Rajeh Al Masri, Cost & Materials Manager

Rajeh Al Masri

Cost & Materials Manager

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Location
Saudi Arabia - Jubail
Education
Bachelor's degree, Business administration
Experience
32 years, 2 Months

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Total years of experience :32 years, 2 Months

Cost & Materials Manager at aytb
  • Saudi Arabia - Jubail
  • My current job since December 2012

Job Description:
Responsible for materials management of our business. This includes direct material planning,
vendor management, cost reduction, procurement, logistic, and strategic sourcing related to
supply partners. Ensure tight supply/demand alignment, timely material delivery, and crisp
communication of issues. This position also requires working closely with cross-functional
partners in Operations, Sales and Accounting to ensure that our total needs are clearly defined.
The ideal candidate will have materials management experience and be familiar with a variety of
materials related to the fastener industry.
Job Responsibilities:
• Own and drive day-to-day supplier cost, quality, delivery, and inventory issues.
• Lead & perform all logistic activities to ensure best pricing on shipping of goods &
timely deliveries to domestic and international customers.
• Lead & perform material planning activities from raw materials to finished goods.
• Execute material requisitions to support demands, reorder point, safety stock, and
manually derived requirements.
• Lead and facilitate supplier discussions to support material flow, projects, and
escalations.
• Lead and support contract creation and execution for key supplier relationship.
• Monitor supplier performance, identify improvement opportunities, and drive escalations.
• Identify and develop new sources of supply when existing sources are inadequate.
• Lead and support annual material standard cost reviews.
• Lead month-end close activities, including inventory troubleshooting and adjustments

Operations Manager at Meelana Catering Services ‎
  • Jordan - Amman
  • June 2010 to November 2012

Job Description:
Leading the operation team and around 450 employees at Meelana . ensuring smooth operation and high quality level of food and services

 Areas of responsibility include food production units, stewarding, engineering housekeeping and laundry, logistics, purchasing, quality assurance and loss preventative.


 Budgeting, planning, leading and organizing the opening of all new projects.

 Responsibilities includes, focusing on growing revenues and maximizing the financial performance of all projects.

 Evaluate suppliers based on cost, quality, service, availability, reliability, and selection variety.
 Establishing foreign and domestic suppliers
 Negotiating the lowest prices
 Administering online purchasing systems
 Acquiring materials and parts needed
 Structuring product contracts
 Studying sales records and inventory levels
 Placing orders and checking shipment
 Controlling departmental budgets
 Interviewing, hiring and overseeing staff
 Appraising products and services

Materials Manager at Regency Palace Hotel
  • Jordan - Amman
  • July 2009 to May 2011

Job Description:
Responsible for materials management of our business. This includes direct material planning,
vendor management, cost reduction, procurement, logistic, and strategic sourcing related to
supply partners. Ensure tight supply/demand alignment, timely material delivery, and crisp
communication of issues. This position also requires working closely with cross-functional
partners in Operations, Sales and Accounting to ensure that our total needs are clearly defined.
The ideal candidate will have materials management experience and be familiar with a variety of
materials related to the fastener industry.
Job Responsibilities:
• Own and drive day-to-day supplier cost, quality, delivery, and inventory issues.
• Lead & perform all logistic activities to ensure best pricing on shipping of goods &
timely deliveries to domestic and international customers.
• Lead & perform material planning activities from raw materials to finished goods.
• Execute material requisitions to support demands, reorder point, safety stock, and
manually derived requirements.
• Lead and facilitate supplier discussions to support material flow, projects, and
escalations.
• Lead and support contract creation and execution for key supplier relationship.
• Monitor supplier performance, identify improvement opportunities, and drive escalations.
• Identify and develop new sources of supply when existing sources are inadequate.
• Lead and support annual material standard cost reviews.
• Lead month-end close activities, including inventory troubleshooting and adjustments.

Operations Manager ‎ at Farah Int. Catering Company
  • Jordan - Aqaba
  • April 2006 to July 2009

 Leading the operation team and around 280 employees at Farah and LSS projects. ensuring smooth operation and high quality level of food and services

 Areas of responsibility include food production units, stewarding, engineering housekeeping and laundry, logistics, purchasing, quality assurance and loss preventative.


 Budgeting, planning, leading and organizing the opening of all new projects.

 Responsibilities includes, focusing on growing revenues and maximizing the financial performance of all projects.

