Supply Chain Manager at Mueller Middle East (MME) (2022-12 – Present)
- Achieving sound purchasing decisions through comparison between different vendors quotations.
- Works within a given budget to purchase goods and services as required by MME.
- Ensures that products are delivered in a timely manner, and that the quality of the goods received is satisfactory.
- Negotiates with contractors on price, mode of shipping, and delivery time.
- Orders goods such as office supplies on a continuing basis to maintain certain inventory levels, based on ERP input and purchase orders.
- Checks invoices for accuracy and authorizes the accounts payable department to issue payment.
- Evaluates the performance of vendors to assess their ability to meet our needs and make recommendations on whether to renew contracts.
- Keep update list for Inventory items & maintaining level replenishment based on Max & MOQ.
- Enters data concerning inventory and order amounts into ERP.
- Teach & train new team members in the correct and efficient operation of the process.
- Develop, lead, and execute purchasing strategies.
- Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness.
- Craft negotiation strategies and close deals with optimal terms.
- Handling contracts for insurance policies related to property, cyber security, and employee medical benefits.
- Partner with stakeholders to ensure clear requirements documentation.
- Forecast price and market trends to identify changes of balance in buyer-supplier power.
- Perform cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking.
- Determine quantity and timing of deliveries.
- Monitor and forecast upcoming levels of demand.
- Seek and partner with reliable vendors and suppliers.
Head of Logistics & Procurement at Installux Gulf Company (2017-07 – 2022-11)
- Leading Procurement activities of Aluminum profiles & accessories to build Private villas & Buildings through ERP System.
- Developing & implementing cost-effective procurement strategies.
- Warehouse management, ensuring inventory data is updated & maintaining optimum stock level plan.
- Working with technical team to achieve value engineering & cost reduction for securing projects.
- Handling Vendor selection process, contract management & rate negotiation.
- Selection of freight forwarders, contract handling, monitor their performance & managing Shipping rates.
- Dominant ERP implementation & supply chain process evaluation.
- Full cost analysis & Budgetary control.
- Handling reverse logistics process for any defects or discrepancies in deliveries. Taking actions for reoccurrence prevention.
- Aggregating the shipping of orders from different suppliers across GCC.
- Handling Shipping documents attesting & dealing with clearing agents.
- Handling customers' enquiries & preparation of quotations.
- Reporting to management on monthly basis.
Purchasing Officer at Analytica One Company (2016-04 – 2017-06)
- Purchasing of medical and laboratory equipment's online from reputable suppliers in Japan, USA, Switzerland and France.
- Working on ERP System.
- Conduct comparison between suppliers' prices.
- Checking with different couriers and freight forwarder to get the lowest shipping charges.
- Developing & maintaining liaisons with clearing agents.
- Ensure on time delivery of purchased medical and laboratory equipment's.
- Evaluation & review of suppliers in terms of communicational performance & establishing preferred supplier list.
- Ensure that the actual shipping charges are close to already set estimated charges to gain maximum possible profit.
- Handling renewal of shipping contracts along updating its terms & condition with booking for insurance on shipments.
- Sending & replying to Suppliers & sales team emails.
Operations Officer at Spatial Technologies Solutions (2015-03 – 2016-04)
- Online searching & purchasing of different Vehicle tracking devices & Garmin devices.
- Negotiation of devices buying contracts & monitoring the quality of purchased devices.
- Providing customers with quotation and Processing of purchasing orders.
- Advising customers about which tracking device matches their needs.
- Searching for best suppliers & equipment in terms of quality, value & shipping costs.
- Placing purchasing orders for Sim-Cards either from Zain or Batelco.
- Sending & replying to customers' emails.
- Doing presentation of our products to possible clients.
- Entering all data of received tracking devices & Sim-Cards in S-Admin& Smart Track.
- Updating all modified data after manual inspections of tracking devices.
- Providing training on Smart rack program for our customers.
- Problem solving technical problems of sold devices.
- Scheduling for tracking devices installation & for Manual inspection.
- Supervising the Sorting and Storage of different tracking devices.
Clearing agent at DHL, Bahrain Gateway Department (2012-09 – 2012-12)
Industry based project for university
- Warehouse management of inbound shipments.
- Answering customers' enquiries about the clearing process & the arrival of their shipments.
- Tracking lost shipment and opening trace alerts on GEMA Program.
- Writing a weekly report on all inbound shipments.
- Maintain accurate Tracking information of shipments.
- Dealing with difficult customers and Maintain Long-term client base.
- Issuing airway bills for shipments.
- Update shipments hold reasons on ACA program.
- Issuing Customs Duty Log Sheet.
- Contact customers to bring Certificate of origin to their shipments.
- Doing my industry-based project.
Work Placement for University at DHL, Bahrain (2012-08 – 2012-09)
One week at Bahrain gateway. One week at Road network. One week at Customer Operation and ELC. One week at Air, Operations, Network Control Group, NCG and sort.
- Prepare shipping Manifest.
- Scheduling of road transport.
- Shipment loading process.
- Calculating freight expenses on every shipment.
