Procurement Specialist
ARABIAN EXPLOSIVES CO. LLC
Total years of experience :16 years, 3 Months
- Assessing supplier bids, tenders, proposals, and quotations for purchase orders.
- Acquiring supplies, equipment, services, and materials while ensuring timely delivery in accordance with directives.
- Investigating discrepancies among Purchasing, Receiving, and Accounts Payable systems as directed.
- Obtaining quotes from suppliers, creating comparative worksheets, and conducting thorough analyses.
- Executing tasks and projects assigned by purchasing management.
- Collaborating with key stakeholders to coordinate business activities that deliver the highest quality, reliability, and value, meeting customer requirements through the cultivation of robust business relationships and strategic alliances.
- Partnering with Finance to gain a comprehensive understanding of spending and the budgetary impact of procurement support.
- Managing project lifecycles, addressing identified project/process issues, and optimizing processes for efficiency.
- Conducting structured reviews of supplier industry, economics, and market conditions.
- Determining sourcing options and supply alternatives.
- Collaborating with assigned subject matter experts to establish supplier selection criteria and evaluating supplier responses to recommend finalists.
- Leveraging technology for writing, managing, scoring, and evaluating sourcing events (RFIs, RFQs, RFPs, etc.).
- Leading negotiations, developing strategies, and actively participating in competitive supplier negotiations.
- Evaluated requisitions and generated precise purchase orders within the eProcurement system.
- Vigilantly monitored supplier performance, ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality services.
- Formulated strategic plans for and executed all contract negotiations.
- Implemented innovative vendor strategies and established procedures for price negotiation and category resourcing, effectively controlling initial costs and achieving savings goals.
- Demonstrated proficiency in generating purchase orders promptly and accurately.
Functional:--
- Engaged with clients to gather software requirements and business rules, ensuring that implementation aligns with the specified business needs.
- Identified and reconciled errors in client data to guarantee the accuracy of business requirements.
- Orchestrated the implementation of the Training plan, providing comprehensive training to individualson system usage.
- Managed the planning and development of the design phase and procedures.
- Created customized reports and devised data entry methods to enhance system functionality.
**Technical Expertise:**
- Administered School ERP modules and supported change management of modules in accordance with stakeholder requirements.
- Conducted User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with stakeholders during the system development stage.
- Oversaw User Administration, adhering to Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) policyprocesses.
- Executed build, test, and data entry into the system during the implementation phase.
- Implemented the Parent Portal on both the application and website platforms.
-Orchestrated standard operating procedures for SAP Security activities, ensuring efficient management.
-Provided comprehensive SAP Application support, managed ITSM tools, and conducted data analysis.
-Conducted periodic reviews and cleanup of Security roles to adapt to evolving client needs.
-Offered on-call support and worked in shifts, ensuring 24/7 availability as required.
-Actively participated in and conducted SAP Security reviews of individual programs.
-Enforced compliance with Security Policies, Procedures, and Control Sets.
-Cross-trained team members to enhance workflow and streamline daily activities.
-Defined security standards for Development and security role design.
-Managed Service Desk Incident and change tickets, adhering to SLA's / OLA’s.
-Assisted in the design of 'standardized' roles for Business and Basis users.
-Acted as a liaison between the SAP Security Team and business teams, ensuring alignment with business needs while maintaining a secure and auditable SAP Environment.
Technical:-
-Implemented robust system access control measures.
-Proficient in IDM Ver.8 User Maintenance and SAP Security protocols.
-Conducted user maintenance tasks, including user creation and access role assignments.
-Developed and modified access roles to align with evolving requirements.
-Demonstrated expertise in Risk Management, utilizing Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC)principles.
-Oversight of Business As Usual (BAU) aspects for Project Management systems, tools, and client processes, ensuring their fitness for use and purpose. This encompasses managing training, knowledge documents, infrastructure, system health, Service Desk incidents and change tickets, and adherence to SLA's.
-Efficient management of Project Resource and Schedule, optimizing resource utilization to ensure compliance with delivery schedules.
-Collaboration with Project Managers to develop the IT Project Standards guide, actively seeking contributions from project stakeholders.
-Implementation and management of the change control process across all projects and portfolios.
-Coordination of the publication, review, and sign-off of major Project Management deliverables.
-Assurance that project plans are created and maintained, deliverables tracked against time and cost, and resource utilization is closely monitored. -Continued management of training, knowledge documents, infrastructure, system health, ServiceDesk incidents and change tickets, and adherence to SLA's.
-Compilation and distribution of monthly portfolio-level reports.
-Upholding governance standards across the portfolio, including tracking, monitoring, and updating the status of program deliverables.
-Preparation of consolidated material from project reports for monthly review.