Ali  Kassem, Procurement Specialist

Ali Kassem

Procurement Specialist

Al Mazroui Medical & Chemical Supplies

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Business & Information Technology
Experience
13 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :13 years, 8 Months

Procurement Specialist at Al Mazroui Medical & Chemical Supplies
  • United Arab Emirates
  • My current job since July 2013

 Achieving a yearly purchase of over $3 million of sellable medical items which provide the company over $500 k profit per year by handling three business units (Medical Imaging, Cardiology and Dialysis)

 Slashing the cost of the services contracts, consumable items, hotels and air tickets over $100K yearly by negotiating new and existing Suppliers and service providers.

 Working with multiple teams on daily basis to resolve issues and process over 30 shipments per day by posting the suppliers invoices and adding the subsequent cost for each shipment.

 Accomplished the highest degree on the SAP go life training on 2015 (95%) which made me the authorized vendor master database specialist.

 Providing multiple fruitful and professional reports on weekly and monthly basis with maximum utilization of SAP system.

 Maintaining comprehensive knowledge of the medical market to better serve customers and meet demanding sales objectives.

 Working with worldwide suppliers (example: Bayer Medical Care, Nikkiso, Sorin Group, Farmasol…Etc.) to outline improvement strategies.

 Studying each order to controlling the minimum profit percentage.

 Communicating the suppliers to follow up each order until the time of receiving at our premises.

Procurement Officer at El Sewedy Electric, Subsidiary of El Sewedy Cables
  • Syria - Damascus
  • July 2010 to April 2013

 Reduced the production costs over $ 800 K yearly by finding alternative local sources for multiple imported materials maintaining the quality and saving around 20% of the regular cost for the company.

 Reached $1 million of yearly purchase of parts and materials at the most competitive price serving the production meet the deadlines and achieve the sales targets.

 Established strategic relationship with key suppliers who are aligned to the company's needs emphasizing on the sensitivity of the quality and delivery timings to avoid any stops or delays of the production.

 Worked alongside key suppliers to help them plan their imports to ensure the availability of the materials needed for production.

 Identified new suppliers and continually improved purchasing methods and drove down external spend.

 Effectively collaborated with other internal teams (Panning, Maintenance, quality, design and warehouse teams...etc.) with high team spirit to serve the main goal of producing a high quality product on the scheduled timings.

 Exploitation of Oracle system to the maximum level where most of the transactions were automated making a smooth process cycle as well as helping in the weekly and monthly reports.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Business & Information Technology
  • at Damascus University – Damascus
  • June 2015

Bachelor of Science: Business & Information Technology, 2015 Damascus University, SVU – (Graduated in Dubai – University branch available)

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Specialties & Skills

Purchasing
Communications
MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
PURCHASING
RECEIVING
ACCOUNTANCY
CABLEADO
COMPETITIVE
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT
MARKETING

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Arabic
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