Material Management supervisor
Arabian Chemical Company (LATEX) Ltd
Total years of experience :12 years, 11 Months
Highlights
• Significantly contributed to reducing production costs from 39% to 30% while maintaining the quality of supplied products for the last 5 years.
• Played a key role in adding value to the company by managing performance aspects of major procurement and suppliers’ management initiatives - secure advantage of the competition for approved suppliers in terms of cost, quality, and non-monopoly of the product.
• Under my leadership identified suppliers within the country and successfully managed supply of the factory's needs rather than procuring material from manufacturers outside the country, all this whilst maintaining quality of the supplied products and certificates required.
• Rescheduled supply plan for raw materials by reducing stock to avoid retention and non-movement of funds.
• Earned a reputation for complex global planning and materials management process transformation in dynamic environments.
• Initiated continuous improvement culture/ process automation & installation to enhance the operational efficiency of the Material Management department.
• Successfully led implementation of SAP System Project and PPI establishment.
• Hand-selected to lead yearly improvements ACCL projects for approx. budget 3 to 4 million S.R in partnership with Departments Managers. Commanded end-to-end management right from project planning, assigning the required budget, till the closing of the project.
• Enforced compliance with Royal Commission for Jubail & Yanbu in regards to environmental requirements, monthly reports, encirclement permit, as well as work and access permit.
Key Responsibilities
• Establishing and implementing strategies, policies, procedures and blueprints that drive process efficiency improvements across the department function. Ensuring alignment of procurement and manufacturing schedules to maintain smooth functioning of production.
• Driving global and regional material cost out projects and continuously identify new raw material cost out savings opportunities.
• Supervising RFQ and RFP process, and negotiated and identified innovative solutions that support supply and service contracts optimization, improved quality, delivery, pricing and lead-times.
• Assisting the vendor management department in identification of appropriate vendors, selection of procurement process based on analysis, enhancing internal controls and processes based on budget/ quality standards.
• Establishing best practices in supplier/vendor management. Expert strategic negotiator/influencer, negotiating suppliers’ quotations technically & commercially & driving down the cost whilst sustaining quality & service levels from suppliers.
• Forecasting material requirement based on production capacity and as per sales projections.
• Managing all custom activities - import permit, duty exemption/ deposit and related correspondence.
• Administering end-to-end import process of raw materials right from issuing a purchase order and receiving Bill of lading for the tank/ container, liaising with shipping lines and container/ tank deposits and communicating with customs clearance agents to get consignment to the factory.
Highlights
• Successfully implemented state-of-the-art HR/people strategies to support the future plans of the Ministry.
• Partnered with leadership and HR Centers of Excellence on workforce planning, talent development, workforce engagement, and skills development.
• Entrusted to represent the department. Served as an escalation point on policy, employment laws & regulations, resolved employee grievances and counseled employees and supervisors.
• Defined and implemented procedures and enforced compliance to organizational code of conduct.
Key Responsibilities
• Delivering core HR operational services and advice. Presiding oversee the day-to-day administration and operations of various HR functions including performance management, compensation, payroll changes, legislative compliance, resource management and employee relations and conflict resolution.
• Catering to reportorial request from senior management. Maintaining updated government documents and official correspondences.
• Preparing Quarterly Human Resources Reports for Management that indicate labor relations issues, recruitment and retention, health and safety violations, attendance management concerns and incidental serious matters.
• Managing Certificates, Points, Fees and Leaves of employees. Overseeing payroll administration for all employee groups ensuring compliance with legislative requirements and internal processes and procedures.
• Highlighting critical HR issues to the senior leadership team. Utilizing strong intellectual and emotional intelligence, seamlessly shifting between differing subject-matter priorities and stakeholder interests.
Key Responsibilities
• Acted as focal point for coordination/contact for the provision of first line HR support and advice to the workforce.
• Planned, implemented and continuously evaluated the corporation’s talent strategy, with an aim to attract, develop and retain engaged, high-performing employees and teams, and maximize organizational effectiveness.
• Compiled, prepared, and distributed analyses, reports, studies, and statistical data for management purposes.
• Managed official correspondence, contractual agreements, internal communications and announcements. Ensured the accuracy and maintenance of electronic and paper-based employee and departmental records.
• Managed various administrative aspects of employee housing and apartment.
• Deeply integrated as a true partner to the plant leadership team to learn and understand the business drivers to assist in problem-solving and strategic planning priorities. Convened meetings and organized parties for the plant.
Other Professional Experiences
• June 2006 - April 2011: HR & Administration, Arabian Chemical Company (LATEX) Ltd., Jubail, Saudi Arabia
Bachelor's degree in Business Management, At King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia, February 2017 GPA: 4.19 / 5
Associated diploma in computer since technical college, Saudi Arabia February 2004 GPA 3.82 /5