An accomplished Procurement Professional with an added strength of collecting and analyzing data to answer business questions by identifying gaps and connecting patterns. With 10 years of experience acquired over my career in multinational organizations, I have an excellent track record in strategic souring, contract management and negotiations, I hold extensive knowledge in e-Tenders. Other strengths include logistics and stakeholder management. Academic differentiation demonstrated with an MBA from the University of Cumbria, focused in Strategic Management and CIPS accreditation in 2019.
Hi, I’m
Alaa Ghanayem
Nasr City
Summary
Overview
14
years of professional experience
Work History
GEMS Education
Procurement Planner
01.2022 - Current
Job overview
- Ensuring pre-tender solicitation is ready on time, identifying price change patterns and trends, assessing differences with Finance and concerned functions while establishing project spend timeline and budget for each category
- Conveying approved budgets to subordinates and addressing sourcing strategy for each category
- Collaborating with Finance to establish a robust financial modelling by providing monthly spend as well as insights on spend and savings projections
- Monitoring vendor lifecycle and performance, conducting thorough analysis to examine competitiveness with regards to payment terms, pricing, delivery, rate of return, and invoicing
- Regularly measuring project actual milestones against original workflow and presenting visuals to the board
- Working with production team to analyze historical data to forecast demand and plan inventory with respect to multilinear regression variables.
Tetra Pak
Supplier Manager
01.2020 - 01.2022
Job overview
- Driving business partnering initiatives and category development to standardize scope and process
- Initiating and monitoring e-Tenders to improve sourcing and cost reduction of high spend categories
- Leading small groups and cross collaborating with different functions to ensure contractual terms are drafted with high-level consideration to business needs
- Preparing Sourcing Projects, auction bidding rules and RFPs with all commercial terms relevant to each specific project
- Securing best value of signed agreements through early stakeholder involvement, promoting standardization then proactively drafting and communicating Ts&Cs to suppliers during pre-award stages to ensure all Sourcing Critical Terms are met
- Analyzing supply markets to address foreseen risks, proposing necessary measures to mitigate those risks and translating this into bespoke contracts that are category specific
- Ensuring contract maintenance and management are effectively practiced throughout contract lifecycle to resolve vendor issues, eliminate disruptions and maintain vendor performance while ensuring compliance with company policy
- Planning procurement strategy with projects team, conducting weekly meetings, ensuring all project components and deliverables are delivered/rendered according to schedule
- Establishing KPIs and quarterly reviewing performance against them
- Key Achievements/Projects
- Identified categories under global procurement spend where pricing could be reviewed to match local market parameters, successfully concluded local agreements for these categories to change original pricing setup and slashing cost by more than 50%
- Foreseen supply risks and soaring inflation indicators at early sourcing stages, successfully mitigated those risks through early supplier involvement and real-time bidding (RTB) to further promote competition, then eventually drafted watertight CPFF contract to formalize procedure for potential price escalation
- Delivered considerable savings of 20% per annum (in 2022 against 2019 lead bids)
- Improved category spend through early involvement with Category Managers and market analysis prior to proposing category strategy plan.
Tetra Pak
Senior Buyer
02.2019 - 09.2020
Job overview
- Led supplier relationship initiatives and cross-functional collaboration with internal stakeholders to align with company strategy
- Increased PTP automation (Catalogue POs) on an average of 25% each year to avoid tail spend, price fluctuations, and promote robust supply chain
- Initiated sourcing activities through the local market for MROs and different plant components, achieving shorter lead time and improved category spend/stock control
- Adopted 6 Sigma DMAIC, to promote strategic sourcing of processing equipment and eliminate waste, resulted in 10% cost savings compared to previous year and project fulfilment 2 weeks ahead of schedule
- Liaised between suppliers and FF ensuring a full set of documents is complete and data is matching to avoid demurrage charges
- Rectified and established consistent PTP process, updated vendor profiles and developed invoicing instructions, which in turn improved payment timeliness by 40%.
MBC Group, Sewedy
Senior Sourcing Specialist, Procurement & Logistics Specialist
01.2015 - 01.2019
Job overview
- Worked closely with cross-functional teams on improved category management through proper category sourcing and mitigating supply risks while ensuring achievement of corporate objectives within the allocated resources
- Maintained strong supplier relationship, expanded the supply base, worked on supplier retention, improvement and termination
- Established vendors pre-assessment criteria, shortlisted vendors and negotiated most favorable terms to the requesting department
- Managed vendors performance during post-award stages against KPIs that were category specific
- El
01.2014 - 08.2015
Job overview
- Took charge of Attaqa 640 MW Simple Cycle Power Plant construction (Fast Track turnkey Project)
- Our team was able to deliver the project 3 weeks ahead of schedule
- Coordinated with Project Managers to plan and prioritize purchasing activities of different gas turbines in respect to the project milestones
- Worked with Project Managers to supply signaling cables, pipes and relays simultaneously for different projects
- Consolidated requests and achieved standardization which resulted in substantial reduction in tail spend.
Her Majesty Revenue and Customs
Procurement Officer
01.2012 - 06.2013
Job overview
EgyptAir
Ticketing and Sales Agent
01.2009 - 12.2010
Job overview
Education
University of Cumbria
Master of Supply Chain Management from Strategic
University Overview
South Thames College
Bachelor of Commerce from Accounting and Finance
University Overview
Ain Shams University
2012
University Overview
Skills
Strategic Sourcing
Contract & Project Management
Data Analysis and Problem Solving
Cash Flow Management
Supply Chain Management
Negotiation & Persuasion
Stakeholder Management
Relationship Management
Budgeting & Forecasting
SAP/ SAP ARIBA
Excel Advanced
Oracle ERP
Power BI/Tableau
SQL/MY SQL
Certification
Google Data Analytics - [Feb 23]
Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS) - [Feb 19]
Additional Information
Additional Information
I strive to create a vibrant atmosphere in my workplace. During every year's kick-off event I arranged beginners-level fitness competitions with prizes for winners, it earned me positive feedback as it helped my colleagues unwind through bonding and interacting.
Languages
Arabic
Native language
English
Proficient
C2
French
Beginner
A1
Timeline
Procurement Planner
GEMS Education
01.2022 - Current
Supplier Manager
Tetra Pak
01.2020 - 01.2022
Senior Buyer
Tetra Pak
02.2019 - 09.2020
Senior Sourcing Specialist, Procurement & Logistics Specialist
MBC Group, Sewedy
01.2015 - 01.2019
01.2014 - 08.2015
Procurement Officer
Her Majesty Revenue and Customs
01.2012 - 06.2013
Ticketing and Sales Agent
EgyptAir
01.2009 - 12.2010
University of Cumbria
Master of Supply Chain Management from Strategic
South Thames College
Bachelor of Commerce from Accounting and Finance
Ain Shams University
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