Ahmed Abd Elkader Ibrahim

Responsible for purchasing and delivering all marketing department needs in all activities for 3 companies (AOI - AFI - ASD) through managing and executing the following tasks:
 Receiving the purchasing request (PR) from marketing department.
 Check the quantities of requested items with warehouses department to control stock levels.
 Ask suppliers for quotation for the selected items (at least 3 quotations) and negotiate with them to get the best price.
 Get the quotation approval from top management after reviewing quantities, prices, delivery terms and lead time.
 Create the PO to the suppliers after choosing the best offer based on prices, quality, delivery time.
 Follow up with the supplier till delivering to our warehouses.
 Reviewing the invoices to approve the invoices data to send them to the financial department.
 Recording all the above-mentioned tasks on the SAP system.

Responsible for managing the whole process of international and local purchasing including the logistics process with my coordinator as follow:
 Coordinating with the top management in preparing yearly & quarterly budget for the purchasing to forecast the cost of purchased goods and services after coordinating with the other departments like sales & marketing, warehouses and financial department.
 Receiving the sales order (SO) from the sales or maintenance departments then ask for the prices from different suppliers to get the lowest price, also check the delivery & payment terms.
 Preparing the PO to be clearly describe the description of goods or services, quantities, prices, currency, payment terms and delivery terms.
 Follow up with the financial department to proceed the payment of the confirmed orders as per the agreed payment terms with the supplier.
 Follow up with suppliers and push them to meet the delivery date of goods and services.
 Updating the order tracking for all outstanding orders and send weekly updated order tracking report to the top management.
 Handle the whole logistics process including the shipping of goods, preparing the shipping documents, customs clearance and receiving the good by the warehouses department.
 Supervision on the receipt of requested goods or services to check the quality and the quantity of the purchased orders.
 Develop inventory management to prevent over or under stocking of supplies.
 Preparing cost analysis sheet after every shipment and send weekly cost report to the top management.
 Evaluating current suppliers based on the quality of service or product, delivery date, payment facilities and speed in response.

Executing the daily routine tasks which are connected to the department activities and procedures including the whole process of purchasing the furniture (sofa & bedrooms division) also, the whole logistics process including the shipping of goods and clearing them from the customs yard till receiving the goods by our warehouses department.
 Selecting the models which should be familiar with our market from different suppliers in China, USA, Turkey, Spain, Vietnam and Malaysia …etc.
 Negotiating with suppliers to get the lowest prices to decrease the cost as possible.
 Check with our marketing department to give their feedback and get their confirmation.
 Confirming the Pro-Forma invoices to the suppliers, after checking the specifications, colors, quantities, shipping schedules, payment terms & conditions.
 Re-viewing & implementing Letter of Credit (L/C) terms & conditions.
 Following up with suppliers and push them to strictly adhere by the agreed delivery time.
 Nominating the freight forwarders to the suppliers to arrange the shipment.
 Prepare all required shipping documents and give them the custom clearance agents.
 Following the shipments till the final destination and solving any obstacles might happen while clearing the goods from the customs yard till receiving goods by our warehouses.
 Recording and updating all the above procedures on the ERP system.
Remarks: I was handling yearly about 2000 TEU from Far East, Turkey and USA east coast ports.

Interact with customers to provide information in response to inquiries about products and services and to handle and resolve complaints.
 Contacts with clients on the phone, giving information, problem-solving, receiving orders, handling complaints.
 Deliver outstanding customer service.
 Refer customer complaints and problems immediately.
 Handle customer applications and services including entering customer information and transactions.