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Transparency Lead and Accounting – AbbVie, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

The Transparency Lead and Accounting role at AbbVie in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia is responsible for leading and overseeing affiliate-level transparency disclosure and core accounting operations in compliance with SFDA regulations and internal corporate standards. The role acts as the central point of contact for transparency reporting processes including eForm and DCT submissions, monitoring PTP team activities, and ensuring accuracy of PO and ACR-based transparency data. Responsibilities include generating transparency reports (SC, ACR, CTE, VEEVA), managing data collection, handling PwC audit interactions, reviewing draft and final reports, and submitting final disclosures through the SFDA portal. The role also oversees training programs related to SAP and CTE processes, maintains documentation repositories, and ensures continuous alignment with global transparency teams and SFDA updates. It includes managing non-promotional vendor contracts, ensuring compliance with local and corporate policies, maintaining contract repositories, and tracking expiry dates. The position is responsible for vendor Statement of Account (SOA) reconciliation, distributor claims management, including validation, approval workflows, issuance of credit notes (CN) and debit notes (DN), and coordination with stakeholders such as Treasury, FSS, and Vlog. The role manages tax compliance activities including withholding tax (WHT) filing and coordination with service providers such as Deloitte, ensuring timely submission and zero penalties. Additionally, it oversees PSP team payroll, accruals, bonuses, EOSB, and expense processing through Zoho systems, as well as contractor management and cost forecasting in collaboration with FP&A. The role ensures accurate GL and IO allocations, manages health insurance amortization, GOSI payments, and government-related expenses, and coordinates cost allocation across the affiliate. It drives process improvements, ensures audit readiness, maintains high data accuracy, and supports regulatory and compliance requirements within a matrixed multinational healthcare organization.

KSA Commercial Quality Specialist – Johnson & Johnson MedTech, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

The KSA Commercial Quality Specialist role at Johnson & Johnson MedTech in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia focuses on customer and commercial quality operations within the healthcare and medical device sector. The position is responsible for managing product quality complaints and adverse events in collaboration with franchise quality teams, local commercial teams, distributors, and brand protection units. It ensures proper execution and reporting of Field Safety Corrective Actions (FSCA) and supports Health Authority (HA) communications, including SFDA reporting requirements. The role acts as NCMDR Officer to support Saudi Food and Drug Authority communications and ensures compliance with medicovigilance regulations. Responsibilities include conducting supplier, distributor, and 3PL audits, managing audit findings, and tracking corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) through corporate systems. The specialist supports supply chain and warehouse operations from a quality perspective, including SAP-based QA activities and temperature excursion assessments for product release. The role is responsible for deviation management, nonconformance investigations, change control initiation and approval, and ensuring timely closure of CAPAs. It maintains quality documentation, ensures inspection readiness, and supports regulatory and internal audits. The position also performs risk assessments across quality processes and contributes to continuous improvement initiatives by analyzing trends and recommending corrective actions. Additional responsibilities include supporting SOP development, regulatory compliance alignment, quality system reporting (QSMR), and participation in supplier and distributor qualification processes. The role ensures adherence to ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 standards and compliance with SFDA regulations while maintaining effective collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders including supply chain, regulatory affairs, and commercial teams.

Manager MSAT (Validation & Qualification) – Julphar, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

The Manager MSAT (Validation & Qualification) is responsible for leading end-to-end validation lifecycle management in a pharmaceutical or life sciences manufacturing environment, ensuring compliance with GMP, GDP, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, FDA, WHO, and EU regulatory requirements. The role applies the V-Model approach for validation activities including URS development, technical evaluation, FAT, SAT, IQ, OQ, PQ, and requalification of equipment, facilities, utilities, and systems. Responsibilities include ensuring qualification of cleanrooms according to ISO 14644 standards and maintaining validated state of utilities such as purified water, water for injection, compressed gases, and nitrogen systems. The role oversees calibration programs including rationale setting, frequency determination, and outsourcing calibration services. It ensures Computerized System Validation (CSV) compliance for quality control, manufacturing, and utility systems, including adherence to 21 CFR Part 11 requirements for electronic records. The position manages QMS activities such as Change Control, Deviation Investigations, CAPA, and audit management while providing technical validation expertise. It leads cross-functional collaboration to track product lifecycle activities and ensure regulatory compliance and timely communication with stakeholders. The role ensures proper documentation management including archiving, retrieval, and distribution of validation records. It drives continuous improvement initiatives, risk management activities, and ensures implementation of ALCOA+ data integrity principles across systems. Additional responsibilities include oversight of process validation, product remediation, sterilization validation, cleaning validation, gowning qualification, visual inspection validation, aseptic process simulation, and transport validation. The role also ensures compliance with environmental health and safety requirements aligned with ISO 14001:2015 and promotes safe operational practices while contributing to audits and continuous improvement initiatives. The position requires strong leadership in managing validation SMEs, high compliance adherence, analytical problem‑solving, and effective coordination across technical and regulatory functions.

