Director - Purchasing

Empowering Progress Through Integrated Supply Chain & Logistics Solutions

Red Sea Coastal Trading Company is a specialized supply chain and logistics subsidiary under Red Sea Global, designed to power the seamless delivery of materials, equipment, and services across our portfolio of pioneering developments.

Operating at the heart of Saudi Arabia’s most ambitious regenerative tourism projects, the subsidiary delivers end-to-end supply chain management, including procurement support, transportation coordination, inventory and warehouse management, and last-mile logistics to remote destinations across the Red Sea coast and beyond.

With a focus on efficiency, reliability, and environmental responsibility, the team ensures that every link in the supply chain supports Red Sea Global’s commitment to sustainability, operational excellence, and local value creation.

Efficiency in Motion. Excellence in Delivery.

Job Purpose:

To manage the centralized purchasing department for sourcing F&B, equipment, consumables, and services required for operations. Perform strategic procurement activities across multiple categories of spend, search for better deals and find more profitable suppliers.

Job Responsibilities : 

• Develop, lead and execute purchasing strategies
• Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve the effectiveness
• Partner with stakeholders to ensure clear requirements documentation
• Forecast price and market trends to identify changes of balance in buyer-supplier power
• Seek and partner with reliable vendors and suppliers
• Monitor and forecast upcoming levels of demand
• Invite quotations for any items costing more than a certain amount (as per the purchasing policy). 
• A minimum of three independent genuine quotations must be obtained for any orders as per the hotel purchasing policy.
• Establish contracts to ensure negotiated prices are available for all operating items required for the hotel.
• Receives market list from the Executive Chef on a daily basis and arranges for delivery of those items daily.
• Ensures that all order receiving dates are updated by the buyers according to the supplier’s promised delivery dates.
• Ensures that all authorized or approved purchase orders are sent to their respective suppliers/vendors for delivery purposes on a daily basis.
• Ensures & verifies that quotations are regularly updated, and supplier’s new current price lists are maintained.
• Research and identify new products and services for the hotel in the market.
• Checks, explain if needed, and approves delivered items discrepancy report issued by cost control regarding price and quantity order variances.
• Approves all additional requests for storeroom items, checks correct item description, unit, packing, and category, and establishes Min/Max estimated stock levels.
• Verify the 'pending orders' report on a daily basis, and all pending orders are checked and verified regularly.
• Identifies items for standing orders utilizing vendor's logistics for regular deliveries to the hotel based on approved highly consumed items.
• Ensures validity of items available, force issue obsolete items, and follows up on action taken for disposal.
• Verifies that all documentation and proper quotations are maintained and filed according to Policy and Procedure requirements. 
• Willing to work a flexible schedule in order to accomplish all major responsibilities and tasks.
• Ensure the efficient operation of the Purchasing Department in all aspects.
• Submits reports in a timely manner, ensuring delivery deadlines.

Team Leadership and Capability Building

• Build and lead a high-performing procurement and category management team with clear roles, responsibilities, and development plans
• Define capability requirements in strategic sourcing, analytics, negotiation, SRM, and stakeholder management
• Coach team members on category planning, commercial acumen, and value delivery
• Create a performance culture focused on accountability, continuous improvement, and business impact