Experience

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  Farabi Petrochemicals

  • Yanbu Industrial City, Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia

  • Project Procurement Manager

    • Jul 2018 - Sep 2019
    • Yanbu Industrial City, Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia

    Category management and procurement

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  Borouge

  • Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

  • Team Leader Procurement

    • Jun 2007 - May 2018
    • Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    Borouge Petrochemical (A joint venture of ADNOC & BOREALIS). Manufacturing 4.5 Million MT of plastics (Ethylene, Ethylene Glycol, Polyethylene & XLPE). It produces premium grade of plastics using BORSTAR technology from BOREALIS. Strategy Formulation & Planning for purchase of Chemicals & Packaging material, etc Preparation of Long term Agreements & Contracts to meet the requirements. Products handled include: Chemicals & Raw Materials, Packaging items Strategy Formulation & Planning for purchase of Chemicals & Packaging material, etc Preparation of Long term Agreements & Contracts to meet the requirements. Products handled include: Chemicals & Raw Materials, Packaging itemsAchievements:  Best Performance for successful Turnaround Activity in 2009 Borouge Innovation Award for 2013 – runner for reclaiming precious metals from spent catalyst Borouge Innovation Award for 2017 – winner for successful implementation of new materials. Achieved substantial savings to the company due to negotiations Introduced Formula Price Mechanism for many commodities in the Long Term Agreements.

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  SABIC

  • Yanbu Al-Sinaiyah, KSA

  • Staff Buyer- Strategic Purchasing, Supply Management Organization (SMO)

    • Aug 1997 - Jun 2007
    • Yanbu Al-Sinaiyah, KSA

    Principal Responsibilities: Strategy Formulation and Planning for purchase of Raw-materials, Chemicals & Packaging materials Preparation of Long term Agreements & Contracts to meet the requirements. ISO Procedure Compliance to meet set Quality Standards. Inventory Management of Major Commodities to ensure optimum levels. MIS and information compilation for Analysis and Decision Making. Products handled include: Chemicals: Additives, Metal Alkyls, Catalysts, Silica, Sylopol, Hexene, Isopentane, Butene, Gases, etc Packaging materials: Wooden Palllet, Bag film, Shrink films, Slip sheets, Bulk liners, etc. Catalyst: Silver, Palladium catalysts, Methanation Catalyst, Cold Box, Columns, Project Purchase, Ethylene Oxide Catalyst, Heater Coils, etc.Achievements: Finalized Agreement for Metal Alkyls, Additives, Gases, Packaging, Isopentane, Sylopol, etcNote: Agreements finalized are of different nature & include following:o Agreement with Quantity bands for different consumption levels, o Formula based price for key input material to cover wide fluctuations based on reliable publisher o Consignment stock basis where invoicing is done only when material is consumed,o Hazardous chemicals in dedicated iso-tanks with close monitoring, o Packaging material from locally developed sources by providing raw material. Issued Annual Purchase Orders to cover high value & critical spare parts such as Heater Coil parts (formula based pricing for Nickel), Palladium Catalyst (formula for Palladium per LME), Caustic Soda supply by Road Tankers (Hazardous chemical required on daily basis) etc.Introduced many New Products & Alternated Sources, resulting in substantial Savings. During year 2003 the savings were: SR: 4 Million.  Received Best Performance Award for year 2003 from YANPET. Received appreciation from various Operation Department for finding right solution to issues.

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  THE SANDUR MANGANESE AND IRON ORES LIMITED

  • Bangalore, India

  • Senior Manager (Materials)

    • Aug 1981 - Aug 1997
    • Bangalore, India

    Responsibilities: Purchase & Imports of major commodities (A & B Category) in a centralized Procurement department  Imports Management for all commodities.  ISO procedure implementation & compliance for Materials. Inventory Management of essential high value commodities. Products handled include: Chemicals –Resins, Glass Fabric, Copper foil, etc. Consumables and Packaging material. Capital equipment & Machinery.Achievements: Reduction in raw-material input costs through substitution of cheaper materials with better specification. Import raw-materials at most beneficial classification which resulted in huge savings. Establishing contacts directly with manufacturers for supply of critical raw-materials.