Muhammad Farooq, Corporate Procurement Decentralization Parnter

Muhammad Farooq

Corporate Procurement Decentralization Parnter

Islamic Development Bank

Location
Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
Education
Master's degree, Management and Business Administration
Experience
24 years, 2 Months

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Total years of experience :24 years, 2 Months

Corporate Procurement Decentralization Parnter at Islamic Development Bank
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since January 2019

To manage corporate procurement through head of admins based in 9 regional hub offices established in 9 different countries for the development of processes and systems required to deliver procurement. To guide the RH office for the strategic development of procurement to maximize value for money and achieve compliance through the support and development of best practice across all regional hubs. To make decisions on procurement cases as approver up to value 200, 000 USD, initiated by RH and to provide procurement advice and support for the management and other stakeholders in the organization.

Senior Procurement Officer at Islamic Development Bank
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • October 2014 to December 2018

Responsible for compliance of procurement practices with IDB’s corporate procurement policy and procedures for goods, works, services, real estate and consultancy. To coordinate for establishment of procurement committees and follow up with buyers related to progress and procurement transactions from PR to Payment.

As Head of Consultancy Services Unit (CSU), responsible to manage end-to-end process of consultancy services and provide guidance to requesting department from preparation of business case to final contract.

Lead Procurement, Responsible Sourcing Champion at Nestle Pakistan Limited
  • Pakistan
  • March 2000 to October 2014

Job:
Translate plans into sourcing strategies to ensure supplies by complying with Nestle Global Best Practices of procurement and using appropriate method of procurement.

Achievements:
- Value Addition to Business through COGS amounting PKR 75+ Mio from Y-2010 to Y-2013, significantly played my part in meeting the market level initiative for lowering the Total Delivery Cost (TDC).
- White Belt Certification upon completion of two projects as a team leader with cross-functional teams, value addition both tangible/intangible.
- Largest number of e-auctions run during Y-2011 i.e. 08 Nos.
- As Market Responsible Sourcing Champion, more than 50% suppliers, service providers, both local and global were qualified and complied on SMETA four pillars through Responsible Sourcing program.
- Supported companywide DPO initiative by implementing extended payment terms up-to 60 days.
- Part of Global Buying Team (PET)
- Support to Nestle factory supply chain in IMM project as an expert of MRP, P2P and MH to improve cost by reduce working capital and inventory of materials.

Procurement and Materials Coordinator at Nestle Pakistan Limited
  • Pakistan
  • March 2005 to February 2010

Responsible for Material Requirement Planning and Production Planning of Ambient/Chilled Dairy, Juice, Bottled Water, Nestle Nutrition and Cereal Plants, planning of Plant Capacity utilization, Plant Maintenance Planning with engineering team, Managing direct materials supplies, inventory controls, stocks covers, timely payments to suppliers as per agreement, optimization of logistics and planning for casual labor by sharing plan with warehousing teams.

Contributions
Drastic improvement in DPSA from 64% - 85%
 Availability of ROH and ZPCK materials 98% by managing stock covers within agreed range of min-Max
 Reduced write-off of direct materials by 80% as compare to 2004 by sharing plans with suppliers in advance.
 Reduced park invoices aging

Super User Material Handling (Supply Chain) at Nestle
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • September 2004 to February 2005

Nominated Super User for implementation phase of SAP at three different sites, Responsible for training of more than 25 end users for the module and defined layout of warehouses with different storage types.

Key Contributions:
 Completed training of all end users in record time within three weeks on SAP module and RF Scanners
 Designed Layout and demarcation of warehouse with defined storage types and conditions
 Transferred data from legacy system BPCS to SAP successfully with the team during quiet Period

Team Leader Warehousing (Supply Chain) at Nestle
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • March 2000 to August 2004

I was handling team of 30+ people comprising permanent and contractual labor, responsible for inbound and outbound supplies, inter plant transfers, storage, optimization of warehousing facility, inventory of materials, and follow up with quality assurance for release of materials.

Key Contributions:
 Inventory accuracy 100% monthly closing and cycle counting
 Defined procedures and standard routines for warehouse good practices in line of Nestle guide lines
 Team Skills Developments and trainings
 Receiving and issuance of materials on FIFO

Education

Master's degree, Management and Business Administration
  • at SUIT
  • August 2007

Specialties & Skills

Procurement Management
Project Management
Vendor Managed Inventory
Problem Solving
Sourcing Strategies
Ariba e-Sourcing
SAP P2P, SAP MH, SAP MRP
Public Procurement
DMAIC - Problem Solving
Microsoft Office software & the Internet- Expert.
Procurement Policy and Procedures
Global Buying
Responsible Sourcing

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Native Speaker
Arabic
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Growing Innovation Skills and Culture (Training)
Training Institute:
Nesta Innovation Skills
Date Attended:
October 2017
Smart Purchasing Skills (Training)
Training Institute:
TerraBiz
Date Attended:
April 2013
Office Automation Software Tools (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 1999
White Belt - Problem Solving Nestle (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2013
Business Process Manager - Signavio (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2018
Business Continuity Management - Lead Auditor ISO 22301 (Training)
Training Institute:
PECB Canada
Date Attended:
March 2019
Public Procurement Level-2 (UNDP, accredited by CIPS) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2019
Public Procurement (The World Bank Group - MOOC) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2017
Valid Until:
December 2019
Driving License Nestle Procurement -7 Steps Sourcing Strategies (Training)
Training Institute:
Nestle Procurement
Date Attended:
September 2011
Negotiate to Win (Training)
Training Institute:
PMMS UK
Date Attended:
November 2011
Duration:
40 hours