Supply Chain, Procurement and Logistics Head of Department – National Officer – Jordan/ MENA Region
UNICEF
Total years of experience :12 years, 6 Months
• Ensure establishment and maintenance of operational capacity to handle CO supply chains, including staffing (appropriate staffing structure, timely recruitment, clarity of roles and responsibilities) and contracting of third party services if applicable (e.g. customs clearance, warehousing, transport, distribution)
• Ensure timely customs clearance of supplies entering the country and establish appropriate warehousing and inventory management practices, including appropriate in-country transport.
• Participate in high level emergency coordination, implementation and monitoring meetings with internal and external partners and establish close collaboration with Logistics Cluster/National Logistics Working Group if such is activated/existing
• Provide rapid and relevant assistance and support to evolving Logistics needs and situations facing children and families, including emergency situations, with a priority on achieving value for money.
• Implement sound, accurate logistics management systems, procedures and documentation as well as regular, accurate reporting to maintain the highest level of integrity, standards and accountability.
• Develop and maintain partnership and collaborative relations with Government, UN organizations and bilateral counterparts in supply and logistics activities including harmonized and collaborative procurement.
• Conduct and monitor effective Logistics, local, regional and/or offshore, with a goal to attain lowest cost without sacrificing quality as applicable.
• Collaboration and Partnership
UNICEF - MENARO (Middle East and North Africa Office) 2012 - 2017
Senior dpt. for MENA Procurement and Logistics
• Assist the staff in preparation of appropriate documentation; cash & supply requisitions, purchase orders, and CRC
(Contract Review Committee) submissions.
• Communicate and report quality issues with respect to supplies and/or service agreements.
• Follow up on local procurement and offshore deliveries; inform colleagues of supplies arrivals.
• Management of the IN & OUT processes in the Mission storage resources.
• Responsible for overall compliance with the stock management procedures.
• Familiar with Loss and Profit work sheets (L&P sheet) to maximize and insure budget control accuracy.
• Achievements/Contributions:
Provided back-up to team members and trained newly hired team members in a remarkable manner
Skillfully managed incoming and outgoing shipments on regular basis covering the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region.
Communicated effectively with freight forwarders representative of MENA countries in the field for accurate tracking of inventory and shipments status pace
Established a National freight pricing with major localized freight forwarders which save on Organization with sea freights, land freights and warehousing (in-country logistics)
Initiated a contingency stock for the MENA region placed in Jordan, Mersin and Djibouti covering all related and non-related countries throughout the region with managing a fixed pace of stock during the annual result
Processes, analyses of purchasing trends and market survey. Identify logistical Bottlenecks and react I case of the need to fill in the gaps.
• Prepare and conduct RFQs, PRs and BASs receipt of quotations, bids or Proposals, their evaluation, negotiation of certain conditions of contracts in full Compliance with organisation rules and regulations.
• Supervise and Monitor regular inventory entries of purchased assets, and assets movement in all Hubs and maintain Inventory Data base.
• Ensure appropriate funds are available for purchases by directly liaising with finance dpt.
• Solicit bids or quotations an analyzing them for conformity to specified requirements, conduct appraisals and select suppliers, and confirm terms of payment according to organisation rules.
• Achievement/Contribution:
Developed excellent working relationship with freight forwarders and helped establish key reporting tools related to customer invoice and landed costings.
Initiated and developed a national setup for inventory request management.
Created and Implemented Logistics and Procurement Rules and Regulations for Agency.
Procurement Planning and Supply chain management.
• Stock Management.
• Delivery (Transport) Management.
• Assets and Property Management (including premises).
• Fleet, Fuel and telecommunication cost Management
• Achievements/Contributions:
Organised organisation fleet expenditure and reduced it tremendously.
Built long term relationships with suppliers till this current day.
Bridged between Jordan and Iraq and managed bulk procurement and warehouses in both countries.
MSc in Procurement, Logistics and Supply Chain Management
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