RIYADH — The Qiwa platform, below the Ministry of Human Sources and Social Improvement, has eliminated the overall supervisor career from its data for expatriates, confirming that this career is restricted to Saudi residents solely.
It defined that institutions with workers holding the overall supervisor career can change this to different professions, corresponding to CEO or chairman of the board, supplied that the worker is registered within the industrial registration with the identical career and that there aren’t any different workers with the identical career throughout the institution.
The Qiwa platform has additionally begun suspending the service of adjusting sure professions for expatriate employees. Probably the most outstanding of those professions embrace basic supervisor, gross sales consultant, advertising specialist, and buy supervisor.
A message, seems for institutions wishing to alter their workers’ professions on the platform’s web site learn: “Sorry, the worker’s present career can’t be modified.” The platform clarified that when this message seems, it’s not potential to alter from that career to a different, or vice versa.
The Ministry of Human Sources and Social Improvement just lately determined to lift the localization charges in advertising and gross sales professions to extend the extent of Saudization in specialised professions, with a purpose to present stimulating and productive job alternatives for female and male residents.
The primary resolution mandates elevating the Saudization charge to 60 p.c in advertising professions throughout the personal sector, efficient January 19, 2026. This is applicable to institutions hiring three or extra employees in advertising roles, with a minimal wage set at SR5,500.
Focused professions embrace advertising supervisor, promoting agent, promoting supervisor, graphic designer, promoting designer, public relations specialist, promoting specialist, advertising specialist, public relations supervisor, and photographer. The choice might be carried out three months after the announcement date to permit institutions ample time to organize and implement it.
The second resolution stipulates elevating the Saudization charge to 60 p.c in gross sales positions throughout the personal sector, efficient January 19, 2026. This is applicable to institutions with three or extra workers in gross sales roles. Focused positions embrace gross sales supervisor, retail gross sales consultant, wholesale gross sales consultant, gross sales consultant, IT and communications tools gross sales specialist, gross sales specialist, and freight dealer.
The choice will take impact three months after the announcement date to permit focused institutions time to meet the necessities and obtain the Saudization goal.




