Head of Procurement & Vendor Management
The Saudi British Bank - Sabb
Total years of experience :29 years, 2 Months
· Lead the Department transformation in line with the Bank’s strategic plan
· Lead and plan the strategic cost reduction initiative
· Continuous review of Policies and Procedures to ensure efficiency, agility, compliance and risk management
· Lead the Buy smart replacement project
· Prepare the department’s strategy for 2021 -2025
· Resources management to ensure delivery of KPI’s with complete adherence to budget
· Supervise the Team development and employee’s satisfaction
· Manage the department Operational Procurement, Strategic procurement, Vendor Management & Procurement System) towards delivery of the assigned KPI’s
· Identify and manage the supplier risk
· Formulating annual plan for the year by working closely with other departments of the Bank.
· Working closely heads of other departments across the Bank and collecting their annual plans for the year with respect to the Purchasing department.
· Continuous monitory of the performance of the department to ensure on time delivery of projects to the satisfaction of internal stakeholders
· Closely monitoring 3rd party expenditure requests that comes in from within the Bank.
· Delivery/reporting of financial savings as per methodology outlined in Purchasing FIM equivalent to target of third party
· Ensuring that SABB service contracts formulated by the Purchasing department contain appropriate SLA’s and are legally adequate and enforceable
· Conducting regular meetings with all suppliers/vendors to keep abreast of market developments and ensuring quick resolution of after sales service.
· Providing access to contract details to contract owners on a need to know basis
· Managing Operational and Compliance Risk.
· Reviewing the suppliers/vendors annually to minimize counter party fraud/risk as per Group standards.
· Meet the Objectives of SAMA Guidelines on Internal Control Guidelines
· Enhancing and monitoring compliance adherence across the bank by enforcing SABB Outsourced Services Policy.
· Improving internal communication and enabling internal customers
· Conducting monthly meetings with major stakeholders and achieving a targeted reduction in repeated issues.
· Working closely with other departments and supporting them to improve internal satisfaction scores as per target for all operational support departments.
· Leading and managing a team and contributing to the cost rationalization of Human Capital within SABB.
· Ensuring targeted staff trainings for the year per employee and achieving 20:70:10 performance rating distribution
· Ensuring targeted overall Employee Engagement Index score, retention of key talent and managing poor performance.
· Ensuring targeted overall Employee Engagement Index score, retention of key talent and managing poor performance.
· Establish Ownership and accountability under the SABB’s three line of defense model
· Key risks within the activities and operations of the business are identified, mitigated and monitored by an appropriate control environment that is commensurate with the risk appetite of the business and the bank.
· Ensuring suitable control teams where required to discharge these accountabilities.
· Joining Up/Leveraging HSBC Group.
· Aligning with Group Purchasing, adopting and incorporating best practices
· Leveraging on global Group contracts and sharing the cost as and when beneficial to SABB.
· Leading the Procurement and Contracts Integration for the merger of SABB and Alawwal Banks
· Leading the Synergy progress and achievement of the combined bank
· Responsible for the assessment of the Procurement Synergy and integration reporting
· Managing the Risk assessment and compliance with roles and regulations
· Provide thought leadership and partnership in the development of key policies such as Procurement, Spend.
· Develop processes and documentation utilized by Strategic Sourcing and other stakeholders leading to standardized execution of key strategic sourcing activities such as RFx for medium to high complexity sourcing decisions creation and management, supplier qualification, contract management, supplier management, spend analytics etc.
· Serve as a trusted business advisor to stakeholders, providing best-in-class technical consulting from a sourcing and external benchmark/industry perspective to drive transformation and process improvements to be in-line with 2030 vision.
· Lead the development of the strategic sourcing team, ensuring the education of SABB staff in Purchasing for all team members.
· Develop sourcing strategies and manage analytics to facilitate planning and sourcing.
· Managing the development of supplier sourcing and vetting.
· Contributing in managing the department annual operating budget.
· Lead commodity profiling and marketing analysis.
· Ensure Meeting cost targets for new products by negotiating alternatives with internal and external entities.
· Perform the role of Supplier Relationship Manager at an executive level.
· Conduct Top-to-Top meetings with suppliers that include holistic supplier performance management and review.
· Identifying and implementing innovative sourcing techniques.
· Manage rigorous analysis in order to scope and prioritize new sourcing opportunities within projects areas.
· vital role in securing the orders of budget holders and other interested parties in the bank up to Senior Executive level. Responsible for providing assistance and success for providing the purchasing strategies.
· Successfully designed and ensured the very best commercial arrangements are achieved. Monitored supplier performance. Understood the sensitivity of the existing and potential banking relationships with the suppliers.
· Gained good understanding of opportunities and threats.
· Manage and deliver professional procurement services, covering a wide range of products and services which are sourced on external suppliers. also ably support the Head of Purchasing in planning, developing and controlling the overall Purchasing department to partner Business expansion requirements,
· Ensuring total conformance to all agreed specifications, the quality of goods and services at the most effective price and within agreed time constraints. To deputize the Head of Purchasing in his absence.
· Determine the annual plan and the success of Purchasing Strategies.
· Lead and manage cross-functional procurement projects, including RFIs, RFQs and RFPs; identifying and execute tasks, establish timelines, and key milestones for achievement.
· Lead and negotiate contracts - Master Service Agreements (MSA), Statements of Work (SOW) - establishing standard terms and conditions across all agreement types.
· Build up quality control procedures and vendors scorecards (commercially)
· Coordinate / negotiate with suppliers, Legal and internal management to develop agreements in accordance local policy and regulatory.
· Approves purchase orders, blankets or other purchasing instruments for release of items per contract / agreements.
· Key contract negotiator with a focus on value creation through initiatives related to total cost of ownership (TCO), quality improvements, demand management, supply chain expertise, supplier management, innovative solutions and outsourcing.
IT Team Leader, Field Operations-User support Manager, Jul 2002 - Apr 2006
Information Management Administrator, Field Operations, Oct 1997 - Jul 2002
Computer System Operator, Field Operations, Feb 1995 - Sep 1997
· Assigned responsibility of providing Infrastructure support, Vendor Management & Escalation.
· Tasked with Peripheral procurement, installation, and supply management
· Involved in the Equipment forecasting, Server procurement & installation and Capacity Planning
· Responsible for handling migration to all NT supported domain to w2k environment and maintaining the
· computer systems of KFSH and server management
· Tasked with installing, upgrading, backup, monitoring servers such as AIX, DG Lab system etc. and providing support to Workstation, Laptops, printers and Application
· Involved in the troubleshooting and diagnosing network related issues, cable termination, installing network switches.
· Responsible for managing Software and Hardware Installation, E-mail configuration through network or modem connectivity and providing support to the End-Users