Abdulmalik Alharbi

Leadership & Governance

• Served as Procurement Compliance Acting Manager, owning enterprise contract governance across all G&A procurement workstreams.
• Co-led the GEP Governance & Assurance team, overseeing reporting delivery, compliance accuracy, and operational performance.
• Chaired weekly governance meetings across procurement sectors to drive compliance, reporting accuracy, and contract oversight.
• Established and led CMF governance meetings, supporting supplier consequence management and escalation decisions.
• Engaged senior leadership across Legal, PMO, and Procurement to enforce governance frameworks and policy alignment.
• Hosted external procurement roadshow to promote NEOM's strategic opportunities and supplier collaboration.
• Played a key role in strengthening enterprise procurement governance across NEOM, improving transparency, audit readiness, and compliance performance.

Contract Workspace Compliance

• Headed the Contract Workspace Task Force, improving creation, publishing, and overall compliance rates across 12+ departments.
• Reduced backlog by 30% and increased contract workspace compliance scores by 40% through targeted remediation.
• Delivered 1:1 sessions and training workshops to 30+ buyers and contract managers, addressing recurring non-compliance trends.
• Developed visual trackers, FAQs, and governance reference tools adopted by 50+ users across NEOM.
• Implemented quarterly performance reviews with contract managers to monitor high-risk workspaces and guide corrective actions.

Reporting & Dashboards

• Designed and launched 4+ Power BI dashboards covering contract lifecycle, compliance KPIs, and workspace quality tracking.
• Automated governance metrics, reducing manual reporting time by 60% and enhancing real-time performance visibility.
• Delivered ongoing dashboard training department wide, enabling self-serve monitoring and improved compliance ownership.
• Aligned reporting structures with SAP Ariba and GEP Smart to ensure consistency, traceability, and audit readiness.
• Developed and deployed governance dashboards and frameworks supporting hundreds of active contract workspaces across NEOM.

Knowledge Transfer & Team Development

• Led full knowledge transfer of procurement governance reporting across two managed service transitions (Tech Mahindra and GEP), ensuring 100% continuity and
• Mentored new GEP team members, providing documentation, onboarding support, and quality oversight.
• Conducted quarterly feedback sessions and supported individual development goals to strengthen G&A team capabilities.

Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) & Consequence Management

• Led supplier consequence management workflows, including escalation, enforcement actions, and CMF governance tracking.
• Designed and implemented the CMF Action Tracker, enabling structured decision-making and escalation visibility.

Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)

• Issued 200+ VOC/VOS surveys via third-party platforms to support SRM across 160+ suppliers.
• Collated and reported survey outcomes to Procurement Excellence, highlighting performance gaps and supplier experience trends.
• Delivered onboarding sessions for new category managers on SRM procedures and supplier engagement frameworks.

Procurement Podcast & Communication

• Created and hosted NEOM’s "ProcurePulse" podcast, publishing 4+ episodes featuring procurement leaders including Pierre Menges.
• Introduced new formats (panel discussions, field interviews) to drive internal engagement and promote procurement transformation.

• Managed daily business operations across B2B channels, aligning team performance with organizational targets.
• Set and monitored departmental goals to improve service delivery, supply planning, and client satisfaction.
• Prospected and nurtured client relationships, successfully closing sales contracts and upselling to existing B2B clients.
• Conducted market and competitor research to support strategic sourcing, pricing, and sales positioning.
• Strengthened end-to-end supply chain coordination to reduce delays, improve inventory accuracy, and enhance fulfillment efficiency.

• Negotiated and finalized supplier contracts to support future growth initiatives and operational expansion.
• Planned and executed logistical strategies to meet cost, efficiency, and fulfillment targets across B2C and B2B channels.
• Identified and implemented supply chain improvements, introducing process innovations that enhanced service delivery and reduced operational friction.
• Supported vendor selection and contract negotiations, ensuring value optimization and alignment with business objectives.