Weaam Abdou, Associate Vice President, Strategic Sourcing

Weaam Abdou

Associate Vice President, Strategic Sourcing

Emirates NBD

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
High school or equivalent, High School/Science
Experience
19 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :19 years, 5 Months

Associate Vice President, Strategic Sourcing at Emirates NBD
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since June 2011

Manage a spend of AED 160m and a team of 4 across Premises category, achieved savings of 18m (2017) and on track to achieve 17m 2018.

The assistance in creating and rolling-out of procurement policy and procedures across the ENDB Group & it’s Subsidiaries

Manage construction of new offices & branches, management of design consultants and contractors, management of FM service providers & the supporting ENBD Properties in the management of the lease portfolio

Direct management of a number of large RFP’s including:

ENBD Group Facility Management - 78m AED over 2 years achieved savings in excess of 12%
Property management outsourcing 145m revenue per annum with saving in excess of 18%

Implementation of category management strategy process and associated tools and templates, for key sub-categories under management.

Development of a number of UAE nationals from tactical buyers to capable sourcing managers.

Manage relationships with key stakeholders up to COO level.

Management of FM contracts for owned and leased properties working with stakeholders to identify synergies, improve building management processes and reduce cost

Introduction of SLA and penalties in all strategic agreements, with associated management information processes developed and implemented.

Implementation of a contract database and vendor management methodology and process to pro-actively manage vendor contracts, tracking of vendor SLA and KPI’s, and provision of weekly report packs to senior management.

Procurement Specialist at Dubai Properties Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2005 to June 2011

Managing and supervising the procurement team, coordinating, preparing and negotiating complex professional service contracts, Managing and directing bids and competitive negotiation contract processes, which include the development of procurement plans, statements of work, selection criteria, target dead lines and terms & conditions of contracts, Assisting in the coordination, development, evaluation and administration of requests for proposal & service contracts.

Education

High school or equivalent, High School/Science
  • at Helwan Secondary School
  • June 2002

Science

Specialties & Skills

Management
Administration
Training
Negotiation
Procurement
Negotiation
Analysis
Evaluation
Contracting

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Negotiation Skills (Training)
Training Institute:
Emirates NBD
Date Attended:
June 2014
Duration:
16 hours
Customer Service (Training)
Training Institute:
Up your service school
Date Attended:
February 2008
Duration:
40 hours

Hobbies

  • Motorsport
    2nd overall - First in class - Red Line Challenge Championship - 2008/2009 First in class - Autocross championship 2009/2010 King of the hill title - Potenza challenge - 2011 Top 10 overall - DAMC Endurance championship 2012/2013 Second overall - Team 90 series - 2013/2014
  • Diving
    18 meters open water
  • Hiking
    Kilimanjaro Mountain - Tamzania Jabal Akhdar - Oman Hafeet Mountain - UAE