ZUBAIR AFZAL

Responsible for all. Supply chain function included procurement, warehouses and logistics.
•prepare all new contract, re negotiation of existing contracts.
•Implement all standards and SOP'S in the pre-opening.
•Responsible for financial and utilities reports, analysis, budgeting, opex and capex,
•Responsible for team and moral building activates, trainings and other related exercises
•Sourcing the right supplier on the right time with best quality and price.
•Maximize purchase based upon the credit and minimize the cash purchases.
Warehouse inventory and par stock implementation.

Total Rooms: 304 rooms - 2 Towers (210 Guestrooms, including a royal suit, and 94 Apartments). Restaurant:05 (Café Lounge, Argentinian and Mediterranean specialty restaurants). 11, Ball rooms (Approx. 500 seat capacity, Male and female Spa.
•Successfully convert Kingdom's 1 st the luxury Collection Hotel by Marriott international into the operation.
•Lead procurement strategies for spend categories under control.
•Represent Procurement function within KSA from a leadership perspective.
•Collaborate with key persons to ensure clarity of the specifications and expectations of the company.
•Review existing contracts with suppliers and vendors to ensure on-going feasibility.
•Evaluate spending operations while seeking ways to improve and enhance the quality of products purchased and the timeliness of deliveries.
•Conduct cost analyses and setting benchmarks for improvement.
•Develop risk management procedures to mitigate losses in the event of product shortages.
•Work closely with the company legal department to make sure contracts and terms are favorable.
•Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve efectiveness.
•Lead the creation and execution of cost savings and innovation pipeline programs through efective management of strategic suppliers and internal cross-functional teams.
•Identify and implement year over year productivity initiatives and minimize exposure to unforeseen price volatility, including but not limited to global sourcing strategies (where applicable),
•Develop cost models, new supplier development to increase competition, and introduction of substitute cost efective replacements.
•Evaluate existing processes and implement value-added changes for identifying, evaluating, and selecting potential suppliers, and negotiating favorable business terms and service level agreements
•Protect company and brand reputation through strict adherence to the highest ethical standards consistent with company policy
•Achieve the KPO and PDP at the end of year 2018.
•Achieve more than One million s.r of saving target in 2018 compare to 2017 purchases figures.
•100% annual adult result in terms of implementation of Policy and procedures. PURCHASING MANAGER KEMPINSKI HOTEL ALKHOBAR KSA (PRE OPENING TEAM) APRIL 2016 TO JUNE 2018
•Hotel consist of 203 total rooms, with Four Restaurants, Two Banquet hall with 2000 seat capacity, 10 meeting rooms, health club with male and female spa .
•Join as a pre-opening team, and after 9month of joining, successfully open a hotel with full operation .
•Implement all Kempinski standards and SOP'S in the pre-opening.
•Having a powerful negotiation skill, and make a deals of several Annual Maintenance contract for the hotel with very attractive rates.
•Responsible for financial and utilities reports, analysis, budgeting, opex and capex,
•Responsible for team and moral building activates, trainings and other related exercises
•Sourcing the right supplier on the right time with best quality and price.
•Maximize purchase based upon the credit and minimize the cash purchases.

PRE OPENING TEAM AUG 2009 TO MARCH 2016
•Five star Hotel with 249 rooms, seven outlets and four restaurants, health club and ten meetings ms .
•Follows up on the processing and handling of purchasing orders and their execution in order to ensure obtaining best quality and value of purchases.
•Selects and evaluates suppliers in coordination with the Purchasing team, thus ensuring that suppliers are complying with all purchasing requirements.
•Approves samples and acceptance/rejection of goods supplied by suppliers based on their quality and other parameters for multi-user items in coordination with concerned Dept.
•Searches for potential suppliers on regular basis and gathering information pertaining to quality, pricing, and payment and delivery strategies.
•Maintains strong relationships with suppliers and setting criteria and procedures for evaluation, categorization and endorsement.
•Provides technical assistance to subordinates regarding the development of new procurement related methods, policies and procedures.
•Analyzes market and delivery conditions to determine present and future material availability and preparing market analysis reports.
•Directs and reviews contracts, bids, proposals, and supplier agreements for legal correctness, price, and acceptability of items to specifications.
•Negotiates on purchasing contracts terms with suppliers and contacting them in case of shortages or damages.
•Ensures and manage monthly tracking for procurement on a monthly or quarterly basis
•Responsible for ensuring that contracts can be operational efectively within the context of the standardized process.
•To ensure the implementation of all procurement demands through system (oracle)
•Create and implement departmental KPI'S
•Benchmarks, analyzes and make recommendations for the improvements of the procurement function, delivering eficiency and efectiveness

PRE OPENIGN TEAM June 2008 to June 2009
•Hotel consist of 149 total rooms, with Four Restaurants, Two Banquet hall with 1000 seat capacity, 10 meeting rooms, health club with male spa .
•Join as a pre-opening team, and successfully open a hotel with full operation .
•Implement all standards and SOP'S in the pre-opening.
•Having a powerful negotiation skill, and make a deals of several Annual Maintenance contract for the hotel with very attractive rates.
•Responsible for financial and utilities reports, analysis, budgeting, opex and capex,
•Responsible for team and moral building activates, trainings and other related exercises
•Sourcing the right supplier on the right time with best quality and price.
•Maximize purchase based upon the credit and minimize the cash purchases.