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Amjad Shorab, Group Purchasing Head

Amjad Shorab

Group Purchasing Head·Concorde-Corodex Group

United Arab Emirates

Bachelor's degree, BSc. Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Work experience

Total years of experience: 23 years, 5 months

Group Purchasing Head

March 2012 - Present

Concorde-Corodex Group

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

March 2012 - Present

1) Manage and Train the Group’s centralized purchasing team.
2) Maximize saving, by developing the Purchasing Procedure.
3) Provide new solution to reduce the cost and expenses.
4) Provide spend Analysis to orient the Group business.
5) Generate Group Data Cleansing Procedure and link with the UNSPSC (United Nations Standard for Products and Service Code).
6) Study and Analyze the Group’s ERP system.
7) Generate the Group Stock Taking Procedure

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Purchasing and Procurement

Supply Chain Head

November 2010 - March 2012

Concorde-Corodex Group

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

November 2010 - March 2012

1) Generate smooth and organized procedure to improve the Group’s inter- communications in professional manner.
2) Provide a new Fixed Asset controlling system for the Group
3) Re-organize the manpower to increase the efficiency of stores with minimum cost.

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Purchasing and Procurement

Purchasing In-Charge

September 2007 - November 2010

Concorde-Corodex Group

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

September 2007 - November 2010

 Deputize the Purchasing, Store and logistics Manager
 Create new purchasing system to transfer from business unit purchasing system to Group Supply Chain Department.
 Develop and improve the purchasing procedure to a higher level
 Provide the required support to the stores improve the service quality
 Sourcing and evaluating sub-contractor and suppliers.
 Planning, purchasing, schedule material's delivery and administrative tasks

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Purchasing and Procurement

Procurement Department Head

November 2006 - September 2007

Concorde-Corodex Group

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

November 2006 - September 2007

 Developing new procedure of procurements to match our End user level (Oil field, government, semi-government and Privet clients)
 Apply our terms and conditions for the company procurement contracts
 Directing the company yearly Procurement Plans
 Managing the Department team to achieve the goals of the department.
 Advising the Technical and Design Teams for better Design Solutions
 Creating procedures of storing our inventory
 Controlling our International Logistics importing and exporting operations

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Purchasing and Procurement

Project Engineer

November 2005 - November 2006

Concorde-Corodex Group

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

November 2005 - November 2006

 Preparation of Project Bill of materials
 Purchasing and procurements of project requirements
 Initiating the Project schedules and project Planning
 Project reporting and Project communications
 Revise the project contracts
 Project Financial Monitoring
 Review the Plant Designs (Reverse Osmosis Plants, Sewage treatment plant, Filtration Systems and pumping stations...etc)
 Procurement stock for repeated and expected Projects
 Complied and Developed comprehensive quality control System

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Engineering

Production Engineer

July 2004 - November 2005

Concorde-Corodex Group

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

July 2004 - November 2005

 Supervision of plants manufacturing (Electrical & Mechanical)
 Projects commissioning
 Supervision of site installation
 Preparation for Plants materials
 Successfully minimized the old stock, by using in production phase to reduce the capital of non moving items
 Complied and Developed comprehensive quality control System

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Engineering

Electrical / Electronic Engineer

July 2003 - July 2004

Concorde-corodex Group

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

July 2003 - July 2004

 Electrical Design for the control panels.
 Designing sophisticated Automation PLC programming using Siemens Simatic Step-7 software and Siemens LOGO
 Choosing and Installing the right required Instruments and sensors for the different applications (+GF+, Rosemount, ABB … etc)
 Aware of Designing control & Automation Wiring Diagrams including different motor starters (DOL, Y-∆, …etc)
 Supervise site installations
 Equipment Calibration and Maintenance

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Engineering

Teacher Assistant

January 2003 - June 2003

Ajman University

Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

January 2003 - June 2003

 Assess and Supervise laboratory Sessions
 Organize Tutorials & Practice Seminars
 Assess in Making exams
 Maintained Laboratory Equipment

Company industry:
Primary, Prep, & Secondary School
Job role:
Teaching and Academics

Education

Ajman University

January 2003

January 2003

Bachelor's degree, BSc. Electrical/Electronic Engineering

United Arab Emirates

GPA (percentage): 80%

GPA (percentage): 80%

Skills

Tenders
Expert
Tenders
Expert
Proposal Management
Expert
Proposal Management
Expert
Purchasing Management
Expert
Purchasing Management
Expert
Sourcing
Expert
Sourcing
Expert
Supply Chain
Expert
Supply Chain
Expert
Windows and internet Browsing
Expert
Windows and internet Browsing
Expert
Problem solving skills
Expert
Problem solving skills
Expert
Initiative and self motivated
Expert
Initiative and self motivated
Expert
Analytical skills
Expert
Analytical skills
Expert
Negotiation skills
Expert
Negotiation skills
Expert
Project Managemnt
Expert
Project Managemnt
Expert
leadership skills
Expert
leadership skills
Expert
Tenders
Expert
Tenders
Expert
Proposal Management
Expert
Proposal Management
Expert
Purchasing Management
Expert
Purchasing Management
Expert
Sourcing
Expert
Sourcing
Expert
Supply Chain
Expert
Supply Chain
Expert

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Training
“Project Management Scheduling” Using Primavera Project Planning Program Level 1
UAE Society of Engineers
Nov 2006
Purchasing and Material Management
Indian Institute of Materials Management (IIMM)
Mar 2007
Fire Warden – Specific Duties & Responsibilities
First International Fire Fighting Training
Jan 2012
Care of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)
First International Fire Fighting Training
Sep 2011
“Resource Management” Using Primavera project Planning Program Level 2
UAE Society of Engineers
Feb 2007