Senior Buyer (Insurance)

Job description / Role

Key responsibilities and accountabilities

The Senior Buyer will be responsible for employing sourcing strategies and understanding the overall procurement strategy and functional requirements stated by management objectives. The individual will be expected to manage the categories assigned to him/her where he/she needs to demonstrate value addition to the Company's goals.

- Develop, advocate and implement sourcing and negotiation strategies for key spend areas to achieve short and long term savings targets.
- Evaluate submitted quotations on the basis of objective criteria using any agreed weightings and scoring process.
- Negotiate with suppliers to agree contract terms and relationships that will achieve the interests of the organization.
- Evaluate the financial, commercial and technical capabilities of potential suppliers.
- Identify the non-conformance of supplier performance and take necessary steps to rectify the same.
- Develop, maintain and improve relationships with internal stakeholders to promote effective procurement.
- Conduct risk analysis on high spend commodities and suppliers; identify the opportunities for mitigation of such risks and carry out necessary steps.
- Assist or help in co-ordination of all post order activities on need basis until the material received in safe condition at the site and till the supplier gets paid.
- Ensure compliance with the organization's procedures that cover the Procurement process.
- Support your colleagues in the execution of projects when required.
- Prepare and submit the various suits of reports to your Line Manager on weekly, monthly and quarterly basis.

Requirements

- Passionate about delivering results.
- Analytical and Planning skills.
- Proactive problem-solving skills.
- Excellent negotiations skills.
- Ability to follow directives and procedures, along with ensuring compliance.
- Proven decision making and problem solving skills.
- Written and Verbal communication skills.
- Relationship management.

Unfortunately, due to the high number of responses we receive we are unable to provide feedback to all applicants. If you have not been contacted within 5-7 days, please assume that at this stage your application has been unsuccessful.

About the Company

MBC GROUP is the largest media company in the Middle East & North Africa region that enriches people’s lives through information, interaction and entertainment. In 2002, nearly a decade after the launch of MBC1 in London, in 1991, MBC GROUP moved its headquarters to Dubai Media City, United Arab Emirates.

Today, MBC GROUP includes over 17 leading TV channels: MBC1 (general family entertainment); MBC2 & MBC MAX (24-hour western movies); MBC3 (children’s edutainment with a mix of both local productions and western acquisitions); MBC4 (entertainment for young families with a female-focus); MBC ACTION (an indigenous adrenaline-packed channel targeting young males with local and homegrown productions); MBC VARIETY (Western films and general entertainment with uninterrupted broadcasting); MBC DRAMA (24/7 Arabic drama) & MBC+ DRAMA (a joint pay-TV channel between MBC and OSN); MBC PERSIA (general family entertainment dubbed and subtitled in Farsi); WANASAH (24-hour Arabic music channel); MBC MASR & MBC MASR2 (general family entertainment geared towards the Egyptian family); MBC BOLLYWOOD (delivering the freshest in Bollywood content geared towards the region via an Arabized interface); MBC USA (on “Dish Network” in the US); MBC IRAQ (a premium channel aimed at the entire Iraqi family), MBC5 (new satellite channel dedicated to the Maghreb); all of them benefit from MBC STUDIOS which produces the region’s most compelling premium content for cinema, television and on-demand platforms. MBC GROUP also includes two FM radio stations: MBC FM (Gulf music) and Panorama FM (contemporary Arabic hit music).

Furthermore, part of MBC GROUP is Shahid and its premium subscription-based service Shahid VIP, the world’s leading Arabic streaming platform, home to highly rated original productions from the Arab world, a wide range of exclusive movies and premieres, as well as the top watched live Arab TV channels.