Merchandiser Team Leader – Mezzan Holding Company, Dubai, UAE

The Merchandiser Team Leader role in the FMCG sector within Mezzan Holding Company (Dubai, UAE) is responsible for supervising and guiding a team of merchandisers to ensure effective product display, stock availability, planogram compliance, and visibility across assigned retail outlets. The role ensures merchandising standards are consistently executed to drive sales performance, maintain strong brand presence, and support overall business objectives. Responsibilities include overseeing daily merchandising operations, ensuring execution of promotions, product visibility standards, planograms, and in‑store compliance. The role manages merchandiser routing, attendance, outlet coverage, and field execution quality through regular store visits, audits, and coaching. It ensures products are properly stocked, correctly priced, labelled, and rotated using FIFO principles while maintaining expiry control across outlets. The position monitors stock levels, reports shortages, damages, and non‑moving items, and oversees placement and maintenance of POSM and promotional materials. The role also includes reporting on merchandising KPIs, identifying competitor activities and market insights, ensuring compliance with company policies, grooming standards, and operational discipline. It involves training new merchandisers, developing team capabilities, improving productivity, and fostering strong team coordination. The position requires coordination with Sales and Key Account teams for alignment on priorities and execution. The Merchandiser Team Leader plays a critical role in ensuring retail execution excellence across FMCG outlets to support sales growth, brand visibility, and operational efficiency across a fast‑paced retail environment in the UAE market.

Operations Controller – Rail Transit Operations – Serco, Dubai, UAE

The Operations Controller – Rail Transit Operations at Serco in Dubai is responsible for supervising and controlling train movements within a metro/light rail/monorail environment, ensuring safe, reliable, and customer‑focused station and train operations for the Palm Monorail system. The role involves real‑time monitoring of train operations using computerized systems to ensure adherence to predetermined schedules, while implementing operational adjustments to minimize delays and service disruptions. The Operations Controller leads and supervises Customer Service Representatives to deliver high‑quality passenger service and ensures coordination with Rolling Stock teams to maintain train availability. The role requires reporting operational incidents, safety issues, and service‑impacting events to senior control leadership, as well as managing and adjusting timetables in response to unexpected operational conditions. The position supports coordination of track access and engineering works, ensuring operational continuity and safety compliance. The role demands a strong understanding of station operations, rail safety procedures, operational KPIs, and transport service standards. It requires proficiency in Microsoft Office tools, strong analytical and numerical capability, and the ability to manage multiple operational tasks in a high‑pressure environment while maintaining effective communication across all organizational levels.

Senior Specialist, Regional Marketing – MENA – Checkout.com, Dubai, UAE

The Senior Specialist, Regional Marketing – MENA (12‑month maternity cover) at Checkout.com in Dubai is responsible for executing regional B2B marketing initiatives across the UAE, KSA, and wider MENA region within the fintech and payments industry. The role focuses on driving revenue growth through integrated marketing strategies including brand awareness, demand generation, Account‑Based Marketing (ABM), PR, and events. The specialist leads execution of the 2026 MENA marketing roadmap, ensuring high‑impact delivery of cross‑channel campaigns and measurable ROI. Key responsibilities include planning and executing flagship industry events such as Seamless Middle East and Money 20/20 Riyadh, managing regional PR agencies to deliver thought leadership and media coverage, and co‑developing targeted ABM campaigns to engage enterprise merchants. The role requires strong analytical capability using tools such as Salesforce, Looker, and 6sense to track performance and optimize marketing effectiveness. It also involves collaborating closely with commercial teams, supporting customer advocacy initiatives, and developing case studies showcasing merchant success. The position requires fluency in Arabic and English, strong cross‑functional coordination, and the ability to adapt global messaging into localized regional campaigns while maintaining alignment with global brand standards in a fast‑paced fintech environment.

