Sr. Procurement & Logistcs Manager
ACWAPOWER
Total years of experience :18 years, 11 Months
• Secured organizational integrity and service standards through development and implementation of annual vendor review programme.
• Implemented policies to reduce cost and eliminate waste.
• Supported organizational expansion, establishing systems and strategies for onboarding and accommodation of new talent.
• Managed 23 team members across offices, ensuring maximum productivity and efficiency.
• Devised and executed annual purchasing plans and contracts.
• Oversaw budget and all procurement needs for spare parts, external services, consumables, tools, equipment, for regular requirements & handling outage (shutdown) requirements.
• Generated weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly reports.
• Solved diverse supply chain problems in timely manner.
• Supervised human resources functions for training and development and setting goals by:
1- clearly communicate the goal to employees
2- Select the right individuals for each task
3- Motivate employees to reach each objective
4- Set appropriate deadlines
5- setting review meeting with employees to evaluate operations progress
6- Set key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure success
7- Make strategy adjustments and awards.
• Wrote standard operating procedures for department.
• Decreased material expenses reduction
• Identified and targeted critical procurement issues.
• Developed productive relationships with key account holders.
• Developed budgets and approved expenses.
• Negotiated and finalized contracts.
• Scheduled and organised the inventory management of operational inventory, project initial spare part and lift-over, worth over 140 Mn direct inventory and 9, 176 Mn asset.
• Adjusted procedures as needed to maximize department effectiveness.
• Reviewed and renegotiated key contracts.
• Designed employee motivation strategies and contests.
• Worked with clients to resolve claim issues quickly and efficiently.
• Reduced costs by 5% from total spend by performing long terms contract and blanket agreement.
• Effectively managed external supplier and stakeholder relations, enabling success in achieving department objectives.
• Achieving cost avoidance by 20 Million yearly from exemption control and monitoring.
• Created and implemented effective logistical strategy to improve on time delivery by efficient method reflecting to overall cost reduction.
• Implemented processes to ensure goods readiness and dispatched correctly to minimize error.
• Established exemption facility to all company affiliate which lead to cost avoidance by SAR 4.0 Million.
• Implementing details scope of work along with standard operating procedure for logistics outsource contract, for Door to Door Service including but not limited to.
- Scope of Services
- System requirements
- Contact Details & Communication Matrix.
- Control Tower Methodology.
- Purchase Order Management.
- Purchase Order Expediting (Supplier Coordination) Process
- Documentation Verification Process.
- Collection & Shipping Mode Methodology, Dispatch & Lead Times.
- Export, Import Permit and Landing Permit.
- Oversize, High Value, & Hazardous handling.
- Duty Exemption Description and Unit of Measurement.
- General Import Regulations for Saudi Arabia.
- Customs Clearance.
- Duty Exemption Process and Duty Payment Process.
- Deposit, Cleaning/Repair, Demurrage, Detention.
- Services provider Invoicing verification and approval timeline.
- Security & Compliance.
- Incident & Claims handling.
- System integration.
- Key Performance Indicators.
- Reporting
• Achieving 25% reduction in logistics cost by implementing and monitoring services provider performance.
• Managed recruitment processes, maintaining talent and ability levels for high-performing teams.
• Maintained workplace safety by involving employees in order to maximize engagement and team morale.
• Ensured staff followed administrative policies and compliance regulations by closely monitoring daily operations and performing safety audits
• Used Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) to input and manage important information from logistics services provider ERP into company database to minimize manual reporting and entry.
• Worked closely with stakeholder to maintain optimum levels of communication for the effective and efficient completion of expected services.
• Created boardroom and courtroom multimedia presentations including video and text- sync'd depositions for enhanced our team understanding.
• Developed new process for employee evaluation which resulted in marked performance improvements.
• Analysed departmental documents for appropriate distribution and filing.
• Carried out full alignment with involved authority to our operations to ensure compliance with relevant regulations.
• Captured and assessed supply chain risks and opportunities tools and methodologies.
• Generated 6% from total spend in annual savings by implementing new shipping route process and reducing wasted resources.
• Implement exemption process in our supply through our client, lead to additional 5% from total spend in annual savings.
• Negotiated and implemented cost-effective contracts for optimized spend cost and its processes.
• Met wider business procurement needs through strategic sourcing.
• Analyzed tenders and support recommendations to maximize cost optimization opportunities.
• Implemented effective contractual terms, conditions and commercial claims with high spend category.
• Monitored and evaluated raw material market trends to best-meet business demand.
• Analyzed buying trends at each store location to identify appropriate mix of inventory items for top-tier sales.
• Sourced new vendors and suppliers to boost product offerings and increase profit margins at each store location.
• Assisted with staff development by implementing effective, hands-on training programmed for new employees, maximizing performance and engagement from day one.
• Communicated closely with stakeholders, including vendors and merchants, helping to secure well-timed deliveries.
• Implemented new team onboarding program, reducing training time from 4 weeks to 2.
• Develop inhouse team to facilitate import license/permit, that lead to saving in our operation cost by 15% from last year.
• Generated 5% in annual savings by implementing new shipping process and reducing wasted resources.
• Determine monthly, quarterly and yearly demand, to identify the right services provider and shipping method, that proved to achieve sufficient cost optimization for company objective.
• Worked closely with sales manager to maintain optimum levels of communication for the effective and efficient completion of save stock to fulfil customer demand.
• Satisfaction of our client base through continued levels of outstanding service, such as frequent reporting and stock overview to in line with client forecast.
• Facilitated and defined the harmonized commodity (H.S Code) description and coding system as of Customs tariff code for procurement to be considered for import regulation and import permit process.
• Supported team member to improving operations and resolving issues to deliver.
• Liaise with government agencies of Saudi Arabia and build strong relation in order to be updated with its process and procedure, furthermore, to be updated if any regulation updated to support the business and avoid any interruption of our supply chain.
• Replenished floor stock and processed shipments to provide product availability for customers.
• Carried out physical verification to ensure compliance with relevant system figures.
• Report to Goods Flow Manager and assist in monitoring, control development and execution of logis-tics/goods flow action plans.
• To secure efficient goods flow by having a close cooperation with the commercial partners of sales and communication & interior design in the areas of sales space management.
• To plan, organize and monitor store goods flow process from receiving to sales locations replenishment, fulfilling the goal of being ready prior before store opening.
• Contribute to the range management process by adhering efficient with smooth phase in and phase out procedures (space dimensionless and goods allocation).
• To optimize utilization of existing store logistics capacities (space, equipment and people) and goods allocation and planning of resources.
• Responsible for optimization of total supply chain costs by monitoring and giving inputs about deviations from “Global Service Agreement DS/Retail”. Thus impacting loading quality and arrival precision.