Sr. Procurement Officer
Gulftainer Ltd.
Total years of experience :16 years, 9 Months
Responsible for port terminals procurement activities, handling local and international supplier for
Khorfakkan Container Terminal, Sharjah Container Terminal and Iraq Container Terminal.
Initiating the recruitment and selection of suppliers in accordance with company regulations.
Liaising with heads of user departments, sections and terminal port offices to determine
procurement requirements.
Preparing bid documents and recommending procurement methods to contracts committee.
Placing orders of suppliers through use of SAP LPOs.
Receiving and opening bids, coordinating the evaluation of bids and submitting reports.
Ensuring that suppliers deliver goods services and works in accordance with specifications and
terms of order.
Constantly and proactively review and identify areas for cost improvement and service levels of all
vendors.
Handle any other assignments, administrative and secretarial work as and when assigned.
Review planned orders, creates requisitions for purchased items and manages approval process, Track order acknowledgement, prepare and communicates shortage and backlog reports and provides visibility of potential interruptions to internal customers.
Track orders and confirms system lead times, delivery dates and cost, review, updates and maintain purchase order until they are closed. Leads finance and logistics staff in resolving reception and invoice discrepancies. Identifies opportunities and implements actions to achieve efficiency. Contributes to consolidation, reduction and rationalization of local supplier base.
Scheduling which include information about what classes are being offered daily, what participants can expect to learn, what prerequisites are necessary, and where classes will be held.
Marketing the available opportunities to employees & trainees, handles a wide variety of administrative duties and project management tasks.
Handling high volume of customer inquiries and providing a high quality service to each caller, carrying out administrative tasks such as data input, processing information, completing paper work and filing document.
Does the Proposal & Contract preparation. Collaboration with other departments. Technical for product or technical queries. Manufacturing and logistics for processed orders and delivery dates. Work closely with Marketing for the arrangement of product presentations and supporting material, such as technical papers or customer reference, to help sales representative win business.
• Contact suppliers to resolve missed deliveries, short shipments and pricing discrepancies
• Negotiate purchases to ensure lowest cost consistent with company standards for quality products
• Providing value added services by constantly striving to find better products and services
• Developing standard base upon value analysis & budget limitation
• Develop, compile, reconcile, and or update information of vendor and stock data base to provide effective processing, information management and reporting