registration and pre-qualification, and supplier relationship management.
* Strong understanding of procurement policy design, commercial governance, regulatory compliance, internal controls, ethical standards, and audit expectations.
* Practical experience interpreting procurement policies, resolving governance queries, and supporting consistent policy application across complex organizations.
* Knowledge of Delegation of Authority frameworks, approval structures, decision rights, procurement accountability, and control design.
* Ability to align procurement frameworks across multiple Group Companies, business units, executive functions, and supporting departments.
* Experience supporting procurement governance during organizational change, mergers, acquisitions, operating model updates, or policy transformation.
* Strong commercial awareness with the ability to balance governance discipline, operational practicality, supplier requirements, and business outcomes.
* Excellent analytical capability with the ability to identify policy risks, assess gaps, and recommend clear corrective actions.
* Strong problem-solving skills with a structured approach to policy interpretation, stakeholder alignment, and continuous improvement.
* Experience working with auditors, legal teams, finance teams, IT teams, procurement teams, suppliers, consultants, shareholders, and senior stakeholders.
* Strong leadership capability with experience developing teams, supporting succession planning, and building departmental capability.
* Excellent communication, facilitation, reporting, stakeholder management, and advisory skills.
* Ability to work in a large Oil and Energy organization where policy clarity, compliance, governance maturity, and commercial integrity are critical.
Skills Set
* Procurement policy
* Commercial policy governance
* Purchasing
* Procurement governance
* Supply chain governance
* Policy design
* Policy interpretation
* Regulatory compliance
* Commercial integrity
* Delegation of Authority
* DOA governance
* Procurement standards
* Procurement frameworks
* Contracts and purchasing
* Inventory and warehousing
* Supplier registration
* Supplier pre-qualification
* Supplier relationship management
* Internal controls
* Governance mechanisms
* Risk mitigation
* Quality assurance
* ISO standards
* Audit coordination
* Policy benchmarking
* Stakeholder advisory
* Enterprise alignment
* Mergers and acquisitions support
* Commercial awareness
* Analytical competency
* Problem solving
* MIS reporting
* Budget monitoring
* KPI tracking
* Performance management
* CIPS
* HSE compliance
* Emiratization support
* Continuous improvement
Why Join Us
This role offers a senior procurement professional the opportunity to influence enterprise-wide commercial governance across a major Oil and Energy organization in Abu Dhabi Emirate. The position provides strong exposure to procurement policy design, DOA governance, regulatory alignment, audit readiness, Group Company coordination, and strategic supplier-facing controls. It is an excellent career move for a governance-focused procurement leader who wants to strengthen commercial integrity, improve policy maturity, and support consistent procurement practices across a high-impact energy group.
About the Company
ADNOC Group is a leading diversified energy group wholly owned by the Abu Dhabi Government. Founded in 1971, the company operates across the energy value chain and supports responsible energy production, lower-carbon solutions, and long-term industrial development. ADNOC Group is investing in cleaner energy, decarbonization technologies, operational excellence, and sustainability while maintaining a strong focus on safety, governance, commercial integrity, technical reliability, and responsible energy delivery from Abu Dhabi Emirate to global markets.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Manager - Procurement Policy will shape and maintain the procurement and commercial governance framework that supports consistent, compliant, and controlled procurement activity across ADNOC Group. This position helps protect commercial integrity, strengthen accountability, improve policy maturity, and ensure that procurement decisions are supported by clear standards, regulatory alignment, ethical practices, and effective internal controls. The role has direct business impact on governance reliability, audit readiness, supplier-facing consistency, procurement risk reduction, decision authority clarity, and enterprise-wide alignment across Group Companies.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead the development, update, and institutionalization of procurement and commercial policies, standards, frameworks, and governance documents across ADNOC Group.
* Establish policy governance mechanisms that ensure approved procurement policies are implemented, monitored, interpreted, and followed consistently.
