Senior Officer - Vendor Management

Responsibilities • Vendor Onboarding and Prequalification: Deliver complete, accurate and fully documented vendor onboarding within agreed turnaround times, conduct prequalification assessments to evaluate strategic vendor s capabilities, financial stability and expertise resulting in audit-ready vendor records and uninterrupted business and payment activity. • Vendor Data Integrity and Lifecycle Governance: Maintain a clean, current vendor master (including valid trade licenses) and govern vendor deactivation and reactivation, resulting in a reliable vendor base free of duplicate, expired or dormant records. • Vendor Financial Data Governance: Validate and verify all changes to sensitive vendor data such as bank account details, resulting in zero unauthorized amendments and reduced exposure to payment errors and vendor fraud. • Regulatory and Compliance: Keep the vendor base aligned to applicable regulatory requirements, including Federal Tax Authority (FTA) e-invoicing obligations for UAE-registered vendors, resulting in full regulatory compliance and no penalties. • Third-Party Risk and Sanctions Compliance: Screen, identify and escalate third-party risks through due diligence, sanctions screening tools and risk assessment resulting in early mitigation of compliance, sanctions, reputational and operational exposure across the vendor base. • Audit and Internal Control: Drive timely closure of vendor management audit observations and embed process improvements, resulting in strengthened internal controls and no repeat findings. • Vendor Management Systems and Processes: Partner with IT to resolve system issues and deliver system enhancements, resulting in improved process efficiency. Note: Due to a high influx of profiles, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Commerce, Supply Chain, Procurement, Finance or a related discipline. A master's degree is preferred. • Preferred certification: Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS). • A minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in Procurement, Vendor Management, Supplier Management, Third-Party Risk or a related function.