Supply Chain Director
SAUDI READYMIX
Total years of experience :25 years, 5 Months
Overseeing 3 direct and 42 indirect reports in 90 Readymix plants.
•Reviewed and amended Procurement policies and procedures.
•Complete re-structuring and centralization of the Supply Chain department.
•Risk Mitigation planning thru contract negotiations.
•CAPEX negotiations on a 4.5M Euro spend resulted in savings of 10%.
•Raw Material negotiations on a 32M Euro spend resulted in savings of 7%.
•Lubricants negotiations on a 1.3M Euro resulted in savings of 32%.
•Spare Parts negotiations on a 21M. Euro resulted in savings of 14%.
•Payment Term negotiations resulted in increasing DPO from 57 to 98 days.
•Establishment of major VMI agreements.
Responsible for $150M worth of annual spend.
•Overseeing 3 direct and 6 indirect reports in three cement plants.
•Development and implementation of new Procurement policies and procedures as well as cost savings initiatives, for the whole Group.
•Led coal and raw material negotiations for two cement plants, resulting in annual savings of $2.5M
•Member of SAP project implementation team.
•Recommended and advised the parent company about the Procurement structure and organization in Spain and Tunisia.
•Led project team to improve working capital by reducing spare parts inventory
Led payment terms negotiations with suppliers when company was in financial crisis.
•Negotiated with key suppliers, for pumps, to improve lead times and costs.
•Negotiated and improved VMI agreements .
•Initiated lean two bin Kanban systems for high turn items.
•Monitored and improved supplier KPIs.
Led negotiations for major raw materials resulted in annual savings of $2.2M
•Negotiations with key mobile equipment OEMs resulted in 20% savings for large earth moving equipment and 10% on spare parts.
•Member of the executive team with monthly presentations on the progress of Procurement activities.
•Led, managed and coached Procurement team of 3 direct reports.
Supervision of assigned procurement staff of 2 Senior Buyers and 1 Buyer.
•Managed nationwide agreements for Uniforms, Fuel, Plant Cleaning Services and related services.
•Global sourcing of raw material purchases for cement resulted in annual savings of $2.6M
•Monitored and negotiated ocean freight rates with third parties/vessel owners using most current Baltic dry indices.
•Led negotiation of freight rates with carriers and railroads, resulted in annual savings of $200K in a $3.5M spend.
Supported Production Manager in building inventories for the new cement facility.
•Supplier Management for raw material purchases through development of supplier relationships with third parties, and trucking companies to ensure that materials will be at the plant on time to support operations.
•Participated in monthly reviews with Maintenance Managers and Operations Managers
•Key member of construction and capital project negotiations that resulted in annual savings of $1.5M.
Issuance of requests for quotation and purchase orders for materials, parts and equipment for 4 cement plants and various ready mix facilities.
•Preparation of price comparison tables for all purchased materials and services.
•Review and approval of supplier invoices, resolution of disputed items on invoices.
•Management of the logistics requirements for transportation of equipment from Europe.
•Development of relationships with key suppliers of bearings, tires and other critical commodities to meet business needs.
•Coordination of requirements operations personnel to ensure accurate placement of materials requirements
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