Ahmed Youssef

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for key categories aligned with business objectives.
• Conduct market research and supplier analysis to identify cost-saving and innovation opportunities.
• Implement strategic supplier segmentation and category management programs.
• Lead local content and sustainability initiatives in compliance with company or regulatory requirements.
• Manage end-to-end procurement processes, from requisition to contract execution.
• Ensure compliance with company procurement policies, quality standards, and budget constraints.
• Prepare and analyze bids, evaluate proposals, and negotiate favorable terms and conditions.
• Develop strong partnerships with key suppliers to drive quality, reliability, and innovation.
• Lead supplier evaluations, audits, and performance reviews.
• Mitigate supply risks through dual sourcing and strategic supplier development.
• Drive continuous cost improvement initiatives through effective negotiation and spend analysis.
• Monitor procurement KPIs, savings targets, and supplier performance metrics.
• Provide periodic management reports on sourcing performance, cost savings, and risk assessments
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align sourcing strategies with production and business plans

Developing and implementing policies regarding procurement methods and procedures, including bidding, bidding exceptions, and purchasing limits.
•Negotiating prices with suppliers on behalf of the company to ensure that costs are kept low while maintaining high quality standards.
•Identifying new suppliers or potential suppliers who could meet an organizations needs.
•Creating demand forecasts based on market research and industry trends in order to predict future demand for products or services.
•Reviewing bids from suppliers to ensure that they comply with specified requirements
•Providing guidance to suppliers regarding company policies and procedures
•Developing and maintaining relationships with suppliers to improve business operations
•Managing supplier performance by monitoring delivery timeframes and quality of goods or services provided
•Monitoring inventory levels to ensure that there is enough supply to meet demand.
•Establishing and supporting individual and team goals in delivering results.
•Supervise all aspects of buyer teams to ensure processes are followed in accordance with policy and regulations.

• Identify opportunities for cost savings and cost avoidance. Conduct high-level costing and price variance
analysis to guide purchasing decisions.
• Monitor market trends, emerging technologies, and innovations to identify strategic opportunities and
potential impacts on the business.
• Develop and implement risk mitigation plans for the procurement, addressing potential issues such as
supplier failures, regulatory changes, and geopolitical events.
• Lead the sourcing and evaluation of new, high-value suppliers on a global or regional level.
• Lead contract negotiations with key suppliers to secure the best possible terms, conditions, and pricing.
• Build and maintain strong, long-term relationships with key suppliers and conduct regular performance
reviews.
• Ensure that all sourcing practices are ethical, sustainable, and in compliance with company and
regulatory requirements.
• Manage and mentor a team of procurement professionals, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Work closely with stakeholders, to align procurement strategies with overall business needs.
• Analyze procurement data, spending, and supplier performance metrics to produce comprehensive
reports for the top management.
• Identify opportunities for process automation, standardization, and efficiency gains within the
procurement function

• Establish strong, collaborative relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
• Strategically develop, implement and optimize vendor management processes, tools and policies to achieve
optimum benefits.
• Maintain as strong relationship with the current suppliers and establish a network with new ones.
• Maintain, source, and engage with reliable suppliers and vendors.
• Evaluate spending operations while seeking ways to improve and enhance the quality of products purchased
and the timelines of deliveries.
• Negotiate with suppliers and vendors to secure ongoing advantageous terms.
• Review existing contracts with suppliers and vendors to ensure ongoing financial feasibility and technical
computability.
• Approve purchase orders and organize and confirm delivery of goods and services.
• Assist in developing the procurement strategies that are inventive and cost-effective.
• Communicate with management regularly regarding the efficient handling of goods and services affecting
production.
• Ensure on-time delivery of all purchases and materials to the support business needs.
• Manage, coach, and develop a high-performing team that meets agreed objectives and delivers best practice
results, added value, and continuous improvement.
• Set departmental objectives/KPIs and review and assess ongoing performance of direct reports.
• Ensure compliance with management approved procedures and policies with respect to time, cost and quality.
• Ensure that all functions under supervision operate in accordance with health, safety, and environmental
policies and procedures to ensure the safety and well-being of staff and visitors.
• Follow HSE policies and ISO procedures.

