Role summary
Qiddiya Investment Company is developing a leading entertainment, sports, and cultural destination in Saudi Arabia as part of the Kingdom's Vision 2030. The organization seeks an experienced Director to manage supplier relationships in transport, overseeing supplier performance, risk, and strategic partnerships. The Director positions the company as a disciplined, credible and collaborative client, leading a structured framework that strengthens strategic supplier engagement, improves transparency, manages supply chain risk and drives long-term value.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement formal supplier relationship management framework including supplier segmentation, governance structures and executive oversight
- Lead proactive market engagement initiatives including annual Industry Briefing to communicate pipeline visibility, procurement strategy and governance expectations
- Work closely with Central Procurement team to ensure strong alignment, transparency and coordination across procurement to avoid duplication
- Establish and manage structured supplier performance scorecards across major contracts
- Facilitate quarterly executive-level performance reviews with strategic suppliers
- Identify and manage strategic supply chain risks including capacity constraints, financial health, long-lead items and concentration risk
- Collaborate with Procurement, Commercial, Risk and Project Controls to integrate supplier insights into procurement strategies and risk registers
- Drive continuous improvement through lessons learned forums, innovation workshops and structured performance improvement plans
- Provide market intelligence to inform sourcing strategies and long-lead procurement planning
- Support dispute avoidance through early intervention and structured supplier engagement
- Develop executive dashboards providing visibility of supplier performance trends and systemic risk themes
- Act as executive interface between organization and strategic suppliers
- Partner with Project Directors and Procurement leads on major package delivery
- Engage with industry bodies and supply chain partners to enhance organizational reputation
- Provide clear and structured reporting to Executive Director and senior leadership
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Commerce, Engineering, Business, Law or related discipline
- 15+ years of experience in supplier relationship management, commercial leadership or major procurement environments
- Experience managing strategic supplier portfolios in large-scale infrastructure programs
- Strong understanding of procurement governance and contract performance management
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and industry leaders
- Experience delivering structured industry engagement initiatives
Requirements
- Strategic market engagement
- Executive communication and negotiation
- Performance management and governance
- Risk identification and mitigation
- Relationship building and influencing
- Data-driven reporting and insight generation
- Commercial acumen and integrity
Education
Bachelor's degree in Commerce, Engineering, Business, Law or related discipline
Experience
15+ years of experience in supplier relationship management, commercial leadership or major procurement environments
Skills
- Strategic market engagement
- Executive communication and negotiation
- Performance management and governance
- Risk identification and mitigation
- Relationship building and influencing
- Data-driven reporting and insight generation
- Commercial acumen and integrity