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Salama  Ouda, Procurement Manager

Salama Ouda

Procurement Manager·Egyptian swiss company

Egypt

Bachelor's degree, Agricultural Engineering

Work experience

Total years of experience: 10 years, 2 months

Procurement Manager

November 2025 - Present

Egyptian swiss company

Cairo, Egypt

November 2025 - Present

1. Strategic Procurement & Operations
​Daily Management: Oversee all day-to-day purchasing activities and large-scale capital project expenditures.
​Process Improvement: Continually evaluate and refine purchasing methods to enhance efficiency and implement cost-saving initiatives.
​Policy Development: Design and implement comprehensive purchasing instructions, internal policies, and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
​Documentation & Compliance: Maintain meticulous records of purchase orders and contracts, ensuring 100% alignment with company policies and government regulations (e.g., debarment and suspension).
​2. Advanced Contract Management
​Lifecycle Management: Direct all aspects of the contract lifecycle, including administration, filing, periodic reviews, and timely renewals.
​Negotiation: Lead negotiations and renegotiations with vendors to secure optimal pricing, favorable terms, and superior product quality.
​Performance Evaluation: Monitor and analyze vendor performance against established KPIs and specifications to ensure service excellence.
​3. Bidding & Vendor Relations
​Bid Administration: Manage the competitive bidding process, including preparing technical specifications, evaluating proposals, and recommending vendors.
​Market Research: Conduct thorough research to identify and vet reliable suppliers and innovative products.
​Conflict of Interest: Ensure strict adherence to procurement ethics and conflict-of-interest regulations throughout the vendor selection process.
​4. Financial Oversight & Reporting
​Account Settlement: Oversee the reconciliation of accounts and ensure timely payments to suppliers.
​Data Analysis: Compile and analyze procurement data from various sources to monitor trends and ensure policy compliance.
​Reporting: Generate comprehensive monthly reports for senior management regarding spending, savings, and departmental performance.
​5. Leadership & Communication
​Team Supervision: Direct the work of purchasing clerks, managing the full talent cycle including hiring, training, and performance evaluation.
​Stakeholder Liaison: Serve as the primary point of contact for internal and external inquiries, providing expert guidance and resolving complex purchasing issues.
​Operational Support: Act as a functional backup for purchasing staff to ensure uninterrupted processing of purchase orders and equipment requisitions.
​Professional Competencies
​Problem Solving: Proven ability to resolve supply chain disruptions and complex contractual disputes.
​Communication: Exceptional interpersonal skills to navigate negotiations and manage diverse stakeholder relationships.
​Analytical Thinking: Strong capacity to interpret data for strategic decision-making and cost optimization

Company industry:
Food & Beverage Production
Job role:
Manufacturing

Procurement Manager

April 2022 - Present

misr national steel

Suez, Egypt

April 2022 - Present

1- Responsible for organizing and supervising purchasing functions managing Daily activities in purchasing to include day-to-day and capital projects purchases, managing contracts Including administering, negotiating, reviewing, renewing, filing, and evaluating for availability, price, term, and Quality of products.

2- Coordinating bid process and ensuring compliance with procurement conflict of interest Policies and regulations. And monthly reports.

3- Settlement of accounts and suppliers' payments Demonstrates effective communication and problem-solving skills.

4- Lead and direct the work of purchasing specialists including hiring, training, and supervising.

5- Contract management to include all aspects (e.g. administer, review, manage, file, evaluate, analyse, and negotiate). Negotiate or renegotiate and administer contracts with vendors.

6- Administer bidding process and contracts (e.g. prepare specifications, evaluate bids, recommend vendors, etc.).

7-Research and evaluate vendors/contracts to ensure it is in compliance with government regulations (e.g. vendor debarment and suspension regulation).

8-Evaluate vendors to ensure its performance is aligned with established specifications.

9- Evaluate order and bid documentation.

10- Develop and implement purchasing and contract management instructions, policies, and procedures.

11- Review and maintain good record of purchasing files and records (purchase orders, contracts, etc.) to ensure its compliance with company policies and procedures and ensure the availability of documentation.

12- Back up purchasing specialists to include ordering of supplies/goods, equipment and material, reviewing, and processing/issuing of purchase order.

13- Review and monitor capital purchases to ensure its compliance with company policies and procedures.

14- Identify opportunities for cost savings.

15- Compile data from variety of sources for analysing and ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures and monitoring of purchasing processes.

16- Continually improve purchasing methods/processes.

17- Response to inquiries from internal and external sources in providing information, direction, and or appropriate referrals.