 Evaluate suppliers based on cost, quality, service, availability, reliability, and selection variety.
 Establishing foreign and domestic suppliers
 Negotiating the lowest prices
 Administering online purchasing systems
 Acquiring materials and parts needed
 Structuring product contracts
 Studying sales records and inventory levels
 Placing orders and checking shipment
 Controlling departmental budgets
 Interviewing, hiring and overseeing staff
 Appraising products and services

Cost Controller at Amman Marriott Hotel
  • Jordan - Amman
  • September 2004 to March 2006

 Main responsibilities are over all controlling of cost related expenses ‎according to budget for each department
 Regular daily inspections of quality and state of items in food store ‎rooms on a minimum of once per day. ‎
 Cleaning inspections and checks of all storerooms. CRUISE & ‎
 Regular inspections on the conditions of refrigerated store rooms ‎
 ‎ All items are to be received and stored in their correct manner ‎according to storing location, ‎
 All storerooms to be cleaned and sanitized daily.‎
 All issues to be ready by requested time. Storerooms must always be ‎kept locked when not ‎
 All food and beverage orders are to be placed according to company ‎policy liaising with Executive Chef, Bar Manager and F&B Manager. ‎
 All administration matters to be carried out according to company ‎policy and the direction of the accountant and the Financial Controller. ‎
 Daily contact and exchange of information with Executive Chef, Sous ‎Chef, Head Butcher and Head Pastry. ‎
 Carry out inventories without fail as agreed with Financial Controller ‎or from Head Office of food and beverage stocks. ‎
 Deal with any variances and carry out recounts as informed by ‎Financial Controller.‎
 Repair orders should be passed on to the F&B Manager to add to AVO ‎list. ‎
 To follow up on outstanding repairs and communicate accordingly ‎with the Hotel Engineer ‎
 Controlling the outlets beverage cost.‎
 Controlling the main and outlets kitchen food cost.‎

Materials Manager at Holiday Inn Amman
  • Jordan - Amman
  • May 2002 to August 2004

 The main responsibility is to search for the highest quality ‎merchandise at the lowest possible purchase cost..‎
 Sourcing and purchasing goods and services for the company ‎according to budget for each department
 ‎ Close control of purchasing budgets, negotiating with suppliers, ‎ensuring delivery schedules are met
 ‎ Preparing ongoing reports for company executives.‎
 Planning, organizing, budgeting and decision-making in coordination ‎with all department heads concerning annual purchasing.‎
 ‎ Strong market awareness, attention to details and conducting market ‎survey ‎
 Managing budgets with minimizing spending costs.‎
 Networking and negotiate with suppliers, to ensure price adjustments ‎and access to retail costs.‎
 Other responsibilities to include :

‎• Researching for new suppliers
‎• Following market trends
‎• Liaising with suppliers
‎• Projecting stock levels
‎• Reviewing tenders
‎• Following up with suppliers concerning delivery times ‎

Stores Manager at Movenpick Hotel & Resorts Aqaba
  • Jordan - Aqaba
  • June 1998 to April 2001

• One of the Pre Opening Team
• Set up the stores and F&B data in Fidelio
• Over all managing stores operations to include the daily, weekly and monthly inventory and issuing.
• Helping in purchasing for the fixed assets
• Purchasing cutlery crockery and linen for the whole center

Stores Manager at Sheraton entertainment center
  • Jordan - Amman
  • February 1997 to May 1998

• One of the Pre Opening Team
• Set up the stores and F&B data in Fidelio
• Over all managing stores operations to include the daily, weekly and monthly inventory and issuing.
• Helping in purchasing for the fixed assets
• Purchasing cutlery crockery and linen for the whole center

Cost Controler at Al Liwan Hotel
  • Jordan - Amman
  • January 1996 to February 1997

• Set up the stores and F&B data in Fidelio program
• Helping in purchasing for the fixed assets
• Purchasing cutlery crockery and linen for the whole center
• Market serving and price analysis
• Purchasing maintenance equipment requirements
• Food & Beverage controller Reports in general and analysis
• Controlling the kitchen (food cost).
• Controlling the outlets beverage cost

Project Manager at United Company for Shipping
  • Jordan - Amman
  • March 1991 to January 1996

Handling Day to day operations

Education

Bachelor's degree, Business administration
  • at University Intermediate College
  • June 1989

Specialties & Skills

Catering
Operations Management
Cost Control
Purchase Management
Team Management
HACCP Certified
Costing
Food & Beverage
Certified ISO 22000

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Intermediate