Head of Procurement

Company: ALJ Properties

Abdul Latif Jameel Properties is a real estate company operating across real estate development, project delivery, property operations, sales, leasing, and portfolio management in Saudi Arabia. The company focuses on creating long-term value through effective project execution, commercial performance, strong governance, and the development and management of a diverse real estate portfolio.

Role Purpose:

Lead and govern the procurement and contracting function, ensuring timely, transparent, and commercially sound sourcing of goods, services, contractors, and consultants. Drive value optimization, supplier performance, risk management, and procurement governance across real estate development, capital projects, and property operations while aligning procurement priorities with the company’s business strategy.

Key Activities:

• Develop and execute the procurement strategy, category plans, and annual procurement plan; consolidate CAPEX and OPEX demand; prioritize sourcing initiatives and monitor delivery against business and project requirements.
• Lead end-to-end sourcing and tendering activities, including RFI/RFQ/RFP, bid evaluation, negotiations, recommendations, and awards; oversee contract formation, administration, and closeout for suppliers, consultants, and contractors.
• Establish supplier prequalification, onboarding and evaluation frameworks; manage strategic supplier relationships and performance reviews; drive negotiation, value engineering, cost optimization and corrective actions where required
• Own and continuously improve procurement policies, SOPs, authority matrices and controls; ensure procurement activities follow approved governance, ethical standards and applicable requirements; identify and mitigate procurement and contract risks.
• Lead and develop the procurement team; establish service levels and performance reporting; partner with Development, Projects, Property/Facility Management, Finance, Legal and other functions; champion ERP, Procure-to-Pay automation, dashboards and data-driven decision-making.