Operations Manager
SUN GROUP
Total years of experience :23 years, 6 Months
Operations Management
an MNC based in Dubai into food commodities business-Rice, Meat, Dairy, Edible Oils, Sugar etc)
Feb 2015 to Present (Procurement Manager)
• Healthy working relationship with regional colleagues, suppliers & external service providers
• Global & local supplier relationship management & also identify new best in class suppliers/products.
• Prepare, conduct & lead - tenders / supplier negotiation.
• Contracts - drafting, review, negotiation & management.
• Monitoring of deliverables against Contractual compliance (KPIs).
• Vendor review & Benchmarking performance (based on performance improvement measures).
• Optimizing cost, Improving procurement/operational processes & procedures.
• Daily management reports on global food commodities rate including Weekly world rice market report
• Ad hoc projects: MR-ISO9001:2008, procurement of Vehicles/Spares, Exhibition management.
Jan 2012 to Jan 2015 (Procurement Manager)
• Product/Supplier Research & identification.
• RFQ, Quote analysis, landed cost calculation, negotiation, recommendation. Contracts management.
• Approving POs in SAP (MM) module. Checking/authorizing invoices for payments.
• Sugar daily report (world market & price outlook).
• Follow up of company’s legal matters including Trademarks.
aswaaq-Retail chain/Community centres, subsidiary of ICD-Investment Corporation of Dubai)
June 2011 to Dec 2011 (Head of Procurement & Contracts)
• Procurement of Office/stores requirement, Soft services(FM/AMC), Insurance, feasibility report, fit-out
• Research supplier, Study market, Quote Evaluation, negotiation, recommendation.
• Income generation via in-store marketing space, Recycling centres etc
• Involved in the Tendering process from floating to closing.
• Drafting, reviewing, finalizing & managing contracts.
Feb 2009 to May 2011 (Section Head Contracts)
• Contracts, Procurement & tender jobs same as above/last position
• Standardization of contracts & it’s process.
• Managing other contracts supported by SLAs for IT services etc.
• Involved in Budgeting process. Maintaining procurement processes in compliance to policies/audit.
• ISO 9001:2008 Internal audit team member
• Worked on E-procurement (Tejari) for inquiries.
Mar 2008 to Jan 2009 (Purchase Manager)
(Under Intersun group, Trading division viz Paper products, Vehicles, etc.)
• Research supplier/products, RFPs, Negotiate & Cost comparison study.
Sep 2006 to Feb 2008 (Purchase Manager with Logistics responsibilities)
(Under Intersun group, Commodities trading division Meat, Edible oils, etc.)
• Includes additional responsibility of Logistics dept.
• Tracking orders/shipments, evaluating supply /quality vs. contract.
• Weekly commodity market update, Reports of Purchase, Payment & Shipment status.
Nov 2000 to Aug 2006 (Purchase Manager with factory operation responsibilities)
(Under Intersun group, Tea manufacturing division i.e. blending, packing, W/H & exports)
• Purchasing of food flavours, range of packaging materials, machineries, spares, etc.
• Prepared Purchasing Manual.
• Managing factory operations (having additional bi-role of Factory Manager)
courses: CIPS diploma in Procurement & Supply, UK (in progress). * 2014, Preparation for CIPS Diploma in Procurement & Supply course, Zabeel, Dubai.
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