Senior Commercial Officer
Kout Food Group
Total years of experience :14 years, 2 Months
Procurement of services, Tendering, Contracts Management, Vendor management
Administration, review and renewal of Franchise Agreements, IT agreements, insurance review, vehicle contracts, leasing
Maintenance and service contracts for the head office and Brands- Burger King, Pizza Hut, Applebee's, Taco Bell, Burj Al Hamam, Kababji, Ayyame', Melting Point, Fol o Yasmin,
Responsible for pre-qualification of vendors, pre - award activities including bid invitation, bid evaluation, negotiation, contract and award formalities.
Drafting and administration of contracts, Request for proposal/tenders
Preparation, execution, interpretation, and administration of Service request, Letter of Intent, contracts, Purchase Order, tenders with terms and conditions
Manages contract modifications, proposals, and negotiations.
Reviews contractual documents, Contract drafts, insurance, and warranty agreements to identify scope and clause changes, contract value changes, risks associated with acceptance of modifications.
Negotiates cost, contract terms and conditions with the clients. Ensures that negotiations are successfully concluded.
Coordinate with Legal department for the legal terms of contracts
Coordinates with Finance and CEO to inform the impacts and terms and to obtain necessary approval.
Advise project / brand managers on claims, variation orders and contractual correspondence.
Ensure contract close-out, extension, or renewal.
Working with Clients, partners, and subcontractors to negotiate contract terms and value.
Sourcing Contractors, Vendors and maintaining vendor contact list.
Develops and works with customers to create and process notification letters to customers involving scope changes, operational issues, and requests for assistance.
Arbitrates claims or complaints occurring in performance of contracts.
Compile, analyze and report the actual projects costs against budget allocations or projections.
Contract performance tracking, update/ feed-back to management
Cost saving and crisis management initiatives and support
Duties & Responsibilities
Processes all purchase requisitions/ requirements from departments and recommends supply sources, obtains quotations and does all necessary co-ordination to progress sourcing of materials/services/equipment.
Prepares Purchase Orders for International purchases within the specified time limits and tracks progress of purchases coordinating with the section heads for placement of orders.
Ensure delivery of goods and services as per requirements outlined within all purchase orders, following up as necessary.
Ensure that the database of suppliers, tenders, and contracts is continuously updated for future referencing and maintenance purposes
Accountable for physical inventories in the store and cycle based on production needs.
Build and maintain relationships with suppliers to ensure optimization of the procurement process and performance
Additionally, managing procurement for Projects for United Networks (Mother company).
Ensured compliance to all company and departmental guidelines.
Handles all customs clearing documentation and procedures for international shipping.
Prepares and maintains the partnership agreement with Microsoft and Oracle.
Administer contracts for major purchases.
Expertise in handling logistics related formalities, custom clearance, service agreements, contracts and documentations.
Excellent tender selection technique based on time, cost and demand.
Responsible for updating Oracle ERP for purchase department.
Continuously monitoring, evaluating and improving supplier performance.
Additionally, handles Ticket booking for business travels and hence a good relationship with major travel agencies.
Expertise in sourcing Materials and services for Telecom Sector, ICT (Information & Communication Technology), Networking, IT Sector, Service & Maintenance requirements.
Products Knowledge: Cisco, HP, Juniper, Extreme, Huawei, ADVA, Avaya, Software Licenses & Certificates & Major ICT Brands. (SDH, DWDM, Voice, Security, ICT, IT, Fiber Cabling & Network Cabling), Generators, Rectifiers, UPS and AC Maintenance for Data Centers and Exchanges.
MS Office Applications, Oracle Procurement Module
Duties & Responsibilities
Successfully performed responsibilities of business development for the company, procurement specialist and Logistic control mainly in the Iraq sectors.
Developing incremental business with multinational Companies.
Nurture business relationships that embrace a ‘customer for life’ strategy.
Drive sales success beyond targets.
Managed equipment leases and services subcontracts and worked extensively with the subcontractors on many of the issues that are both routine and unique to the International Zone.
Familiar with all badging procedures, logistic and escort procedures for International Zone.
Negotiated pricing and volume discounts with subcontractors for subcontracts.
Directs activities of organization to plan procedures, establish responsibilities, and coordinate functions among departments and sites.
Analyzes operations to evaluate performance of company and staff and to determine areas of cost reduction and program improvement.
Directs and coordinates activities of business involved with buying and selling investment products and financial services.