Ghazi Zeineddine - US Citizen, Authorized to work for any employer

Naperville, Illinois USA Mobile: 630-***-**** ac3au1@r.postjobfree.com linkedin.com/pub/ghazi-zeineddine/31/b4b/834/

Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, Category Manager .

Negotiate strategic supply agreements * Develop direct/ indirect procurement strategies * Capex Eq. procurement

Highly qualified and motivated procurement manager with proven expertise in supplier relations management, supply contracts negotiations, contract management, direct & indirect procurement including IT, MRO, capital equipment and a wide array of services,

Dynamic procurement professional with four years of engineering experience followed by twenty five years of leading and infusing best procurement practices, processes, methodologies, and technical procurement organization across multiple industries including chemical raw materials, Supplier quality audits, warehousing & leases, packaging, metals fabrication, traffic control, commercial and fleet graphics, IT, new products development, hardware, transportation, and logistics.

Highlights of Career .

Purchasing Manager (Strategic Sourcing, Raw Materials, Capex, Services, Direct and Indirect Procurement, Shared Services) Cristal Metals, Inc. / Cristal USA, Inc. / Tasnee Mar 2009 - Present

Manage spend of $150MM/ year, 25% strategic chemical raw materials, 35% Indirect, IT and capital equipment, 15% professional engineering and contractor services, 25% tactical day-to-day procurement activities. Develop and implement global sourcing strategies for raw materials. Manage indirect procurement including special projects procurement, Capital equipment, steer communications to gain buy-ins and build synergy among teams, optimize spend for broader supply agreement scopes. Execute SOC’s, VMI’s, CDA’s/NDA, work with cross functional teams. Drive growth through cost cutting initiative and pilot toward the lowest possible total cost of ownership (TCO). Identify new strategic suppliers and leverage against current supply base. Advocate proactive and contingent agreement strategies to minimize risks associated with tight supply market conditions. Compliance with ISO/AS9100, SAP ERP P2P and Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) proficiency.

International Highlights:

Traveled to Best Cost Countries (BCC), Identified new suppliers, developed logistics capabilities and ignited domestic competition.

Supported the export capability of foreign chemical manufacturers to successfully penetrate the US marketplace for raw materials in tight domestic supply. Cut cost of approx. $ 10MM over 5 years on rarely available raw materials.

Identified and on-boarded new foreign suppliers of raw materials and MRO’s supplier of choice (SOC)

Day-to-Day procurement responsibilities:

Identify, Evaluate & select suppliers through marketplace sourcing, assess suppliers’ capabilities, create RFQ and statement of work documents, review and tabulate proposals, manage risk, negotiate short and long term supply agreements, Prepare and issue purchase orders, streamline procurement procedures, & Scorecard suppliers performance for price, delivery, and quality, communicate project updates to pertinent stakeholders, coordinate the flow of technical information required for project completion, coordinate site walk-throughs, inspections, and/or installations with the engineering team, and resolve billing discrepancies, coordinate contract milestones reviews, production schedules, drawings, and specifications for user approvals, resolve discrepancies of material specifications, short shipments, damaged goods, payment terms, etc. Maintain and report, to management, spend and supply commitments, assists in resolving issues pertaining payables and disputes, maintains a database of Certificate of Insurance for contractor and service providers, CDA’s and NDA’s & monitor inventory level of critical raw materials. In addition, I manage the Procurement SharePoint site, Contract Lifecycle management (CLM), and manage dozens of miscellaneous agreement to achieve highest YOY cost reduction. Ex. facility management, Scaffolding rentals, crane and material handling rentals, warehousing, Security and Alarm detection agreements, uniform rental and service, rail road de-icing and repair, etc.

Sr. Procurement Manager: Indirect procurement, Capex, turnkey projects, warehousing and International transportation

PromoSystems, Inc. Westmont, Illinois Jan 1989 – Mar 2009

Managed a $20M Full service export trading and consulting corporation supporting the Middle East, West Africa and South America

Grew business from 0 to $20M in 4 years

Made business profitable in 2 years, grew from there, P&L accountability.

Financed projects through commercial letters of credits

Procured components to support contract manufacturing projects Ex. Architectural way-finding systems for airports, hospitals, universities, outdoor public telephone booths, transportation waiting booth, outdoor advertising, Traffic controls, and traffic signage projects.

Engineering Experience Aug 1984 – Dec 1988.

Started my career at Emerson Electric in Santa Anna, CA as a Power Electronics Project Engineer supporting manufacturing, and technical pre-sales and marketing, Converted customers demand specifications into engineering controlled documents, created system design drawings and budgetary sales proposals, recommended and sized battery bank for energy storage to mitigate brown-out and black-outs. (85-87). Was laid off and took opportunity with Elgar Electronics Corp. in San Diego, CA as Power Electronics Project & Application Engineer, Nuclear IE Classification (7 months. in 1987). Then joined a private company in Africa as a Business General Manager managing up to 24 employees. Was not a good fit due to living conditions? Then returned to the USA and joined Teledyne Inet as Power Electronics Application Engineer in Torrance, CA (87-88). Worked with the VP of sales & marketing on engineering projects from the front end engineering stages through project bidding and well into manufacturing and delivery of complete power solutions. Took time off to get married (2.5 months). Then took a management opportunity with PromoSystems, Inc. (a full service export trading and consulting corporation)

Education & Training .

Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, California State University, Long Beach, CA,

Graduated in Dec. 1984

2-1/2 years of Post Graduate study toward a Master’s Degree in Power Electronics Engineering, California State University, Long Beach, CA, 1985 – 1987

Six Sigma- Green Belt Training through Cristal USA, Ashtabula, Ohio

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities .

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, able to effectively communicate at the executive level, capable of driving high level results based upon leverage of cultural differences, able to drive logical solutions in the lack of clear data, strategic thinker, able to manage upward and downward, and able to work through others to meet goals and objectives with results at the corporate level.

Computer Skills .

Microsoft Office suites of applications, including SharePoint, Skype, Lotus Notes, ERP SAP MM MIP Master Data super user, SAP Sourcing, Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) proficiency level, Struxure, Quickbooks Pro.

Misc. Learning .

Recent career refreshment courses include but not limited to: Category Management in Purchasing, Supplier Evaluation and Performance Excellence, Managing Indirect Spend, Strategic Global Sourcing, Cristal Harvard Global Collaboration, Strategic Cost Management, Total Cost of Ownership, increasing supply chain competiveness and profitability, Cristal Harvard Difficult Interactions, Cristal Harvard Goal Setting, Cristal Harvard Negotiating, career management, Six Sigma-Green Belt, Heart Saver first Aid CPR & AED among an array of safety courses.

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