Planning Unit Chief Procurement
Al Jouf Cement Company
Total des années d'expérience :14 years, 2 Mois
PLANNING UNIT CHIEF (Procurement Dept.) (16.02.2021 ~ Present)
Job Responsibilities:
• Reviewing specifications in Purchase requisitions of Cement Plant and Power Plant Line 1 and Line 2 and coordinating with end users if any additional data is required before sending to suppliers for getting the offers.
• Reviewing the technical evaluation reports of end users and recommending to accept low price offers if all the PR requirements are fulfilled in the offers instead of always buying from original equipment manufacturers, to save the cost and following up for any missing requirements.
• Supporting Purchase team in efficient execution of purchasing activities.
• Reviewing the requests to create new items codes required by end users, correcting the items specifications and giving approvals to warehouse for codes creation.
• Expanding the list of approved suppliers for getting the required items / services at competitive price and to avoid dependency on single sources and performing supplier’s evaluation.
• Preparation of documents to fulfill the requirements of ISO and API standards for Supply Chain Department (Procurement, Quarry, Clinker Warehouse and Spare Parts warehouse) and representing the Supply Chain Department for all the audits of ISO and API.
• Responsible for HFO booking on Aramco platform for Land and Marine quota and coordinating with Aramco and transportation companies.
• Following up for Cement bags stock and coordinating with suppliers for on time delivery.
• Preparation of different reports for Supply Chain Department related to Raw materials, Fuel, Scrap, Clinker, pending payments, Purchase requests and Purchase orders.
• Suggesting any improvement steps in SAP related to supply chain department and coordinating with IT department for getting the reports on required formats.
• Reviewing rejected spare parts and materials and coordinating with warehouse, procurement team, end users and suppliers for replacements.
• Getting offers from suppliers, coordination with end users and suppliers and end users, negotiating prices and payment terms with suppliers, issuing Purchase orders and following up.
• Responsible for closing Service Entry sheets in SAP after releasing from concerned for all the services received.
• Performing the internal audit of different departments as per different standards.
Achievements:
• Prepared all the documentation for purchase department as per API and ISO standards requirements and coordinated with Quarry, Spare parts Warehouse and Clinker Warehouse for fulfilling audits requirements and passed the audits without any Major Non Conformity.
• Obtained considerable discount from suppliers after negotiations during PO issuance.
• Saved considerable cost during procurement of many spare parts for which end users recommended to purchase from original equipment manufacturers in Technical Evaluation reports with very high prices but convinced them to accept the offers of alternate suppliers who offered similar parts at cheaper price.
PLANNING UNIT CHIEF (Maintenance Dept.)
Worked as In-charge Planning, Lubrication and inspection of mechanical equipment at plant.
Also occasionally worked as Maintenance Engineer in different areas as per Plant requirement.
Job Responsibilities:
• Preparation of mechanical maintenance budget, PRs, contracts, performing PR’s technical evaluations, inspecting spares received & issuing job completion certificates to contractors.
• Assigning inventory levels for spares, improving items specifications & monitoring/controlling spares consumption.
• Vendor development, coordination with suppliers to get solution for ongoing problems & sharing best practices.
• Carrying out root cause analysis to reduce repetitive stoppages, performing R & D activities to suggest alternate maintenance methods to reduce maintenance time/cost.
• Preparing shutdown maintenance plan, arranging resources accordingly & monitoring progress.
• Preparing equipment Lubrication plan and managing lubrication team for its implementation.
• Supervising Inspection and maintenance teams of respective areas.
• Preparing/implementing Preventive Maintenance Plan, issuing inspection reports to maintenance team and follow up for the rectification.
• Performing internal audit of different departments & fulfillment of ISO requirements for Maint. Dept.
• Ensuring compliance with health & safety legislation by whole team.
Achievements:
• Identified different OEMs, made liaison with them and purchased quality spares directly from manufacturers/Sole distributors & minimized spares cost significantly.
• Prepared/implemented Lubrication Plan & reduced Lubricants cost considerably.
• Prepared Maintenance Dept. SOP, job descriptions, work procedures and successfully fulfilled ISO Audit requirements.
• Carried out Internal Audit of different Departments.
Worked as Planning Engineer.
Job responsibilities :
• Prepared Purchase requests using ERP on the basis of store re-order levels, spares consumption and equipment health established from inspection/stoppage reports, performed technical evaluations and inspected received spares.
• Assigned/corrected inventory levels, item specifications & identified duplicate codes.
• Vendor Development, OEM identification done and made liaison with them, purchased quality spares and coordinated with them to solve the ongoing problems at plant.
• Prepared work orders/contracts, coordinated with the service companies, worked with them jointly during their visits to our site, inspected jobs performed by them, issued job completion certificates and verified their bills.
• Participated in different negotiation meetings with vendors.
• Prepared shutdown plans, arranged required spares & workforce and coordinated with concerned team for execution.
• Coordinated with maintenance team of plant as well as other plants of Bestway Group to share the best practices.
• Performed R & D activities related to modification/replacement of parts and prepared projects feasibility.
• Estimated maintenance costs and evaluated alternatives to minimize the cost and prepared departmental budgets.
• Maintaining the organized record of all the documents related to above mentioned activities.
• Ensured compliance with health and safety legislation.
Major Tasks:
• Worked on procurement/installation of improved design Clinker Feeding Bucket Elevator.
• Identified different OEMs, made liaison with them and purchased quality spares directly from manufacturers/OEM/Sole distributors and minimized the third parties profits significantly.
• Increased equipment reliability by purchasing quality spares.
• Internal audit of Mining Dept.
• Technical audit of Packing Plant
1 Worked as Maintenance Area In-charge at Cement Mills, Packing Plant, and
Raw Mills and Crushers.
2. Also Worked as Planning Engr.
(a) Job Responsibilities as Area In-charge:
• Organized all the maintenance activities of concerned area equipment and performed trouble shooting.
• Made scheduled checks on machinery by implementing preventive maintenance plan to ensure smooth operation of plant and to minimize the unplanned stoppages.
• Prepared shutdown maintenance plan and execute the shutdown activities within specified time.
• Allocated work to technical staff to ensure that 24 hour cover is available.
• Ensured compliance with health and safety legislation.
Major Tasks:
• Dismantling / Erection / Commissioning of Clinker Feeding Bucket Elevator
• Maintenance of Gearboxes of Bucket Elevators and Cement Mill main drive.
• Replacement of Rollers and Bearings of Roller Presses at Cement Mills
• Modification of Chinese Packers into H & B Packer design.
• Replacement of Roller Tires and Table Liners of Vertical Raw Mill
• Replacement of White Metal Slide Shoe Bearings and Repairing of Sliding Bearing Journal
(b) Job Responsibilities as Planning Engineer:
As mentioned above under Sr. Assistant Manager.
Worked as Acting Area Incharge at Raw Mill, Feeding Area, Kiln and Cement Mills.
Job Responsibilities as Area Incharge:
As mentioned above under Assistant Manager.
BSc Mechanical Engg.
Intermediate
Matric