Group Procurement Manager
Ezdan Holding Group
Total years of experience :31 years, 4 Months
EXECUTIVE SYNOPSIS:
Ezdan Holding Group is a multibillion-dollar shareholding company based out of Doha, Qatar. It was on #157 Growth Champions on the Forbes List in 2017.
Ezdan Holding Group is the largest real estate company in the Persian Gulf region and was, in 2013, ranked no. 17 on Forbes magazine's 500 largest Arab corporations. Additionally, EHG is listed no. 1, 250 on Forbes' Global 2000 list.
My last responsibilities in Ezdan (EHG) (Real Estate, Malls, Hotels):
1- In Real Estate for More than 30, 000 units Distributed inside 27 compounds+400 commercial units.
2- Two big Hotels with 3, 000 rooms near Cornish+196 suites.
3- Three big Malls with 590 shops
4- Cityscape in Qatar: I was responsible from A to Z
• I have built, launched, established Procurements departments, and helped Warehouse, from scratch with all requirements, from Policy & Procedures, Forms, Databases with all ISO’s requirements.
• Developing procurement strategies that are inventive and cost-effective.
• Lead the team of procurement professionals to develop and implement sourcing strategies to meet company KPIs.
• Manage all the activities for the tenders from start to finish for high quality bids (i.e., bid responses, funding requests, participation requests, etc.).
• Monitoring of the bid management to ensure it is aligned with the organization's requirements Contribution in cost and price calculations.
• Ensures that every contract signed benefits the company.
• Responsible for leading the efforts associated with the Contract Life cycle.
• Effective proactive liaison with other departments as necessary to forecast, plan to meet, and to supply demand to relevant quality.
• Develop all vendor strategies for all commodities (including technology roadmap and cost-effectiveness)
• Drives contract negotiations (commercial) and price negotiations with suppliers.
• Develop funnels to support year over year cost-saving initiatives.
• Establish a business continuity plan through alternate sourcing, supplier quality and risk management.
• Develop the sourcing strategies (supplier capabilities matrix) for all commodities and ensure smooth execution by the team.
• Drives early supplier engagement in design reviews with cross-functional team on manufacturability, material selection.
• Lead the end-of-life cycle management for materials.
• Lead regular business reviews with suppliers.•
Championed creation and development of policies
» Instituted the Group procurement strategy and roadmap, provided systems and access channels expertise to facilitate future planning and meet supply chain requirements.
» Expert strategic negotiator/influencer, strategically directing RFP processes and driving down cost whilst sustaining quality and service levels from suppliers.
SKILLS :
• Microsoft AX Dynamics (ERP System)
• Computer skills & MS Office Apps
• Cost Reduction Strategies
• Process improvement
• Project Management
• Project development and life cycle
• Business Process Improvement
• Strategic Sourcing
• Contract Management and Negotiation
• Strong Negotiation
• Workflow planning
• Strong critical thinking & Problem Solving
• Customer Service.
• Supply Chain and material Management and Performance.
• Procurement, Contracts, Tenders, Purchasing and SRM.
• Having ability to handle and resolve all vendors /suppliers complains and comments.
• Professional in Policy, Procedures & ISO
• Facilities management (FM) services.
• Real estate development management.
• Time Management
• Leadership & Decision making
• Teamwork - Adaptability
• Conflict Resolution
• Collaboration
• Ability to work in multi-nationality environment.
• Effective excellent Communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to conduct relevant procurement trainings.
• Demonstrated leadership, supervision, management, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work both independently and in a team.
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Accomplishments
Provided strategic thought leadership during framework development, planning and organization of the section/ department.
Challenged existing procurement systems and process to drive efficiencies.
Key Responsibilities:
Directed the entire lifecycle of procurement functions, right from planning, bid preparation, budget/ forecasting, contracting, negotiating - prices, quality, delivery, warranty, etc., purchasing agreements to invoicing and reporting.
Sourced raw materials required for project operations, ensured it is of high quality and best price and in lines with standard specifications, pre-defined by the quality department, endeavored to obtain the same in a timely and cost the best and most favorable terms.
Developed "trusted partner" relationship with suppliers, negotiated contracts, identified innovative solutions that support contracts optimization, improved quality, delivery, pricing & lead-times, in line with corporate policies and procedures.
Generated regular reports on performance and provided comprehensive management information and in-depth spend analysis (purchase records, progressive expenditure statement, vendor performance records), savings secured and potential savings for forecasts and budgets.
Maintain inventory in order to avoid interruption / shortage in materials. Highlight production planning issues / bottlenecks / propose-initiate immediate action to secure business continuity.
Reviewed purchase order claims and agreement for conformance to company policy.
Responsible for the planning and organization of the section / department . and for providing the raw materials required / necessary for the operation of the project with high quality and suitable price depend on the Standard Specification Pre-defined by the quality Dep., to be available in a timely and cost the best and most favorable terms and maintain inventory permanently in order to avoid interruption / shortage in materials .
put planning of purchasing( ANNUALL / SEMIANNUAL / QUARTER / MONTHLY. issue the orders to suppliers follow up the planning & the orders follow up the local & import goods follow up the import goods from the order issue, prforme invoice, demand and openning the L.C and
• shipping to the end untill arraive to the company
• follow up stock on hand and the critical put the ( minimum, maximum, limit of demand ) of the stock
• preparing schedule for the local suppliers definitive quantity and dates . Evaluation for the reliable suppliers .
• put planning of production ( annuall, semiannuall, quarter and monthly )
• issue the orders of working
• follow up the planning and the operating methods.
• follow up the production . close the orders issue the reports
• follow up the planning and the operating methods.
• follow up the production .
• close the orders .
• issue the reports.