Senior Regional Procurement Manager MEA
Henkel
Total years of experience :25 years, 2 Months
Part of IMEA leadership team
Handling spend of 200 million Euros plus.
Responsible for leafing category across IMEA for surfactants
Responsible for GCC & Egypt plant
Team of Three Purchasing Managers and Six operational buyers
Member of GCC Excom (Executive Committee)
Responsible for a spend of Euro 400 Million plus
Part of IMEA Leadership Team
Managing Raw materials for IMEA region: Category Lead for Surfactants & In Organics
Rolling out procurement strategies to IMEA region.
Exploring sources or local jewels from IMEA and developing these suppliers to perform at a regional / global level
Leading a team of six local & five regional buyers.
Managing strategic stake holders like Marketing, production and R&D
Categorising portfolio to make it managable in a strategic way
Responsible for making and implementing procurement strategies in line with the company objectives
Managing procurement in the fields of raw / packs and IMS
Handling Supplier base in IMEA region: Supplier development, supplier integration
Implementing E sourcing strategies
Responsible for all three business units i.e. Detergents / Cosmetics and Adhesives
Handling a spend of Euro 80 Mio
Spend Analysis for identifying threats and opportunities
Core activities: Strategic Sourcing / Vendor Management / Contract Management.
Cost Saving Initiatives
Responsible for all raw / pack and IMS activities
Handling a team of Five purchasing managers
Risk Management: Spend Analysis to identify opportunities and threats
Part of the Excom
Sustainability embassodor in Henkel GCC
Handling a spend of U$ 65 Mio
Commodity Management: Milk Powders, Sugar Procurement, Wheat Flour, Rice, Starches, Fruit Juice concentrates
Preparation and implementation of sourcing strategies based on crop surveys, and feedstock movements
Sourcing Strategies based on Value in cost out model
Maintaining a strategic pool of suppliers for both Raw and packs
Identified potential reliable sources for Nestle
Supplier visits in Beijing, Shanghai, Yantai
Shortlisting suppliers based on plant audits and qualifying suppliers based on different parameters
Understanding the feed stocks impacting commodity markets especially phosphates market in China
Making corporate procurement strategies accordingly
Responsible for handling oil and gas projects
Cash flow management
Procurement of all project related materials
Commercial invoicing
Maintaining profitability of project through optimising cash flow and reducing input costs
Credit lines and letter of credits
Optimising Freight forwarding solutions to minimise freight costs
Selection of best incoterms based on country's import regulations
Budgeting / Forecasting
Project Management
Cash flow management
Cost analysis for different on going projects
Banking: Managing Credit lines from Banks
Handling Project sites in terms of procurement, labor handling and maintaining expenses
Procurement of project related equipment
Sales Management
Visiting Key accounts in key hospitals
Fulfilling sales force requirements
reporting to Sales Director
Completed my MBA in Marketing with a high GPA of 3.33.