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Hesham Al-Kurdi, Procurement, Subcontractors and Warehouses Department Manager

Hesham Al-Kurdi

Procurement, Subcontractors and Warehouses Department Manager·Combined Group Contracting Co. (K.S.C.) - Kuwait

Kuwait

Master's degree, Electrical and Electronic engineer

Work experience

Total years of experience: 26 years, 7 months

Procurement, Subcontractors and Warehouses Department Manager

March 2020 - Present

Combined Group Contracting Co. (K.S.C.) - Kuwait

Al Kuwait, Kuwait

March 2020 - Present

Job Responsibilities:
• To plan and prepare executive programs for Procurement and Stores Department in accordance to company objectives.
• To develop and monitor the implementation of procurement and stores policies and procedures to ensure process transparency, fairness, impartiality, and confidentiality.
• To coordinate with the project management to prepare the procurement plan for materials and services required for the project, in addition to the dimensions and location of site store.
• Implement, review and develop recent warehouse management procedures to enhance materials transactions, such as receipt, issue, transfer and return.
• To prepare and monitor procurement and stores department budget.
• To establish and deliver cost management targets, to ensure achieving maximum value for money.
• To monitor market trends and delivery systems to evaluate material availability and alternative sources of supply.
• Follow up quality objectives with relevant unit heads, evaluate the results and suggest proper solutions to counter bottlenecks.
• To review and evaluate total supply chain risk such as, evaluating the overall supplier health, subcontractor qualifications, and stores safety and security to minimize and eliminate risk.
• To develop effective collaborative relationships with suppliers to ensure strategic and operational needs are fully understood and fulfilled.
• To maintain communication with contracts department to ensure all agreements are in compliance with applicable laws, regulations and company policies.
• To maintain communication with finance department to ensure all due payments for Vendors have been carried out according to the purchase order payment terms.
• To negotiate and manage major agreement with suppliers, to ensure value for money, quality standards and delivery terms.
• To review and approve materials and Subcontracts’ price comparisons within his authority.

Company industry:
Construction & Building
Job role:
Purchasing and Procurement

Procurement Manager

January 2019 - March 2020

Combined Group Contracting CO.

Al Kuwait, Kuwait

January 2019 - March 2020

Managing fulfillment of all company demands of materials to serve successfully all company projects using resourceful strategies to accomplish cost-effectively, best quality and planned scheduled delivery time supply chain management.
The Company has diversified business lines such as Roads & Highways, infrastructure & construction, oil & gas, EPC, facility management, asphalt, and concrete plants.

Company industry:
Construction & Building
Job role:
Purchasing and Procurement

head of procurement

June 2005 - January 2019

Combined Group Contracting Co

Al Farawaniyah, Kuwait

June 2005 - January 2019

• prepare and implement all material purchasing plans to meet company needs.
•develop purchasing unit through proposing development plans and section goals.
•ensure all received purchasing requests been executed within required period.
•maintain communications with project management for purchasing of materials and equipment needed within required quality and allocated budget, and obtain feedback on purchasing service level and outcomes.
•review purchase orders to ensure accuracy of information in accordance with approved material price comparison and its compliance with company policy and procedure, and approve/recommend purchase orders within his authority.
•direct and oversee vendor’s negotiations for optimal prices, suitable payment terms, quality requirements and delivery times.
•develop and maintain effective relationships with current and potential vendors.
•resolve disputes with vendors. (Delay supply of materials, non-conformity of materials to the required specifications….. etc.).
•ensure all items information and purchasing data are updated on ERP (SAP) on a regular basis.
•evaluate all vendors performance and make recommendations to improve purchasing processes.
•coordinate with store unit to manage inventory items and returned materials from projects.
•participate with Contracts Department to finalize vendor’s agreement.•To review Purchasing unit reports and KPI(s).
• evaluate Purchasing team performance to identify their work efficiency and provide guidelines accordingly.
•Purchasing materials from (local/international) market for all projects, (construction, infrastructure, oil, maintenance, roads, water).

