Procurement Associate

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. The Procurement Associate role provides accurate and timely administrative assistance across the procurement function. The role manages purchase requisition and purchase order processing, maintains procurement records, coordinates document flow between buyers, suppliers, and finance, and ensures that all procurement transactions are properly documented, approved, and traceable. Responsibilities include receiving, validating, and processing purchase requisitions in SAP and Ariba, checking completeness and DoA compliance, creating and issuing purchase orders, maintaining procurement records with version control, acting as the first point of contact for routine supplier queries, supporting invoice matching against purchase orders and goods receipt records in SAP, and maintaining structured reporting on open POs, overdue deliveries, and GR/IR exceptions. Basic qualifications include 3-5 years of experience in procurement administration, supply chain support, or operations within a structured organization, hands-on experience with ERP-based PR and PO processing, preferably SAP or SAP Ariba, familiarity with procurement documentation workflows, and experience supporting invoice matching or GR/IR reconciliation.