Procurement Controller
Averda
Total years of experience :6 years, 2 Months
Averda
Period: October 2011- Nov-2013
Designation: Procurement Controller.
Reports to Head of Procurement and managing the entire Procurement worth of AED 50 Million business. Managing operations, Inventory Management, Vendor Management, Contract Management, Cost Saving Targets & controlling more than 12, 000 items master data to provide analytical report to Project Manager. Implemented contract management agreements, purchasing procedures, inventory procedures and manage a workforce of 4 Direct Reports.
Ensuring management defined Key Performance indicators delivered as per company defined objectives.
Managing more than 80 suppliers across European and Far East Regions & MENA region together with their contract management.
Coordinate with other functions for order management, working capital management, inventory management inbound and outbound logistics.
Reduced lead times with all international suppliers through right carrier selection resulting inventory reduction.
Deliver buying strategies for the locally managed categories and support the Implementation of regional/global buying initiatives to contribute to the overall cost savings targets and supplier base optimization.
Coordinate the ERP implementation with ERP consultants for streamlining the existing issues of purchasing and operations.
Conducting supplier evaluation on a quarterly basis to improve the purchasing operation.
Controlling the company CAPEX requirement as per company policy.
Ensure the implementation of purchasing procedures across the board.
Reported to Purchasing & Logistics Manager and oversaw Procurement, Logistics, Materials planning, and Warehousing Management.
Primarily responsible for inventory management and purchasing administration for assigned agencies within policy guidelines to achieve objectives for inventory investment and customer service excellence.
Maintain agreed stock targets and levels considering sales requirements, storage capacity and market demand fluctuations.
Maintain a comprehensive knowledge of vendor lead times, capabilities and capacities to drive the business smoothly.
Contribute in vendor database with timely evaluation of suppliers performance and prepare their SLAs.
Prepare historical sales reports, prepare forecast data, develop statistical models, and evaluate forecast results.
Strictly adhered to Workplace Health and Safety regulations.
Prepare and analyze Monthly reports and share it with management for decision making.
Prepare and analyze Purchase Price Variance (PPV) report and share with management.
Regularly updated order status reports and tirelessly followed up pending orders