Muhammad Usman Abdullah

Responsibilities include:
• Leading procurement function covering multiple business verticals and teams.
Responsible for budget to pay process encompassing direct, indirect materials and
services.
• Led multiple sourcing/contract negotiations (direct and indirect categories), digitization
& transformations.
• Develop Procurement policies and procedures On Group level.
• Mentoring members of procurement team to maintain motivation levels and optimize
performance.
• Negotiate High Value & strategic Contracts in terms of quality, price, warranties,
guarantees, Lead time, Incoterms & payment terms with suppliers while adhering to
group policies & procedures in coordination with the management and legal advisors.

iSupply Planning, Sourcing, NPD, Procurement Operations, Inbound Logistics, KPIs
- Acting as a research assistant to R&D in finding new cost-effective sources and products
- Product Registeration in UAE regulatory authorities i-e MOCCAE, MOEW, ADFCA, Dubai Municipality.
- Supply Planning, Monitoring Consumption, Pipelines, Reorder level & Safety Stocks,
- Coordinating with Sales & Production Teams in order to forecast 3-month material requirements.
- Maintaining the supply Risk Register.
- Procurement Process Execution (Procure to Pay Process); Floating RFQs/RFPs and evaluating market price offers based on Product Quality, Inco Terms (CFR, CIF, FOB, DDP, Exw), Payment Terms (Letter of Credit, CAD, on Account, Deferred Payment against Bill of Lading), Production and supply capacity, product lead time. Awarding volume allocations among multiple suppliers and drawing up shipment plans and ensuring supplier adherence with schedule vide daily follow-ups.
- Inbound Logistics & Import Custom Clearance, Working closely with the QC/QA, Warehouse, Logistics, and Treasury teams to address any storage constraints, collection of shipping docs vide IBC under UCP/URR rules, Obtaining MOCCAE, MOEW, DM, ADFCA approvals and smooth clearance, Transportation and offloadding of shipment in warehouse or Direct shipments to Customers.
- Supplier Payables; Follow up with Finance for Supplier timely payments as per payment terms.
- Claim handling, processing and settlement of any Quality/Shortages/damages claims.
- Projects & Branch Development; Site Visits, CAPEX Study (Cost-Benefit input), RFP and Appointing Contractors, Monitoring Work in progress and Job completions.
- Asset, Stocks & Scrap Disposal (GUVS); In compliance with HSE policy, Expired Stock removal, Negotiate Returns to Suppliers, Secure deals with potential buyers, execution, Physical Blind inventory Counts, and Quarterly Inventory counts, Warehouse Management.
- Supplier Database, Evaluation & Rating; Quarterly evaluating suppliers based on Prices, Quality, Timely Supply, Claim settlements, Flexibility, and Communication.
- Reporting & Analytics; 3Months MRP Supply plan, Monthly KPI, Annual Procurement Plan, Daily Consumption, weighbridge and Pipeline report, Import Shipment Schedule, IBCs Report, Containers Offloading Plan, Supplier Rating Report and Supplier-wise & Category Spend Analysis.



Key Achievements

- Developed 8 New Cost-effective Products by reducing Formula Cost,
- Migrated almost 90% of payables to 60 and 90 Days on account/DA through bank.
- Streamlined with Treasury and Logistics teams to bring Demurrage/storage to Zero
- Zero Material shortage during Pandemic of 2020 due to proactive supply planning and Preponing Shipments .

• Scope: Direct and Indirect Material Purchases covering Trading materials
(Plywood, MDF, Blockboard, Melamine, Lumber, Timber), General Insurance
Contracts, (CAPEX) buying, Facility Management Services
• Responsible for delivering training to new users for Procurement Policy.
• Took active role in subordinate development & formulate KPIs for procurement team
• Rigorously worked to achieve procurement KPIs with regards to productivity
savings, payment terms extension, supplier development and ensuring compliance.

• Receiving & Processing Purchase Requisitions
• Selecting Suppliers, Placing RFQs, Obtaining Quotations and Issuing Purchase Orders
• Efficient Handling of Blanket and Planned Purchase orders with Key suppliers
• Tracking down the Shipments by following up with Shippers and Shipping agents
• Reviewing Shipping documents (CI, OBL, PL, COO, MTC, and Shipping Guarantees etc)
• General Insurance Contracts (Property All Risk, Marine Cargo, Motor Fleet,
Pecuniary & Health)
• Obtain the best Quotations from the Market in terms of Premium Charge & Risk
Coverage
• Conduct an objective analysis of Risk Coverage, Conditions, Exclusions, Deductibles, and
Warranties
• Policies Administrations (Declarations & Proposal forms), Renewals, and Cover note
• Claim Processing