GEORGE

GEGELIA

ad39b0@r.postjobfree.com

+1-347-***-****

Southampton, PA, 18966, USA

Online Profile

SKILLS

· Emergency Preparedness

· Supply Chain Planning

· Supply Chain Coordination

· Contract negotiation

· Strategic Negotiations

· Contract Administration

· Market Analysis

· Customer Preferences

· Supplier Relationship

Management

· Effective Communication

· MS Office, Tableau, SAP ERP

· Operational Efficiency

· Policy Implementation

· Organizational Policies

· Commodity Procurement

· Project Management

· Purchasing

· Procurement Strategies

· Risk management

· Global Sourcing

· Organizational Systems

· Key Performance Indicators

· Business transformation

· Change Management Process

· Data Acquisition & Analyses

· Analytical Dashboards

· Active Listening

· Reporting Requirements

· Complex Problem-Solving

· Critical Thinking

· Training

· Responsibility

· Effective Working

Relationships

EDUCATION

Master of Science: Mathematics

Tbilisi State University

Tbilisi, Georgia

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Have long experience working as a procurement category manager for logistics items, construction, IT equipment and services, emergency response items, establishing contracts for large and complex services, and large categories of different food commodities.

Good knowledge of air, sea, rail and road fright and warehousing.

Negotiated large and complex supply and service contracts, some of which exceeded 6- 7 Mln USD.

Managed supplier rosters and supplier relationships.

Have worked on sustainability, as well as policies of sustainable procurement.

Extensive experience working in an international environment.

Experience of using SAP ERPs, was a Key Business User for SAP Material Management

(MM) module.

Have been key procurement officer for many demanding and dynamic procurement operational responses to large emergency operations.

Have developed category and overall procurement strategies for WFP global procurement.

Experience of working closely with management, client departments and stakeholders

12+ years of managerial and leadership experience.

Oversaw and coordinated procurement conducted by 5 regional bureaus and 80 country offices worldwide.

Have experience working with and consulting governments.

Worked as an IT officer for WFP operations, have wide knowledge of MS Windows, MS Office, databases, SQL, Data analyses, Visualization, Tableau, Power BI, desktop publishing, web design, SAP ERP, and other IT systems. WORK HISTORY

United Nations, World Food Programme - Senior Procurement Officer Rome, Italy • 05/2023 – 10/2023

Was working on integration of Coupa (new procurement ERP system) and SAP ERPs. Provided consultancy to WFP’s Southern Africa Regional Bureau in designing a strategy for supporting governments in creating Strategic Food Reserves and sustainable procurement, through buying from small holder farmers. United Nations, World Food Programme - Deputy Chief Procurement Rome, Italy • 10/2020 - 05/2023

Prepared global procurement plans.

Led large and complex procurement tender development, bid evaluations and contract negotiations.

Have established process of review of strategic supplier profiles, establishment of supplier rosters, and managed supplier relationships, established supplier evaluation process and system.

Managed procurement global risks and compliance. Provided strategic advice to field operations.

Introduced innovative, agile, and efficient business processes. Developed strategic guidance on global and sustainable procurement. Developed various statistical reports and live statistical dashboards. Introduced digitization of processes and documents and introduced new E- Systems to make processes more transparent and efficient.

Directly coordinated procurement actions for emergency response operations. Supervised procurement operations conducted by HQ, 5 regional bureaus and 80 country offices worldwide (overall annual value approx. 4.5 billion USD). Supervised the project of Business Process Review with transformation to categorized and harmonized procurement division.

Developed organizational procurement strategy for 2020-2025. United Nations, World Food Programme - Regional Procurement Officer Bangkok Thailand • 09/2015 - 10/2020

Procured food and goods and services worth 170 - 200 million USD. In parallel, CERTIFICATIONS

CIPS Level 4 Diploma

CSCMP

GAFTA Distance Learning

Programme -

Finalized many online training

courses on different computer

systems and programming, such as:

Web design, Tableau, Power BI,

Azure, Google Cloud, Cyber Security,

Share Point.

LANGUAGES

English

Bilingual or Proficient (C2)

Georgian

Bilingual or Proficient (C2)

Russian

Bilingual or Proficient (C2)

Italian

Elementary (A2)

Substituted a head of supply chain unit during the absence of the relevant officer

(overall 16 months) -managed logistics operations. Was Procurement category manager for WFP International and regional requirements of rice (250,000 MT annual), this also included market analyses and developing shorter- and long-term commodity procurement strategies.

Procured - goods and services for WFP needs of the region. Worked closely with the management, units, and country offices on procurement requirements. Conducted full P2P procurement process, including development of tenders, evaluation of bids, establishing contracts, and contract administration. Coordinated procurement response to regional emergencies. Oversaw WFP procurement operations in 14 countries of Asia. Conducted oversight missions to WFP country offices.

Established supplier rosters, developed supplier relationships, and evaluated supplier performance. Developed strategic suppliers.

Was a coordination focal point for regional UN procurement cooperation. United Nations, World Food Programme - Head of Procurement Unit Rome, Italy • 11/2012 - 09/2015

Was heading a team of category managers, organized international procurement of commodities 1.1 billion USD.

Worked closely with the relevant stakeholders to timely buy and deliver goods and services of acceptable quality.

Established solutions for cost avoidance and savings. Actively participated in complex procurement process, especially for development of tender documents, bids evaluation, contract negotiations and contract administration. Developed a procurement strategy for sourcing Introduced innovations for making WFP supply more flexible and efficient.

Supported procurement activities of WFP Country Offices worldwide. Organized oversight and compliance procedures, review, and clearance of the submissions from the field and regional offices.

Supervised strategic procurement and development of strategic suppliers. Developed relevant procurement policies, guidance, and training materials. Work closely with other UN and humanitarian aid agencies. Was a global focal point of United Nations Global Marketplace and GAFTA. Introduce digital innovations, such as e-filing, automatic evaluations of supplier submissions, and e-tendering/reverse auctioning. Was SAP support focal point. Managed a team of 24 Professionals and general staff. ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Analyzed world regional and local markets. Understanding of financial options, hedging, and futures.

Goods and services procurement: IT, travel, facility management, logistics, complex services, etc. Established long-term supply agreements. Have been deployed to large emergency response operations worldwide. Coordinated procurement with the other UN agencies. Remote working and remote management experience.

Establishing and maintaining computer networks,

Have good knowledge of MS Office, MS Windows, databases, data analyses, visualization software such as Tableau, Power BI, computer programming, cyber security, cloud computing, desktop publishing, web design. Finalized several online training courses on different computer systems and programming, such as: Web design, Tableau, Power BI, Azure, Google Cloud, Cyber Security, Share Point.

Accomplishments and Publications

Master of mathematics

Have published 20 Scientific papers in the field of Ordinary Differential Equations

(Mathematics)

Developed and published two manuals in Georgian on Windows and MS Office.

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