Procurement & Operations Assistant

About the role

Qamar Al Riaz LLC, based in Oman, is hiring a Procurement & Operations Assistant. The company trades tyres (TBR, OTR, PCR), spare parts, oil & gas and industrial supplies. The role supports management across sourcing, pricing, quotations, reporting and the company's digital presence, requiring analytical thinking and judgement rather than simple data entry.

Key responsibilities

• Send customer inquiries and RFQs to several vendors and follow up until quotes are received.
• Compile and compare vendor prices, lead times and terms, and build and maintain an up-to-date vendor list by product category.
• Prepare the final comparison and purchase budget before any product is bought.
• Calculate costs and selling prices in Excel and prepare pricing sheets for management review.
• Prepare customer quotations accurately and on time.
• Maintain the spare parts database in Excel and prepare purchase and sales reports as requested.
• Support the General Manager and the CEO on a day-to-day basis and act as an operations assistant across areas of work.
• Develop and update the company website using AI tools and manage the online presence (Google Business Profile, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, TikTok).

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Commerce or a related field.
• Preferred: experience in procurement, trading or tyres and spare parts.
• Clear written and spoken English; Arabic is an advantage.
• Organised, proactive and trustworthy with confidential pricing and business information.

Required skills

• Advanced Excel: formulas, lookups, pivot tables and price comparison sheets.
• Confident use of AI tools such as Claude or ChatGPT for research, documents and website work.
• Working knowledge of social media platforms and basic content creation.
• Familiarity with Odoo or another ERP system is an advantage.