Commodity Buyer
Nissan Middle East FZE
Total years of experience :18 years, 11 Months
- Buyer of 3 entities: Nissan ME, Nissan AMI and INFINITI with total purchase value of USD 9.4M annually with -18% savings (USD-1.5M).
- Responsible for leading the full range of procurement processes in a cross functional environment.
- To optimize company spending by ensuring transparency of suppliers and stakeholders, limit the risk in legal by suing adequate legal frameworks and financial aspects by reviewing the dependency rate of suppliers and to allow the organization to get the maximum value of money in terms of qualitative and quantitative of goods and services.
- Manage global and local partner’s relationship with 25 commodities
- Research of new sourcing for new and existing projects including supplier evaluation and financial risk assessment.
- Managing 22 contracts long term and short term contracts
- Identify cost synergies between alliance (Nissan Infiniti and Renault spent).
- Project coordination and completion of office refurbishment of INFINITI office ( Year 2015) and Renault office (March 2017)
- Managing group health Insurance Management of Nissan, INFINITI and Renault for 150 employees.
- Corporate travel management; airlines corporate rates, travel agencies and internal employee’s business trip approval.
- Communication Facilities Management; fixed voice line and employee mobile lines, annual subscription of magazine and newspaper.
- Successfully renewing trade license, operation fitness certificate within the deadline.
- Managing support staff to ensure the cleanliness and keep the office organized.
- Supervising office security to maintain safety procedures
- Supporting annual corporate events: Nissan and INFINITI Regional Skills Contest; Family Day, Annual Team Building
- Providing executive support to VP and Group Administrative Manager.
- Supporting Nigeria, India and China international office in travel arrangement to UAE: air flight ticket, visa and hotel stay or if company property is available.
- Liaising with third party vendor for office supplies, groceries, building facility management, company property cleaner.
- Successfully renewing trade license.
- Managing office drivers schedule and office support team to maintain and keep the office clean and organize.
- Liaising and assisting the HR Generalist to apply new employment visa and cancellation of visa.
- Monitoring of staff time sheets, sick leave and annual leave.
- Maintaining the administrative records of the company: Trade License, Title Deed, and Supplier Contracts.
- Preparation and supporting travel business visa of employees.
- Managing corporate events:
- Providing PA and secretarial support for director, maintaining discretion and strict confidentiality in particularly sensitive situations.
- Build a filing system (employee files, company legal files, and related documents.)
- Travel & Hotel arrangements & Air Tickets (schedules, reservations, purchasing, and visa if necessary.)
- Company Insurances Arrangement (Company, Warehouse, Vehicles, Employees health insurance, Workmen Compensation)
- Company Accommodation Management (Tenancy Contract, Renewal, DEWA)
- Company Vehicle Management (Company Cars renewal of registration card, maintenance, Lease and Rentals.)
- Office Equipment, Stationary, printer toners management (Ordering and distributing)
- Arranging documents and shipments through courier.
- Attending all phone calls. (Should make certain that all the needs and/or concerns of the clients are handled accordingly and with urgency.)
- Assisting the Public Relation Officer of the company for issuing the visas such as updating the status of the concerned employees, and collecting related documents.