Muzaffar Mustafa

• Led end-to-end sourcing and purchasing activities across capital and operational spend, overseeing vendor selection, contract closure, logistics, and delivery, achieving 18-25% cost savings and 95%+ on-time project completion across project phases.
• Facilitated and executed strategic sourcing initiatives aligned with business objectives, optimizing supplier mix and procurement planning, which improved sourcing efficiency by 30% and strengthened long-term vendor partnerships.
• Conducted in-depth market research, supplier benchmarking, and technical-commercial evaluations, identifying cost-effective and high-quality vendors and reducing overall procurement spend by 20% without compromising quality or compliance standards.
• Prepared data-driven cost-benefit analyses, comparison sheets, and commercial evaluations to secure management approvals for supplier awards, improving approval turnaround time by 40% and enhancing transparency in decision-making.
• Negotiated supplier contracts, pricing structures, payment terms, and delivery schedules, achieving 15-22% commercial savings, enhanced cash flow cycles, and reduced contractual and supply risks.
• Designed and implemented alternative sourcing and dual-vendor strategies, reducing dependency on single suppliers by 35% and improving supply chain resilience during peak demand and critical project timelines.
• Managed logistics, shipping, customs clearance, and end-to-end supply chain coordination, while generating real-time procurement reports and spend analytics, improving supplier performance tracking by 30% and ensuring full compliance with procurement policies, ethical sourcing standards, and regulatory requirements.

• Managed the complete RFQ, tendering, bid analysis, and technical commercial evaluation process, ensuring optimal supplier selection and contract awards, which optimised procurement cycle efficiency by 30% and delivered 15-20% cost optimization across key spend categories.
• Administered end-to-end procurement operations from requisition to final delivery, including contract awarding, vendor coordination, and order fulfillment, maintaining 95%+ on-time delivery performance while strengthening long-term supplier relationships and service reliability.
• Developed and executed maintenance, repair, and services (MRO) purchasing plans, influenced by procurement reporting, ABC analysis, and pivot-based spend analysis, enabling better inventory control and contributing to a 25% improvement in spend visibility and cost control.

• Managed RFP and RFQ processes, vendor quotations, and purchase requisitions using Oracle-based MICROS & PIMPS purchasing modules, supporting accurate supplier selection and improving procurement processing efficiency by 30% while ensuring compliance with hospitality procurement standards.
• Coordinated with vendors, retail outlets, and operations teams to manage inventory issuance and equipment distribution, supported the Purchasing Manager in day-to-day procurement activities, and generated daily Goods Receipt Notes (GRNs), achieving 98% inventory accuracy and reducing stock discrepancies.
• Monitored purchase order follow-ups, partial deliveries, and order fulfilment, conducted market research and vendor development activities, and resolved invoice and delivery discrepancies with suppliers, resulting in a 25% reduction in delivery delays and upgraded vendor performance reliability.

• Managed RFP/RFQ sourcing activities and centralized purchase order (PO) creation, coordinating with approved vendors to meet operational requirements, which revitalized procurement turnaround time by 25% and ensured consistent compliance with internal purchasing controls.
• Followed up and expedited purchase orders, coordinated with vendors for timely issuance of storeroom supplies and equipment, and maintained strong supplier communication, resulting in a 20% improvement in on-time delivery performance and reduced operational downtime.
• Reviewed supplier invoices, maintained comprehensive vendor master data and product line records, performed periodic inventory counts, and collaborated receipt, inspection, acceptance, and payment clearance with the Accounts Department, reducing invoice discrepancies by 30% and strengthening financial and inventory accuracy.