Vice President - Strategic Category Management
Posted date [2026-07-31]
(ID: 48863)
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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
Vice President - Strategic Category ManagementJob Snapshot
Role: Vice President - Strategic Category Management
Location: Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Oil and Energy
Function: Purchasing
Experience: Minimum 18 years
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
The Vice President - Strategic Category Management position in Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates is an executive hiring opportunity within the Oil and Energy industry. Reporting to the Senior Vice President of Group Commercial Operations and Execution, the role will lead category management for high-value and business-critical expenditure across ADNOC Group.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Abu Dhabi Emirate
Industry: Oil and Energy
Function: Purchasing
Salary: 60000-90000
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
Group-wide category leadership directly influences procurement savings, supply resilience and long-term enterprise value. This executive
will translate business priorities and market intelligence into disciplined sourcing strategies, contracting models and supplier-performance frameworks. The position requires commercial authority, cross-functional influence and consistent governance across a complex procurement ecosystem.
Key Responsibilities
The Vice President will set strategic direction while ensuring that category plans produce measurable financial and operational results.
* Lead Group-wide Category Management and Market Intelligence activities.
* Align category strategies with ADNOC\'s commercial priorities and long-term business objectives.
* Establish governance for high-value, technically complex and business-critical categories.
* Form and direct cross-functional category teams involving Technical and Procurement stakeholders.
* Develop category plans supported by expenditure analysis, market evidence and supply-risk assessment.
* Identify sourcing levers that improve cost, quality, service and contractual outcomes.
* Select contracting models suited to operational requirements and market conditions.
* Establish supplier-performance frameworks with clear measures and accountability.
* Oversee tendering processes and ensure transparent commercial evaluation.
* Direct contract-development, award and administration practices across assigned categories.
* Govern change orders, claims and contractual issues through consistent approval controls.
* Confirm compliance with procurement policies, delegated authority and business requirements.
* Drive financial savings while protecting supply continuity and technical performance.
* Strengthen procurement capability through coaching, standards and repeatable methods.
* Promote alignment between senior stakeholders, category owners and commercial teams.
* Lead strategic supplier relationships and resolve material performance concerns.
* Identify procurement and contracting risks before they affect business delivery.
* Guide complex negotiations involving price, risk allocation and contractual obligations.
* Improve category-management processes through performance evidence and market insight.
* Advance operational excellence and continuous improvement across the procurement function.
* Present category decisions, risks and value-delivery results to executive leadership.
* Build a culture of commercial discipline, transparency and accountable execution.
Ideal Profile
Candidates must hold a Bachelor\'s Degree in Engineering, Finance, Supply Chain, Business Administration or an equivalent discipline. At least 18 years of contracts-management experience within a large oil and gas organization is required, including a minimum of ten years in progressively responsible managerial positions.
The successful executive will bring advanced expertise in category management, contracts, tendering, strategic sourcing, procurement governance and supplier management. Strong commercial judgement, dispute-resolution capability and the confidence to influence senior stakeholders across a complex international organization are essential.
Skills Set
Enterprise category management
Market intelligence
Strategic sourcing
Category strategy development
Kraljic Matrix
Porter\'s Five Forces
Purchasing Chessboard
Contracting model development
Tender governance
Commercial bid evaluation
Contract negotiation
Change order governance
Claims management
Dispute resolution
Supplier performance frameworks
Strategic supplier management
Procurement risk management
Cost optimization
Cross-functional team leadership
Executive stakeholder influence
Procurement capability development
Commercial performance reporting
Why Join Us
This appointment offers enterprise-wide influence over procurement value, supplier performance and competitive positioning. It provides an established commercial leader with the mandate to shape category strategy, strengthen governance and deliver measurable impact across one of the energy sector\'s most extensive operating groups.
About the Company
ADNOC Group is a globally active integrated energy organization headquartered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The group combines commercial discipline, technological advancement and large-scale operations to support reliable energy delivery and long-term value creation.
Key Responsibilities
The Vice President will set strategic direction while ensuring that category plans produce measurable financial and operational results.
* Lead Group-wide Category Management and Market Intelligence activities.
* Align category strategies with ADNOC\'s commercial priorities and long-term business objectives.
* Establish governance for high-value, technically complex and business-critical categories.
* Form and direct cross-functional category teams involving Technical and Procurement stakeholders.
* Develop category plans supported by expenditure analysis, market evidence and supply-risk assessment.
* Identify sourcing levers that improve cost, quality, service and contractual outcomes.
* Select contracting models suited to operational requirements and market conditions.
* Establish supplier-performance frameworks with clear measures and accountability.
* Oversee tendering processes and ensure transparent commercial evaluation.
* Direct contract-development, award and administration practices across assigned categories.
* Govern change orders, claims and contractual issues through consistent approval controls.
* Confirm compliance with procurement policies, delegated authority and business requirements.
* Drive financial savings while protecting supply continuity and technical performance.
* Strengthen procurement capability through coaching, standards and repeatable methods.
* Promote alignment between senior stakeholders, category owners and commercial teams.
* Lead strategic supplier relationships and resolve material performance concerns.
* Identify procurement and contracting risks before they affect business delivery.
* Guide complex negotiations involving price, risk allocation and contractual obligations.
* Improve category-management processes through performance evidence and market insight.
* Advance operational excellence and continuous improvement across the procurement function.
* Present category decisions, risks and value-delivery results to executive leadership.
* Build a culture of commercial discipline, transparency and accountable execution.
Ideal Profile
Candidates must hold a Bachelor\'s Degree in Engineering, Finance, Supply Chain, Business Administration or an equivalent discipline. At least 18 years of contracts-management experience within a large oil and gas organization is required, including a minimum of ten years in progressively responsible managerial positions.
The successful executive will bring advanced expertise in category management, contracts, tendering, strategic sourcing, procurement governance and supplier management. Strong commercial judgement, dispute-resolution capability and the confidence to influence senior stakeholders across a complex international organization are essential.
Skills Set
Enterprise category management
Market intelligence
Strategic sourcing
Category strategy development
Kraljic Matrix
Porter\'s Five Forces
Purchasing Chessboard
Contracting model development
Tender governance
Commercial bid evaluation
Contract negotiation
Change order governance
Claims management
Dispute resolution
Supplier performance frameworks
Strategic supplier management
Procurement risk management
Cost optimization
Cross-functional team leadership
Executive stakeholder influence
Procurement capability development
Commercial performance reporting
Why Join Us
This appointment offers enterprise-wide influence over procurement value, supplier performance and competitive positioning. It provides an established commercial leader with the mandate to shape category strategy, strengthen governance and deliver measurable impact across one of the energy sector\'s most extensive operating groups.
About the Company
ADNOC Group is a globally active integrated energy organization headquartered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The group combines commercial discipline, technological advancement and large-scale operations to support reliable energy delivery and long-term value creation.
