Senior Procurement Buyer
MBC Group
Total years of experience :17 years, 11 Months
.-Working on projects that have clear and defined deliverables.
-Applying strategic approach towards the procurement functions
-Assisting in defining and applying new procedures and processes to enhance the workflow and add value to the procurement department
-Being a part of the Supplier evaluation process.
-Maintaining and developing long term relationships with the suppliers
-Contracts management
-Producing structured project reports.
-Client Orientation, maintaining and developing the relationships with the internal customers
- Mapping spend, per department and per category. Developing a strategy and planning negotiations to reduce spend
- Category management and strategizing spend pertinent to each category that is core to the business with the focus on Broadcasting, IT and Facilities
- Negotiation Planning, focusing
- Contract management, with all the key suppliers, managing KPIs and performance management.
- Supplier relationship management with all the key vendors, ensuring a strategic relationship is
maintained with the supplier.
- Process improvement, ensuring procurement procedures are slick and are optimally implemented.
- Internal client focus
- Liaising between suppliers, manufacturers, relevant internal departments and customers;
- Checking costs, quality and levels of service;
- Reading and negotiating on major contracts and monitoring and managing their progress by liaising between the finance, Legal and technical departments.
- developing market knowledge and contacts for new products and services;
- Identifying potential suppliers;
- evaluating bids and making recommendations based on commercial and technical factors;
-Have been a part of the team that worked towards putting the systems and procedures in place which resulted in achieving CIPS certification.
-Supervising personnel assigned to Expediting or other procurement functions.
-Review purchase orders to determine items being manufactured, scheduled shipping date, destination, priority of order and receipt.
-Contact suppliers by mail, telephone, e-mail to verify delivery schedule, adherence to specifications and required delivery date.
-Communicate as necessary to correct any delays.
-Arrange for storage and/or distribution of materials upon arrival as required.
-Review jobsite receiving reports for completeness and accuracy.
-Input data into database formats.
-Maintain assigned department and project documentation files.
-Assist with other procurement functions as required by supervision.
• Order processing
• Coordinating between the suppliers and the warehouse and between the stores
• Handling the coordination between the Customer care unit and the Procurement Department
• Worked with JDEdwards
Bachelor of Business Administration (Honors) in Information Systems Done from Sky line Sharjah (Affiliated)
Higher Diploma in Software Engineering Aptech Computer Training Institute, Sharjah, U.A.E.
