Worldwide Recruitment Solutions - WRS
2 days ago
Supply Chain Manager
- Salary
- Not disclosed
- Job type
- Full time
- Location
- Erbil
- Deadline
- Sep 30, 2026
Worldwide Recruitment Solutions is hiring a Supply Chain Manager in Erbil to lead end-to-end procurement, contracts, logistics, and inventory operations. The role requires at least 12 years of relevant experience, a bachelor's degree, and fluency in English and Arabic.
About the job
Open to locals and expats.
The Supply Chain Manager leads and is accountable for the end-to-end supply chain function of the Company, encompassing procurement, contracts, materials and inventory management, warehousing, logistics, customs clearance and demand planning. The role ensures the timely, cost-effective and compliant supply of goods, equipment, materials and services required to sustain exploration, production, refining and distribution operations without interruption.
As a department head, the incumbent sets the supply chain strategy, builds resilient supplier networks in a challenging operating environment, safeguards business continuity, drives cost optimisation, and embeds strong governance, HSE and ethical standards across all sourcing and logistics activities.
Responsibilities
- Define, implement and continuously improve the company-wide supply chain strategy, aligning it with corporate objectives, production targets and annual budgets.
- Lead, mentor and develop the supply chain organisation — procurement, contracts, warehousing, inventory, logistics and planning teams — setting clear KPIs and performance standards.
- Serve as a member of the senior management team, advising leadership on supply risk, cost trends, sourcing options and inventory investment.
- Champion digitalisation of supply chain processes (ERP, e-procurement, inventory systems) to improve visibility, control and reporting.
- Oversee the sourcing and procurement of drilling, production, refining, mechanical, electrical and general materials, equipment, spare parts and services.
- Establish and enforce procurement policies, delegation-of-authority limits, tendering procedures and approval workflows that ensure transparency and value for money.
- Negotiate and administer high-value contracts, framework agreements and long-term supply arrangements with local and international vendors.
- Manage supplier pre-qualification, evaluation, performance monitoring and relationship management to build a reliable and resilient vendor base.
- Direct materials planning and inventory control to maintain optimum stock levels of critical spares and consumables while minimising holding costs and obsolescence.
- Oversee warehouse operations, materials receiving, preservation, issuance and stock accuracy across central and field-site stores.
- Implement min/max, reorder-point and criticality-based stocking strategies for long-lead and safety-critical items.
- Manage inbound and outbound logistics, freight forwarding, transportation and the movement of materials to remote field and operational sites.
- Ensure efficient customs clearance, import/export documentation and compliance with applicable trade, sanctions-screening and regulatory requirements.
- Coordinate the safe handling and transport of hazardous and oversized cargo in line with HSE standards.
- Drive cost-reduction, demand-management and total-cost-of-ownership initiatives across the supply chain.
- Ensure full compliance with company policies, anti-corruption and ethical-sourcing standards, and audit requirements; maintain complete and auditable procurement records.
- Develop and monitor the supply chain budget, reporting variances and savings to executive management.
- Identify and mitigate supply chain risks, developing contingency and business-continuity plans for critical materials and single-source items.
- Embed health, safety, security and environmental standards in all supply chain and warehouse activities.
- Ensure that sourced materials and equipment meet the required technical specifications, quality and industry standards (e.g., API, ISO).
- Procurement cost savings and budget adherence.
- On-time, in-full (OTIF) delivery of materials and services to operations.
- Inventory accuracy, turnover and reduction of obsolete/slow-moving stock.
- Supplier performance, lead-time reduction and contract compliance.
- Zero material-driven operational downtime; HSE compliance in logistics and warehousing.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business Administration, Logistics or a related discipline. A Master's degree (MBA or equivalent) is preferred.
- Professional certification such as CIPS, CPSM, CSCP or APICS is highly desirable.
- Minimum 12–15 years of progressive supply chain experience, including at least 5 years in a senior leadership or department-head role, preferably within the oil & gas, energy, petrochemical or heavy-industry sector.
- Proven track record managing large procurement portfolios, complex contracts and multi-site logistics operations.
- Experience operating in challenging, resource-constrained or emerging-market environments is an advantage.
- Strong leadership, team-building and stakeholder-management capabilities.
- Expert knowledge of procurement, contracts, inventory and logistics management principles.
- Sound commercial acumen, negotiation and cost-management skills.
- Proficiency in ERP / supply chain systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle) and data-driven decision making.
- Solid understanding of oil & gas materials, equipment and technical specifications.
- Excellent analytical, planning, problem-solving and risk-management skills.
- High ethical standards, integrity and commitment to governance and HSE.
- Fluency in Arabic and English (written and spoken).
Skills
- Procurement
- Contract management
- Inventory management
- Logistics management
- ERP systems
- SAP
- Oracle
- Negotiation
Details
- Profession
- Supply Chain Manager
- Category
- Administration
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience
- Lead · 12+ years
- Languages
- Arabic · English