Category Section Head - Procurement
Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019
Total years of experience :16 years, 5 Months
Provide leadership and direction in the categories under management, including supply market management and development, strategic planning and execution, and contract and risk management activities, to meet business needs
• Develop, lead and execute category plans and sourcing strategies based on research and analysis to optimize value for money outcomes and meet stakeholder needs and expectations
• Identify and manage commercial, contractual, operational, financial, reputational, ethical and supply chain risks to minimize negative impacts on category objectives while encouraging opportunity and innovation
• Lead negotiations on high impact, complex supply arrangements and contract issues to deliver better category outcomes
• Provide expert advice to key stakeholders on all aspects of procurement and the procurement category, to encourage innovative practices and support delivery of business and policy directions
• Manage the contracts process from end to end with the suppliers within the category and execute the tender process
• Handle on-going issues and change management
• Monitor transaction compliance (milestones, deliverables, invoicing etc.)
• Oversee Service Level Agreements compliance
•Responsible for A to Z procurement of all goods and services.
•Ensuring the policies and the procedures are adhered to by the end users.
•Working closely with the finance team to ensure suppliers are paid was per the agreed payment terms.
•Acts as one contact point for the supplier and the end users.
•Managing the entire Tendering process for short, complex RFQs and full scoped RFPs.
•Detailed and thorough analysis of received bids and proposals, with multiple scenario checks and SWOT analysis.
•Identify and communicate findings to the stake holders with the recommendation along with the pros and cons of the selection.
•Problem solving with end users and non-governance and corrective action.
•Reviewing and drafting templates to be used by the team and by the end users.
•Drafting the flow of process and to identifying bottlenecks and improving the flow by fixing the issues.
•Drafting, finalizing and reviewing contracts with the legal team before execution of the contracts.
Achievement: Successfully delivered the 2018 MENA Regional games event is the shortest possible time in terms of procurement.
• Manage entire categories of Souvenirs, Stationery, Tableware & Confectionery.
• Rationalization of SKUs, Vendors & Categories.
• Planning the product assortment.
• Develop bespoke products, and coordinate with vendors holding relevant licenses.
• Strategic price calculations to ensure competitiveness.
• Negotiations and Re-negotiations on prices, MOQs, terms with vendors.
• Ensuring availability of all signed NDA with Vendors & registration and pre-qualification of vendors.
• Considering the GCC safety regulation and ensuring that all products comply with the testing scope and standards.
• Rating and evaluation of Vendors based on performance and service.
• ParkWise, IPWise, CategoryWise Budget Planning.
• Ensuring vendors are in line with the requirements & standards and meet IP’s expectation.
• Ensuring Item information & Vendor information is up to date in the ERP system.
• Ensuring the Vendors are on time with the deliveries.
Achievement:
• Development an entire Re-Ordering tool with the most detailed calculations to capture even the most minute detail, not just for self, but for all the team members who actively benefit from the reorder suggestions and plan orders accordingly.
Manage purchase budget to achieve 10Mio USD turnover for MENA region.
Study MENA market trends and seek new categories that will cover market gaps including regular
sourcing trips to Germany, France, and Hong Kong.
Conduct win/loss analysis or SWOT analysis for existing product ranges and key categories
Create and maintain the business plan including pricing strategy (Distributor and Retailer)
Assist in product development to ensure products are of high quality standard bearing CE & GCCmarks,
passed EN71 part 1 2 3 & EN62115 testings, and obtaining SASO certification.
Position the product for all buyer types (hypermarket, department stores, specialty stores,
redemption centers) and Determine the optimum distribution channel and secure maximum
market share
Take part in the creation of marketing plan including methods for customer acquisition as well as
customer retention
Ensuring product launch plans are maintained and product availability is uninterrupted
Create standard presentations and identifying USPs for demo scripts and sales pitches
Involved and accountable for identifying product brand or category life cycle stages and
implementation of strategic approach to create demand
Creating reports through various SQL queries to assist Sales, Supply Chain, Finance, and
Marketing
Local distribution to internal retail stores.
Tracking and Monitoring efficient picking and dispatching of products.
Sending out GRN reports.
Replenishment of new arrived goods into the pick phase & bulk locations in the warehouse.
Ensuring all orders are processed within 24 hours
Inter-company transfers.
Running and processing the daily automatically generated replenishment orders.
Inbound & Outbound tracking of tasks & ensuring all are zero at COB for the day.
•Introduction to Electrical & Electronics Engg. & Digital Electronics •Programming in C, C++ , Multimedia, GUI, DBMS, Web Design & Development, Java, CASP •Computer Organization •Hardware and Networking •Web Designing •Operating Systems •Software Engineering •Software Testing •Network Security and Management