Assistant Procurement Manager
Enova Facilities Management
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :10 years, 0 أشهر
Key Result Areas:
• Establishing the procurement, purchasing, and contracts departmental strategy and ensuring effective cascading of that strategy into implementable policies and procedures in line with the overall business objectives of the organization
• Managing the effective achievement of objectives through setting individual objectives, managing performance, developing and motivating staff, provision of formal and informal feedback and appraisal to maximize subordinate and overall performance
• Analyzing the organization's procurement needs to support the development of comprehensive purchasing plans and activities to meet the company’s requirements within the required time frames
• Negotiating with selected suppliers on price to obtain the best market cost for supplies or services to achieve cost savings and optimally utilize Enova’s budgets
• Managing and reviewing the contract preparation process in line with the defined scope of work and specifications to protect the Company's interests in collaboration with the Legal and Compliance department and ensure that contractors adhere to the specified terms and conditions, timelines, and quality standards
• Managing the development of standard templates and formats on contract issuance and provide necessary recommendations to ensure timely and accurate development of documents
• Analysis of the current situation to understand Procurement KPI and deliverables, monitoring the KPI performance and propose needed optimizations to generate efficiency, propose and present potential solutions to convince the internal stakeholders
• Identifying continuously the potential and needed process improvements and tools to be proposed and presenting the list of developments to be implemented
• Analyzing and monitoring the market practices including price bench-marking, and price identification
• Formulating budgets, global procurement strategies, and category structures aligning with corporate and regional stakeholders
• Driving Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) initiatives relating to people, process, technology, and sustainability pillars
• Developing and negotiating with vendors for the right material/price/sourcing and evaluating vendor’s performance in terms of quality, cost, delivery (QCD), and service for achieving cost-effective purchases of materials; raising purchase orders for supply and work orders
Highlights:
• Managed and executed the complete contracting cycle, including, pre-qualification, bid invitation, bid opening, evaluation, negotiation awarding, signing, amendment, change order, invoices, claims avoidance, dispute resolution, arbitration, and contract close-out
• Assisted in the development and implementation of contracting policies, procedures, and contract management strategies in alignment with the FIDIC, ICC, and WCC (formerly IACCM) contracts in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and current industry standards
• Formulated and executed contracting strategy for USD 3.53 billion projects, identifying potential risks and developing strategies to mitigate risks, liaising with stakeholders to develop contracting strategies, and recommending the best value strategy to the business
• Successfully saved USD 28 million through the strategic procurement of generation, transmission, distribution, and general services contracts
• Established a procurement dashboard to induce operational transparency and diagnose contracting performance through its demand, develop, procure, and administer phases of the process to ensure timely delivery of contracts with high efficiency and reduced errors
• Analyzed contracts for potential risks, providing recommendations for mitigating those risks when necessary, and ensuring all contracts were up-to-date and in compliance with local laws, regulations, and industry standards related to contract management
• Drove efforts towards setting, monitoring, and improving contracting procedures, for the efficient functioning of the contracting system; assisting the digital transformation team working on the migration of SAP SRM module to SAP ARIBA module for the contracting
• Liaised with local and global vendors, manufacturers, and contractors for multi-billion power plant construction and investment projects; reviewing supplier contracts to identify opportunities to renegotiate terms, and find alternatives with better value for money
• Ensured that all contracts were reviewed and approved on time, resulting in a 100% compliance rate with contract review timelines
Highlights:
• Successfully delivered cost savings worth USD 7.2 million by leading cross-functional review teams, conducting competitive bidding exercises, reviewing freight terms for imported items, challenging current specifications, standardization, and setting spending limits
• Managed and led the team in steering the complete sourcing cycle, including data collection, demand planning, market analysis, RFI, RFP, RFQ, e-sourcing, global sourcing, clarifications, supplier selection, negotiation, award, delivery, custom clearance, and payments
• Spearheaded the responsibility for CAPEX and OPEX sourcing during COVID-19 by identifying and mitigating potential risks associated with the supply chain disruptions, ensuring compliance with contract terms and delivery schedules, and developing contingency plans
• Directed the implementation of economical sourcing of supplies and services as per the requirements, taking into consideration schedule, market availability, and relevant past data to ensure growth and operational efficiency of the supply chain of the company
• Spearheaded the responsibility for imports through the electronic platform ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, creating certificates of conformity, and dealing with certification bodies around the globe for effective customs clearance
• Formulated SCM budgets, plans, policies, systems, and procedures, strategies to improve operations, and reduce costs
• Establishing alternate vendor base of material to achieve cost reduction, increase revenues, streamline process workflow, and create a teamwork environment to enhance productivity innovatively for in-house and vendor parts
