Procurement/Suply Chain Team Leader
Middle East Insulation
Total years of experience :11 years, 5 Months
Significant Highlights:
Successful for managing and leading a team of 10 people, including buyers, warehouse, logistics and dispatch staff, thus ensuring cost-effective procurement of goods and services, locally and internationally.
Developed and implemented an effective purchasing strategy along with managing all annual expenses related to direct and indirect material.
Instrumental in overseeing warehouse activities, managing inventory levels, facilitating required material, supervising logistics team members and rendering budgeting and actual expenditure reports to senior management.
Key Responsibilities:
Accountable for designing sourcing strategy, establishing performance objectives and monitoring performance progress.
Effectively leading and negotiating all deals related to capital equipment and major tenders.
Spearheading all supply chain operations in alignment with the applicable procedures, also facilitating optimal sourcing benefits.
Preparing vendor agreements and finalising all contracts with contracts manager after implementing agreed template.
Establishing and maintaining strong relations with stakeholders and all suppliers.
Preparing and providing quarterly dashboard metrics, quotations, purchase orders and letter of credits.
Maintaining close communication with the project team members to ensure availability of required material at project site.
Significant Highlights:
Conducted pre-award technical meetings with the engineering team, project manager and supplier representatives to identify technical requirements of the project.
Steered entire logistics operations and ensured appropriate utilisation and clearance of material to eliminate demurrages.
Constantly monitored and determined latest market trends to acquire high-quality raw material in a cost-effective manner.
Conducted regular site visits and coordinated with the project managers/engineers to monitor progress and resolve any technical aspects as well as make claim for faulty products.
Key Responsibilities:
Proactively involved in various stages of project from bidding to successful completion in accordance with the engineering standards and quality parameters.
Developed and executed detailed procurement and supply chain plan pertaining to high value and complex projects.
Prepared and sent RFQ/RFPs/ floating to qualified suppliers with an aim of acquiring reasonable quotations.
Analysed and forecasted project cost, negotiated contracts, placed orders and followed-up related to all deliveries.
Prepared and maintained project progress and completion reports in addition to analysing project outcomes and recommending improvement initiatives.
Maintained important documents related to all project and collaborated with technical departments to understand technical aspects of the project.
Facilitated required documents for auditing purpose and rated all suppliers to make a strong network of suppliers.
Significant Highlights:
Identified client requirements and accordingly provided apposite solutions, also sourced cost-effective products from local and international suppliers through effective negotiation.
Collaborated with the suppliers to resolve delivery delays, short shipments and pricing discrepancies.
Key Responsibilities:
Undertook responsibility of assessing technical and commercial aspects of the quotations, business proposals and bids.
Provided purchase orders and followed-up material delivery process
Maintained up-to-date vendor database pertaining to oil and gas industry.
Significant Highlights:
Steered the tender process in line with Letter of credit (L/C) and Contract document requirements.
Key Responsibilities:
Assessed technical and commercial requirements of the assigned tenders and prepared feasibility report.
Developed commercial and technical bids along with following-up on proposed tenders.
Bachelors of Science and Electronics and communication Engineering CGPA: 3.88/4 Gold Medalist