Experience

Woodgrove Technologies Inc.

• Canada
• Mining
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Buyer

  • Mar 2020 - Present



Manufacturing company

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Procurement Specialist

  • Apr 2018 - Mar 2020

  ♦ Ordered items and services ♦ Supervised delivery of items in time ♦ Prepared manual and system PO’s ♦ Provided list of expected deliveries every day to distribution department in advance to make easy to organize space in the warehouse and labors for the shifts ♦ Assisted distribution department to get clear information about delivery and missed paperwork ♦ Checked accuracy of receiving in system and made a report of deliveries to management. ♦ Partially involved to solve Logistics issues ♦ Organized all product samples (development samples, presentation samples, testing samples) for line reviews, promo pitches ♦ Provided direction to sample room for customer sample requests/build for current and new product launches ♦ Worked with designers on preparation and approval of new designs to provide to suppliers ♦ Negotiated the price with suppliers for pitched items and provided to sales department ♦ Coordinated provision of products by account for customer approvals and for private label product testing ♦ Agreed the production lead time with suppliers according to approved programs ♦ Ordered 3rd party private label artwork development and proofs approval ♦ Assisted business unit leader on maintaining new and current program files to make it more transparent for sales and supply chain department ♦ Set up new items in ERP system ♦ Released packaging artwork and packaging instruction to suppliers and operations for best and safe delivery to customer ♦ Build container drawings for single/double load new products in MaxLOAD ♦ Supported inter-departmental stakeholders as required with special projects: QC documents Show less



SOCAR & CAPE UK JV (Construction and Fabric Maintenance / Public sector)

• Procurement & Contract Specialist

  • Nov 2013 - Dec 2017

  ♦ Negotiated all terms and conditions of contracts to protect company’s interest while building strong relationships with contractors ♦ Negotiated the renewal of existing contract to reflect current company requirements ♦ Developed and maintained databases: contract, vendor, project status to ensure accurate and up-to-date information was available to all team members ♦ Created a service level agreement between departments to avoid delays by clarifying timing for the purchasing processes - provision of material (MR) and/or purchase requisitions (PR) from the requestor side; timing for RFI, RFQ, RFP, bid submissions and openings, negotiations, ASR, contracts ♦ Initiated and supervised the RFI, RFQ, RFP, Tenders process, prepared commercial bid evaluations, assisted in making technical bid evaluations; negotiated and prepared Liability Insurances (CAR, EL, TPL, Auto) with the assistance of broker companies ♦ Compiled and carried out pre-qualification activities: making visits to contractor workshops, showrooms, prepared reports to management and assessed the contractors ♦ Identified the needs within/after creation of PR to get full information about purchased goods/services ♦ Developed and implemented procurement strategy for purchasing of specific items ♦ Involved with implementation of SAGE system Purchasing Module, Organized KPI’s structure and objectives for the Procurement team members Show less



Bakcell (Telecommunication / Private sector)

• Baku, Azerbaijan

• Procurement & Contract Specialist

  • Apr 2009 - Nov 2013

  ♦ Identified departments’ requirements and organized purchasing and logistic plans: researched and selected right suppliers, provided bidding process, invited tenders, analyzed material and services requests ♦ Promptly handled urgent customer requests, provided procurement support to requestor/customers and supervised posting of documents for payment ♦ Created purchase orders in system and provided for management approval ♦ Defined internal and external lead time to ensure there is sufficient time for orders to be filled and shipped ♦ Increased financial savings ♦ Assisted logistic coordinators, expeditor to contact suppliers to keep goods moving and to identify shipping terms; ♦ Trained and supported buyers to better understand the purchasing process to minimize delays with receipt of shipment Show less