Salman Arif, procurement officer

Salman Arif

procurement officer

Al Baddad Art Hub LLC

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Higher diploma, Diploma of Higher Education Electronics
Experience
6 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :6 years, 8 Months

procurement officer at Al Baddad Art Hub LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • August 2023 to March 2024

Led cross-functional teams to develop effective negotiation strategies with suppliers to ensure best value purchases.
Evaluated existing purchasing policies and procedures to ensure compliance with corporate regulations and industry standards.
Ensured adherence to organizational policies and procedures during the entire purchase cycle from requisitioning till payment.
Establishing source of suppliers, negotiate prices, delivery date, and other necessary commitments based upon authorized requisition that maintains consistency with the Program/Requisitioning Unit requirement and compliance with company policies and federal regulations.
Responded to range of inquiries regarding processes or bid status. Negotiating terms & conditions with vendors and/or service provider; and achieving departmental objectives and goals within budgets. I slashed purchase cost by 14% in Q1 - Q3 of 2023 through win-win negotiations while ensuring the continuation and enhancements services level by establishing and maintaining good and strategic relationship with vendors.
Planned and organized operational requirements.
Maximized agility and lean procurement process. I recommend and encouraged management to cut out unnecessary approval levels and implemented a paperless procurement process thus saved 15% of TCO.
Sourced and ensured that products bought were of good quality at competitive prices in full consideration of “Worth the Money “and with utmost agility.
Negotiable favorable credit facilities (30 & 90 days) with vendors, thus ensuring quality assurance and improving organization working capital.
Carried out strategic planning with management and various departments and ensured projects implementation cost effectively, realized 20% savings from PO in 2022. Reduced PR/PO cycle from 2 weeks to within 5 days.
Evaluate bids, selecting and recommending suppliers.
Review purchase requisitions and place orders with approved suppliers for routine and more complex purchases. Expedite supplier deliveries to ensure on time commitments.
Close collaboration with internal stakeholders to fully understand requirements.

procurement logistics specialist at Pulse Middle East Trading LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • June 2022 to August 2023

Offered commercial advice and support to internal stakeholders, enhancing profitable supplier performance.
Collated and presented relevant information on key measures, activity and data.
Created RFI and RFP documents with meticulous accuracy, maintaining thorough, precise supply-chain records.
Carried out diligent spend analysis and supplier analysis, ensuring optimised cost efficiency throughout project pipelines.
Trained staff on procurement policies and procedures to promote consistent supplier sourcing Regularly negotiated with key suppliers, achieving optimum price and delivery options.
Arranged transportation for goods dispatch, evaluating time schedules and prices of various couriers on SAP to evaluate most cost-effective prices.
Scheduled transportation of outgoing goods to meet customer requirements Coordinated forwarding transportation with external contractors.

Procurement Executive at Electra Exhibition LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • August 2017 to June 2022

Managing procurement categories related to Operation\Sales \Marketing, Office Equipment, Catering, IT, Electronic security Solutions & Facility Management.
Conducting RFX, Tender evaluation, procurement spend analysis .Validating and monitoring catalogue based requirement for all functions .
Negotiations related to existing contract benchmarking .
Organizing and sourcing suppliers for products and services to encourage market completion and in same time rationalizing existing supplier base .

Education

Higher diploma, Diploma of Higher Education Electronics
  • at Saint Patrick Technical College
  • January 2009

Specialties & Skills

Adaptability
Problem Solving
Purchase & Sourcing
Spend Analysis
Strategic Sourcing
Risk management
Critical Thinking
Negotiation
Procurement
Strategic Sourcing
Purchasing
Supply Chain

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Languages

Urdu
Expert
English
Expert
Arabic
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

Ethical Procurement & Supply Certificate(CIPS) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2022
Valid Until:
February 2023