Head of Purchasing & Supplier Operations

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Dubai
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Procurement & SourcingSkills: ["Commercial negotiation","Relationship building","Margin focus","Analytical thinking","Data-driven decision making"]

Own inventory strategy and protect gross margin by leading commercial negotiations with global brand partners, aggregators, and distributors. Partner with Finance to manage multi-currency purchasing and turn FX and payment-term changes into margin wins. Build a resilient backup-supplier ecosystem with API failover for continuity and help maintain 99.9% uptime across regions. Create and run data-driven supplier scorecards and optimize the partner network by reallocating volumes to top performers.

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3 months ago

Head of Purchasing & Supplier Operations

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Job Summary

Own inventory strategy and protect gross margin by leading commercial negotiations with global brand partners, aggregators, and distributors. Partner with Finance to manage multi-currency purchasing and turn FX and payment-term changes into margin wins. Build a resilient backup-supplier ecosystem with API failover for continuity and help maintain 99.9% uptime across regions. Create and run data-driven supplier scorecards and optimize the partner network by reallocating volumes to top performers.
Location: Dubai
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Procurement & Sourcing
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Protect and expand gross margin through purchasing and inventory strategy ownership.
  • •Run hard commercial negotiations with global brand partners, aggregators, and distributors to improve discounts, rebates, and payment terms.
  • •Partner with Finance to manage FX across multi-currency purchasing and convert currency dynamics into margin gains.
  • •Build and maintain a backup-supplier ecosystem with API failover to reduce interruption and minimize margin impact.
  • •Design and operate a supplier scorecard system (delivery speeds, success rates, pricing accuracy, SLA compliance) and optimize the partner network by shifting volumes to top performers.

Key Requirements

  • •Deliver margin-focused purchasing with an emphasis on costs saved, margins recovered, and rebate negotiation.
  • •Lead commercial negotiations with brand partners, aggregators, and distributors to win improved discounts, rebates, and payment terms.
  • •Manage multi-currency purchasing by understanding how FX and payment-term changes impact cash flow and unit economics.
  • •Build deep, trust-based supplier relationships while holding a hard line on commercial terms.
  • •Use spreadsheet-based analysis and demonstrate experience managing inventory as a commercial asset in high-volume digital distribution.
Experience:Digital distributionDigital goodsPrepaid/airtimeGaming marketplacesMVNO/telco procurementPayments vendor managementFMCG
Skills:Commercial negotiationRelationship buildingMargin focusAnalytical thinkingData-driven decision making
Tech Stack:APISpreadsheets

Company Brief

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Bamboo Card provides global gift card and rewards infrastructure for businesses, offering delivery through portal, API, or embedded workflows. It serves fintech, enterprise, and loyalty use cases across many countries and currencies, focusing on fast, scalable card distribution.
Industry: Fintech Infrastructure
Growth: Scaleup
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