Purchasing Specialist
Resume:
Career Objective:
Seeking a challenging career opportunity within a reputable distinct multinational company, which will utilize all existing expertise, acquire work experience & provide value-added to the work performed while providing scope for continued professional development and growth within a dynamic multinational company.
Key Expertise & Competencies:
Procurement Knowledge
Supply Chain Expertise
End-to-End Product Sourcing
Contract Management
Contract Drafting / Execution
Reducing Costs
Automotive
Demand Analysis & Planning
Identifying Inefficiency
Supplier Performance Management
Negotiation & Influencing
Business Essence
Improving Processes
Collaborative Team Working
Reporting Writing
Cross Level Communication
Working to Deadline
Administrative background
Creative
Change management quick response
Planning strategic
Task Oriented, precise
Desire for professional advancement
Self-motivated, leadership skills
Good organizational
Systems & technology skills
coordinate multiple/ complex projects
Work Experience:
May 12 – Present General Motors North Africa (GM NAF) Direct Purchasing Senior Specialist.
Main duties include:
Identifying with material requirement planning and manufacturing departments the company's material requirements, specifying the requested level of quality & the annual volume forecast.
Exploring new supply sources & pre-evaluating them, in order to select the most competitive sources in matter of prices while keeping the same quality level as globally requested by the company.
Handling all tendering/bidding activities with both local & overseas suppliers.
Analyze and evaluate quotations and negotiate business terms, making certain that company required materials are being supplied at the most competitive price, quality and delivery terms.
Negotiate the best prices by understanding the true cost structure behind the price.
Develop the nomination packages to the sourcing tables with all the required benchmarks locally and globally & following up to get approval from Global Team.
Continuous cost analysis to achieve the best price for the parts on the production line.
Manage the current local commodities for each Sourcing Management Team (SMT).
Continue looking for waste elimination ideas and cost saving opportunities.
Support the local suppliers getting the latest know how and technologies through Technical Assessment
Develop new suppliers to enrich the local supply base and diversify sources of supply
Ensure positive budget, looking for cost saving ideas, waste elimination, and localization in order to increase company's profitability.
Procuring products using various contracting methods (blanket purchase orders, pilot jobs and service contracts) from the local market while handling supplier commercial issues that might affect the business in case of any.
Procuring & sourcing Spare Parts from the local market for the After-Sales business.
Developing Export section with all the related processes
Acting as the Export Focal point, working with all related departments (manufacturing, production line, finance, material handling, packing providers, supplier quality engineers, & the local suppliers) to fulfill both the customer (importing plant – GM North Africa) & the supplier (GM Egypt) requirements.
Achievements:
Launching the first Export activity after 1 year of preparations
Achieved ($0.8 M) saving in year 2, ($2.3 M) in year 3 out of ($6 M) annual saving.
Plans for ($1.5 M) saving for the year ending 2015.
Mitigated threats of ($0.5 M USD) by negotiating the price increase requests.
Successfully supported / maintained GM North Africa production with 0% production disruption spanning 3 years
Mar 11 – Apr 12 General Motors North Africa (GM NAF) Inventory analyst.
Main duties include:
Develop the company’s inventory management strategy with the aim of controlling costs within budgetary limits, generating savings, rationalizing inventory and maximizing available working capital
Manage and maintain the company’s material and stocked product inventory including stock profiles and stock locationsKeeping a 100% reconciled local stores balance through monthly reconciliation and yearly cycle count.
Manage and control perpetual inventory stock counting / inventory accuracy checks
Minimize overstocks and removal of obsolete / redundant raw materials to maximize availability of working capital
Achievements:
Securing cost refund of in consigned material at the supplier side with total number of 9 M EGP
Physical Cycle count for 38 local suppliers stores in one year
Oct 10 – Feb 11 General Motors North Africa (GM NAF) Internal Control Coordinator.
Main duties include:
Understanding company's Global policy & procedures & assuring that all employees have the right understanding as well.
Working as the ILM coordinator in Egypt's unit (Information Lifecycle Management)
Maintaining updates & working on enhancing process to close any control gaps.
Working on enhancing employee's awareness through periodic tips, mail shots, training sessions & face-to-face support.
Oct 03 – Feb 08 PHARAOHS GROUP for Ceramic Tiles & Sanitary Ware Office Manager & Personal Assistant/Export Director
Main duties include:
Personal assistance to the Export Director to organize his daily & weekly calendar, signing for him regarding all the delegated tasks.
Manage the Manager's diary.
Organize and Scheduling meetings & appointments & appropriately making minutes of meetings.
Oversee & manage mail distribution system.
Communicate with other departments to receive & relay information as required.
Provide secretarial assistance to Division Managers
Maintain Mgr.'s filling system (both Electronic & manual) in orderly & efficient manner.
Follow up on the pending issues/actions, feedback reports accordingly.
Manage all travel arrangements (i.e: booking airline tickets, hotel accommodation & traveling itinerary)
Develop presentations as directed by Division Mgr.
Provide administrative assistance for departmental meetings (i.e. prepare & distribute agenda, confirm attendees, compile documentation, etc)
Record and distribute correspondences.
Collecting data from the production lines. Preparing reports to the logistic Mgr.
Filling and summarizing for quick readings & typing the memos & faxes.
Arranging for meetings.
Following up the actions and due dates of all opened action plans.
Education & Qualifications
1998 G.S.C from Zahrat Language School, Korba (91.5%).
2002 BSC. of Commerce – Account Dept. - English Section
Additional Information
Languages: Fluent English & Arabic
IT Skills: MS Office, AS400 & SAP
References: Furnished upon request
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