Procurement Supervisor
AL RAHA GROUP FOR TECHNICAL SERVICES
Total years of experience :32 years, 4 Months
Key Result Areas:
• Involved in multi-tasking including compiling & administering material requirements plan, assigning project-wise requirements to Team Leaders for researching and source items/requirements
• Establishing procurement procedure & work- low processes for various programs as per the requirements of Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contracts
• Managing contract with United States Government (USG) to support Royal Saudi Air force (RSAF)
o Spares to support F15 Aircraft under Depot Prime Vendor Support (DPVS) - 12, 000 line items, valued @ $100M/Year
o Spares to support F15 Aircraft C&D, under Prime Vendor Support (PVS) at Al Salam Aircraft Programmed Depot Maintenance (PDM) - 6, 000 line items, valued @ $20M/Year
o Spares to support Operation & Intermediate (O&I) for numerous obsolete Ground Support Equipment (GSE), valued @ $150M/Year
o Equipments and spares to support conversion of F15S to F15SA model, valued @ $500 M
• Establishing ‘Long Term Pricing Agreements’ with suppliers for reducing the response time of the customer
• Interface with departments to tailor terms & conditions, applicable to respective programs
• Qualifying new suppliers and entering into ‘Non-Disclosure Agreements’ prior to processing requirements.
• Liaison with Quality Department to certify suppliers, perform extensive on-site evaluation against agreed-upon performance levels in areas such as on-time delivery, quality, price reduction and responsiveness.
• Introducing new sources & alternate source of supply to ensure competitive pricing and cost reduction
• Conducting orientation workshop on procurement procedures & requirements for the procurement team to enforce best purchasing policies are adhered
• Overseeing numerous projects and assist purchase of materials & non capital equipments
• Receiving & reviewing purchase requisitions from projects and confirm the requirements are approved
• Developing purchasing or sourcing strategies based on portfolio analysis and suppliers
• Fact-finding and negotiating with vendors to get the right item, at the best price and lead time
• Performing quotation review, price-cost analysis and recommending supplier based on the criteria & standards of the organization
• Establishing and administering a multi-module freight contract with various freight agencies to ensure goods are handled promptly and efficiently
• Lead expediting team to liaison with suppliers to track delivery schedule, coordinating with freight agents to arrange collection of goods and to ensure on-time deliveries
• Audit purchase orders to ensure all required documents are maintained in accordance with established ‘PO Checklist’.
Highlights:
• Implemented Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) to expose and eliminate root causes of problems, involved in troubleshooting & exercising small step improvements to the procurement processes
• Actively involved in establishing procurement procedures & policies, to obtain ISO 2000 certification
• Deftly involved with freight agents & expediting tasks, which improved deliveries & reduced freight cost by 30% annually
• Dedicated to the multiple tasks assigned, extensively assigned to the Procurement Manager as a ‘right arm’, with regard to input into the decision managing process
• Liaised with contracts, proposal, finance, operations & maintenance departments prior to processing any requirements for purchasing to ensure all approvals are in place
• Administered six major subcontractors - Detecon, Alcatel, Northorp Grumman, ISE, ACE and Telemedia valued @ $ 90 Million
• Executed & administered pricing agreement with thirty-five specialized technical service providers to support operations & maintenance personnel to directly contact service contractors for unscheduled maintenance & repair, thereby reducing the turn-around time by 75%
Highlights:
• Honored with Certificate of Individual Achievement for excellent support in developing and issuing the Year 2000 Proposal RFPs to Subcontractors
• Dexterously executed and administered 300 local procurements, negotiated in a composite saving of 27%
• Adeptly implemented blanket purchase agreements for common stock items resulting in 20% cost reduction by eliminating repetitive purchase order
• Successfully administered the leasing of 150 residential units & 210 vehicles
• Successfully implemented & administered the basic subcontract and placed 750 sub-orders and “Time & Material” contracts worth $150 Million in a span of five (5) years.
• Deftly reduced repair turn-around time by 40%, under the “Repair and Return Contract”, wherein Long Term Agreements were established with Repair Centres in the USA to support various equipment /engines
• Played a key role in planning and executing logistical support for the facility spares & materials valued at $20 Million
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