Wael Gaber, Corporate Procurement and Budget Control Manager

Wael Gaber

Corporate Procurement and Budget Control Manager

Al Ezz Dekhiela Steel Company

Location
Egypt - Alexandria
Education
Master's degree, Supply Chain Management
Experience
24 years, 2 Months

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Total years of experience :24 years, 2 Months

Corporate Procurement and Budget Control Manager at Al Ezz Dekhiela Steel Company
  • Egypt - Alexandria
  • My current job since March 2003

A. Main responsibilities for EZDK items :
• Maintain tendering procedures for procurement of strategic items to ensure they are carried out effectively.
• Issue invitations to common vendors and ensure all bidders are treated equally during the tendering process
• Negotiating contract agreements with suppliers
• Assist business units, upon request, in preparing, coordinating and monitoring specific procurement activities .
• Follow up purchase orders for further clarifications to ensure that they are carried out in accordance with specified requirements and on time delivery.
• Conduct market research and surveys to continually search for better purchase opportunities
• Determine the need for new suppliers for strategic and corporate items.
• Monitor and evaluate performance of existing suppliers through business units’ feedback.
• Maintain and update central bidding list and classifies suppliers according to the type of product.
• Responsibilities of claims, debit notes, shortage in delivery, rejected items, export shipments for repair.

B. Securing the smooth supply of Corporate items ( Raw Material and Spare Parts )

• Following up the set Procurement plan with the Corporate procurement and Production planning on monthly basis
• Detection of deviations between planned and actual consumption of strategic items semiannually.
• Taking countermeasures in case of deviations.
• Monitoring performance of suppliers both technically (through the quality of items supplied, commitment to required specifications ) and commercially (flexibility to our payment terms, delivery schedules, rate of response, ...etc)



C. Securing effecting Payments in smooth flow:

• Avoiding delays in effecting payments for both Foreign and Local
Purchasing Departments by:
Issuing Weekly Reports for outstanding payments for Foreign and
Local Purchasing Departments , Following up unfinished payments
with Financial Division specially for critical items .

D. Budget Preparation :

• Preparation of annual budget for Foreign Raw Material and Refractories
• Preparation of Expenses Budget



E. Follow Up and Performance Improvement:

• Issuing Monthly reports of the Purchasing Contracts, their values , Comparing them similar months in other years and reporting delayed requisitions that exceeded the Purchasing Cycle
• Issuing Monthly Reports for the status of Letters of Guarantee
• Issuing daily report for the Currencies Exchange Rates Against US $

F. Innovative projects held by me for workflow improvement

• Designing a model to stimulate the flow of requisitions from several departments in order to minimize the lead time and decide the required workforce. Thus, increasing the subordinates effectiveness and efficiency.
• Building an innovative supplier list using MS Access categorized by supplier scope, item category, possible vendors and including price per unit for the last 10 years raw data. The new supplier list also included full item description in order to facilitate the negotiation procedures for non experienced purchasers to be based on a scientific approach. Using the new supplier list, the spare parts section doubled the cost reduction figure in one year ( From USD 615, 000 to USD 2, 147, 425)
• Implementing a new set of KPI’s for the spare parts section for measuring effectiveness and efficiency of the workflow including tendering period, accounts payable, responsiveness to emergencies, and number of technical clarifications per tender.

Assistant of Foreign purchasing Manager at Lord Precision Industries
  • Egypt - Alexandria
  • April 2001 to March 2003

A. Main responsibilities

• Following up the requisitions raised by the MRP specialists, giving them priorities
• Creating an overview plan for the procurement process, procurement documents, bidding processes
• Selecting bidders to be invited in different tenders according to their specializations, and according to their business history with the company.
• Evaluating the various types of contracts to determine which will best represent the relationship between the buyer and seller
• Conducting commercial and tendering activities and support negotiation activities relating to the contracts, in order to deliver contracting arrangements

Material Requirement planning Specialist at Lord Precision Industries
  • Egypt - Alexandria
  • March 2000 to March 2001

A. Main responsibilities
• Studying the consumption behavior of each of item of the spare parts or raw material used in the production process, setting averages, statistical reports indicating the deviations from the average consumptions, and indicating the reasons for such deviations
• Expecting the future consumptions of each item according to the current status and expected expansions
• Setting the safety stock quantity, and the order level quantity for each item and raw material
• Issuing requisitions to the purchasing division when any item reaches the order level
• Following up the purchasing procedures with the purchasing manager to ensure the flow of the requested items in the right time with the correct quantity and required specifications
The Work was done using MAPICS software, specially designed for MRP applications

Education

Master's degree, Supply Chain Management
  • at Arab Academy
  • August 2013

Master degree in Supply Chain management with GPA 3.98

Master's degree, Accounting and Management
  • at The American University in Cairo
  • June 2007

Mini MBA in General management .

Diploma, Marketing
  • at Alexandria University
  • June 2002
Bachelor's degree, Administration and Business Administration
  • at Alexandria University
  • June 1994

Specialties & Skills

Analysis
Communications
Negotiation
Contracting
Purchasing
PURCHASING
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
BUDGET PREPARATION
Communication
Coaching
Decision Making
Bargaining
Analytical Writing
Motivating
English Speaking
Computer skills
Planning
Leading
Negotiation
analysis
Organizing
Directing

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert
French
Intermediate
German
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

Payment Terms in foreign trading (Training)
Training Institute:
Ain Shams University
Date Attended:
July 2005
Duration:
70 hours
Negotiation Skills (Training)
Training Institute:
American University in Cairo
Date Attended:
May 2009
Duration:
30 hours
Business Skills Development (Training)
Training Institute:
American University in Cairo
Date Attended:
May 2006
Duration:
30 hours
Purchasing Procedures (Training)
Training Institute:
Danieli Company in Italy
Date Attended:
April 2007
Duration:
35 hours

Hobbies

  • Travelling
    Traveled abroad to Germany , Italy , and Qatar