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• Developing and implementing policies regarding procurement methods and procedures, including bidding,
bidding exceptions, and purchasing limits.
• Negotiating prices with suppliers on behalf of the company to ensure that costs are kept low while maintaining
high quality standards.
• Identifying new suppliers or potential suppliers who could meet an organizations needs.
• Creating demand forecasts based on market research and industry trends in order to predict future demand for
products or services.
• Reviewing bids from suppliers to ensure that they comply with specified requirements
• Providing guidance to suppliers regarding company policies and procedures
• Developing and maintaining relationships with suppliers to improve business operations
• Managing supplier performance by monitoring delivery timeframes and quality of goods or services provided
• Monitoring inventory levels to ensure that there is enough supply to meet demand.
• Establishing and supporting individual and team goals in delivering results.
• Supervise all aspects of buyer teams to ensure processes are followed in accordance with policy and regulations.

• Develop cost minimization opportunities with the business & drive targeted outcomes as defined in the
procurement strategy.
• Convert annual sales budget to purchasing budget as per Bill Of Material for each product.
• Craft negotiation strategies and close deals with optimal terms
• Forecast price and market trends to identify changes of balance in buyer - supplier power
• Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness
• Assess, manage and mitigate risks
• Manage suppliers performance, ranking them / lead suppliers relationship and negotiation methods.
• Managing sourcing of suppliers to cost saving targets, innovation and quality.
• Approve purchase orders based on reports, forecasts and stock turn analytics

• Define, develop and implement purchasing plans.
• Market research and price evaluation for the international suppliers
• Research international / foreign suppliers based on price, quality, service, availability and suppliers reputation
history.
• Maintain & develop the international / foreign suppliers data base.
• Negotiate payment terms and ensure delivers as per the approved specifications.
• Calculate international freight charges to determine whether the purchase of materials is economically feasible
and within budget limit.
• Track the outstanding orders with the international suppliers, specially the ones who got their advance payment.

• Develop and authorize all purchase orders and ensure compliance company policy and procedure.
• Monitor all purchase orders and maintain effective relationship with vendors, planners and sourcing team.
• Develop and maintain relationship with new vendors and manage items information, and update purchasing
data.
• Supervise all products and monitor for transport damage and return goods.
• Evaluate performance of all carriers, vendors and goods delivery and make recommendations to improve
processes for international buying process.
• Maintain effective customer services and ensure timely delivery and maintain track of product progress and
development.
• Monitor potential stock out caused by delivery delay etc. and take necessary actions to ensure availability of
product.
• Manage vendor relations and production delivery and maintain effective system monitor all product deliveries
for vendors.
• Manage all communication and negotiate with suppliers on price and delivery terms to reduce inventory levels
and cost.
• Coordinate with suppliers to identify effective business requirements and develop new business pipeline for all
international buyers.
• Prepare and manage offers from beginning to end and prepare supplier contracts and delivery schedule.
• Provide analysis on detail cost comparison.

• Coordinate for Supplier selection, and working closely with suppliers to ensure timely delivery of all items.
• Manage relations with key suppliers.
• Manage invoices to avoid delay costs including shipping.
• Maintain purchasing database integrity / credibility to support departmental and company objectives.
• Evaluate suppliers on the basis of price, quality, service support, availability, reliability, and selection.
• Schedule and assign work processes to meet the production planning schedules; analyze plans for potential
problems, and provide alternatives.
• Resolve the most complex problems involving suppliers payments, clearance extra charges, freight fees, and other
service related problems.
• Coordinate with suppliers to provide the required technical knowledge / documents of the goods or services to be
purchased.
• Follow strictly the latest laws and regulations to avoid any impropriety.
• Assist and advising Project Managers with ongoing administration of our contracts with Clients and for ensuring
adherence to established contract and procedures and requirements
• Manage regular suppliers meetings, and participate on the preparation step at which the purchasing section
generate and revise meeting-related documents such as:
• Price comparison sheets, landed costs, trends
• Supplier payment positions, future (required) payment facilities
• Shipments / contracts position,
• Vendor evaluation sheet / technical complaints

• Receive purchases requisition and issuing requests for quotations to the suppliers.
• Prepare technical analysis sheets to get authorized concerned directions.
• Prepare prices comparison sheets between accepted offers.
• Issue up local / foreign purchasing orders.
• Prepare approval form to obtain high rewarding committees approval.
• Follow up payment and orders expeditions.

• Receive the Purchase order from the departments
• Search for price and quality and ask managers for their opinion
• Follow up with the provider till the required material arrive the company premises
• Issue payment order for the finance
• Revise the document needed from supplier to issue the invoices needed
• Make any documents needed for the governmental institution (Customs / health care / Bank …. etc)
• Make the deal with shipping agency according to the company policy
• Follow up the material stocks and take the required actions according the company policy
• Generate required periodical statistical reports.