Ahmed Mahdy, Group procurement & supply chain professional

Ahmed Mahdy

Group procurement & supply chain professional

Ihs towers

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Business Administration
Experience
8 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :8 years, 5 Months

Group procurement & supply chain professional at Ihs towers
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since June 2022

• Lead & manage the indirect & IT cross functional procurement SS team on group level.
• Maintain knowledge of market best practices & ensure governance and risk management.
• Collaborate with internal audit and compliance team to ensure procurement policy & controls are put in place.
• Ensure reduction & mitigation of risks in SC & apply risk management metrics for all contracts & agreements.
• Establish & enhance supplier relationships ensuring cost reduction sustainability & proper product delivery.
• Review & communicate impact on supply chain for new business initiatives and projects.
• Develop category strategy, procurement processes, systems, and competencies to improve overall efficiency.

Indirect materials & services procurement Manager at Savola Foods
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2022 to June 2022

• Oversees & leads all indirect procurement activities serving 6 different BUs across the country.
• Leveraging the consolidated spend of different BUs to get better deals.
• Provide professional direction, guidance, and support on various procurement matters.
• Convert spot buys to long term framework agreements for cost optimization & supply chain efficiency.
• Responsible for digitalization of procurement and apply services & goods purchases on catalogues.
• Responsible for inbound transportation & outbound distribution logistics.

indirect procurement assistant manager at Savola Foods
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2021 to December 2021

• Oversees & leads all indirect procurement activities serving 6 different BUs across the country.
• Leveraging the consolidated spend of different BUs to get better deals.
• Provide professional direction, guidance, and support on various procurement matters.
• Convert spot buys to long term framework agreements for cost optimization & supply chain efficiency.
• Responsible for digitalization of procurement and apply services & goods purchases on catalogues.
• Responsible for inbound transportation & outbound distribution logistics.

Senior country procurement specialist at lafargeholcim
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • September 2019 to January 2021

• Ensure attaining value for money and total cost of ownership model.
• Lead & manage the supply chain operations for equipment & consumables cluster as per DOA.
• Working on country strategies, services, and strategic annual sourcing & spend plan.
• Implementation of supplier optimization, segmentation, and suppliers risk management.
• Responsible for YTD spent analysis, EBIT monitoring, next year procurement sourcing plan & budgeting.

Demand planner & CAPEX projects manager at LafargeHolcim
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • April 2018 to September 2019

• MRO requester, technical evaluator & cost controller.
• Run MRP regularly and amend the stock mini max according to the actual needs.
• Time & cost estimation for work orders & job plans ensure better optimization of resources allocation.
• Responsible for vendor management, supplier risk management & relationship management.
• CAPEX projects manager & SAP PPM module business unit manager.
• Responsible for purchase of different kinds of FA equipment, purchase vs. rent exercise & cash flow analysis.

Maintenance, process and control engineer, at LafargeHolcim
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • June 2016 to April 2018

• Ensure applying preventive maintenance schedule on time and the work is qualitative to avoid re work
• Supervise the corrective maintenance to ensure operations efficiency & plan for expenses control
• Monitor Spare parts in warehouse & consider consumables availability and plans hard-moving items
• Submit required weekly & monthly maintenance reports (preventive-breakdowns-lead time-corrective)

Intern at pepsico
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • July 2013 to August 2013

Summer Internship

Intern at GSK
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • June 2013 to July 2013

Summer Internship

Junior TA at German University In Cairo
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • August 2012 to September 2012

Circuits I junior teaching assistant

Education

Master's degree, Business Administration
  • at Heriot-watt University Dubai
  • December 2024
Diploma, purchasing and procurement
  • at CIPS
  • May 2024

• L5M1: Managing Teams and Individuals • L5M2: Managing Supply Chain Risk • L5M3: Managing Contractual Risk • L5M4: Advanced Contract and Financial Management •L5M5: Managing Ethical Procurement and Supply •L5M6: Category Management •L5M10: Logistics Management •L5M15: Advanced Negotiation

Diploma, Procurement & supply chain
  • at CIPS
  • December 2023

• L4M1: Scope & influence of procurement and supply • L4M2: Defining business needs • L4M3: Commercial contracting • L4M4: Ethical & responsible sourcing •L4M5: Commercial negotiations •L4M6: Supplier relationships •L4M7: Whole life asset management •L4M8: Procurement & supply in practice

Diploma, Career certificate in logistics management
  • at The American University In Cairo
  • May 2022

• Module 1: Logistics & warehouse management •Module 2: Logistics network planning • Module 3: Transportation management •Module 4: Future trends in logistics

Diploma, Foundation certificate in supply chain management
  • at The American University In Cairo
  • December 2021

• Module 1: Project management • Module 2: Advanced supply chain & procurement • Module 3: Total quality management & cost of quality • Module 4: Supply chain forecast techniques

Diploma, Certificate of achievement in supply chain management
  • at The American University In Cairo
  • August 2021

• Module 1: Supply chain fundamentals • Module 2: Marketing & channel management • Module 3: CRM role in supply chain management

Diploma, Project management diploma
  • at The American University in Cairo
  • December 2019

-Project planning and control techniques (PRMG 010) -Project feasibility study (PRMG 050) -Management of project resources (PRMG 020) -Cost Management for engineering projects (PRMG 035) -Projects budgeting & financial control (PRMG 030) -Project bids and contracts (PRMG 080)

Diploma, Electrical and Industrial Engineering
  • at Egyptian syndicate of engineers
  • March 2018

-Electrical power Systems distribution 1 (Basics) -Electrical power Systems distribution 2 (Advanced)

Diploma, Engineering management diploma
  • at The American University in Cairo
  • December 2017

-Project management international standards (45 Certified PDUS from PMI) -Leadership, organizational management and engineering management -Operations, Supply Chain, And System Engineering -Fundamentals of Health, Safety and Environmental Control (American OSHA Administration agency) -Engineering management and projects management -Strategic planning and change management for engineer

Diploma, Automation and Control Engineering
  • at Egyptian syndicate of engineers
  • March 2017

-Classic control) -PLC Basics (S7-200) (Programming and troubleshooting) -PLC Advanced (S7-300) (Programming and troubleshooting) -Supervisory, control and data acquisition (SCADA)

Bachelor's degree, Mechatronics Engineering
  • at German university in Cairo
  • September 2014

Mechatronics Engineer Graduated from the German university in Cairo between Cairo and Berlin campus

Specialties & Skills

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert
German
Intermediate

Hobbies

  • Squash, Swimming, Gymnastics