Manager, Procurement & Supply Chain (Healthcare Experience Required) - 50013028

•    Develop and maintain QHC's procurement plan aligned with startup priorities, activation milestones and budget, including category strategies for medical, technology, facilities and professional services.

•    Forecast demand and lead times and sequence sourcing activity to meet Day-1 and scale-up needs.

•    Advise leadership on make-versus-buy and leverage-from-QIC decisions across categories.

•    Lead sourcing, tendering and competitive evaluation processes with fairness, transparency and auditability.

•    Negotiate and structure contracts, service agreements and framework arrangements that protect QHC commercially and operationally.

•    Maintain the contract register, manage renewals and expiries, and ensure obligations are tracked and met.

•    Establish and manage supplier relationships, onboarding, qualification and performance monitoring against agreed KPIs and SLAs.

•    Own vendor risk — including concentration, continuity and compliance risk — and drive remediation where performance falls short.

•    Build a reliable supplier base for critical medical and operational categories.

•    Establish supply-chain and inventory processes across medical consumables, pharmaceuticals, equipment and non-medical supplies.

•    Ensure availability, traceability and appropriate stock levels for clinical and operational continuity, minimizing waste and stock-outs.

•    Coordinate logistics, warehousing and distribution arrangements as required.

•    Implement procurement policies, delegation of authority, controls and segregation of duties to mitigate financial and compliance risk.

•    Ensure compliance with Saudi procurement and regulatory requirements and with QIC service and governance frameworks.

•    Maintain audit readiness, procurement records and risk registers for internal and external review.

•    Drive cost efficiency, value-for-money and total-cost-of-ownership discipline across procurement decisions.

•    Identify and deliver savings, consolidation and demand-management opportunities without compromising quality or continuity.

•    Provide procurement input to budgeting, business cases and capital planning.

•    Support the implementation and use of e-procurement and supply-chain systems and dashboards.

•    Standardize procurement processes and build internal capability as the function grows.

•    Provide clear procurement reporting and analytics to Finance and leadership.

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Finance, Engineering, or a related field is required. A professional certification (CIPS, CPSM, or equivalent) and / or a Master's degree is preferred.

6+ years of progressive experience in procurement and supply-chain management, including sourcing, tendering, contract negotiation and vendor management, ideally within healthcare, construction / facilities, or large project / startup environments.

Demonstrated experience owning vendor and contract risk and establishing procurement processes and controls. Experience with medical / pharmaceutical supply chains and with accredited healthcare environments is an advantage.

Working knowledge of Saudi procurement and regulatory requirements and of operating within shared-services or SLA-based models. Strong commercial, negotiation and analytical capability.