Assistant Manager - Local Content

The organization is a flagship gigaproject under Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 initiative, aiming to create a world-class entertainment, cultural and lifestyle destination. As a multibillion-dollar project, it will encompass vast infrastructure development, hospitality, retail and service sectors, requiring robust procurement compliance management.

The Manager – Local content for supporting the implementation and oversight of external regulatory and strategic initiatives. This includes facilitating local content adoption, managing supplier development programs, ensuring compliance with regional requirements, and aligning with government mandates such as on ESG. The role requires collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to foster relationships, drive compliance, and support strategic objectives.

1. Strategic Initiative Support

• Support development and execution of strategies for adopting local content requirements, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles, and supplier development programs in line with PIF, national, and organizational goals. This will include the identification of risk, areas of non-compliance, opportunities for improvement.
• Monitor changes in government policies and assess their potential impact, proactively adjusting strategies as necessary.
• Develop and maintain detailed reports on local content adoption, ESG, and compliance with other regulatory requirements.
• Update the existing suite of business templates to account for local content and ESG regulations.
• Support management of the internal training programme to ensure that Procurement Teams understand and comply with the latest government programmes and policies.
• Develop, implement and refine KPIs to monitor and drive continuous improvement in Qiddiya’s performance against LC and ESG criteria.

2. Supplier Development

3. Stakeholder Liaison

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