Supervisor, Static & Electrical Equipment Procurement Unit
Petro Rabigh
Total years of experience :19 years, 0 Months
The key activities / responsibilities are:
* Key responsible is to handle all procurement activities for plants operational material demands which includes procurement of capital spares, equipment’s, spares parts and general supply materials.
* Served as a leader for procurement related activities for T&I shutdowns.
* Supervises work and activities of (10) staff members in all manners of the day-to-day operations of the procurement section.
* Supervises and participates in the preparation of purchase orders and recommends the awarding of orders to vendors.
* Participate in negotiations and contractual issues for existing and new purchases.
* Makes recommendations, and assist with developing procurement policies and administrative procedures; responsible for keeping abreast of changes in procurement trends.
* Design and implement all material plan and ensure compliance to all purchasing policies and manage all communication for all engineering activities and assist to buy all supplies and equipment’s and maintain quality for same.
* Evaluate all quotes and coordinate with vendors to provide required component bids and analyze all vendor performance to improve all purchasing process.
* Develop and maintain professional relationships with all suppliers, initiate supplier performance counselling when required.
* Preparing periodical statistical reports (i.e. KPI’s) using SAP system and present them to management.
* Execute and deliver projects, which include direct as well as indirect categories professionally and on schedule.
* Responsibilities include assisting in interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
* Handle procurement activities for CAPEX/OPEX related projects.
* Establish, analyze and optimize the business's procurement strategy ensuring alignment with business goals. Oversee e-procurement and digital transformation initiatives.
* Partner with stakeholders, executive leaders and department heads to understand business needs. Then, establish requirements, scope and criteria for procurement projects.
* Collect and interpret procurement data and calculating procurement costs and developing cost reduction strategies.
* Developing strong relationships with business stakeholders and strategic supply partners to improve business.
Petro Rabigh is a $10bn JV Oil & Gas & Petro Chemical company of Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo chemicals, Japan . Currently working as a buyer for ‘Material Supply Department’ of Petro Rabigh in Saudi Arabia.
The key activities are:
*Receive, verify approved purchase requests from different departments and assure that received request are in compliance with polices & procedures of material section before processing the order.
*Experience with sourcing potential suppliers for RFQ locally & internationally from company approved vendor list for purchase of equipment and spare parts (mechanical, electrical equipments, instrumentation tools, IT equipments, chemicals & general supplies).
*Liaise with end users to clarify specification issues while the requisition is in the RFQ stage.
*Studying & evaluating the received quotations based on the specifications, price & delivery time before submitting them to management for approval.
*Sourcing alternative products and reviewing existing ones to ensure prices remain competitive with no compromise of quality.
*Assigned as focal point between material supply department & maintenance department for execution of T&I shutdown related material requirement to make sure material availability within the provided deadline.
*Preparing purchasing schedule to secure all the required items in the suitable time.
*Enforce correct delivery, payment and Inco terms.
*Manage material returns & rejections professionally.
*Negotiating contracts including blanket agreements and bulk commodity pricing agreements.
*Initiate necessary documentation when advance payment is requested by the supplier with consultation of end user.
*Participating in preparing the budget for the purchasing section, and follow it after been approved.
*Making database for the vendors, including their addresses, activities, performance and also their prices and services.
*Preparing periodical statistical reports (i.e. KPI’s) using SAP system and present them to management.
*Coordination with end user departments for implementation of policies and procedures & cost optimization.
*Monitoring controls and performance reporting of sourcing and purchasing including productivity of purchasing function.
*Carrying out other occasional duties related to the scope of job as required.
Fidelity Investments provides a large family of mutual funds, distributors and investment advisors, as well as providing discount brokerage services, retirement services, wealth management, securities execution and clearance, life insurance and a number of other services.
Experienced procurement professional skilled in managing material and equipment needs for a multinational company. Controlling inventory, overseeing operation of distribution centers, communicate with other departments, vendors, and executive management to ensure procurement goals are met.
* Sourced and negotiated pricing for 600 items with an annual purchased value of $10 million including establishing blanket purchase agreements and bulk commodity pricing agreements.
* Respond to customer and supplier inquiries about order status, changes, or cancellations.
* Contact suppliers in order to schedule or expedite deliveries and to resolve shortages, missed or late deliveries, and other problems.
* Developed strategic suppliers and negotiated contract agreements to reduce the number of vendors from 150+ to a group of 65 core partners resulting in cost savings due to reduced administrative costs as well as quantity price breaks.