• Preparing and updating Purchasing Section Quality procedure and related forms.
• Since Jan. 2013, we are working all our processes through Enterprise Resources Planning "ERP", SAP Systems Application Program

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Purchasing and Procurement

Site Engineer

April 2004 - June 2005

Combined Group Contracting Co

Al Ahmadi, Kuwait

April 2004 - June 2005

1. planning of the tunnel project:
a) praparing of afile including : drawing, drive report, predrivechek, surveyor sheet, time study, material list, setup drawing.
b) Checking of all material is ready on site.
c) Spare parts are ordered.
d) Machinery for shifting must be ordered by the forman
2. supervising of the drive.
3. preparation of the new drive

Company industry:
Other Business Support Services
Job role:
Civil Engineering

Site Engineer

February 2002 - March 2004

Combined Group Contracting Co

Al Farawaniyah, Kuwait

February 2002 - March 2004

•Infrastructure projects:
1. designed and drawing all studied plans and profiles on the AutoCAD program.
2. site engineer for the micro-tunneling machine, street lighting.
3. as project manager (from 01/07/2003 up to 01/*08/2003).

Company industry:
Other Business Support Services
Job role:
Civil Engineering

IT Department Manager

October 1999 - December 2001

Ministry of communications (Syria)

Damascus, Syria

October 1999 - December 2001

2-Infrastructure projects:
• design and studies local computer network between the main center in dara’a city and all centers.
• Maintenance personal computers(hardware, software)and network.
• teacher of computer programs.

Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Information Technology

mumber and teacher of computer programs

October 1999 - December 2001

Syrain engineers society

Damascus, Syria

October 1999 - December 2001

teacher of computer programs

Company industry:
Primary, Prep, & Secondary School
Job role:
Teaching and Academics

Education

B.E. Electrical and Electronic engineer

January 1998

January 1998

Master's degree, Electrical and Electronic engineer

Syria

Skills

Purchasing Management
Expert
Purchasing Management
Expert
SAP
Expert
SAP
Expert
English Course (Level Four-Humman Soft)
Expert
English Course (Level Four-Humman Soft)
Expert
1. Operating System ( Windows 3.11 & 95, Dos6.22(
Expert
1. Operating System ( Windows 3.11 & 95, Dos6.22(
Expert
AutoCad.14
Expert
AutoCad.14
Expert
Office.95 &2007
Expert
Office.95 &2007
Expert
Course of Tejari online e-Procurement fundementals
Intermediate
Course of Tejari online e-Procurement fundementals
Intermediate
Primavera(Kuwait Society of Engineers)
Intermediate
Primavera(Kuwait Society of Engineers)
Intermediate
Maintenance Computer & Network (Hardware,Software)
Expert
Maintenance Computer & Network (Hardware,Software)
Expert
Procurement and Warehouses Management in construction
Expert
Procurement and Warehouses Management in construction
Expert
Environmental Internal Auditor ISO (14001:2004).
Expert
Environmental Internal Auditor ISO (14001:2004).
Expert
Purchasing Management
Expert
Purchasing Management
Expert
SAP
Expert
SAP
Expert

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

Syrian engineers society

Member

January 1999

Syrian computer society.

Member in

January 1997

Training and Certifications

Certifications
Certificate course on Environmental Internal Auditor ISO (14001:2004).

Training
Certificate course on Operating System and MS Office.
Kuwait Engineers Society
Certificate course on Maintenance Computer & Network (Hardware, Software).
Kuwait Engineers Society
Certificate course on AutoCad.14
Kuwait Engineers Society
Certificate course on “Procurement and Warehousing Management in construction” by Projacs Academy in
Projacs Academy
Certificate course on Primavera(Kuwait Society of Engineers).
Kuwait Engineers Society
Certificate course on Tejari online e-Procurement.
Tejari

Hobbies

  • computer science