Mohamed ABBAS

- Prepares bidder pre-qualifications, bidder lists, negotiation plans, bid evaluation, award and post-award contract management and continuous improvements.
-Executes full tendering process and its documentation (including sourcing strategy, Technical Evaluation report, Commercial Evaluation Report and Summary of Award).
-Contacts suppliers to obtain timely submission of Technical data, and to follow-up on material acquisition production progress and shipment
-Understands and executes work in accordance with the project sourcing strategy, compliance to the Project's Approved Vendors List, project financing considerations, and respective tariff.
-Accountable to ensure appropriate approval authorities are obtained prior to executing commitments.
-Prepares and organizes assigned Procurement meetings, such as bid clarification and post-award meetings, for ensuring complete understanding and agreement.
-Responsible to maintain supplier relationships with supplier's project personnel executing orders to ensure performance of the work.
-Compiles data needed to prepare the critical items reports or other supplementary reports as required.
-Expedites engineering for timely review, approval, and return of engineering data submitted by suppliers.
-Participates in pre and post-award meetings to review and discuss schedules and potential problem areas that may impact required shipment dates.
-Coordinates shipping arrangements or tracking requests with the project representative.
-Reviews material receiving reports against shipping documents to verify that material has been received at jobsite.
-Coordinates customs clearance of critical material and equipment with logistics representatives.
-Understand, implement, and follow up QHSE MS “Quality, Health, Safety, and Environmental Management System" responsibilities, procedures, and guidelines

-Run MRP & reviewing Stocks of all materials to ensure availability of needed materials for both bulk & retail needs.

- Purchase needed materials (Raw, packaging, NPI's, Spare parts), preparing PO's & sending them.

- Follow up with suppliers' delivery dates & pushing with them to reduce their lead times which will reduce the volume & value
of stocks.
-Source new trusted suppliers from the point of quality, price, lead time, durability & flexibility.

- Weekly & some times daily revising market prices for materials to achieve saving in materials which will have positive effect
on sales margin.
-Provide same SKUs from multiple suppliers to be safe if any for any circumstances won't be able to commit with the agreed
Lead time.
-Measure supplier performance from the point of committing to : 1) delivery dates, 2) quality, 3) delivering full quantities.

- Increase payment terms limit for all suppliers & decreasing cash or in advance transactions for liquidity purpose & to benefit from bank interest rate.

- Measure BAIS error (actual - forecast) for bulk & retail to avoid under or over stocking from unneeded SKU's which may finally lead to depleting stocks with many ways (execution, selling with cost, and promotion on item).

- Measuring KPI's for suppliers payments (POT).

- Meet with suppliers semi-annually for evaluation & taking step forward to increase volumes, SKU's.

-Searching for reliable vendors or suppliers to provide quality of goods with reasonable prices.
-Acquiring quotations from various suppliers and placing order with the best to maintain logical inventory levels with implementation of modern inventory management techniques- JIT, ABC analysis.
-Negotiating prices and contracts and follow the renewals.
Coordinating with various indenting departments like Production, marketing, administration, to structure procurement plans with defined schedules and financial outlays.
-Implementing innovative cost reduction techniques and generating remarkable savings in procurement cost.
-Playing key role in development of new products right from planning stage to final deliveries from vendors, in close co-ordination with Marketing.
-Streamlining total materials management function and registering commendable efficiency levels in the areas of vendor development and purchase of Raw Material both local and import.
-KPI, Price trending reports and other department reports preparation as and when needed
-Keeping in contact with the vendors and build a long-term relationship

-Work closely with planning department to help achieving the preset production plan.
-Searching for approved international suppliers based on price, quality, selection, service support, availability, reliability, production and distribution capabilities, and the supplier's reputation and history.
-Able to calculate international freight charges to determine whether the purchase of the materials or equipment is economically feasible.
-Prepare price comparisons to ensure compliance with the agreed upon contract price.
-Analyze price proposals and other data and information to determine reasonable prices.
-Negotiate with international suppliers to achieve best material price offer and best service.
-Maintain data of purchase orders on SAP (Qty. of items, price, conditions, confirmation, and shipping notification).
-Review and follow up on all foreign purchase orders requested by all concerned parties/departments.
-Monitor shipments to ensure that goods come in on time, and in case of problems trace shipments and follow up undelivered goods.
-Deal with shipping forwarders/shipping lines; getting their best rates & best services.
-Approve released payments of Forwarders and suppliers to be sent to financial department.
-Issue purchase report reflecting the status of purchase orders even they are opened or closed ones.
-Supply Research and Development department with newly discovered or invented materials, chemicals and manufacturing techniques used globally.