Contracts Specialist / Category Buyer
Emirates steel Industries
Total years of experience :18 years, 0 Months
Responsible for entire strategic procurement of Services/ Spares parts / consumables for Normal, Shutdown and Emergency requirements.
● Involves in the buying role for supply chain process through management of Procurement & Logistics Department customer's interfaces.
● Liaison with user departments to ensure service agreements are fulfilled with interdepartmental equipment for spare parts Procurement.
●Receiving technical and commercial offers and preparing techno commercial evaluation of technically approved suppliers.
● Provide timely answers to customer technical inquiries in consultation with end user department.
● Develops and maintains positive supplier relationships including review of performance in order to provide quality integration products.
● Following procurement processes, Delegation of Authority Manual, Material Plans, Supplier Qualification strategies. Preparing presentations of High Value contracts for committee approval.
●Responsible for inviting bidders for Long term contract (tenders- spare parts / Services ) and awarding the same.
Cost Saving Performance :
6.6 Millions Dirham's March 2013 to December 2017
Category Spend :
21 Millions Dirham's March 2013 to December 2017
•Reporting to the Cost Control Manager to ensure optimum utilization of available funds towards the accomplishment of revenue goal and responsible for significant process and cost reduction benefit.
•Floating enquiries to various vendor including overseas vendors.
•Comparison between budgeted cost and original cost before placing the order.
•Preparing purchase order, Service order, work order, Adjustment order and follow up with the vendor’s as well as client.
•Preparing price comparison statements against the quotation received from various vendor / suppliers
•Raising Request for quotation (RFQ’s) as per the requirement of the concerned departments.
•Handling creditor’s payment as well as outstanding clearance smoothly.
•Producing monthly procurement reports outlining issues within department and recommending potential solution.
•Expedite the procurement status of overseas delivery along with shipping schedule and procedure
•Prepare purchase orders and send copies to suppliers and to departments originating requests
• Responsible for all expediting activities from the purchase order placement to material delivery at a point of final delivery.
• Differentiation of requested product locally & internationally, Country of Origin (Manufactured as per required specification).
• Manage equipment purchase orders to ensure on-time readiness and delivery to site in line with the project and construction schedule.
• Coordinate all the trucking/logistics for delivery of equipment to site and coordinate with construction at site to ensure readiness and proper equipment is available for off-loading shipment.
• Ensure that all final vendor data is received and turned over as required by the project.
• Work closely and communicate regularly with Buyer, Inspection Coordinator and the Engineering Consultant’s document control.
• Report on equipment status and progress regularly.
• Visit vendors to confirm Schedules and Reports.
• Generating Rejection / Shortage / Damage & Overage Report.
• Receiving the accepted material from Receipt sections Warehouse Activities.
• Daily Material Arrival Report, Weekly Material Inspection Pending Report, Monthly Report.
• Submitting the report to QA/QC as well as client for proper and actual Invoice.
• Knowledge in INCO terms.