Experience

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  Jotun Middle East, India and Africa (MEIA)

  • Jeddah

  • Assistant Purchasing Manager

    • Jan 2022 - Present
    • Jeddah

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  ADNC - ADNIP

  • Abu Dhabi,UAE

  • Head - Purchasing

    • Jun 2014 - Apr 2016
    • Abu Dhabi,UAE

    o Lead a team of resources that perform works on gathering and interpreting relevant data (Inventory, demand and supply planning, capacity planning, network optimization, analysis patterns, etc.), investigating issues, find root causes, and develops insights and delivers to the relevant stakeholders.o Heading purchasing function involving procurement for series supplies and new product development & Supplier Quality Assurance. Role demands on strategic sourcing, supply chain management, leading cost reduction activities through sourcing and redesign.o Procurement, supply chain (domestic & imports). Contract management. Project Management of large contracts.o Preparing products for shipment according to client orders instructions by retrieving from the warehouse, packaging, weighing and documenting correct shipment details.o Develop, maintain and broadcast relevant set of KPI to control Supply Chain performance (inventory, lead time, Planning Adherence, Replenishment Performance etc.).o Designing & developing the SCM process & network, leading the SCM teams in Planning, Forecasting, Vendor Management, Production (3P) locations, distribution (Merchandise HUB's – RDC movement).o Collaborated Planning, forecasting, Replenishment module to lead the Sales & Operation process. Overall monitoring of inventory, sales, production & analyze short fall & highlight to the management.o Building SCM team & motivate them to perform better, training team wherever skill set need improvement for day to day operations, Develop & formalize the SCM Process & SOP’s.o Assisting team with their career development including Performance management, feedback & training. Point of contact for training people on WMX software.NOTEWORTHY CREDITS• Accredited for consolidation of vendors (from 50 to 14), reducing administrative costs and securing better pricing.• Spend Management recorded at AED 165 million per annum.

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  Jotun Abu Dhabi LLChttps

  • Norway
  • Chemical Manufacturing
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Deputy Manager – Procurement / Materials

    • Jan 2010 - Apr 2014

    o Devising & implementing best practices, policies, procedures & lean initiatives in regard to local materials management initiatives – Conducting evaluations of stock-out incidents that negatively affect operations, together with the key stakeholders & implement corrective actions.o Participation in forming up of the Supply Chain department through setting up of warehouses and implementation of logistics from the formation stages of the organization.o Lead strategy and operations execution for procurement operations team with additional responsibility of leading globally consistent process design, policy implementation, innovation and continuous improvement of global indirect procurement resulting in supreme client experience.o Receive and respond to projects and customer purchasing requests, ensuring all authorization processes have been followed and contracts/production agreements have been signed prior to commencement.o Undertaking negotiations with selected providers, establishing agreed prices, availability, customization possibilities, delivery schedules, warranties, payment terms and claims terms.o Maintaining the materials quality management system for the operation, ensuring quality inspections, audits, documentation etc. have been followed by the suppliers and all raw materials and components are to agreed specifications and ready for operational use.o Directing and analyzing all elements of the supply chain and making recommendations as to how the process can be optimized. Providing cost savings recommendations and ensuring spend is within budget. NOTEWORTHY CREDITS• Led a team and acted as SME for implementing a new ERP system (IFS). Training personnel on Purchase model.• Employee of the Year / Penguin Award [2009] for completing projects accurately, on time and within allocated cost budgets.• Best Employee Award [2007] for service delivery par excellence in operations and credit terms improvement.

  • Senior Purchase / Material Coordinator

    • May 1997 - Dec 2010

    o Monitoring the events of a manufacturing and recording them to verify results. Checking materials and products to ensure that a perfect combination is used and performing quality checks to ensure total quality management.o Overview of all incoming material from vendor for Project execution. Preparation of PR, PO & MI as per project execution Requirement in SAP and time to time calibration/record maintenance of Tools & Tackles for projection execution as per ISO requirement.o Leading procurement-related activities to source requested distribution services based upon contract work plans and business requirements. Lead bid events including screening, communications, RFP, negotiations, and contracting/administration for responsible categories based on techno commercial factors. Ensuring policy conformity with distribution strategies.o Performing stock-keeping duties. Stack and stage product and material using the forklift, reach, and other power equipment, using radio frequency device for all the functions.o Directing and analyzing all elements of the supply chain and making recommendations as to how the process can be optimized. Providing cost savings recommendations and ensuring spend is within budget. o Studying over the system (business) flow of information, tasks and credit, and improvising these flows by various processes re engineering initiatives.o Coordinating and monitoring the supply of materials, chasing up where required and maintaining communication between all parties regarding any changes, variances, problems. Recording and reporting any non-conformance, quality issues and delivery problems.NOTEWORTHY CREDITS• Instrumental in bringing down the logistics costs by 10% through effective negotiations with shipping companies and accurate document preparation. • Aggregation and consolidation of export documentation.• Amplified the business profit through accurate logistics planning and execution as well as in-depth demand research.

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  MANGALORE REFINERY AND PETROCHEMICALS LTD

  • Mangalore Area, India

  • Finance & Accounts Executive

    • Jun 1995 - May 1997
    • Mangalore Area, India

    Key Result Areas: Inventory Management ~ MIS Reporting ~ Sales & Invoice Accounting ~ Advance Payment ~ Cost Assessment ~ Team Management