Procurement Manager / Specialist
CHARTERED BUYING MANAGEMENT CONSULTING (CBMC)
Total years of experience :20 years, 0 Months
• Effectively manage procurement requirements with an annual budget exceeding AED 150 million.
• Plays a key role in drafting Request for Proposal (RFP) documents to meet client's procurement needs.
• Conduct thorough research to identify potential vendors for RFP requirements.
• Execute pre-BAFO (Best and Final Offer) and post-BAFO proposal evaluations and deliver recommendations for contract awards.
• Develop procurement catalogues for client's digital procurement platform.
• Assist in formalizing contracts for clients, ensuring compliance with legal standards.
• Prepare procurement articles to enhance company knowledge sharing and thought leadership.
• Create comprehensive category strategies (prepared 10+ category strategies) for various procurement categories.
• Conduct market analysis for different procurement categories to stay informed about industry trends and opportunities.
• Spearheaded Information Technology (IT) and Systems Integration (SI) categories procurement requirements of total yearly spend of AED 47 million.
• Led and accomplished complex sourcing IT / SI projects consisting of software, hardware, support services and maintenance.
• Managed and ensured all relevant contracts / AMC’s are renewed on time.
• Worked collaboratively with stakeholders / Business Units and legal team for contract formalization.
• Researched potential vendors and executed RFQ / RFI / RFP, tender, bids evaluation, negotiation / e-Auction.
• Was Responsible for ensuring timely turnaround of approved PR’s into PO.
• Vendor Performance Management.
• Coordinated for internal and external audits.
• Ensured all procurement activities and documentation are compliant with procurement SOP’s / Policies.
• Handled procurement requirements of total yearly spent of AED 46 M.
• Spearheaded Information Technology (Software and Hardware), Facilities Management (MEP), Fitout, Marketing, Security Systems - Operational, Projects and Strategic Sourcing Procurement requirements.
• Conducted end-to-end procurement activities/procedures (Coordinate with Stakeholders, Research potential Vendors, RFQ / RFI / RFP, Tender, Bids Evaluation, eAuction / Negotiation, Contract Formalisation, LPO issuance and, so on).
• Streamlined IT Annual Maintenance Contracts (AMC) / Agreements and updated Contract database / System for renewals on time.
• Maintained / Updated Vendor details / records.
• Prepared reports on IT Procurement / Purchases, Cost / Spend analysis.
• Managed the Bank’s Administrative Department Help Desk.
• Supported in the requirement analysis, testing & implementation of HP Open View Service Desk (the software application for tracking services given by banks Administrative Department) and Oracle iProcurement application.
• Prepared MIS report from the HP Open View Service Desk application and Oracle iProcurement application.
• Participated in the six-sigma project organized by the bank Quality Department, for improving the quality of services through the department help desk and supported in the reengineering of the process.
• Created a Report Analyser application with JavaScript and MS Access to analyse the data from the HP open view service desk application.
• Developed a web-based Contract Management Application with JavaScript, HTML, DHTML, CSS, ActiveX and MS Access; to automate the management of maintenance Vendor contracts in the department.
• Maintained the department’s intranet web site.
• Designed, developed, implemented and maintained internet and intranet applications
• Developed applications with PHP (Apache web server on Linux platform), JavaScript, DHTML, HTML, cascading style sheets and using MySQL and PostgresSQL as the backend
• Engaged in the analysis, design, development and maintenance of the Rajahsoft intranet web sites.
• Supported in the maintenance of the Rajah Group internet web sites (Rajahsoft.net, toe.org)
• Facilitated training of junior programmers in web related applications in the company