* Ensure procurement and commercial policy frameworks support consistency, control, accountability, transparency, and governance across Group Companies.
* Review existing policy structures, identify gaps, and recommend improvements that strengthen procurement governance and commercial integrity.
* Ensure procurement policies comply with applicable local laws, international regulations, ethical standards, and corporate governance expectations.
* Interpret regulatory requirements and translate them into clear procurement policies, standards, controls, and governance structures.
* Protect ADNOC’s commercial integrity and reputation by embedding compliance, ethics, and regulatory discipline into procurement policy design.
* Drive enterprise-wide alignment of procurement policies across ADNOC Group Companies to ensure uniform interpretation and practical application.
* Support policy framework alignment during organizational changes, mergers, acquisitions, integration activity, or operating model adjustments.
* Review procurement-related sections of Delegation of Authority frameworks across ADNOC and Group Companies.
* Assess decision rights, approval thresholds, authority clarity, accountability lines, and control mechanisms within DOA frameworks.
* Provide recommendations to strengthen procurement accountability, decision control, governance discipline, and compliance within DOA structures.
* Provide expert advice to ADNOC Group Companies on interpretation and application of procurement policies, standards, procedures, and governance documents.
* Resolve complex policy-related queries by providing clear, practical, and governance-aligned guidance to stakeholders.
* Lead benchmarking initiatives with international organizations, government entities, industry bodies, and peer companies to assess procurement policy maturity.
* Translate external benchmarking insights into actionable improvements for ADNOC’s procurement and commercial policy framework.
* Identify policy-level risks that may affect procurement governance, regulatory compliance, commercial control, or operational consistency.
* Recommend and implement mitigation measures that improve framework resilience and reduce exposure to governance gaps.
* Ensure procurement policy frameworks align with ISO standards, corporate quality requirements, and approved internal control expectations.
* Promote understanding and adherence to procurement policies through structured awareness sessions, guidance material, stakeholder engagement, and capability-building initiatives.
* Work closely with SVP-level stakeholders, procurement policy teams, executive function leaders, business-facing procurement teams, supporting functions, and Group Companies.
* Coordinate with Human Capability, Finance, Legal, IT, internal auditors, senior management, shareholders, and other stakeholders on policy interpretation and governance alignment.
* Liaise with internal and external auditors on procurement policy compliance, audit issues, control evidence, and corrective action requirements.
* Engage with third-party service providers, suppliers, consultants, and industry experts to support policy maturity, benchmarking, and governance improvement.
* Plan and supervise department personnel, activities, and resources to achieve division objectives in a cost-conscious and efficient manner.
* Ensure implementation of approved operational plans for the department in line with division objectives and business priorities.
* Develop employee knowledge, competencies, and innovative capability within the department through coaching, guidance, and structured development.
* Support Personal Development Plans, succession planning, and talent pipeline development in coordination with the Human Capability Group.
* Contribute to UAE National development and Emiratization objectives through knowledge transfer, mentoring, and capability-building support.
* Compile and provide input for division budget preparation and monitor department expenditure against approved budget levels.
* Investigate, highlight, and reconcile significant budget variances to support effective performance management and cost control.
* Lead implementation of approved department policies, processes, systems, standards, procedures, and internal controls.
* Ensure department work programs are executed in line with company standards, international standards, approved procedures, and governance requirements.
* Implement the company performance management system for individuals within the department according to approved guidelines.
* Monitor department KPIs linked to the annual performance management contract and balanced scorecard requirements.
* Review, develop, and recommend department organization structure improvements to optimize human capital and support business objectives.
* Incorporate sustainability into ongoing work practices and department operating routines where relevant to procurement governance.
* Encourage innovation, employee motivation, and change management initiatives that improve department operations and services.
* Propose improvements in internal processes using best practices and ISO-aligned standards to improve efficiency and resolve policy-related challenges.
* Support the institution of an HSE culture and ensure department compliance with HSE policies, procedures, systems, controls, legislation, and sustainability guidelines.
