Tariq Nazir, Sourcing specialist

Tariq Nazir

Sourcing specialist

The National Agricultural Development Company (NADEC)

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Master's degree, Finance
Experience
20 years, 10 months

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Total years of experience :20 years, 10 months

Sourcing specialist at The National Agricultural Development Company (NADEC)
  • United Arab Emirates
  • My current job since January 2017

Civil construction for factories, warehouses & cold stores
• Fire alarm and firefighting system projects for factories & warehouses in KSA
• Wastewater treatment projects for factories.
• Bids evaluation, Negotiation Contract administration, and Spend Analysis.
Major Achievements:
• Handled USD$ 80 Mio spend for Capex & Value Addition to Business through
different initiatives amounting to USD$ 2.90 Mio
• Successfully implemented various projects including but not limited to: - New
mega Olive Oil plant (complete line, civil works, Fire alarm and firefighting system,
racking systems), Tetra Pak A3 speed line (200 ml &1000 ml), Combi 125 ml line,
Corazza Cheese line, Benhil butter line, Primodan Yogurt line, Gasti butter line,
Serac filling lines, Rothenburg Butter rework, tanks for Greek yogurt fermentation,
Yoghurt culture, Juice mixing, Milk silos & Butter Silo.
• 30 MWp Photovoltaic Power Plant at Haradh (KSA)
• Winning NADEC’s highest achievement award “Best Employee” for 2018

Senior Buyer at The National Agricultural Development Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • October 2015 to December 2016

Key Responsibilities:
• Responsible for strategic procurement of products under assigned spend
categories for Raw & Packaging materials.
•Managed Co-Packing business for Cooking Olive oil, Feta cheese, and Drink
Juice.
• Handled Yearly $ 40 Mio spend for Raw, $ 25 Mio for Packaging & $10 Mio for
Co-packing.
• Fundamentals: Negotiation, Spend Analysis, P2P, ERP Fusion (purchasing
module)

Major Achievements:

• Introduce the Costing Models for packaging materials (corrugated) to enhance
the transparency, determine the realistic prices & forecasting for the business.
• Successfully negotiated spend of 2 Co-packers with an annual cost saving of $
0.7 Mio on the manufacturing fees with a co-packer spend of $10 Mio.
•Monitor the market trends of raw materials cost and monthly share the
dashboard with internal stakeholders.

Supply Chain at Nestle Pakistan Ltd
  • Pakistan
  • September 2012 to September 2015

Analysis & strategy development to facilitate sales in monthly and yearly target
achievements.
• Management of end to end to Supply Chain for sales daily ordering.
• Monitor sales target and input for ordering cycle.
• Providing consultancy to Sales team & Nestle customers i.e., distributors, to
optimize distribution warehousing & minimize customer complaints-
Abnormalities.
• Liaison with logistics & distributions to ensure timely customer servicing.
Major Achievements:
• Successful implement the VMI pilot project for the Lahore region.
• Route optimization project for Lahore distributions.
• Optimization of stock within distributions/regions.
• Developed centralized reporting to improve visibility for internal /external
stakeholders.

Strategic Buyer at Nestle Pakistan Ltd
  • Pakistan
  • January 2009 to August 2012

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic procurement of Capex, (Machinery & spare parts, Inland
transportation, and dairy farms to develop procurement strategies which include
demand analysis, supply market analysis, shortlisting vendors based on their
financial and technical capabilities, cross-functional involvement &
implementation.

Major Achievements:

• Handled the Co-packing project for powder drinks to improve the production
efficiencies, reduce costs, and developed strategic long-term strategic relations
through agreement on the cost of conversation.
• Yearly handled USD$ 40 Mio spend for S&IM & Value Addition to Business
through different initiatives amounting to USD$ 1.50 Mio.
• Developed alternate suppliers for various categories.
• Conducted 10 reverse e-auctions during Y-2009-11.
• Winning one of Nestle’s local highest achievement awards “MAAN HAMRA
TUM SE HE” 2010.

Strategic Buyer at Nestle Pakistan Ltd
  • Pakistan
  • January 2006 to December 2008

Key Responsibilities:
• Strategic procurement of all products under assigned spend categories:
Shipping Cases, Corrugate Trays, Solid Board, Laminate, Shrink film, Flexible.
• Understand business requirements and market dynamics and use this
knowledge in product development and develop procurement strategies for all
products under these categories.
• Responsible for negotiating the conditions by ensuring a reduction in total TCO.

Major Achievements:

• Developed and successfully implemented the Costing Models for packaging
materials to enhance transparency, determine the realistic prices &
forecasting for the business.
• Development of alternate sources in different categories i.e., Solid Board
Cartons, Corrugated Trays, Corrugated Cartons, and Flexibles.
• Monitor the supply, demand, and price trends of raw materials cost and
monthly share dashboard with internal stakeholders.
• Yearly handled USD$ 42.5 Mio for packaging materials. Value Addition to
Business through COGS amounting to USD$ 3 Mio.
• Largest number of reverse e-auctions run during Y-2007 i.e., 08 Nos.

Strategic Buyer at Nestle Pakistan Ltd
  • Pakistan
  • January 2004 to December 2006

Key Responsibilities:
• Responsible for annual procurement of USD 80 Mio per annum for all plants
of Nestle Pakistan and Copackers in Afghanistan at both local & global levels.
Scope includes preparation & implementation of corporate procurement
strategies, preparing monthly and annual forecasts for allocated categories
materials.
• Understand business requirements and market dynamics and use this
knowledge in product development and develop procurement strategies for all
products under these categories.
• Responsible for negotiating the conditions for Nestle by ensuring a reduction
in the total cost of ownership.
Major Achievements:
• Joint objective setting with each business unit to strategically align our
objectives with those of business units. Sourcing and selection of suppliers as
per Nestlé Vendor Approval Process (VAP), negotiates prices and recommends
purchases, to obtain the best possible prices while adhering to quality
specifications, and service level.
• Monitor the supply, demand, and price trends of raw materials cost and
monthly share dashboard with internal stakeholders.
• Development of alternate sources in different categories i.e., Food chemicals,
Wheat Flour, Sugar, Honey, Fruit Pulps
Yearly Handled USD$ 80 Mio spend for raw materials. Value Addition to
Business through COGS amounting USD$ 02 Mio

Education

Master's degree, Finance
  • at Newport’s Institute of Communication & Economics
  • July 2022

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High school or equivalent, commerce
  • at Punjab University
  • July 2022

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Specialties & Skills

Microsoft Office
E auctions
Strategic Sourcing
FORECASTING
MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
PACKAGING
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
FILE MANAGEMENT
MICROSOFT WORKS
NEGOTIATION
OIL PAINTING
PROCUREMENT
STRATEGIC

Languages

English
Expert
Greek
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Urdu
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