Abdulrahman Ahmed

• Sets the department’s strategy in line with the company’s KPI’s and industry’s best practice.
• Overlooks and evaluates the department’s performance and sets corrective actions as necessary.
• Evaluates risk and areas of improvement.
• Creates values across the chain of supply.
• Reviews and approves purchases and contracts.
• Strategic Sourcing of all necessary materials, products, and equipment required to sustain and develop operations within all functions of the company.
• Negotiates contracts with key vendors.

• Work with business stakeholders to develop and implement innovative
procurement and category management strategies to meet specific business
needs, manage risk and deliver value for money
• Assist in the development and implementation of capability development
initiatives to improve procurement outcomes
• Proactively identify and address procurement risks and mitigation strategies to
meet organizational compliance requirements
• Keeping up to date with procurement policy, processes and legislation and
building knowledge of the business and supplier markets, given the rate of
change in these areas
• Facilitate selection of appropriate vendors and procurement methods based on
procurement requirements and corporate standards.
• Monitor and review progress of contractual agreements, review invoices for
payment.
• Conduct periodic vendor evaluations/surveys to ensure supplier development.
• Work with the operational teams to determine strategic procurement
requirements.
• Engage in cost negotiations with select suppliers as required.
• Develop lead times for procurement based on material groups.
• Establish and negotiate contract terms and conditions and maintain supplier
relationships.
• Worked at the largest warehouse in southeast Asia and was able to achieve a
1.2M USD savings.

• Influence and Negotiate - Comfortable interacting with a range of clients; Presentable at client
meetings and a highly effective communicator; Able to demonstrate independence and originality
in thinking; Pay excellent attention to detail and driven to deliver work of high quality and
accuracy; Highly developed analytical skills with an ability to think outside the box to develop
creative solutions.
• Plan and Priorities - Apply legal, policy and organizational guidelines and procedures in relation
to procurement and contract management; Develop well written, well structured procurement
documentation that clearly sets out the business requirements; Monitor procurement and contract
management processes to ensure they are open, transparent and competitive, and that contract
performance is effective; Be aware of procurement and contract management risks, and what
actions are expected to mitigate these; Evaluate tenders and select providers in an objective and
rigorous way, in line with established guidelines and principles; Escalate procurement and contract
management issues where required.
• Strategic Procurement Leadership - Constantly reviewing own and departmental objectives to
ensure they support the long-term Strategic Objectives, and making changes or challenges if they
do not; Make complex ideas, issues and situations clear and understandable, and can relate these
to the wider context of the organization; Recognize diversity issues into strategic planning.

• Provide information and expert technical advice on complex policies, procedures, systems and
standards to business stakeholders to assist them to deliver effective, outcomes-focused procurement
activities.
• Undertake research to support the development and review of organizational procurement policy,
procedures, systems and standards.
• Coordinate and facilitate the approved acquisition of goods and services, raising Purchase Orders
(POs), goods and invoice receipting, and assisting in the preparation of bid invitations.
• Create and maintain procurement records, including electronic records and ensuring accuracy and
integrity of data.
• my goal of establishing the procurement department and was able to reduce the maintenance budget
by 40%.
• Procurement Risk Management - Identify and evaluate key risks at a contractual level for
straightforward arrangements and seek input from other functions as appropriate (e.g. finance, legal
etc.); Input to risk logs and opportunity assessment reports as outlined in the organizational
procurement practices; Develop risk mitigation strategies for straightforward procurement
arrangements; Identify areas of non-compliance to procurement policy and raise with stakeholders;

• Advise stakeholders on appropriate procurement governance and performance management mechanisms to monitor,
co-ordinate and improve procurement activity and performance.
• Contact vendors or agency representatives to inquire about existing and new product information, solicit bids,
develop requests for quotations; and confer with vendors regarding damaged goods, delayed payments or related
information.
• Procurement Analysis - Engage with stakeholders to determine business needs and requirements to inform
procurement decisions; Thoroughly research the key risks, people, market, supplier and timing issues for categories;
Develop basic analysis of spend using simple tools and spreadsheets to identify trends and assess changes in demand;
Undertake basic supply market analysis for straightforward areas of spend with some direction and oversight;
Undertake basic supplier/customer preferencing for straightforward areas of expenditure; Develop functional
specifications to ensure supply options are not limited; Apply different tools/techniques appropriately in different
procurement situations
• Conduct periodic vendor evaluations/surveys to ensure supplier development.
• Work with the operational teams to determine strategic procurement requirements.
• Engage in cost negotiations with select suppliers as required.
• Develop lead times for procurement based on material groups.
• Establish and negotiate contract terms and conditions and maintain supplier relationships.