Waqas Akram

Project in brief: -
Red Sea utility is the first to establish the public-private partnership (PPP) model in Saudi Arabia’s infrastructure construction. The scope of works includes following utilities:
Solar Power Plant, Water desalination Plants (RO), A Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), Sewage Treatment Plants, District Cooling Plants, Municipal Solid Waste Plant, Primary Networks, Infrastructure and facilities.
• Responsibilities: -
 To lead the 12 buyers and 3 expeditors’ team, reviewing the offer approving the price analyst sheet for PO process.
 Devise and use fruitful sourcing strategies.
 Discover profitable suppliers and initiate business and organization partnerships.
 Negotiate with external vendors to secure advantageous terms.
 Approve the ordering of necessary goods and services.
 Finalize purchase details of orders and deliveries.
 Examine and test existing contracts.
 Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness.
 Collaborate with key persons to ensure clarity of the specifications and expectations of the company.
 Foresee alterations in the comparative negotiating ability of suppliers and clients
 Expect unfavorable events through analysis of data and prepare control strategies.
 Perform risk management for supply contracts and agreements.
 Control spend and build a culture of long-term saving on procurement costs.
 Coordinating with project sack holder for batter results.
 Conduction store inventory, to keep the sufficient stock of project consumables to avoid the extra purchasing.
 Taking lead on project long lead items.

Project in brief: -
Saudi Aramco is developing infrastructure for processing tight sand formation gas (unconventional gas) from the Jalamid field in the Al-Jouf and Northern Border Regions in the northwest part of Saudi Arabia. The first phase of this project, System A (by OTHERS) will involve gathering gas from the ST-53A area of these fields, routing it to an engineered surface facility location, then transporting it approximately 40 km via pipeline to a customer. The second phase of the development (System B - the scope of this project) will involve gathering gas from the Jalamid vicinity, routing it to four identical engineered surface facilities (66 MMSCFD design capacity and 79.2 maximum capacity each), then transporting it 61 km via pipeline to a customer.

Responsibilities: -

•Procurement the material on time as per the project requirement and effectively utilize the man power to complete the job as per the planned schedule.
•Managing quantity takes off & procurement of materials to the site, Material factory inspection for procurement of material as per specification of project.
•Have knowledge of project procurement phase requirements on Material Requisitions.
•To ensure that the stores are kept in an orderly and proper manner.
•To ensure that an efficient delivery service is provided to the project from the
Warehouse.
•To ensure that all external hire of Transport, Plant and Equipment is kept to a
minimum.
•Generate material reports as required and check for accuracy.
•Ensure excess / unwanted materials returned from site are adequately recorded and accounted for.
•Liaise with the Procurement Manager regarding any delivery discrepancies
and any other matters to be resolved.
•Liaise with Procurement Manager and Expeditor on forecast deliveries so that adequate warehouse planning can be affected.
•Attending procurement review meetings with Clients if required.
•Expediting all equipment, materials and documentation as per the PO, SDRL and Expediting Plan to meet project schedule requirements
•Expediting documentation both from Vendors as well as MDR internal approvals.
•Monitor the progress of orders with the vendors and take appropriate actions to ensure timely delivery of materials
•Follow up with sub-vendors if required to facilitate the progress of work.
•Coordinate with PMT, Engineering, QC, Client and other departments to address all expediting related issues.
•Identify field expediting visit requirement and manages field Expeditors Owns the materials expediting schedule updated weekly.
•Monitoring Vendors (and Sub Vendors as required) performance to ensure equipment, materials, and documentation is of the required quality and highlight issues that may arise in priorities, workload, competence, schedule, ETAs, potential use of sub-vendors.

Projects Handled: Steam Power Plant Shuqaiq, Jezan
Responsibilities: -

•Liaise with Logistics to arrange for Transportations/shipments.
•Establish a process of swiftly identifying new suppliers maintain approved supplier/potential supplier database, establishing supplier leads through trade fairs, chamber of commerce, and internet. Arrange for samples, testing and evaluation of new products. Collaborate with staff on new standing agreements, ensuring staff awareness of product lines of new suppliers.
•Ensure receipt of final documentation from vendors in time and acceptance of the same by PMT.
•Ensure vendor invoices related issues are sorted out on time and follow up with accounting for payments, Facilitate PO close out.
•Organize and coordinate the activities of the expending function within multiple Projects in parallel, meeting all project delivery requirements.
•Establish and manage the Expediting Plan and Procurement Tracking Schedule including organization of interface with other disciplines to plan and monitor all coming activities as well as schedule update.
•Implement and drive the procurement strategies to meet cost savings target.
•Ensure a close, continuous and efficient interface with Engineering, Project Control, Construction, Quality and Stores dept.
•Ensure commercial, legal and contractual compliances in all the procurement transactions within the team Coordinate the Expediting team and ensure the material delivery in full compliance with the agreement and project’s requirements
•Issue the Expediting Reports for the Regional Management Team and Client.

