Material Manager
GE Power - Saudi Arabia
Total years of experience :32 years, 8 Months
Was responsible for complete Material Management of Power Plant Frame 7E machines Generator and Turbines consisting of more than 40, 000 line items, coordinating with Order Fulfillment Team world-wide, Coordination with Logistics and world-wide shipping lines, coordination with Engineering, Site Construction Team and Commissioning Team at site. Responsible for local and overseas material and ensuring the availability for the outages. Responsible for complete Quality Control, Storage & Preservation, Heavy haulages, Receiving, Issuing and Inventory management and was responsible for 5 mega yards of 10, 000 sq. mtrs with a team of 50 personnel distributed over to different locations, independently handling all the communications, NCR, HSE, Safety and resolving any wrong supplied material. Attending daily meetings with client/consultant/overseas vendor and Sourcing Team, responsible for internal and external audits as well. Reviewing of Contracts and implementation, reviewing/approving sub-contractors contract and sending to Contracts Manager for final approval related to Material.
SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS
Achieved US$3+ million of cost savings strategies per annum on total annual purchases of US$ 70 Million .
Material cost reductions: Average 3-7% of annual direct material costs
Inventory Management: Reductions 30-50%; improved cash flow through ordering and scheduling
Buyer Training & Education: Taught purchasing with in company specially for Saudi Nationals, written numerous policy and
procedure manuals.
ISO certification from LRQA/ BVQI & TUV Organizations with different companies
· Managing the entire day to day Purchase Functions of the three Divisions
· Processing of Purchase requisitions for Local & Foreign Procurement of Materials & Services on time at optimum
cost in line with the delivery requirements of the end users.
· Ensuring that all vendors and sub-contractors are correctly selected and evaluated on their performance with regard
to consistency on price, quality and delivery.
· Managing conflict of interest arising out of the need to procure the Raw Material, Spare Parts, Machine & Tools and
Services under pressure of time from operations and the need to optimize the cost of purchasing through
transparent competitive bidding and negotiating process.
· Monitoring delivery period, follow-up with vendors for timely supply of Materials and services in line with the
agreed delivery schedules of Purchase Orders.
· Reduction of Overall Purchasing cost to the Company by combining common items and negotiating long term
contracts to achieve economy of purchase.
· Co-ordinate with Finance Dept to arrange payment to suppliers as per the agreed credit terms on Purchase
Orders/Service Contracts.
· To guide from time to time, motivate a team of Buyers and support staff to meet the objectives set.
· Possessing excellent knowledge of the procurement principles and strategies for agency & non agency purchases.
· Possessing excellent communication skills, analytical & man management skills.
· Writing Contracts for Blanket Orders for Products/Services & Maintenance.
· Attending Management Meetings from time to time.
· Presenting Cost Saving Reports quarterly basis
· Fully responsible for Vendor Selection/Evaluation from time to time
· Assisting finance in opening various types of Letter of Credit & Open Payments
· Appointment/Liasing with freight forwarding agents
· Appointment/Liasing with custom clearance agent
· Assisting/Monitoring/supervising in preparing the Custom Duty Exemption List
· Receiving Foreign Visitors/Conducting Meetings technical & commercial aspects
· Supervising the implementation of Quality procedures & practices laid down by QMS.
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· Handling typical urgent airfreight & sea-freight shipments as well as by DHL, etc., , from and around the world in
accordance with proper documentation required by the country law.
· Assisting Planning/Production/Sales/Operations/Logistics & Warehouse activities
· Fully responsible for Internal & External Auditors for Finance & Quality
· Monitoring & keeping updates of International Pricing/Demand & Supply through Various Agencies
· Tracking Open Orders for Products/Services/Maintenance and monitoring & preparing Work in Progress Reports and
submitting to management to ensure timely payment, etc, .
Material specialist for piping, electrical, civil, structural instrumentation projects. Familiar with Saudi Aramco Material
System, Specification and Standard Drawings. Responsibilities and activities included materials planning, scheduling
sourcing, procurement support, tracking expediting, logistics/traffic & construction project staging, accountability through
construction, & final project reconciliation/closeout, status reporting and problem resolution. Computer system included
Saudi Aramco SAP/SAEP material system and PC applications.
