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Ref # 26000070
Location: India-Ahmedabad
Job family: Corporate & Commercial
Closing Date: 2026-06-23
Description
Qatar Airways is seeking experienced professionals for the role of Procurement Specialist – Aviation Fuel to be based at our Global Business Services (GBS) in Ahmedabad, India.
As a Procurement Specialist, you will be responsible to perform operational tasks for all procurement requirements in the Aviation Fuel category, adhering to category strategy, in line with its financial and operational requirements. You will participate in managing vendor accounts, establishes strong interdepartmental relationship and provides time bound execution of tenders to enable procurement department to offer best in class to user department across the company.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Plan procurement activities in line with Category Plan, assist as required, meet timeframes as agreed with user department.
- Supporting and leading stakeholder management from start to end of process.
- Identify and proposes cost savings opportunities for QR Group to reduce total spend.
- Responsible for negotiations planning and execution with suppliers on costs, commercial and contractual terms. Track supplier performance to circumvent issues and achieve higher service levels for QR.
- Conducts a market search to identify a potential supplier as well as to maintain and promote sound relationships with suppliers and business community.
- Proactively manage internal user expectations and use best endeavors to meet reasonable user delivery requirements for projects.
- Act as a primary point of contact for internal user department procurement queries, projects and data requests.
- Responsible for development of savings solutions and benchmarking of industry standards.
- Interface with internal customers and suppliers to ensure best value for the company in line with its strategic, financial and operational requirements.
- Recommend process improvements to reduce RFQ timelines.
- Assist in ensuring that organizational requirement of goods and services are met through an open and fair process of tender.
Be part of an extraordinary story
Your skills. Your imagination. Your ambition. Here, there are no boundaries to your potential and the impact you can make. You’ll find infinite opportunities to grow and work on the biggest, most rewarding challenges that will build your skills and experience. You have the chance to be a part of our future, and build the life you want while being part of an international community. Our best is here and still to come. To us, impossible is only a challenge. Join us as we dare to achieve what’s never been done before. Together, everything is possible.
Qualification
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with minimum 4 years of job-related procurement experience.
- Strong analytical ability to present data clearly and accurately.
- Flexibility and time management skills.
- Understanding of Business and Finance acumen is required.
- Negotiation skills.
- Numeracy and Analysis Preferred.
- Experience in procurement Services.
- Procurement related vocational qualification and/or educational credits.
- The candidate must have rich experience in service procurement.
About Qatar Airways Group
Our story started with four aircraft. Today, we deliver excellence across 12 different businesses coming together as one. We’ve grown fast, broken records and set trends that others follow. We don’t slow down by the fear of failure. Instead, we dare to achieve what’s never been done before. So, whether you’re creating a unique experience for our customers or innovating behind the scenes, every person contributes to our proud story. A story of spectacular growth and determination. Now is the time to bring your best ideas and passion to a place where your ambition will know no boundaries, and be part of a truly global community.
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