* Ensure adequate HSE training and induction for department employees in line with company standards.
* Prepare department MIS, policy updates, governance reports, audit support information, progress reports, and management briefings accurately and on time.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business Administration, or an equivalent professional discipline.
* Minimum 15 years of relevant experience in procurement, supply chain, commercial governance, policy management, or procurement operations.
* At least 8 years of supervisory experience with responsibility for teams, stakeholders, resources, performance, or governance delivery.
* Minimum 5 years of procurement activity experience, preferably within the oil and gas industry.
* Holder of accredited procurement certification, preferably CIPS Level 4 or above, or currently working toward certification.
* Strong expertise across procurement and supply chain activities including contracts and purchasing, inventory and warehousing, registration and pre-qualification, and supplier relationship management.
* Strong understanding of procurement policy design, commercial governance, regulatory compliance, internal controls, ethical standards, and audit expectations.
* Practical experience interpreting procurement policies, resolving governance queries, and supporting consistent policy application across complex organizations.
* Knowledge of Delegation of Authority frameworks, approval structures, decision rights, procurement accountability, and control design.
* Ability to align procurement frameworks across multiple Group Companies, business units, executive functions, and supporting departments.
* Experience supporting procurement governance during organizational change, mergers, acquisitions, operating model updates, or policy transformation.
* Strong commercial awareness with the ability to balance governance discipline, operational practicality, supplier requirements, and business outcomes.
* Excellent analytical capability with the ability to identify policy risks, assess gaps, and recommend clear corrective actions.
* Strong problem-solving skills with a structured approach to policy interpretation, stakeholder alignment, and continuous improvement.
* Experience working with auditors, legal teams, finance teams, IT teams, procurement teams, suppliers, consultants, shareholders, and senior stakeholders.
* Strong leadership capability with experience developing teams, supporting succession planning, and building departmental capability.
* Excellent communication, facilitation, reporting, stakeholder management, and advisory skills.
* Ability to work in a large Oil and Energy organization where policy clarity, compliance, governance maturity, and commercial integrity are critical.
Skills Set
* Procurement policy
* Commercial policy governance
* Purchasing
* Procurement governance
* Supply chain governance
* Policy design
* Policy interpretation
* Regulatory compliance
* Commercial integrity
* Delegation of Authority
* DOA governance
* Procurement standards
* Procurement frameworks
* Contracts and purchasing
* Inventory and warehousing
* Supplier registration
* Supplier pre-qualification
* Supplier relationship management
* Internal controls
* Governance mechanisms
* Risk mitigation
* Quality assurance
* ISO standards
* Audit coordination
* Policy benchmarking
* Stakeholder advisory
* Enterprise alignment
* Mergers and acquisitions support
* Commercial awareness
* Analytical competency
* Problem solving
* MIS reporting
* Budget monitoring
* KPI tracking
* Performance management
* CIPS
* HSE compliance
* Emiratization support
* Continuous improvement
Why Join Us
This role offers a senior procurement professional the opportunity to influence enterprise-wide commercial governance across a major Oil and Energy organization in Abu Dhabi Emirate. The position provides strong exposure to procurement policy design, DOA governance, regulatory alignment, audit readiness, Group Company coordination, and strategic supplier-facing controls. It is an excellent career move for a governance-focused procurement leader who wants to strengthen commercial integrity, improve policy maturity, and support consistent procurement practices across a high-impact energy group.
About the Company
ADNOC Group is a leading diversified energy group wholly owned by the Abu Dhabi Government. Founded in 1971, the company operates across the energy value chain and supports responsible energy production, lower-carbon solutions, and long-term industrial development. ADNOC Group is investing in cleaner energy, decarbonization technologies, operational excellence, and sustainability while maintaining a strong focus on safety, governance, commercial integrity, technical reliability, and responsible energy delivery from Abu Dhabi Emirate to global markets.
