SENIOR PROCUREMENT OFFICER with NATIONAL CEMENT FACTORY L.L.C,
Abu Dhabi, UAE.
- Procuring major brands of Spare Parts either from Manufacturers, Distributors or through dealer networks located in different parts of the world.
- Research and use fruitful sourcing strategies for finding new potential suppliers.
- Nurture relationship with suppliers and negotiate to get the most appropriate prices & conditions.
- Determine replacement parts required through researching end user requests or customers' descriptions.
- Check all tenders and purchase order documents' specifications for spare parts, materials, equipment’s,
technical services and consultancy agreements.
- Assist in commercial study and tenders’ evaluations for suppliers' offers to select the appropriate bidder.
- Strategic sourcing of parts and maintaining the proper inventory level as per the management terms.
- Perform Quality check for all the shipments for company’s private brand and communicate the feedback to suppliers for corrections & improvements.
- Strategic review of supplier performance based up on quality, pricing, delivery, accuracy and communication management.
- Comparing and scrutinizing the supplier’s proforma invoices with previous prices and negotiating further to bring optimum benefits to the organization.
- Preparing purchase order for the suppliers with quantity, price, product description, terms of payment and time of delivery.
- Responsible for working out the landed cost per unit of the items and process GRN (Goods Receipt Note)
in the system.
- Administrating and executing purchase activities with a major focus on demand analysis and order planning, price negotiation, agreement execution, new vendor development, logistic planning and shipment follow up.
- Coordinate and timely follow up with supplier for shipments/deliveries.
November 2008 – November 2018
PROCUREMENT OFFICER with TARGET ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION CO. LLC,
Abu Dhabi, UAE.
- Managing the critical stocks / group company’s orders periodically and take necessary action for ensuring right stocks are available to meet the market demand.
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- Providing key information to operations team after analysing periodic stock movement and stock ageing reports.
- Comparing and scrutinizing the supplier’s proforma invoices with previous prices and negotiating further to bring optimum benefits to the organization.
- Preparing purchase order for the suppliers with quantity, price, product description, terms of payment and time of delivery.
- Coordinate with planning department for preparing monthly sales and profitability reports.
- Assist and contribute to preparing annual procurement budget & reviewing it continuously to provide feedback to sales and operations team.
- Coordinating with suppliers and freight forwarders for the goods collection, shipment arrival and clearances.
- Preparing shipment advice in ERP system and the same information forwarded to warehouse and sales team to make them aware of goods availability with estimated time of arrival.
- Arranging shipment documents which include bill of lading, certificate of origin, invoice and packing list to warehouse in order to clear the shipment and allocate the places for the receiving goods.
- Coordinate with warehouse in charge for arranging the goods to respective locations.
- Prepare supply/subcontract tender documents in conjunction with various project stake holders
(Engineering, Construction, Quality, HSE, Commercial, Legal, Finance, Risk etc.) and coordinate the issue and assessment of tender returns.
- Prepare weekly ‘Procurement Expedition Status’ reports for Project Management review.
- Carry out negotiations with participating vendors to finalize recommendations to management regarding selection and appointment of most competitive bidder for the supply of material and/or performance of services and/or works.
- Use standard terms of purchase / subcontract works / provision of services to execute agreements with selected vendors or coordinate with Contracts Department for the issue of modified agreements to suit the nature of the procurement package.
- Coordinate the payment details of selected vendors (if deviating with standard company policy) and provide assistance in the application and establishment of bank instruments (i.e. Bank guarantees, Letter of Credit as per Incoterms, Managers cheque etc.)
- Advice project peer groups with regards to associated package deliverables such as insurances, control samples, mock-ups, warranties, trainings etc. that have been procured as part of the package to ensure that handover interfaces are clear to all project participants.
Aug 2007 – Oct 2008
PURCHASE/ADMIN COORDINATOR with TRAVELTEC INTERNATIONAL, Dubai,
UAE.
- Manage and work closely with the administrative assistant, format and finalise the production of professional reports using MS word, excel and publisher.
- Preparing confirmation reports to clients, update status board, daily files and prepare operations manuals.
- Responsible for costing, quoting, chartering, controlling, supervising and scheduling of logistics /
chauffeur movements for Inbound and Outbound road shows.
- Co-ordinating client’s meetings at the airport and handing over to the assigned chauffeurs.
- Assisting the divisional operational manager for higher operational activities.
- Preparing weekly, monthly and annual report statements of clients and suppliers.
- Giving out tour guides assignments and scheduling of transportation / chauffeur’s movements.
- Liaise with public and private sector clients for their requirements.
- Flight monitoring of various airlines for the arrival or departure of clients.
- Contributing and support for business developments, analysing logistical problems and finding solutions.
Aug 2006- July 2007
LOGISTICS COORDINATOR with PAPER & ALLIED INTL TRADING FZC,
Hamriyah Free Zone, Sharjah, UAE.
- Co-ordinating and scheduling of logistics and distribution activities.
- Developing and implementing concepts in line with the company’s strategies aimed at business growth.
Identifying new markets to penetrate and recommending strategic plans to increase business.
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- Material planning and maintaining inventory levels, delivery times, logistics costs and performance evaluation.
- Meeting with vendors, Warehouse and the clients to ensure the quality of the supply chain.
- Continues monitoring to ensure quality, cost and efficiency of the movement and storage of goods.
- Co-ordinating and controlling the order cycle and associated information systems.
- Analysing data to monitor performance and plan improvements.
Allocating and managing staff resources according to changing needs, liaising and price negotiating with customers and vendors.