Conversant with industry standard and material specification. Technical and commercial knowledge on local / foreign
procurement procedure. Familiar with ARAMCO SAP (System application product),
Patis (Purchasing and Traffic Information System) & MARS (Material Reservation System),
After all materials have been input/allocated and some material are not available (zero balance and no order at all) my
responsibility is to look for substitute materials. These materials must be acceptable without any changes in the
design/engineering requirements which are available in Saudi Aramco stock-on-hand.
Coordinate with Saudi Aramco Material Specialist regarding status and availability of the materials.
Coordinate with project engineer, and designers regarding the status, change, etc. of materials. Checked final drawings
again, final material take-off.
Arranging/Organizing Engineering Drawing Numbers/ Used/ Un-used/Return Balance Etc, .
Fully responsible for Documentation Control for Drawings & Document from preparation till final submission then finally
archiving and storing soft & hard copies.
Getting final close out letter for the projects completed.
Fully assisted in getting ISO certification from LRQA-UK
Responsibilities:
· Receipt of materials, packages & their kinds, Inspection. Completion of stock ledger, Dispatch, Inspection at source,
Binning, Placement & Indexing, Receipt Procedure etc., .
· Inspection, Preservation and Issue of Materials, such as Custody of Materials, Inspection, Inspection of Quality and
Quantity, preparing issue of materials day to day sheet.
· Replenishment of Materials, Maximum Level, Order Lever, Standard Order Quantity, Danger Level, Safety Stock
Level, Demand Forecasting etc., .
· Codification of Materials.
· Stores/Warehouse Accounting in making Ascertainment of Cost of Materials Received and Issue, Costing of wastage,
Spoilages, Damages, Shortages and other losses.
· Costing of Materials Issued & Valuation of Stock in hand with various methods such as FIFO, LIFO, Mean Average
Price Method, Market Price Method, Fixed Price Method, Actual Cost Method & valuation of stock with Variation
Account, Invoice summary, Provision for Price Adjustment, Provision for Obsolescence, Provision for Deterioration,
Provision for Appreciation of Stock value, Good Received but not invoiced, wastage, spoilage, etc.,
· Settlement of claims, insurance companies in the event of theft, pilferage, fire & obsolescence, etc., .
· Material Control by Assessment of stock tobe held as per the production schedule, Decision of the extent of the
stock to be held, Procurement of stock from suppliers, Storage facilities available for materials carried into the
store/warehouse, Issue of materials as per the requisitions of various dept.
· Purchasing Principles, Procedure and System
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· Vendors Selection Performance & Evaluation
· Tracking delivery of the ordered items.
· Making costing report for foreign purchases.
· Negotiation for products & services
· Transportation, cost of transport, commodity value, size of shipment, distance, Disposal of Surplus items, Obsolete
Items, Scrap Items and Salvaged Items
· Import Purchasing procedures adhering to the country law’s for custom duty, exemption, licensing, etc.,
· Assisting in processing Letter of Credit
· Preparing Budgetary report for purchases
· Assisting in Quarterly, Half yearly & annual physical inventory take-off.
· Liasing with finance, freight forwarding agents, custom clearance, transportation, bank, and in Administration in
preparation of Custom Duty Exemption List as per the law of Saudi Customs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
· Looking after Computer Systems & Preventive Maintenance & Software Installations
Some of the major EPC Contractors Handled for Saudi Aramco projects:
SADELMI, MITSUBISHIHEAVYINDUSTRIES, MISUIENGINEERING, JGC, TECHNIP, SNAMPROGETTI BECHTEL, SILVANIANTINCENDI,
TECHINT&FOSTERWHEELER
Projects Executed:
Desalination Plants (SWCC); Power Plants (SCECO); MODA (ALL AIRPORT PROJECTS)
SABIC(SADAF, KEMYA, PETROKEMYA, HADEED, SHARQ, IBNZAHR, IBNSINA, SAFCO, IBNALBAYTAR, AR-RAZI, JUBAILUNITED,
IBNRUSHD, TAYFYANPETANDYANSAB); MARAFIQ(ROYALCOMMISSIONOFJUBAIL&YANBU)
SAUDIARAMCO(SASREF, HAWIYAHGASPLANT, SHEDGUM, UTHMANIYA, UDHILIYA)
Was assigned for a company M/s. Nirlon Synthetic Fibers & Chemicals Ltd as a
course: Diploma in Commercial Practice (E)