Senior Purchase Requisition Validation Specialist

Job Title: Senior Purchase Requisition Validation Specialist

Location: United Arab Emirates (Remote)

Employment Type: Full-Time

Work Arrangement: 100% Remote — Work From Home

Level: Senior

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Purchase Requisition Validation Specialist to oversee the review, verification, and validation of purchase requisitions before they proceed through the procurement and approval process. This role ensures that requisitions are complete, accurate, properly justified, budget-aligned, and compliant with internal procurement policies and delegated authority requirements. Working remotely, the successful candidate will collaborate with procurement, finance, budget owners, and operational departments to identify errors, resolve documentation gaps, prevent unauthorized purchasing activity, and support efficient procurement operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Review and validate purchase requisitions submitted by business units and internal stakeholders.
• Verify requisition details, including item descriptions, quantities, specifications, requested delivery dates, cost centres, and purchasing categories.
• Confirm that requisitions contain sufficient business justification and supporting documentation.
• Check requisitions against approved budgets, cost allocations, spending limits, and financial controls.
• Validate account codes, general ledger classifications, project codes, and departmental cost assignments.
• Ensure requisitions comply with procurement policies, purchasing thresholds, approval workflows, and delegated authority requirements.
• Review proposed suppliers, sourcing references, quotations, and supporting market information where required.
• Identify duplicate requests, inconsistent specifications, unusual quantities, pricing discrepancies, and potential split-purchase risks.
• Verify that requisitions are correctly classified as goods, services, capital expenditure, operational expenditure, or other applicable categories.
• Check whether existing contracts, framework agreements, catalogues, or preferred supplier arrangements should be used.
• Assess requisition completeness before routing submissions for management, budgetary, or procurement approval.
• Return incomplete or non-compliant requisitions to requestors with clear explanations and corrective actions.
• Coordinate with requestors, procurement officers, finance teams, and budget owners to resolve validation exceptions.
• Monitor requisition queues, pending approvals, rejected submissions, and processing turnaround times.
• Maintain accurate validation records, exception logs, supporting evidence, and audit trails.
• Support the identification of unauthorized purchasing patterns and recurring requisition control weaknesses.
• Prepare requisition validation reports, exception summaries, and operational performance metrics.
• Assist with internal audits and procurement compliance reviews by providing relevant requisition records and supporting documentation.
• Recommend improvements to requisition forms, validation checklists, approval workflows, and procurement system controls.
• Support user guidance and training on purchase requisition requirements and submission standards.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that reduce processing errors, rework, and procurement delays.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Procurement, Supply Chain Management, Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• Significant experience in purchase requisition processing, procurement operations, purchasing controls, or procure-to-pay activities.
• Strong understanding of procurement policies, requisition workflows, approval hierarchies, and purchasing procedures.
• Experience reviewing requisitions for completeness, accuracy, budget availability, and policy compliance.
• Knowledge of cost centres, general ledger codes, project accounting, and expenditure classifications.
• Familiarity with purchase orders, supplier quotations, contract references, and sourcing documentation.
• Experience using ERP and procurement systems such as SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, or comparable platforms.
• Strong understanding of budgetary controls, delegated authority matrices, and segregation-of-duties principles.
• Ability to identify duplicate requisitions, pricing inconsistencies, incomplete specifications, and control exceptions.
• Excellent analytical skills and strong attention to detail.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and procurement reporting tools.
• Ability to manage high volumes of requisitions while maintaining accuracy and service standards.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for coordinating with requestors and internal stakeholders.
• Good judgment when handling sensitive financial, supplier, and purchasing information.
• Experience supporting procurement audits, compliance monitoring, or internal control reviews is advantageous.
• Professional procurement or supply chain certifications, such as CIPS or equivalent, are desirable.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to meet processing deadlines.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fully remote environment.

What We Offer

• A 100% remote, work-from-home position based in the United Arab Emirates.
• Competitive compensation aligned with experience and professional expertise.
• Opportunities to contribute to procurement governance and purchasing control improvements.
• Collaboration with finance, procurement, and operational teams across the organization.
• Professional development and opportunities to strengthen procurement and ERP process expertise.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should submit an updated CV highlighting their experience in purchase requisition validation, procurement operations, ERP systems, budget controls, and procurement compliance.

Application Subject: Application – Senior Purchase Requisition Validation Specialist (UAE Remote)

• Candidates should confirm applicable employment arrangements, residency requirements, and work authorization before accepting an offer. Formal budget approvals, procurement authorizations, and purchasing commitments must be completed by personnel holding the appropriate delegated organizational authority.