Manager,Procurement
Lootah BC Gas LLC
Total years of experience :23 years, 2 Months
• Leading and influencing the supply chain team (Procurement, Logistics and Warehouse) throughout the acquisition process and improved the productivity ensuring adherence to quality and policies.
• Enhancing the efficiency of procurement process, material requirement plans, supplier qualification and performance evaluation to ensure conformity and attained better value for spend money.
• Analyze, negotiate and awarding supply and service agreements and achieved procurement related project milestones, financial, operational targets and KPI consistently.
• Explore and implement cost reduction, continuous improvement & profitability initiatives for procurement, Logistics and warehousing to optimize total cost of ownership and overall operation efficiency.
• Orchestrating the required supplier due diligence, qualification and periodical evaluation in order to assess value of services / products, decision-making on future collaborations and kept update of approved vendor list (AVL).
• Manage the expediting process and streamline the logistical operations.
• Building and manage superior supplier relationship influenced continual improvement in business operations, minimising the price volatility and cost reduction.
• Refine and improve the productivity of the team through implementing ERP - purchase and inventory module. Developed and practiced ISO/IMS procedures for purchase, warehouse and logistics departments.
• Coordinate and assist commercial team for new tender biddings for competitive advantage through initiating early supplier involvement and strategic alliance.
• Keep abreast of market trends on resources, supply, demand and pricing fluctuations improved agility in change management.
• Increase customer satisfaction through interpersonal skills and commitment.
• Train and develop the skills of department team members.
• Improve operational efficiency, performance and productivity of supply chain while focusing on lean processes, challenging ‘status quo’ and promoting supplier diversity and sustainability.
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:
• Adroitly drove and managed acquisition process and improved the productivity adherence to quality and policies.
• Achieved over 20% saving in PRMS SKIDS manufacturing & fabrication works by initiating technology roadmap, leading processes for fabrication workshop, channel partner / distribution agreements with major Oil & Gas equipment producing companies.
• Transformed and attained inventory to the optimal for 98% service level and sustained through material requirement planning, product standardization, ABC analysis, just in-time (JIT), vendor managed inventory, schedule adherence and lead time reduction.
• Deftly conserved and contributed to bottom line through saving of 5-7% consistently on annual spend budget over AED 100M for the direct and indirect materials and services.
• Executed value engineering initiatives, early supplier involvement, strategic planning, special/long-term price contracts, supplier optimization, category management, global competitive sourcing and capitalized working capital leveraging trade payable terms.
• Instrumentally kept abreast of market trends on resources, supply, demand and pricing fluctuations improved agility in change management and facilitated training to department team members for achieving operational excellence.
• Assumed additional responsibility of Supply management for group companies engaged in diversified activities in multifunctional domains on a time share basis.
• Managed purchasing, logistics, warehousing and distribution operations while ensuring effective acquisition planning.
• Planned and managed departmental budgets while establishing clear goals and objectives.
• Planned purchases, floated enquiries, evaluated quotations, negotiated and managed annual purchases and tracked bought-out parts, raw materials and consumables while analysing sales and forecasting requirements and emergency demands.
• Consistently maintained a track of various sources of supplies by reviewing supplier performance and trade publications and through networking. Monitored key performance indicators including targets for cost, delivery, quality and overall performance for evaluating supplier performance.
• Developed order plans, monitored order cycles and negotiated special and standard prices.
• Maintained strong vendor relationships and identified alternative sources for critical items. Achieved cost reduction by 10-15 % for high- and medium-value items.
• Successfully controlled increasing trends of inventory and reduced the same by 20% within a year through proper analysis, strict vigilance and by introducing concepts like JIT and VMI.
• Analysed cost, prepared BOMs (bill of materials) and implemented materials planning for new projects.
• Identified cost reduction opportunities while initiating value engineering programmes.
• Set up and managed third-party (3PL) contract logistics companies while managing budgets ensuring each time that the 3PLs are operating within set cost parameters.
• Implemented purchase and inventory modules of ERP and developed ISO procedures for purchase, warehouse and logistics departments.
• Managed the PPC department in the production of cold forged steel and copper and aluminum components while meeting sales orders with optimum utilization of men and machines.
• Managed and controlled raw materials, finished products and WIP inventories while utilizing techniques such as JIT, ABC and HML.
• Developed and managed vendors for intermediate processes through cost analysis and feasibility study.
Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration(PGDBA)
Bachelor of Science