Procurement Specialist - CNC, Casting & Fabrication

At EDGE bold ideas are engineered into technologies that protect, improve and save lives.

Headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, EDGE is a leading advanced technology group working at the forefront of defence and emerging technologies. Spanning more than 35 specialised companies and multiple centres of excellence, we are purpose-built to move fast. Free from heavy legacy processes, we give our people the autonomy, accountability, and agility to bring breakthrough technologies from concept to reality.

Based in Abu Dhabi, a globally connected hub at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, EDGE is home to a truly multicultural community where bold ideas thrive, and the future is shaped.

Together, we are shaping the future.

The Procurement Specialist – CNC, Casting & Fabrication is responsible for sourcing, negotiating, and managing suppliers for technically complex manufactured components supporting POWERTECH’s propulsion development and production programs.

The role requires strong technical procurement experience across CNC machining, casting, and fabrication
. The successful candidate must be capable of understanding engineering drawings, manufacturing processes, material specifications, supplier capabilities, lead times, and cost drivers to support effective sourcing and supplier-selection decisions.

Candidates must have demonstrated procurement or supply-chain experience across all three areas: CNC machining, casting, and fabrication.

• Manage end-to-end sourcing and procurement of CNC-machined, cast, and fabricated components.
• Develop RFQs and obtain quotations from qualified local and international suppliers.
• Conduct commercial and technical bid evaluations in collaboration with Engineering and Quality.
• Issue purchase orders and manage orders through manufacture, inspection, delivery, and closure.
• Support make-or-buy and sourcing-strategy decisions for manufactured components.

• Source suppliers capable of precision 3-, 4- and 5-axis CNC machining, turning, grinding, and other machining processes.
• Procure cast components using processes such as investment casting, sand casting, and precision casting.
• Manage procurement of fabricated components involving sheet metal, welding, forming, brazing, assemblies, and related fabrication processes.
• Assess supplier manufacturing capability against drawing tolerances, materials, volumes, quality requirements, and delivery schedules.
• Understand manufacturing cost drivers including raw material, machine time, tooling, fixtures, labour, inspection, and special processes.

• Identify, assess, qualify, and develop suppliers capable of meeting aerospace and defence requirements.
• Conduct supplier capability assessments jointly with Engineering, Quality, and Industrialization teams.
• Monitor supplier performance across quality, cost, delivery, and responsiveness.
• Lead commercial discussions relating to delivery delays, price changes, capacity constraints, and supplier performance.
• Support supplier-development and corrective-action activities.

• Negotiate pricing, payment terms, lead times, minimum order quantities, tooling costs, and commercial conditions.
• Conduct cost analysis and challenge supplier quotations using knowledge of manufacturing processes.
• Identify cost-reduction opportunities through alternate sourcing, value engineering, supplier consolidation, and long-term agreements.
• Support should-cost analysis for manufactured components.

• Monitor long-lead materials, manufacturing capacity, supplier dependencies, and critical-path components.
• Identify supply-chain risks and develop appropriate mitigation or alternate-source strategies.
• Support localization and development of regional manufacturing suppliers where appropriate.
• Expedite critical orders to support engineering, production, and program milestones.

• Work closely with Engineering, Manufacturing, Industrialization, Quality, Program Management, Finance, and Production.
• Ensure procurement requirements reflect drawings, BOMs, specifications, quality requirements, and program schedules.
• Support prototype, development, qualification, and serial-production procurement activities.

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Manufacturing, Business Administration, or a…