Project nature Infrastructure and facilities), Jubail Commercial Port (Project nature. Civil mechanical), Madden phosphate Turaif (Project nature Infrastructure and facilities),

Responsibilities: -
Ensures elaboration and implementation of operational strategies focusing on achievement of the following results:
•Full compliance of procurement activities with company’s rules, regulations, policies and strategies; including implementation of the effective internal control, proper design and functioning of a client-oriented procurement management system.
•Management of construction/works/infrastructure contracts in place, as well as troubleshooting with vendors, as required.
•Collaborate with project teams in timely preparation of procurement plans for the office, setting deadlines, and monitoring of their implementation.
•Mapping procurement business processes of the approved project/office objectives and elaboration/establishment of internal Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in Procurement, and control of the workflows in the Procurement Unit and and their harmonization with Multi-Country Office workflows
•Analysis of requirements, and synthesis of proposals for cost-saving and reduction strategies.
•Support preparation of the budget and the detailing of costs for procurement services provided by company.
•Synthesis of proposals and implementation of contract strategy, including tendering processes and evaluation, contractor appraisal, managing the contract and contractor, legal considerations and payment conditions, risk assessment.
•Provision of monthly reports and updates for management and various clients, including cost-recovery requirements from various projects and clients.
•Performs any other relevant tasks as requested by the supervisor.
•Identification of procurement needs at the development stage for construction and infrastructure projects
•Completion of procurement of all required goods, works and services on a timely basis and in an accurate manner.
•Preparation and review of technical specifications, terms of references, scope of works for construction projects.
•Elaboration and implementation of proper needs assessments and requirement definition approaches to assist with identification of projects’ procurement needs.
•Creation and Implementation of proper monitoring and control system of procurement processes in full compliance with company rules and regulations, including (i) organization of RFQs, ITBs or RFPs, (ii) receipt of quotations, bids or proposals, (iii) their opening and evaluation, (iv) negotiation of conditions of contracts with suppliers, and (v) contract management.
•Together with the designated technical committee, review and evaluate the offers or proposals received and prepare the report for the award of contracts and for presentation to the corresponding Contracts Committee;
•Preparation of contracts, amendments, and necessary modifications including resolution of issues that guarantee compliance with company manuals, requesting their review by the competent unit;
•Implementation of the internal control system, which ensures that contracts and Purchase Orders are duly prepared and dispatched. Timely corrective actions on POs with budget check errors and other problems.
•Preparation of pro-forma invoices and contract documents prior to submission for signature to the relevant Procurement Authority.
•To ensure that procurement and supplier management activity is performed with probity and in compliance with relevant procurement regulations.
•Implement end to end purchasing and procurement process, policy incorporating local/international suppliers.
•Assesses the ability of suppliers to supply products in accordance with technical criteria and according to the conditions set out in specifications.

Projects Handled: Pump station # 3 (Saudi Aramco)
Responsibilities: -

•Commercial Bid Evaluation Preparation - Material & Services.
•To ensure that procurement and supplier management activity is performed with probity and in compliance with relevant procurement regulations.
•Implement end to end purchasing and procurement process, policy incorporating local/international suppliers.
•Assesses the ability of suppliers to supply products in accordance with technical criteria and according to the conditions set out in specifications.
•Ensuring Materials are delivered with required documentation for clearing receiving inspections from Client.
•Invoice Certification & Payment follow-up for suppliers

Bid Evaluation Preparation - Material & Services
•Deal with international/ local suppliers handle their queries, assess their needs.
•To ensure that procurement and supplier management activity is performed with probity and in compliance with relevant procurement regulations.
•Invoicing in SAP system (SAP #ZTCV 202).

Business natures:
•Highways, Streets, and Roads. ...
•Bridges. ...
•Water Supply and Resources. ...
•Waste Management and Waste Water Management. ...
•Telecommunications. ...
•Hazardous Waste Removal and Storage.

Responsibilities: -
•Reports to the Senior Manager of Infrastructure and Indirect Procurement.
•Includes oversight and responsibility for sourcing, contract/pricing negotiation, and working with internal customers and external suppliers to reach mutually agreeable and cost efficient business agreements.
•Managing daily activities and accountability to task and final work product.
•Define team policies and rules to improve efficiency and standardize work processes.
•Lead supplier management activities.
•Procuring the all type of consumable material along with hand & electric tools
•Procuring the precast material from direct sources.
•Procuring the all civil use long lead items at
•Managing of the procurement of a variety of goods and services required for the company’s office, and successful implementation of its projects.