Procurement Manager
johnson controls inc.
Total years of experience :18 years, 4 Months
Working on New Doha International project as Project Procurement Manager . Incharge of Controls Procurement and MEP & Architectural Systems . Consultants : Overseas Bechtel Inc
Heading & supervising a team of 6 Procurement staff and one Procurement Manager.
Responsible for complete Procure to Pay Cycle from Requisition to Supplier Invoices.
Planning and implementing Procurement activities to suit telecom roll out plan.
Cost Control and meeting annual financial budget requirements for Procurement .
Training and guiding local Procurement staff to become independent.
Responsible for Local and international sourcing for Telecom Tower, Power, Installation & Commissioning services
•Heading & supervising the procurement department and developing/deploying project procurement plans
•Developing strategic partnerships with key suppliers
•Overseeing vendor management activities across the globe; handling timely placement of orders and expediting the same on time
•Accountable for aligning activities of junior buyers with procurement plans, strategies, objectives & targets
•Ensuring high quality delivery within demanding time & cost constraints for portfolio of projects
Organised own work, whilst supervising and determining junior buyer procurement strategies. Coordinates with vendors to source Buyer Furnished Equipment: Cabin Retrofit projects for the Airlines fleet of aircraft.
Collaborated with the Contract Manager; established pricing and contracts for aircraft commodities. Provided focused attention; ensured correct quantities of materials were available on-time and of the highest quality.
Participated in strategic thinking and decision making; contributed sound objective decisions; perceived the impact and implications of decisions; formulated and documented strategies for better vendor management.
Assisted the Contracts Manager in supplier negotiations. Ensured PO’s reflected agreed OEM vendor pricing.
Achievements:
Proven track record in generating savings resulting from multi-contract reviews.
Floated enquiries and undertook discussions with numerous qualified vendors: Western and Eastern Europe, Asia and UAE. Achieved an overall 7% cost reduction in procurement together with targeted savings of 5%.
Excellent negotiation skills resulted in final cost savings of 1.5M AED against a project value of 12M AED.
Used initiative; sourced a local tyre vulcanising vendor; gained efficiency in repairs and subsequent cost savings.
Exhibited refined negotiation skills; persuaded local material supply agents to review their charges which led to overall savings of 3 million AED.
Reviewed existing manpower contracts; aggressively negotiated reduced hourly rates by 3% per person; without any detriment to the quantity and quality of productivity levels.
Implemented measures and improved vendor quality management awareness levels. Trained project site stores management; achieved greater administrative controls; ensured QC procedures were strictly adhered to; gained increased accuracy in vendor payments and eliminated payment of non compliant materials.
Bachelor's Degree in Production/Industrial Engineering. 57.7% ( Higher second class) Certified Purchasing Manager ( CPM) from ISM , USA