Yasmine Awad, Business Development

Yasmine Awad

Business Development

Tawakol Metal Industries

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Bachelor's degree, Economics
Experience
21 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :21 years, 6 Months

Business Development at Tawakol Metal Industries
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since September 2013

- Scouting New Projects in the market and getting new leads for the sales to follow up.
-Searching for new Markets for Export and dealing with Foreign suppliers and agreeing on the terms of the export contract
- Identifying new opportunities to the company and maintaining customer relations.
- Scheduling appointments and preparing and delivering presentations to clients
- Expand market intelligence of the company and its products.
- Developing the quotations through orders cycle to insure to insure accurate follow up and maintaining customer satisfaction

Foreign Procurement Head at Living In Interiors
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since May 2015

Handling All the Procurement Cycle, Import & Export of all Foreign Suppliers of FF&E and Finish Materials, including and not limited to:

• Quotations to Clients and Suppliers Purchase Orders.
• Financial statement of All Brands & Following up Payments.
• Cost control and budgeting of FF&E
• Logistics and shipping of Material, from the suitable shipping method, required documents, following up with shipping agent and custom brokers till coordinating deliveries with stores.
• Status Reports of Orders & Shipping Log.

Procurement Manager at DMP - Developing Modern Projects Co.
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • July 2007 to September 2013

Procurement Specialist
 Contact local and foreign vendors/suppliers/contractors and make good relations with them
 Negotiate prices, delivery & payment conditions, contract terms & conditions, specifications & time schedule with Clients/suppliers/subcontractors and prepare financial offers or contracts.
 Make Price Comparison Sheets between different suppliers/vendors and compare with the budget.
 Evaluate suppliers based on cost, quality, service, availability, reliability, and selection variety.
 Examine catalogs, commerce publications and directories in order to find the right suppliers.
 Survey for better market prices regarding raw material, tools and equipments, couriers/shipping and Logistics
 Attend Exhibitions to update new products and vendors in the market.
 Administrate all the LCs for the concerned projects/Supply orders.
 Monitor and follow up the Logistics Cycle and import documentation for imported item.
 Manage material shipping, arrival dates, conformity with specifications and allocation to final destination.
 Supervise the standard receiving and storage procedures and keep record of Inventory and Stock in Stores
 Coordinate with Estimators in material costing for bids/tenders or supplies.

Logistics Specialist - Commercial Department at Depa Hotel Intriors - Egypt Branch
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2005 to June 2007

• Studied Project documents, prepared procurement schedules and packages to be sent to foreign and local suppliers/subcontractors, evaluated the received offers and prepared comparison sheets.
• Negotiated prices with subcontractors/suppliers to meet project budget prices and raised Purchase Orders and Subcontracts.
• Monitored material submittals to client and prepared monthly status reports.
• Managed the Logistics Cycle for imported and purchased items.

Project Coordinator at Depa Interiors
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • October 2002 to November 2004

 Performing the procurement of all the FF&E including contacting 100 foreign and local suppliers, price evaluation, handling of the budget and issuing purchase orders.
 Following up the Logistics and Import/Export shipping cycle of the goods, in addition to preparing export invoices into Egypt and estimating the Egyptian Custom Duties.
 Coordinating the approval of the shop drawings and samples used in the project.
 Following up the production and delivery of fabrics related to the Project.
 Preparing proposals of selected FF&E items for the Client’s Approval.
 Producing regular monthly material status report for the client.
 Supervising the flow of the material to and from the company’s store
 Coordinating the delivery of the Project’s fabrics from different fabric suppliers overseas to various subcontractors overseas.
 Preparing the Final BOQ and Delivery Notes for submission to the Client.
 Preparing Cash Flow of the Project.
 Supervising some of the furniture installation on site and handing over to the Client.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Economics
  • at American University in Cairo
  • February 2002

Specialties & Skills

Microsoft Word
Economics
Outlook
MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Expedition, Microsoft Outlook, Typing 70wpm

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

N/A
  • N/A
  • October 2004

Training and Certifications

Manager Training Program (Training)
Training Institute:
GIZ
Date Attended:
August 2014

Hobbies

  • Reading - Artistic - travelling