PURCHASING SPECIALIST
DAR AL MIMAR GROUP
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :12 years, 8 أشهر
• Responsible for ensuring the sites & the company has the right materials and equipment necessary to function
• Responsible for evaluating suppliers in order to find the best deals possible on goods that are needed for business operations
• Responsible for preparing weekly reports to the Purchasing Department Section Head with all finished and on-hold POs
• Prepares POs on Oracle for buying/ testing & preparing samples of measurement devices, bricks, tiles etc. for DME sites
• Compares prices amongst various vendors in order to make sound purchasing decisions
• Works within a given budget to purchase goods and services
• Ensures that products are delivered in a timely manner, and that the quality of the goods received is satisfactory
• Negotiates with contractors on price, mode of shipping, and delivery time
• Checks invoices for accuracy, and authorizes the accounts payable department to issue payment
• Evaluates the performance of certain vendors in order to decide whether or not to continue buying from them
• Inventories items in order to determine which ones need to be purchased
• Enters data concerning inventory and order amounts into a computer database
Purchase supplies, keep records, bidding and maintain vendor contacts
Achieve my objectives through effective planning, setting sales goals, analyzing data on past performance, and projecting future performance
Establish, develop and maintain positive business and customer relationships
Follow up on designing and printing Master Design notebooks
Merchandise/ distribute Master Design notebooks and products in different stores/ sales points including Elsherouk bookstores, Marketchino, Shamroo, Alef bookstores and many other places on consignment or cash basis
Perform cost-benefit and needs analysis of existing/potential customers to meet their needs
Achieve agreed upon sales targets and outcomes within schedule
Continuously improve through feedback
Prepare for and attend Cairo/ Alexandria Book Fairs
Work on opening/ furnishing new stores in Egypt and overseas
Merchandise books and non-books in all ALEF stores
Evaluate all purchase acquisitions and purchase orders on regular basis and provide optimal level of customer services and prepare all reports to
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identify cost cutting initiatives
Manage all communication for purchase orders with vendors and analyze all communication for same and resolve all purchase issues and coordinate with accounts payable department to process all invoices
Design all department communication plans and prepare and provide update to all departmental websites and databases and analyze all costs to identify all causes and assist trade partners to resolve all old invoice issues
Manage and distribute all site condition reports for all budget processes and administer all vendor requests and ensure compliance to all purchasing guidelines and perform cost analysis on all procedures and prepare required reports
Prepare budgets for all purchasing procedures and design packages for all projects and maintain all cost code for items and design all item codes for inventory and coordinate with trade partners for all new items
Design all purchase orders for all stock and non-stock items and ensure timely delivery of all products and administer all vendor performance and facilitate corrective actions as required
Analyze all vendor invoices and evaluate it with all quantity received and manage inventory of all items and recommend elimination of all out of stocks and develop all purchase orders and assign appropriate purchase order for same
Maintain records of all purchase order and associate documents for all processes and maintain knowledge on all open order and its status and provide assistance to all purchasing staff and manage all calls for purchasing and delivery schedule
Monitor all rates of production on everyday basis and coordinate with supplier and production unit to introduce new projects and ensure achieve of all support service objectives to facilitate sales and develop appropriate sourcing strategy
Prepare and approve POs
*Purchasing Department:
Prepare all accounting documents needed.
Maintain records of goods ordered and received.
Locate vendors of materials, equipment and supplies in order to determine product availability and terms of sales.
Prepare and process requisitions and purchase orders for supplies and equipment.
Control purchasing department budgets.
Review purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy.
Analyze market and delivery systems in order to assess present and future material availability.
Participate in the development of specifications for equipment, products or substitute materials.
Represent the company in negotiating contracts and formulating policies with suppliers.
Review, evaluate, and approve specifications for issuing and awarding bids.
Arrange for disposal of surplus materials.
*Facility Management Department (in a 40-room Camp for UN employees residing in juba):
Control and Manage many safety related issues in the camp.
Maintain Test and Inspect schedules to ensure that the facility is operating safely and efficiently, to maximize the life of equipment and reduce the risk of failure.
Supervise on both soft (reception, food, rooms, cleaning, etc.) and hard (mechanical, infrastructure and electrical) services.
• Track record of listening and responding to customers’ needs and concerns.
• Responding to customer enquiries and complaints effectively and efficiently.
• Able to handle returns effectively.
• Proven ability to determine answers and solutions quickly.
• Proficient in conferring with customers by telephone or in person to provide information about products or services.
• Well versed in responding to customer requests in a time efficient manner.
• Hands on experience in managing customer complaints according to company policies and protocols.
• Selling products and achieving monthly targets.
• Organizing personal stuff.
• Ensure optimal level of customer satisfaction and customer services.
• Writing contracts.
Graduated from Faculty of Law, Ain Shams University (2006-2010).