Procurement Business Partner Africa & Middle East
Nestle Waters
Total years of experience :21 years, 4 Months
Restructuring the purchasing dept. activities, organization, and members.
Recreating and publishing the purchasing procedures and processes in accordance with Nestle global policies.
Establishing K.P.Is for the procurement activities, monitoring them and implementing continual improvement concepts for these indicators.
Designing and implementing supplier selection, management, and development systems.
Negotiating the services of 3rd party carriers, couriers and haulage companies.
Supervising the accomplishment of all kinds of contracts and taking proper actions to insure proper product delivery, and services fulfillment.
Supervising and controlling the projects' activities, insuring proper achievement with respect of deadlines, specifications, and budgets.
Preparing and periodically reviewing the budgets per spend category.
Adapting and optimizing the B.O.M used in production planning.
Supervising the supply and demand planning activities, considering the production capacity and the dynamic sales forecast.
Supervising the fleet activities.
Supervising the warehousing and inventory control activities.
Monitoring the supply chain K.P.Is, and implementing proper corrective actions to insure objectives' achievement.
Managing the logistics activities for the company raw materials and finished products in coordination with the supply chain manager.
Ensuring the personal safety and safe working environment of staff.
Having a plan for each subordinate; individually; to enhance their skills, increase their capabilities and improve their performance.
Managing the department team according to M.B.O (management by objective) method using K.P.Is (key performance indicators).
• Establishing procurement policies, procedures and guidelines to facilitate uninterrupted running of day-to-day operations, projects and associated functions within designated financial and time constraints.
• Overseeing vendor relations and nurturing strategic alliances, in addition to tracking purchasing activities to enhance service standards and attain cost savings for meeting of established KPIs.
• Directing operations for the procurement team to accomplish robust procurement project management aimed at continuous improvement in department profitability and overall performance indicators.
• Leading negotiations for high impact purchases; verifying the alignment of shipping documentation with international trade agreements, for e.g, Arab League agreement and Euro 1 to target best price and value for resources being acquired.
• Managing logistics of international purchases by monitoring shipping documents, shipping coordination/booking, custom clearance and warehouse delivery to enable timely process execution for fulfillment of transaction milestones.
• Administering commodity strategizing depending on use of frequency and impact (Blanket agreements, catalogs, cost plus contracts, etc); initiating best industry procurement practices to support company initiatives and meet corporate vision.
• Developing forward/delayed purchasing schemes based on pricing trends of key resources including steel and cement; devising Early Supplier Involvement strategies for maximized utilization of supplier's capabilities and apt expense control.
• Keeping abreast of critical international trade related information pertaining to price, supply, political and force majeure issues to maintain updated contingency plans safeguarding project scope and organizational sustainability.
Highlights:
• Spearheaded the development of the procurement cycle encompassing enforcement of documentation and appropriate procedures for apt management of PR, RFQ, RTB, PO, LoI, etc.
• Devised and implemented a procurement structure to drive fulfillment of corporate objectives; led the selection and hiring of sound procurement & logistics team members to assist in overseeing a diverse range of procurement activities.
• Monitored compliance with ECGD requirements to secure steady financing of the project; accomplished 30% of purchasing from domestic market, 30% from UK origin and 40% from EU for successful project completion.
• Served as member of the Management Committee (MC) to contribute towards well informed decision making and strategic planning in order to prioritize operational excellence.
Highlight:
• 2008: Achieved coverage of 2 million Euros and savings worth 200k Euros through diligent vendor management and supply chain distribution management.
Key Responsibilities:
• Controlled commercial and industrial purchasing from domestic and foreign markets; provided guidance regarding the issuance of the PR, strategic sourcing and expansion of supplier network to attain supply chain process optimization.
• Directed the entire procurement process encompassing supplier evaluation, agreement negotiations, financial analysis of quotas, issuance of PO on SAP, delivery schedules and payment transfer to meet communicated financial metrics.
• Played an instrumental role in contract execution for a diverse range of company operations, for e.g- Property purchasing/ renting, fleet expansion, HR expenses (medical/life insurance, training), catering, security, and IS expenditures to satisfy companywide needs.
• Worked in conjunction with the material planning department for updating the MRP; communicated resource needs and obtained approvals for the expenses from the financial controller to leverage best practices for assured cost reduction.
• Contributed towards development of value added strategies targeting standardization, supplier base rationalization, forward buying and lean inventory; assured adherence to budget and task schedules in accordance with department guidelines.
• Managed the reviewing, negotiation and dissemination of information pertaining to mapping, action plans and objectives determined by the corporate HQ in France to align the efforts of the purchasing team towards common performance goals.
• Reported monthly coverage and savings for each team member after analysis and verification; tracked YTD achievements against set targets, and provided recommendations for enhanced productivity depending upon the degree of variance
Key Responsibilities:
• Researched and located potential suppliers worldwide; led aggressive negotiations to achieve lucrative pricing and contract terms, created POs, submitted orders and followed up on production to ensure delivery within designated deadlines.
• Tacking charge of purchasing transaction starting from receipt of PR till delivery and payables.
• Financial analysis for all quotations and rem
Highlights:
• Creation of direct server’s connection between Taxation Authority and Customs Authority.
• Save Six days for Tax officers for all investigations waiting reports from Customs Authority.
Key Responsibilities:
• head of 3 groups for combining data between Sales Tax Authority and Income Authority to be Egyption Taxation Authority.
•Analysis committee of integration and unification of different sectors.
• Training employees for running new systems for the new Authority