Senior Officer - Vendor Management

Overview

Shamal Holding is a diversified investment firm that cultivates the extraordinary. Born in Dubai, we curate a unique portfolio of extraordinary investments, experiences and assets to generate meaningful outcomes. The investments we make are strategically chosen and thoughtfully nurtured, mirroring Dubai’s ambition, spirit and energy. As a global investor, asset owner and developer we utilise our resources, know-how and connections, to deliver long-term value, wherever we operate.

As Shamal Holding continues to grow, we are strengthening we’re in search of a Senior Officer – Vendor Management . In this role, you will enable effective vendor management across the organisation by delivering accurate vendor onboarding, due diligence and master data governance, so that the organisation maintains compliance, audit-ready vendor records and reduced exposure to third-party risk.

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.

Qualifications

- 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.

For more information about Shamal, please visit our LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/shamalholding/

Note:

Due to a high influx of profiles, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.