Experience

Novartis Egypt

• Egypt
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Indirect Procurment Manager

  • Mar 2023 - Present

  Main Responsibility: 1- Leading the Country Indirect procurement Category according to the global procurement guideline, provides high value procurement solutions to the business and category strategies and supports third party vendor selection, vendor development, technology management and performance measurement activities . 2- Managing the Capex & Opex Spend for the country Indirect Category , lead the development & implementation of delivery strategies in alignment with Novartis sites and facilitate Procurement teams to deliver targets and other benefits that significantly affect Novartis financial results. 3- Involve and engage in the global procurement initiatives & projects. 4- Review and align strategic options with Business Stakeholders and Procurement Business Partner. 6- Handle Financial issues to make sure of Novartis payment commitments and ensure excellent supplier relationship management. 7- Manage the supplier relationship with tier 3 suppliers & most of tier 2 suppliers. 8- Sharing the saving initiatives with other sites & highlight the potential opportunities. 9- Secure applying of NFCM controls in the indirect procurement activities & align with the Global Procurement Compliance the best practice. 10- Fully manage the Capex & Opex spend & savings. 11- Accountable for ensuring the resources, information and tools are in place for project execution throughout the category, providing project management and implementation support where required. 12- Providing high levels of customer service satisfaction to the stakeholders. Show less



Novartis

• Switzerland
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Indirect Category Expert

  • Feb 2019 - Mar 2023

  Main Responsibility:- Accountable for Country Category Management for Indirect procurement activities according to the global procurement guideline & local business requirements.- Handling sourcing activities related to Novartis Egypt site's indirect technical materials & investment including; Site spare parts, infrastructure, imported machines & production lines.- Supports Category in day-to-day spend, projects, contract management and vendors management activities.- Issue, revise and maintain required SOPs needed for Indirect Sourcing activities.- Accountable for the delivery of category savings targets through collaboration and engagement with Sites / Clusters and NTO stakeholder groups.- Develop and establish Strategic Partner Management and Externalization practice for main suppliers.- Standardize regular requested items and issue contracts to cover annual needs to ensure simple process, competitive prices and on time delivery.- Increase Free Cash Flow through payment terms extension.-7. Responsible for ensuring the implementation of business compliance of procurement activities for Indirect Category.- Transformation from transnational procurement to devolve automatic / electronic buying portal.- Coordinates & assure suppliers’ implementation of latest designs / specifications / HSE guidelines.- Validate and approved new vendors, update indirect suppliers’ database for both registered and prospective suppliers. Show less

• Senior Indirect Category Buyer

  • Aug 2017 - Feb 2019

  Main Responsibility: - The Current Position from Aug 2017 – present (Senior Indirect Sourcing Specialist)Main Responsibilities:- Handling sourcing activities related to Novartis Egypt site's indirect technical materials & investment including; Site spare parts, infrastructure, imported machines & production lines.- Supports Category in day-to-day spend, projects, contract management and vendors management activities.- Issue, revise and maintain required SOPs needed for Indirect Sourcing activities.- Accountable for the delivery of category savings targets through collaboration and engagement with Sites / Clusters and NTO stakeholder groups.- Develop supply strategies to provide assurance of supply, quality, regulatory, service, cost and innovation. Lead relationships with strategic suppliers providing secure and cost effective sources for relevant commodities.- Standardize regular requested items and issue contracts to cover annual needs to ensure simple process, competitive prices and on time delivery.- Coordinates & assure suppliers’ implementation of latest designs / specifications / HSE guidelines.- Validate and approved new vendors, update indirect suppliers’ database for both registered and prospective suppliers.Major Achievements:- Increased the obtained discount on Global Agreement for Sterile Filling & Inspection machines from 12% to 25%.- 2017 Capex efficiency results increased to 10.6% of the total spend against 2% on thePrevious years. Show less

• Indirect Category Buyer

  • Sep 2013 - Aug 2017

  Main Responsibility:- Negotiate and proceed auctions to obtain competitive prices and best purchasing conditions.- Issuing Purchase Orders & follow up purchase requests through SAP system & internal requestors.- Managing the transition from traditional sourcing to E-sourcing which increases savings considerably in addition to compliance and raising the transparency level.- Increase suppliers’ database.- Handling insurance of the items delivered through Purchase Orders including issuance of new- Certificates & claims for rejected consignments cover the imported materials by the appropriate insurance certificate.- Opening & follow on Letters of Credit L/C, Letters of Guarantee L/G & Advance Payments with International Suppliers, Novartis Finance, Local & International Banks. Follow-up Suppliers payments.- Updating & modifying the internal purchasing process & the Standard Operation Procedures (SOP).- Assist Dept. to prepare and submit annual suppliers’ performance assessment, and ensure their awareness of Novartis code of conduct.- Sell unused assets (machines, equipment, iron & scrap…etc.) through tenders.- Communicate, coordinate and report between Novartis Egypt site and global Sourcing teams in different areas.Major Achievements:- Passed 2015 Global Business Review with no major points.- Full alignment with global guidelines and procedures.- Global capex efficiency results increased to 7% of the total spend against 3% on thePrevious years.- Successful launch of the new Purchase order workflow through SAP system. Show less

• KPIs Controller & Business Applications Support

  • Mar 2008 - Sep 2013

  SOME OF MY JOB DUTIES :• KPIs monitoring and immediate reporting of any non complying KPIs results (TPT, OAE, RFT, Yield and Output packs )along the process unit packaging lines and report variances as well as cost and budget figures .Business applications collaboration model” as Super user and responsible for training and developing other Key users in different functions as follows 1- SAP system: SAP Navigation & Overview. SAP Operation Business continuity ( Incidents management no interruptions ) SAP enhancements : ( Work Orders : New projects and Challenge for innovative ideas) SAP User Access management: e Care (Create, Update and lock for all SAP users). SAP LSA & business SPOC.2- eSHOP local Admin:eSHOP Local Admin: Vendor creation, User Creation (Via eCare system), Maintain User, Workflow Customizing, Check for errors, Monitor Shopping Cart, Change Approval, Maintain Approvers, Incident Management, New Org. Units, Rename or Move Org. unit and Maintain other attributes in org. Structure. 3- Training and develpoment:Responsible for training and developing other Key users in different functions.Major Achievements:- 2010: Extra step award recognition from Novartis Technical Operations Site Head for the extraordinary efforts in the ESOPs system where I saved EUR 10,000 per year.- 2014: innovation award recognition from Novartis Technical Operations Site head for the extraordinary efforts in the GAMED system where I resolved the reporting issue which saved EUR 12,000. Show less


• Intercontinental Crown plaza Hotel
• India
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Receptionist

  • Dec 2007 - Mar 2008