Khatira M.
Head of Indirect Procurement at Azerconnect LLC- Claim this Profile
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Keith Bradford
Khatira is an energetic, always keen to learn and a hard working individual, that goes the extra mile to deliver any task. An exceptionally strong team player, who is never afraid to tackle any task or project and always done with positivity. A valuable and missed asset to our organisation, who left with our best wishes
Nicola Maricelli
I had the pleasure to work with Khatira Mikayilova during my assignment in the Caspian Region at Halliburton. Khatira is energetic and result driven leader with strong values and ethic principles. During this period she was able to effectively pass two major internal audit control and improve strategically Halliburton material position in the Region. She is always ready to learn and go the extra mile to get things done across multiple functions. She is the type of individual that you want on your team in any situation.
Keith Bradford
Khatira is an energetic, always keen to learn and a hard working individual, that goes the extra mile to deliver any task. An exceptionally strong team player, who is never afraid to tackle any task or project and always done with positivity. A valuable and missed asset to our organisation, who left with our best wishes
Nicola Maricelli
I had the pleasure to work with Khatira Mikayilova during my assignment in the Caspian Region at Halliburton. Khatira is energetic and result driven leader with strong values and ethic principles. During this period she was able to effectively pass two major internal audit control and improve strategically Halliburton material position in the Region. She is always ready to learn and go the extra mile to get things done across multiple functions. She is the type of individual that you want on your team in any situation.
Keith Bradford
Khatira is an energetic, always keen to learn and a hard working individual, that goes the extra mile to deliver any task. An exceptionally strong team player, who is never afraid to tackle any task or project and always done with positivity. A valuable and missed asset to our organisation, who left with our best wishes
Nicola Maricelli
I had the pleasure to work with Khatira Mikayilova during my assignment in the Caspian Region at Halliburton. Khatira is energetic and result driven leader with strong values and ethic principles. During this period she was able to effectively pass two major internal audit control and improve strategically Halliburton material position in the Region. She is always ready to learn and go the extra mile to get things done across multiple functions. She is the type of individual that you want on your team in any situation.
Keith Bradford
Khatira is an energetic, always keen to learn and a hard working individual, that goes the extra mile to deliver any task. An exceptionally strong team player, who is never afraid to tackle any task or project and always done with positivity. A valuable and missed asset to our organisation, who left with our best wishes
Nicola Maricelli
I had the pleasure to work with Khatira Mikayilova during my assignment in the Caspian Region at Halliburton. Khatira is energetic and result driven leader with strong values and ethic principles. During this period she was able to effectively pass two major internal audit control and improve strategically Halliburton material position in the Region. She is always ready to learn and go the extra mile to get things done across multiple functions. She is the type of individual that you want on your team in any situation.
Credentials
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Executive Presence: Tips for Women
LinkedInOct, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
SAP Ariba Contract Managemnet
HalliburtonJul, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
SAP Ariba Sourcing Training
HalliburtonJul, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Lean
HalliburtonJun, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
Tap Root Training
System Improvements, Inc. | TapRooT®Jul, 2017- Nov, 2024 -
CIMA Foundation
The Chartered Institute of Management AccountantsJan, 2011- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Azerconnect LLC
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Azerbaijan
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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Head of Indirect Procurement
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May 2022 - Present
- Leading main sourcing projects for HSE, Legal, Finance and Info Sec departments with total value + 10 MM- Leading sourcing projects for H&R and Admin departments with value + 10 MM- Leading Shared Procurement Projects for Neqsol Group Companies: Norm, AZRC and Nobel oil- Leading team of 4 procurement experts with day to day management of their personal as well as on the job development - Responsible for writing and updating Category Management Documents for HR, HSE and Admin department S- Responsible for monthly Supplier Performance Meetings with strategic suppliers for Indirect Department
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Head of Strategic Procurement & Category Management IT, Network, S&M
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Mar 2022 - Nov 2022
- Leading implementation of e-Procurement Oracle tool for Procurement Division of Azerconnect - Writing Procurement Policies and Procedures- Responsible for Leading Annual Audits for Procurement - Implementation of Market Place for low value materials - Revision of Category Management documents for IT, Network- Writing Category Management Documents for Sales and Marketing, Admin etc. - Conducting Supplier Performance Evaluation with Strategic Suppliers
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Procurement Category & Performance Evaluation Manager
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May 2021 - Mar 2022
- Evaluation of spend analysis - Writing Strategic Category Management Documents for more than 20 subcategories in IT, Network, Indirect Procurement and Sales and Marketing with + 100 MM spend, which are coordinated by Neqsol Holding and in synergy Vodafone Ukraine- Written Supplier Performance Management procedure in order to improve strategic relationship with vendors and improve efficiency- Implementation of Supplier Evaluation Practices in Azerconnect. Quarterly/Monthly meetings with suppliers along with technical team in order to improve efficiency and communications- Working on tools to measure, assess and improve Procurement Team performance such as Jira, Oracle e-procurement- Implementation of Oracle e-procurement tool for Procurement team- Leading Shared Procurement Initiative for TG VFU and AZRC in order to achieve savings through consolidated tenders and improving efficency
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Varel Energy Solutions
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United States
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Oil and Gas
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200 - 300 Employee
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Regional Operations/Supply Chain Manager CIS
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Oct 2020 - May 2021
-Managing Warehouse for Caspian Sales (casing equipment) (SAP cycle counts, weekly reports, physical counts) +$5 MM- Focal Point for warehouse related audits.-Looking after orders for CIS (both inter company and third party) (casing equipment and drill bits Russia)- Managing Logistics (making decisions for cost effective MOT, packaging and timely delivery of goods for Sales Team, proceeding with delivery notes on SAP to be passed for invoicing.- Leading VMI (vendor managing inventory) physically and on customer SAP system.- Assisting Sales Team with current and upcoming tenders- Assisting with Quality related questions - Focal point between Sales and Engineering Teams to obtain technical sheets and product drawings.- Preparing commercial and technical proposals.
