Faheem Ahmed - CIPP, Procurement Specialist

Faheem Ahmed - CIPP

Procurement Specialist

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Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Master's degree, Master in Business Administration
Experience
16 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 2 Months

Procurement Specialist at ICS
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since June 2015

• Currently responsible for the procurement of different projects of Construction, Facility Management, Operations and Maintenance, MEP, ICT, Low Current Systems, and Data Centers.
• Assisting in developing and implementing procurement, sourcing, and department strategic plans to achieve the business targets.
• Preparing various reports including the progress and spend analysis to ensure that management has accurate and useful information.
• Preparing long and short-term cash flow forecast reports and plans for management review and approval.
• Mitigating the risk to procurement activities and actively managing to eliminate it.
• Participating and recommending the changes in procurement plan, policies, and procedures to improve performance.
• Implementing and Monitoring the Procurement and QMS Polices & Procedures and reporting to management for any Minor or Major non-conformity.
• Highlighting the areas of improvement in the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Procurement module, and proposing the solution to increase efficiency.
• Coordinating and supporting the project management, client, subcontractors and other internal and external stakeholders to complete the procurement activities.
• Implementing and monitoring the end-to-end procurement through Strategic sourcing, and contract management.
• Sourcing new and competent suppliers and developing a consolidated database to meet current and future needs.
• Monitoring and evaluating potential vendors/suppliers, building positive relationships to achieve the targets.
• Ensuring the Quality Control of all procurement data and maintaining the record of all Purchase Requests (PRs), Requests for Quotations (RFQs), Requests for Proposals (RFPs), and Purchase Orders (POs).
• Receiving Purchase Requests, reviewing, and recording in the database.
• Preparing solicitation, Issuing Requests for Quotations and Requests for Proposals to various vendors.
• Analyzing and reviewing offers and proposals received from suppliers for compliance with the purchase request (PR) project requirement, budget, and timeline.
• Negotiating with vendors/suppliers to get the best value and terms complying with the requirements.
• Preparing Techno-Commercial Comparison of various offers for management review.
• Supervising/Creating Vendors, Material Masters, and Purchase Orders in ERP.
• Monitoring the complete Procurement Cycle after Placing the PO (Purchase Order) approved by management.
• Receiving and verifying the invoices with orders before initiating payment requests to the account department.
• Effectively Coordinating & supporting all departments and ensuring timely advance payments for on-time deliveries.
• Handling the Petty Cash to manage the urgent and small cash purchases.
• Collecting, and organizing the legal and contractual documentation and the drafting of Contracts for Construction, MEP, Maintenance, and Services.
• Working in the cross-functional team for preparing draft contracts/orders with vendors/suppliers.
• Administering and supporting the different Pre-Award activities including schedules, meetings, evaluation, and negotiation.
• Managing the documentation of contract changes in value, quantity, prices, terms & conditions, etc.
• Assisting the Bidding Team to ensure the evaluations of proposals, offers, bids, and the selection of the best supplier.
• Coordinating and helping Logistic and Warehouse teams for timely deliveries and quality of products.
• Estimating the Customs Duties of imported products based on the HS codes and coordinating with shippers for alternative HS codes to reduce/ remove the customs duty.
• Registering the imported products in the SABER Portal and Applying for Conformity & Self Declaration certificates.
• Coordinating with Forwarders for the shipment status, customs clearance processes, and deliveries.

Document Control Manager at ICS Nett
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • June 2015 to December 2021

• Developing and implementing Document Management System (DMS) with proper protocol, procedures, and instructions to fulfill the requirement of QMS ISO 9001:2015 and project requirements.
• Ensuring all the project documentation and communication are as per the approved project management plans.
• Preparing, implementing, and monitoring Document Management Plans, Policies, and Procedures.
• Effectively Coordinating with Project Manager/Director, Engineering Team, and PMO.
• Meeting and Coordinating with consultant/contractor for Submission & Approval of various design and material submittals.
• Ensuring controlled copies of the latest approved documents and drawings are distributed to the engineers, contractors, and suppliers.
• Administering data/document management applications (PCM Primavera Contract Manager).
• Managing the receipt, tracking, and monitoring of documents through the use of standard EDMS programs to register documents, maintain databases, and produce logs, transmittals, and other reports as required.
• Ensuring the timely distribution of all the official correspondences to all stakeholders \[Letters, Transmittals, Request for Information (RFI), Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs), etc.\]
• Ensuring that Filing of all Design documentation, Correspondence, and other documents are as per the Document Management Plan.
• Supervising the team of document controllers in head office and project sites.
• Providing training and orientation of Document Management Plan, and Procedures to the new employees.
• Attending the project meetings with clients and other contractors.

