Regional Sourcing - Purchasing Specialist
Guardian Industries
Total years of experience :10 years, 1 Months
• Generating and implementing efficient sourcing and category management strategies, managing the company's supply portfolio ensuring transparency of spending.
• Building value-added relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders to conduct an effective and efficient sourcing activities.
• In-line with company’s vision, policies, Risk philosophy, Trading mentality, economic and critical thinking skills, sense of urgency to generate the greatest contribution.
• Initiate RFx's, contract negotiation and ensure commercial terms are agreed and documented. Ensure Compliance, NDA and T&Cs are positioned appropriately before business is initiated.
• Work with Global Category managers to develop sourcing strategies to implement at regional level and get aligned with cross functional teams.
• Develop and implement effective cost management programs to deliver optimized Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and continuous cost improvement.
• Protecting the company against unfair or unethical trade practices and unrealistic or exorbitant price increases. Anticipate and embrace the change.
• Uphold and inculcate the Integrity and Customer Focus. Negotiate favorable terms, conditions, and pricing to fulfill the timely delivery of services/goods based on the requests.
• Consolidate spend across supply base to create leverage, analyze purchasing trends and develop sourcing alternatives. Identify new high potential suppliers on global basis.
• Develop key performance measures for preferred suppliers and negotiate on multiple variables to award contracts that result in significant cost reduction and improved service levels.
• Using Coupa Software.
Senior Purchasing Specialist
MisrNaft For Advanced Petroleum Services, Heliopolis, Cairo
• Making quotations and establishing terms and conditions from suppliers and vendors to customers (Oil and Petroleum Companies).
• Receiving purchase orders from various customers (Oil and Petroleum Companies) and get price quotes from suppliers.
• Contacting suppliers to schedule deliveries or to discuss shortages or missed deliveries.
• Preparing purchase orders on behalf of our customers (Oil and Petroleum Companies) and send it suppliers.
• Reviewing prices and product specifications from various suppliers to determine which would provide the best deal except our vendors.
• Creating and maintaining purchasing files and price lists.
• Tracking deliveries and make sure that we receive exactly what was ordered from suppliers and meets our customer product specification. Also we check shipments to ensure the appropriate items were delivered.
• Receiving and answering supplier and customer inquiries about order changes or cancellations and check requisition orders for accuracy.
• Analyze all suppliers in order to select the most suitable suppliers who are able to deliver high quality products at competitive pricing.
• Negotiate with suppliers on lead-time, cost and quality so as to obtain the maximum benefit for the company.
• Perform regular performance review with suppliers to drive continuous improvements.
• Audited suppliers to ensure compliance to company objectives and policies.
• Working with suppliers such as Wayne dresser for Oil Pumps, MSA(General Monitors) for Gas and Flame detectors, MEDC by Eaton for Signalling and alarms devices, Emco Wheaton & Loadtec for loading arms and L&J Technologies for Tank Accessories.
BBA: Accounting Higher Technological Institute - 10th Of Ramadan City, Egypt • General grade: “C+” Good. • Graduation Project grade: “A” Excellent. Graduation project: Feasibility study for the establishment of regular Portland cement plant.