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Halliburton
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United States
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Oil and Gas
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700 & Above Employee
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Strategic Procurement, Europe
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Oct 2019 - Sep 2020
- Execution of "MRO" Project for the UK with +$3MM spend and 10% savings- Implementation of VMI, RDI and pull/Kansan system for "MRO"- Leading "CCU" Management Project for UK, Nigeria and Norway with +$10MM spend and estimated 10% saving for each country- Leading "Consignment" Project for UK/Europe with +$5MM spend. Main goal to reduce inventory turnover rate, free cash flow for company and achieve savings- Working with UK team on "Down hole Tools" Project with +4MM spend for UK and projected 8-10% savings - "Machining" Project for UK Halliburton with +$10MM spend- Contract Negotiations - working on savings: hard vs soft, building TCO models
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Materials Control Supervisor
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Apr 2018 - Oct 2019
- Materials Supervisor with 10 direct reports.- Issued cycle counts to my team to have random inventory count on a monthly basis - Successfully served PSLs such as Baroid, Completions, Wireline and Perforating, Cementing, Sperry and HDBS with their material management - Managed warehouses in 5 locations with +$20MM worth inventory - Helped my team in warehouse with warehouse set up, cycle count and even was forklift certified to manage warehouse activities - Ensured that all materials received, checked and entered into SAP system within 5 days as per Materials policy - Successfully passed internal audit with zero findings- Travelled to Kazakhstan multiple times to help with audit for +$14MM inventory worth.- Worked on Strategic Consolidated Warehouse Management Project with +$3MM with estimated 10% savings
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Interim Supply Chain Manager (Focal Point)
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May 2019 - Jul 2019
Apart for doing my current job I was standing for Supply Chain Manager. I was participating in all local management calls and meetings, ensuring that third party orders/contracts were pursued in a timely manner in order to maximize process efficiency and productivity. Moreover, as a focal point I was ensuring that best and cost effective logistics rotes were evaluated and proceeded.
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Senior Materials Control Specialist
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Oct 2017 - Apr 2018
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Materials Control Specialist
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Oct 2016 - Oct 2017
• Responsible for leading local inventory planning meetings with product service lines (PSL’s), setting and maintenance of material requirement planning (MRP) data, running analytics to optimize inventory levels as well as identifying and redeploying obsolesce inventory. • Responsible for the inventory management function for the area supported to include: sales order delivery process and reconciliation, reporting to PSL leadership key metrics, goods issue and receiving process and developing solutions to address gaps, material number extension and creation on SAP program as well as physical inventory verification, expediting of orders. • Day to day interface with procurement, logistics and manufacturing customer service representatives to prioritize orders, monitor lead times, and provide forecast information.• Promote Lean and continuous improvement initiatives and comply with the company’s safety programs and have direct impact and responsibility to meet financial goals and objectives for the business.
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Pfizer
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United States
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Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Business Consultant
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Mar 2016 - May 2016
- Project consultant for an successfully implemented project in order to analyse NHS contractual changes regarding Pharmacy Sector in the UK and impact of these changes on Pharmaceutical Industry.- Successful Presentation and Report were provided to the Commercial and Trade Group Director Emerging Europe and India. - Project consultant for an successfully implemented project in order to analyse NHS contractual changes regarding Pharmacy Sector in the UK and impact of these changes on Pharmaceutical Industry.- Successful Presentation and Report were provided to the Commercial and Trade Group Director Emerging Europe and India.
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bp
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United Kingdom
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Oil and Gas
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700 & Above Employee
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Executive Assistant to VP Exploration
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2011 - 2015
• Improved transparency of project status and “value of work done” through inputting monthly timesheets for 10 seismic, drilling, and exploration projects valued at £3M. • Enabled the next generation of geoscientists to build required skills through managing logistics for training program for 25 select university students, negotiating contracts with seven food and transport suppliers, and managing £50K budget.• Met stringent health and safety (HSE) compliance standards for three years running.• Increased regional employee engagement through spearheading 15 HR events and town halls, inviting Senior Management to present on global markets, and organizing logistics of away days for150 people.• Ensured suppliers were paid on time and payments passed quality control through gaining approval from Management and procurement team and raising 200 purchase orders through integrated IBM Maximo System.
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Finance Manager
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2007 - 2008
• Reached compliance to International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) through increasing reconciliation cycle, providing shareholders with transparent reporting, and co-managing annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and balance sheet recons.• Increased customer base for four blood test laboratories by 40% over one year through creating referral partnership with the hospital and designing brochure to promote Dopler equipment. • Quadrupled profits from £10K to £42K through observing trends in doctors’ charging standards, increased quality controls for invoicing, and spearheading new policy to reduce free bed stays.• Reduced unused inventory of pharmaceuticals through designing demand-driven procurement process, collaborating with 30 Doctors on prescription schedules, and negotiating price with suppliers.• Improved profit margin and operational efficiencies through implementing formalized scheduling system for 10+ daily surgeries, screening four contract doctors to meet high demand periods, and negotiating with three pharmaceutical suppliers to obtain low cost but high quality products.
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Education
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University of Nottingham
MSc, Supply Chain and Operations Management, expected September 2015 -
UC Irvine
Applied Project Management, Project Management -
University of Nottingham
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business Administration and Management, General -
Azerbaijan State University of Economics
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Finance and Accounting