Admin/Purchase Officer at Strengthening Participatory Organization
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • March 2012 to December 2014

• Preparing the budget for office operations and various project activities from the perspective of administration and procurement.
• Preparing the variance sheet of actual spending against the budgeted value at the end of the budget period.
• Sourcing of vendors/suppliers for different procurement activities in the Project Areas (16 Towns of 4 Cities).
• Receiving Purchase Requests (PR) from all teams and Issuing the Request of Quotations (RFQ) to various suppliers.
• Reviewing offers and proposals received from suppliers against the budgeted value and requirement.
• Negotiating with suppliers to get the best value and terms as per the requirements.
• Preparing Techno-Commercial Comparison of various offers for Regional Procurement Committee approval.
• Issuing the Purchase Orders (PO) and Letter of Intents (POI) to suppliers.
• Creating and signing annual contacts for different servicing for Fuel and Maintenance of Vehicles, Hotels, Catering, and Event Organizers for different project activities.
• Receiving and verifying the invoices with order and initiating the payment requests.
• Handling the Petty Cash to manage the urgent and small cash purchases
• Coordinating with other regional offices and organizations to make arrangements for planned activities.
• Preparing vehicle plan to allocate vehicles to staff members, Trainers, and Trainees.
• Coordinating with Trainers, Trainees, and Management for the successful completion of trainings and seminars.
• Preparing and processing different work orders for Facility Management including the repairing, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical works.
• Preparing and processing vehicle maintenance work orders for routine and accidental maintenance.
• Maintaining a complete record of office inventory and fixed assets and making quarterly reports of fixed assets and inventory.

Administration and Finance Officer at CHANGE
  • Pakistan
  • February 2009 to February 2012

• Preparing, examining, and analyzing accounting records, financial statements, and other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.
• Making entries in the Journal and preparation of vouchers for all transactions.
• Managing bank accounts and the transfer of funds between office and head office.
• Monitoring cash flow and ensuring that sufficient funds are always available in the bank for routing and budgeted activities.
• Preparing bank reconciliation statements at the end of each month.
• Handling Petty Cash and maintaining it regularly.
• Preparing monthly financial statements and staff salaries at the end of each month and preparing reports for the donor on demand
• Analyzing business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations, to project future revenues and expenses or to provide advice.
• Receiving Purchase Requests (PR) from all teams and Issuing the Request of Quotations (RFQ) to various suppliers.
• Reviewing offers and proposals received from suppliers against the budgeted value and requirement.
• Negotiating with suppliers to get the best value and terms as per the requirements.
• Preparing Techno-Commercial Comparison of various offers for Regional Procurement Committee approval.
• Issuing the Purchase Orders (PO) and Letter of Intents (LOI) to suppliers.
• Giving orientation sessions to new and existing staff members for office policies and procedures.

Officer (Consumer Risk Management and Initiation) at Lahore
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • October 2007 to January 2009

• Working as Consumer Risk Management and Initiation Offer, providing verified data of customers to make the right decision after physical visits to their businesses, banks, and residence.
• Managing a team of 6 field officers to work in compliance with policies and procedures.
• Ensuring the sensitivity and privacy of information collected.
• Providing the Physical verifications of business, residences and documents (bank statements and letters, salary certificates, experience letters etc.) if applicants.
• Distributing justified workload among the team and maintaining the record of each member's visits and outcome of that visits.
• Analysing and verifying the information collected by them with telephonic and other available information before proceeding the case to the next department.
• Crosschecking information randomly, collected by team members.
• Developing and maintaining of MIS reports for management review with the status of applications.
• Providing the training and orientation to new employees.

Education

Master's degree, Master in Business Administration
  • at Virtual University of Pakistan
  • August 2013
Bachelor's degree, Journalism
  • at University of Punjab
  • August 2007
Diploma, Physics, Chemistry, Biology
  • at Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Lahore, Pakistan
  • August 2005
High school or equivalent, Physics, Chemistry, Biology & Mathemetics
  • at Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Lahore, Pakistan
  • August 2003

Specialties & Skills

Accounting
Inventory Management
Payroll
Budgeting
Office Administration
Interpersonal Communication Skills
Conflict resolution and Management
MS Office, Email and IT Skills
Effective Team and Time Management Skills
Procurement and Vendors Contracts
Supply Chain Management
Microsoft Dynamics AX
Logistics
Procurment
Document Management
Technical Documentation
Primavera P6
Acconex

Languages

Urdu
Native Speaker
English
Expert
Arabic
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Conflict Management and Resolution (Training)
Training Institute:
Strengthening Participatory Organization
Organizational and Financial Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Strengthening Participatory Organization
Interpersonal Communication Skills & Power of A Positive Attitude (Training)
Training Institute:
Strengthening Participatory Organization
Training of Trainers (ToT) (Training)
Training Institute:
Strengthening Participatory Organization
Primavera P6 V17 Training (Certificate)
Diversity at Workplace (Certificate)
Leadership and Management Training (Certificate)
Time Management and Goal Planning (Certificate)
Arabic Beginner Conversational Course (Certificate)
Business Productivity with Google Suite Apps (Certificate)
Microsoft 365 Ultimate Course (Certificate)
Contract Management in Construction Projects (Certificate)
Supply Chain Management Inventory Management & Control (Certificate)
Global Air Logistics Management in Supply Chain Management (Certificate)
Procurement & Supply Planning Tools and Techniques (Certificate)
Certified International Procurement Professional (CIPP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2022

Hobbies

  • Travelling
    Visit Northern Areas of Pakistan travel in chair lifts, Cable Cars, Hiking and many more. Visit Different areas of Punjab see the Customs and Culture of Old Sindh Vally
  • Body Building
    Very found of body building. Do it for only interest and fitness and not participate any competition.
  • Playing Cricket
    Play Cricket and won many Matches and Tournaments as Team Captain. Wining Ratio was 80%