Country Quality & Local Content Manager

About the role

The Country Quality & Local Content Manager will define, drive, and govern Saudi Arabia's quality framework and local content strategy, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and corporate objectives. This senior role is pivotal for achieving local content targets, maintaining robust quality governance, and supporting the country's Vision 2030 initiatives.

Key responsibilities

• Own and implement the country Local Content strategy in line with Saudi Vision 2030 and authorities such as the Local Content Authority, IKTVA, and NUSANED.
• Define, monitor, and report on local content targets, scoring, and performance dashboards.
• Lead localization initiatives, including supplier development, spend optimization, and road‑map creation.
• Serve as the primary liaison with regulators, customers, and internal stakeholders on all local content matters.
• Establish and maintain country‑level Quality Management governance, ensuring compliance with corporate standards.
• Oversee quality processes, audits, non‑conformities, corrective and preventive actions, and supplier quality management.
• Collaborate with Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Finance to embed quality and local content requirements into business execution.
• Provide expert guidance to country leadership on quality and local content risks, opportunities, and compliance obligations.

Required profile

• 10–12 years of experience in quality management, local content, localization, supply chain, or related country‑level roles.
• Hands‑on experience with Saudi local content frameworks, regulations, scoring mechanisms, and reporting.
• Proven background in quality governance, audits, corrective actions, and supplier quality management.
• Strong understanding of business execution, regulatory compliance, and cross‑functional stakeholder management.
• Experience in an industrial, energy, manufacturing, or large project‑based environment is highly preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, quality, supply chain, or a related discipline (Master’s degree advantageous).
• Excellent leadership, communication, and negotiation skills.
• Fluent in spoken and written English and Arabic.

Required skills