• Successfully led strategic sourcing and qualification of alternative prime raw materials to break the monopoly of the existing supplier
• Achieved an annual cost saving of USD 1.2 million on raw materials and packaging materials through strategic sourcing and the expansion of the supplier base
• Established a risk register to proactively identify potential risks, assess them, and develop response plans to mitigate potential threats
• Reviewed data on imported items and expanded the list of exempted commodities to generate additional savings of USD 1 million
• Expanded supplier base by 500, significantly decreasing the reliance on single-source commodities from an initial 21% to 6%
• Achieved a significant reduction in demurrage/detention costs, decreasing from an annual USD 50, 000 to negligible numbers
• Experienced substantial growth, advancing from 0% to an impressive 70% in pre-clearance of import shipments for direct materials
Highlights:
• Successfully achieved supply chain savings worth USD 2.4 million in direct and indirect procurements by leading cross-functional review teams, conducting competitive tender exercises, reviewing freight, analyzing alternative supply sources, challenging the specifications
• Successfully delivered cost savings worth USD 1.2 million by selecting custom-free HS codes from the same product category, justifications to customs for duty exemptions, and importing parts for the same category that can be assembled on the plant instead of system
• Spearheaded the successful management and conclusion of two repairs and maintenance facilities, one to repair the company vehicles, and the other for fabrication and machining to achieve cost savings and cost avoidance, and proposed solutions to the supply chain
• Developed a system for inventory management that helped reduce the amount of stock held, minimizing waste, and reduced the storage cost by 35%, and inventory carrying cost by 20% while maintaining an adequate level to meet the production demand
• Restructured the material import process in compliance with applicable laws and regulations to reduce customs clearance by 3 days
• Worked together with the warehouse team to manage inventory, delivery, shipment receiving, and return in a timely fashion
• Handled and monitored claims from vendors for defective MRO, shortage, missing parts deliveries, and supplier discrepancies and followed credit notes, and direct return of discrepant deliveries to the vendor whenever required
• Analyzed GRN, DN, and invoice and follow-up with the accounts payable for timely reconciliation of supplier statements
• Prepared reports with data analysis for the management review, resulting in a 20% increase in data accuracy and quality
• Ensured adherence to policy, and standards and tracked performance of indicators with set benchmarks and the KPIs
• Oversaw logistics support, inventory control, and efficient distribution; arranged inbound shipping and managed customs clearance
• Managed vendor contracts and addressed vendor complaints and concerns; maintained records of purchases and facilitated audits
• Documented and maintained weekly, and monthly supplier scorecards which included supplier performance, supplier part rejection performance, and on-time delivery; preparing MIS reports
• Implemented a Cargo consolidation system for inbound shipments, resulting in cost savings of approximately USD 500, 000
Highlights:
• Led the launch of an effective procurement system to control cost and quality by analyzing purchase requests, identifying potential suppliers, soliciting bids, evaluating bids, negotiations, purchase orders or contracts, delivery, inspections, and final payments
• Registered project savings worth USD 3.6 million by negotiations, sourcing cost-effective materials, cost reduction strategies, optimization of inventory, total cost of ownership for buying heavy equipment, consolidated purchases, and competitive bidding
• Played a key role in the implementation of the procurement strategy to balance cost savings with quality control, risk management, risk mitigation, and strong supplier relationships for better communication and collaboration to deliver the project on time and within budget
• Executed regular supplier review meetings to identify areas of unsatisfactory performance, delays in delivery of materials and services, quality issues, long lead times, pricing and recommend corrective actions to effectively manage the procurement activities
• Developed and implemented favorable terms and conditions for vendors, resulting in cost savings, and mitigating potential risks
• Managed the transportation, storage, and distribution of goods, materials, and equipment, resulting in a 25% reduction in delivery times
• Successfully identified and evaluated potential suppliers resulting in a 30% increase in the overall vendor performance
Logistics and Supply Chain Management constitutes integration and coordination of the flow of material, information, and finances both internal and external to the company. The PG Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management course encompasses business sustainability and green operations, general operations, project management, and cover logistics management to equip with the latest business and social needs. This program helped me to enhance my skills by virtue of the changing business demands.
A comprehensive education in supply chain design, supply chain management, operations management, data analysis, logistics, plant design and layout, manufacturing processes, manufacturing strategy, product design and development, operations strategy, logistics, as well as data analysis and modeling.
A thorough study of manufacturing technology with management science to accomplish the manufacturing processes effectively and efficiently with subjects like engineering materials, casting technology, machining technology, physical and mechanical joining processes, tool engineering, metrology, manufacturing systems, automation, and rapid manufacturing.
A combine broad-based education in the engineering sciences with a strong grounding in quantitative, problem-solving, design engineering, analysis, manufacture of a wide variety of mechanical components and systems, energy conversion, materials engineering, manufacturing engineering and communications skills by emphasizing both analytical and creative methods.