18- Special projects and/or other duties as assigned

Company industry:
Manufacturing
Job role:
Purchasing and Procurement

Purchasing Manager

December 2024 - November 2025

El GIOSHY streel

Cairo, Egypt

December 2024 - November 2025

Company industry:
Manufacturing
Job role:
Purchasing and Procurement

Purchasing Manager

May 2021 - March 2022

AHLA Dairy products company

Cairo, Egypt

May 2021 - March 2022

1 - Establishing policies and procedures for the procurement department

2- Establishing an annual, monthly and weekly purchase plan

3- Training and supervising the procurement team

5- Determining the responsibilities of the work team and evaluating the team's performance

6- Communicate with all departments to achieve the company's goals

7- Follow up on prices in the local and foreign markets

8- Evaluate existing suppliers and maintain strong relationships with suppliers

9- Always look for new suppliers to achieve savings

10- Follow up on warehouse balances, order limit and purchase time

11- Always ensure the progress of purchases and deliveries in the right quantity and at the

right time with high quality

12- Providing weekly, monthly and annual reports on the volume of expenditures and savings

13- Submit an up-to-date suppliers record

14- Keep all documents for future reference

15- Attending meetings and conferences

Company industry:
Food & Beverage Production
Job role:
Purchasing and Procurement

Purchasing Manager

December 2020 - April 2021

Arab Company for Development and Plastic Industry “Shield Pipe”

Cairo, Egypt

December 2020 - April 2021

1 - Establishing policies and procedures for the procurement department

2- Establishing an annual, monthly and weekly purchase plan

3- Training and supervising the procurement team

5- Determining the responsibilities of the work team and evaluating the team's performance

6- Communicate with all departments to achieve the company's goals

7- Follow up on prices in the local and foreign markets

8- Evaluate existing suppliers and maintain strong relationships with suppliers

9- Always look for new suppliers to achieve savings

10- Follow up on warehouse balances, order limit and purchase time

11- Always ensure the progress of purchases and deliveries in the right quantity and at the

right time with high quality

12- Providing weekly, monthly and annual reports on the volume of expenditures and savings

13- Submit an up-to-date suppliers record

14- Keep all documents for future reference

15- Attending meetings and conferences

Company industry:
Manufacturing
Job role:
Purchasing and Procurement

Purchasing Manager

May 2007 - September 2007

The Egyptian Company for the manufacture of Pipes and chemicals - Alpha Pipe

Cairo, Egypt

May 2007 - September 2007

1- Reviewing purchase orders, recording them, completing their technical data, and transferring them to the procurement specialist.
2- Review requests for quotations and ensure (attaching drawings or special specifications and the like) and sending them to the approved official suppliers.
3- Following up the reception of price offers, ensuring that they are technically and financially complete, and approving their listing and unloading them in the
Compare prices and decide on them by the decision committee
4- Reviewing supply orders for suppliers and following up on supplying them to warehouses.
5- Follow-up of inspection, receipt and stock addition procedures.
6- Follow up the payment of suppliers' dues.
7- Follow-up evaluation of suppliers.
8- Participate in the review of the ISO procedure at the level of the purchasing department - and the department.
9- Follow-up of stock balances and review consumption averages.
10- Participation in preparing annual orders and long-term supplies and arranging the procurement process
11- Evaluate the performance of the management staff.

Company industry:
Industrial Production
Job role:
Manufacturing

purchasing Supervisor

January 2003 - March 2007

Lacto Misr for the production of milk and baby food

Zagazig, Egypt

January 2003 - March 2007

1- Receiving the purchase orders transferred from the Director of the Department, reviewing its registration, and completing its data, technically
2- Sending requests for quotations, receiving responses from suppliers, and making types fluctuation and technical approval.
3- Comparing prices and completing accreditation procedures.
4 . Sending supply orders to suppliers and receiving the goods.
5 - Completion of warehouse receipt procedures.
6- Finalizing the payment procedures for the supplier's dues.
7 - Evaluating the performance of suppliers and approving them from the Purchasing Manager.
8 - Periodically updating the suppliers register.
9- Follow up the market and monitor its changes
10- Continuous development of my performance to add acquired features such as free services - training course - research meetings - new conferences - additional service.

Company industry:
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Job role:
Purchasing and Procurement

Education

Agricultural Engineering - Ain Shams University

May 2001

May 2001

Bachelor's degree, Agricultural Engineering

Egypt

Skills

Spare Parts
Expert
Spare Parts
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Metal Fabrication
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Metal Fabrication
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Agrochemicals
Expert
Agrochemicals
Expert
Purchasing Negotiations
Expert
Purchasing Negotiations
Expert
Purchase Management
Expert
Purchase Management
Expert
Flexibility
Expert
Flexibility
Expert
Basics of Supply Chain Management
Expert
Basics of Supply Chain Management
Expert
Strong Communication
Expert
Strong Communication
Expert
Strategic Thinking
Expert
Strategic Thinking
Expert
Problem solving and decision making
Expert
Problem solving and decision making
Expert
- KEY USER - SAP- MM
Expert
- KEY USER - SAP- MM
Expert
MACC- System -
Expert
MACC- System -
Expert
iso 9001 -14001
Expert
iso 9001 -14001
Expert
SAP MM Consulting (HANA S4)
Expert
SAP MM Consulting (HANA S4)
Expert

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Training
Purchases and inventory
dr: hassn el gendy
Jul 2015
Business leadership and motivation
yat
Feb 2018
Basics of Supply Chain Management
yat
Apr 2022
MACC- System
computec-LET
Apr 2015
SAP MM Consulting (HANA S4)
Edraky
May 2019
iso 9001 -14001
TUV

Hobbies

  • reading - running -