Guirguis Michael Philipous
****A Woodlake Village court, Midlothian, VA 23112
804-***-****, *********@*****.***
Career Summery
Ambitious Procurement / sourcing Manager with more than 15 years of
Experience, versed in procurement, contract mgt. & negotiation, vendor
management, process / procedures improvement and logistics in the industry
of construction & FMCG. Applies strong analytical and critical thinking
skills to solve complex operational problems. Possessing high degree of
integrity and an outstanding work ethics
Areas of Expertise/Core Competencies
Cost reduction strategies Supplier Relationship
Management-SRM
Global and strategic sourcing Finance background
Budgeting and forecasting Seek / provide feedback from /
to surrounded
Process Design and reengineering Results-oriented
Customer Relationship management CRM Project development and life
cycle
Reduce complexity & dedicated Inspire others and
ongoing coaching
Managing Poor performance effectively Take calculated risks
and learn from mistakes
MS Packages SAP - Oracle - Lotus Notes
Work Experience
Procurement, purchasing & sourcing related
Manage spend commodities (IT-Operations-Facilities M-HR & PS-Marketing &
Print-CAPEX)
Manage Effective stakeholders' engagement across business functions
Established and maintained 115 vendor partnership according to governance &
control frame work
Vendors Risk rating assessment H (7) - M (33) - L (75), reduction plan in
place for leveraging
Partner in internal risk groups to ensure compliance to the audit policies
& guide lines
Establish & maintain contract management in accordance with the Record
management policies
Supervised a team of 3 sourcing managers and 8 associates toward Change
Management
Develop & maintain procurement policies/procedures aligned to business
strategies & world class
Drive establishing procurement HUB leveraging the demand aggregation across
Africa Region
Support day to day Hotels operation and different projects
Ensure implementation for hotels' refurbishment and new opening according
to par rate
Develop an effective Supplier Relationship Management-SRM (preferred &
approved list)
Develop and implement fleet management policy securing optimum operating
cost
Enhance logistics frame work (import, shipping, Insurance & clearance
process) to the optimum
Created reporting system highlight financial commitments, spend analysis,
savings and KPIs
Cost effectiveness by leveraging & embed strategic sourcing process aligned
to global policy
Establish Annual Procurement plan identified potential saving & related KPI
Report
Manage implementing systems & applications related Materials Management
process
Managing total spend for Raw & Packaging materials according to Material
Required Planning (MRP)
Drive Import / logistics process toward optimum & efficient status avoiding
demurrage.
Develop and implement formatting yearly Budget of the Dept. & control
commitment.
Created KPIs for the team and monitor achieved Vs target & plan action
Accounting and finance related
In charge of Accounts Payables & Receivables.
Develop & produce worksheet of trial balance & adjustment.
Managing Monthly Payroll.
Handling Local & Export L/Cs & L/Gs
Support the Sales team as Only Arabic speaker in the office & skilled in
people interaction
In conjunction with consultant design an efficient Accounting system
serving business goals
Supervising a team of 2 Junior Accountants.
Handling the Logistics activities for the local and foreign materials
In charge of Admin, Cost Control & Purchasing in constructions projects:
> Apache Airport -EBASCO, CONTRAC (USA) Under control of USA
CORPS
> Greater Cairo Metro, second line / Cogiefeer France
Analyze & prepare cost reports for management use & joint venture accounts
Manage with support of engineering dept., the AP and monitor contractor's
accounts
Accomplishments / position
11/2010 to 08/2012 Head (Director) of sourcing
Barclays Bank Egypt - BBE
Achieved Cost savings 1.5m British Pound of 20 mil B Pound total
budget & initiatives.
Succeeded in clearing audit findings identified by international
audit according to action plan followed by engaging with entire
stakeholders & implementation
Driven achieving 300K British Pounds via initiative to outsource
fleet management.
Successfully implemented P2P & piloting across Barclays Africa
countries.
Ensure implementing compliance frame work dedicating team member
as a check point
Departed due to move to USA.
Salary $72000 / $77000
09/2009 to 11/2010 Procurement Director, Hotels & Operations
ORASCOM DEVELOPMENT HOLDING GROUP
An international Co. develop, construct and manage tourist
integrated resorts
Succeeded in reengineering the process / policies via Buy in
approach across business
Leverage demand aggregation via chain hotels engagement and
achieved $ 1.1m
Alliance with strategic vendors and establish global contract
module that helped achieving the entire cost reduction & switch
from transactional to strategic approach toward achieving
maximum benefits to shareholders value
Departed to Advance my career progression, back to global &
World class approach that global company secure.
Salary $50000 / $55000
08/2008 to 09/2009 Supply Chain Manager, (Procurement - Logistics -
Warehouses)
National Port Said Steel CO. (NPSS) -
Egypt
Subsidiary of Emirates Capital Holding and key player in Middle
East
Helped earn the company 85% customer satisfaction by supporting
speed to market
Succeeded in automating day to day process during ORACLE
implementation
Departed due to company relocation.
Salary $43000
03/2004 to 09/2007 Procurement / Sourcing Manager
MEDRED Cluster (Egypt, Libya, Sudan)
British American Tobacco (BAT) - Egypt
2nd largest global Company in Tobacco industry purchases wide
range of goods/services
Switch from transactional to strategic procurement speaking
world class approach
Drive implementing several initiatives in commodities and sub as
follows
Marketing commodity, cost saving EGP 2100K via strategic
alliances with top spend vendors and contracting in place
HR & PS, cost savings EGP 430K via proper market study and
renegotiation
Fleet mgt. enhance toward smarter spending achieving
benefits of EGP 1500K
Facilities management, branches maintenance & renovation
support speed to market
Massive success in implementing SAP and piloting process in 55
AME countries
Departed to maintain career progression & seek further
challenges
Salary $45000 / $62000
12/1998-03/2004 Purchasing & Supply Manager
Heineken Group
Al Ahram Beverages Group
El Gouna Beverage group (Orascom Group)
Establish purchasing & supply department within the group from
scratch
Drive implementing several initiatives and achieve following
savings
Marketing commodity, total cost reduction EGP 1100K
Master case, POSM / openers, Printings, labels localization
Packaging materials, crown localization achieving cost
saving EGP 1 mil
Packaging materials, Cans localization achieving annual
cost saving EGP 450K
Raw materials / forward contract with cost reduction EGP 1
mil
Shipping & clearance deals avoiding demurrage (on going
savings)
Drive entire resources & process toward success of ORACLE
implementation
Departed due Career progression & income by joining global
company
Salary $20000 / $36000
11/1995 to 10/1998 Corp, senior accountant
El Saadeh Trading & Agencies Co (Saudi Arabia)
02/1990 to 11/1995 senior chief Accountant
ORASCOM Group (Contracting & Real way Divisions)
Education & Professional training
Bachelor Degree, major Accounting Customs and Clearance
regulations.
Leadership capability and passages Project Management /
Prince2
Assessors for assessment of recruitment process Time Management
12 Procurement skills coaching course
AME Procurement Academy
Certification: Candidate C.S.C.P of APICS (Association for Operation
Management)
Languages English: Fluent reading, writing & V Good speaking.
Arabic: Fluent reading, writing & speaking.