Move to Saudise sales, purchases jobs takes effect as kingdom seeks to provide more jobs for citizens

Move to Saudise sales, purchases jobs takes effect as kingdom seeks to provide more jobs for citizens

Moreover, purchases professions are Saudised by 50 per cent, including jobs of purchases manager, purchases agent, contract manager, tender specialist, and purchases specialist. Meanwhile, the project management jobs are Saudised by 35 per cent in the first phase.

In recent years, Saudi Arabia has launched a series of initiatives to employ its nationals and replace foreign workers in several fields including education, telecommunications and real estate as part of a labour policy known as “Saudisation”.

In September, the kingdom unveiled a plan to localise the dental profession, initially setting it at 35 per cent as of next March.

The Ministry of Health said it will follow up the implementation of the decision geared towards increasing Saudis’ engagement in the labour market. Compliant private sector institutions stand to benefit from incentives and support programmes offered by the Ministry of Human Resources to help them employ Saudis.

These incentives include support to the process of looking for qualified employees, training and employment continuity as well as having access to Saudi employment support programmes.

In mid-2022, ministerial decrees were issued restricting jobs in certain sectors to Saudis only. They covered, optics jobs, customer services, licensed aviation professions including co-pilots and air controllers, sales