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Job Description

The MENA Procurement Manager will
be responsible to deliver end-to-end procurement services to the
end-users/requestors of all MENA business units. The services include but not
limited to the following:

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Purchase Order (PO) Issuance:
Reviews all Purchase Requisitions (PR) raised by requestors and take
appropriate corrective actions to ensure adequacy of the back-up documentation in
accordance with the MENA procurement policies and procedures and issues the POs
to vendors accordingly.

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Contract Review: Reviews,
prepares all contract-type documents including Statement of Work (SOW), Master
Terms and Conditions (MTC), Amendments, Exhibits and Termination Letters and
takes appropriate corrective actions to ensure adequacy and compliance to Y! MENA
procurement policies, business and legal guidelines as well as specific risk
scenarios. As needed, facilitates or leads contract negotiations. Provides
contract signature authority on behalf of Y! MENA.

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Competitive Bidding:
Performs procurement activities requiring advanced knowledge of procurement
policies and practices; which may include preparing complicated specifications,
authoring RFI/RFP/RFQ or conducting on-site evaluation of vendor capabilities
and qualifications, administering the competitive bidding process, negotiating contracts
and facilitating pre-award and post-award activities.

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Issue Resolution: Responsible
to track, follow up and resolve all appropriate PR and PO issues to ensure
process compliance and efficiency within a reasonable timeframe. Issues
typically include adding funds to PO, changing cost centers, correcting GL
codes, updating vendor information and invoice matching issues, liaising with
suppliers on delivery of goods ordered. Resolution may include enhancements to
current systems, processes, policies, procedures, systems as well as end-user
education.

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Management Reporting and
Analysis: Responsible to develop, track and generate periodic and ad-hoc
reports including Spend, Savings, PO Cycle Time, After-The-Fact (ATF). Performs
analyses and draws actionable insights as required by Management.

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Cross-Functional Collaboration:
Participates, leads or collaborates with other Y! teams including Audit,
T&E, Payment and Disbursement (P&D), Accounting and Reporting
(A&R), Ops Fin and Real Estate & Workplace (REW) teams to  complete periodic and ad-hoc administrative
processes including PO Closure, Vendor Maintenance as well as to drive
enterprise and Finance Roadmap initiatives.

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Spend Management Liaison:
Evangelizes Procurement spend management capabilities including Strategic
Sourcing, Right Sourcing and Vendor Management and leverage Global Procurement
resources to assist MENA BUs in identifying and executing spend deflation
initiatives.

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Supplier Management:
 Leads or collaborates with stakeholders
on review of supplier performance, including Quarterly Business Reviews
(QBR’s). Ensuring suppliers commits and delivers to agreed Service Level
Agreements (SLA’s)

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Training: Training
stakeholders and business partners on all aspects of the Procurement Function
including the online tools.