In‑Room Dining Manager – Luxury Hospitality – Fairmont Hotels, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

The In‑Room Dining Manager – Luxury Hospitality (Fairmont the Red Sea) is responsible for managing and optimizing daily in‑room dining operations at Fairmont the Red Sea, located in Umluj, Saudi Arabia within the Red Sea Project luxury resort development. The role oversees a luxury hospitality in‑room dining department within a high‑end resort featuring 361 rooms and multiple dining concepts, ensuring exceptional guest experiences aligned with ultra‑luxury hospitality standards. Responsibilities include leading, training, and motivating in‑room dining staff, developing innovative menu concepts aligned with guest preferences and hotel standards, ensuring compliance with food safety regulations and maintaining hygiene standards, and collaborating with cross‑functional hotel departments to enhance guest satisfaction. The role requires monitoring financial performance including budgeting, cost control, revenue optimization, and inventory management. The manager is responsible for overseeing inventory levels, analysing financial outcomes, handling guest feedback, and implementing continuous service improvements. The position also includes participation in strategic planning, contributing to overall hotel success, and ensuring alignment with luxury brand expectations. Additional responsibilities include pre‑opening project coordination, scheduling, and document control, with a proactive and ownership‑driven approach to operations in a multicultural environment.

Sales Manager – Luxury Hotel – Four Seasons, Doha, Qatar

The Sales Manager at Four Seasons Doha is responsible for driving revenue growth across luxury hospitality segments including corporate, long stay, group, and leisure markets for both Four Seasons Hotel Doha and Four Seasons Resort and Residences at The Pearl‑Qatar. Reporting to the Senior Director of Sales, the role focuses on executing strategic sales plans aligned with the hotel’s commercial objectives to maximise rooms, food and beverage, banquet, and overall hotel revenue. The position involves developing new business opportunities, managing key accounts, and maintaining strong client relationships while ensuring consistent achievement of sales targets. The Sales Manager conducts sales calls, site inspections, trade show participation, and promotional events to enhance hotel visibility in key markets. The role requires detailed account management using CRM systems such as Golden S&C, including maintaining corporate profiles, tracking account performance, and producing weekly sales reports. The position also includes collaboration with the Meetings and Events team to support group business conversions and optimise event‑related revenue. Additional responsibilities include market research, competitor analysis, and developing targeted sales action plans for assigned segments. The role emphasises upselling hotel services, cross‑selling sister properties and amenities, and maintaining high exposure for the property in competitive luxury markets. The Sales Manager is expected to demonstrate strong communication skills, professionalism, and alignment with Four Seasons brand values while delivering exceptional guest and client experiences.

Director of Sales & Marketing – Luxury Hotel – IHG, Abha, Saudi Arabia

The Director of Sales & Marketing for InterContinental Abha in Saudi Arabia is responsible for leading the hotel’s sales and marketing strategy to maximise occupancy, revenue, and profitability across room nights, food and beverage, and banquet services. The role involves managing daily sales operations, coaching and developing the sales team, and ensuring that both individual and team sales targets are consistently achieved. The Director develops and executes strategic sales plans designed to increase occupancy rates, improve average room rates, and grow overall revenue streams. The position requires strong leadership in driving marketing initiatives that enhance guest engagement and promote hotel services, amenities, and offerings through effective upselling strategies. The role includes producing and analysing monthly sales and performance reports to track progress and identify opportunities for improvement. The Director must maintain strong knowledge of local business environments and market trends to ensure competitive positioning and sustained growth. Working within the InterContinental brand under IHG Hotels & Resorts, the role emphasises collaboration, inclusion, and alignment with global hospitality standards while delivering exceptional guest experiences. The position requires direct supervisory responsibility over a sales team and close coordination with operational departments to ensure integrated commercial success.