Procurement Lead
Emaar EC
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :15 years, 11 أشهر
• Handle all procurement related matters for City Operations and City Management Division.
• Establish a strategic sourcing plan for all projects related to City Operations & Management Business Unit.
• Identify key services and develop preferred suppliers for each main area to ensure continuous operations and minimize risks.
• Handle complete RFQ/RFP cycle from bid slate to tendering and awarding through Purchase Order or Contract.
• Conduct pre and post award negotiation meetings for favorable terms and rates and look for win-win situations with suppliers.
• Negotiate, draft and award contracts for acquired services and/or products to winning bidders.
• Provide functional development support including planning, process mapping and improvement.
• Develop and enhance sourcing methodologies and processes for driving continuous improvement to the procurement program.
• Provide support to diverse business and categories of spend including Commercial / Retail Development, Marketing, IT, Facilities management, Residential Development, Industrial Valley Development, Utilities, Primary Infrastructure.
• Maintain and update the in-house prequalification program developed to take over the process from a third party consultant to evaluate and qualify competent vendors for relevant projects.
• Lead the qualification process and review the legal position of all vendors.
• Conduct visits to contractors’ and consultants’ project sites as part of the evaluation process.
• Developed the vendor registration process guide as part of the Organization Process Manual
• Perform periodic market research to explore potential new vendors advantageous to the projects of the organization.
• Developed comprehensive registration and prequalification forms considering the vendor’s types and activities catering to both local and overseas vendors.
• Supervise the review and assessment activity of existing vendor database
• Identify categories with shortage of vendors and develop strategies to cover the gaps
• Periodic assessment of suppliers’ performance and develop appropriate corrective action plan to address issues.
• Communication and support to the business units on the registration and compliance status of registered vendors.
• Managing Procurement team including Contract and Category Managers to handle company purchasing activities for volume of €50 Million per annum.
• Develop cost saving and sourcing strategies to achieve procurement KPIs
• Manage, qualify and approve more than 2, 000 suppliers for the whole organization, ensuring to secure optimum quality, price and commercial terms and conditions.
• Governance, development and implementation of purchase to pay processes and guidelines.
• Overseeing Contract Management, Supplier Management and Risk Management initiatives.
• Strategize with cross-functional business units and local management to identify and develop proper resources, and ensure compliance with corporate and country regulations.
• Supervise and promote employees to advanced areas of responsibility and ensuring team success by motivating staff to high levels of performance.
• Main point of contact between all suppliers and organization.
• Management of temporary labor and subcontracting suppliers including drafting specific customized contracts (in cooperation with Legal Department) according to needed job requirements.
• Prequalifying and shortlisting key suppliers.
• Documenting and reporting of financial figures on monthly, quarterly and yearly basis to headquarters.
• Implementation of supplier management processes to further enhance and optimize cycles.
• Bottom up planning and forecasting of fiscal year budget.
Software programs utilized: SAP, MODIAS, GLORIS, Click4Supplier, PVO Cube, Spend Data Warehouse
• Contract, Supplier, Travel and Hotel Management.
• Analyzing market and negotiating clauses/prices with suppliers.
• Finding new and alternative suppliers for key products/services.
• Meeting yearly set benchmarks for savings.
• Financial reporting to Headquarters in Germany on monthly and quarterly basis.
Supporting Contract & Supplier Manager and Director of Procurement with various responsibilities including preparation of Offer Comparison Sheets, double checking contracts, floating and following up of quotations with suppliers.
Information Management for Corporate Procurement Supplier information database.