AFNAN AL SALEH
Abu Dhabi
Summary
Experienced professional having 10 plus years of sound Supply Chain Management. Currently working in the Commercial Division as a Procurement Lead overseeing management and sourcing suppliers to maximize procurement strategies, processes, and services. Trustworthy, ethical, and discreet; confident and poised in interactions with individuals at all levels in both the Arabic and English languages.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Procurement Leader
Abu Dhabi Health Data Service (Malaffi)
Abu Dhabi
10.2018 - 04.2025
- Negotiate prices and delivery conditions; and commit to purchases within established limits of authority, and with terms that are in the organization's best interest.
- Revisit and modify procurement related forms and templates.
- Negotiate with external vendors to secure the best deal to the organization.
- Collaborate with key persons to ensure clarity of the specifications and expectations.
- Develop and maintain KPI's for the department.
- Build long term relationships with vendors.
- Execute purchase orders (PO), reconcile data, conduct research, obtain quote data and expedite delivers.
- Achieve the pre-established quality standards by all providers, assuring that productive process follows the quality programs.
- Analyze and evaluate supplier bids, tenders, proposals, or quotations where the purchase order is more complex or of greater significance to the organization.
- Responsible for managing end to end procurement processes.
- Optimizing processes within supply chain.
- Monitoring and managing supplier performance.
- Ensuring compliance to company purchasing guidelines and policies.
Supplier Development Specialist - Senior
Injazat Data Systems
Abu Dhabi
11.2014 - 10.2018
- Continuous development and implement of supplier strategies and manage relationships to optimize, processes and services for clients.
- Bring best-practice processes, category/industry specific knowledge to apply within Injazat' environment.
- Creates solutions that strengthen Injazat' go to market offerings by lowering costs and improving productivity.
- Acts as a change agent to promote Injazat's transformation to recognize best practices in the supply chain organization.
- Achieve the pre-established quality standards by all providers, assuring that productive process follows the quality programs.
- Reduce the overall number of suppliers (both local and international) to increase volume and discount opportunities with key suppliers in order to deliver sourcing savings.
- Provide the periodic review of systems and administrative security controls to ensure they meet or exceed requirements to ensure that all changes made to security control mechanisms.
- Provide coaching to employees and peers. Coach to develop skills, deepen learning, improve performance, and develop the individual.
- Manage, coach, and supervise junior staff members in the Department.
- Apply knowledge of business and personal objectives of key players and get them personally committed to the success of Injazat's initiatives.
Supplier Development Specialist
Injazat Data Systems
Abu Dhabi
11.2010 - 11.2014
- Develop supplier strategies and manage relationships to optimize procurement strategies, processes and services for service recipients and clients.
- Perform continuous market analysis, price, and benchmarking data by category for key goods and services.
- Reduce the overall number of suppliers to increase volume and discount opportunities with key suppliers in order to deliver sourcing savings.
- Evaluate, monitor, and optimize supplier performance. Develops and executes account business plans and/or negotiation strategies based upon business environment requirements.
- Support the procurement of supplies, hardware, software, and contract services.
- Execute purchase orders (PO), reconcile data, conduct research, obtain quote data and expedite delivers.
- Analyze local spend and implement sourcing strategies to select local and international suppliers that deliver best in class solutions, demonstrable cost savings.
- Work with Injazat Account Management teams to develop Account specific procurement plans.
- Work with Sales and Solution Development to engage in new business opportunities.
- Act as the single point of contact for the delivery of procurement services.
- Work to maximize compliance with SCM strategies, minimize commercial risk and create the most cost effective and competitive Injazat solution.
- Provide post-sales support to facilitate the timely transition of new services.
- Provide the periodic review of system and administrative security controls to ensure they meet or exceed requirements.
- Liaise with audit staff, including client internal auditors and 3rd party auditors.
Supplier Development Analyst
Injazat Data Systems
Abu Dhabi
09.2007 - 11.2010
- Document and communicate information on procurement policies, procedures, forms and systems.
- Identify opportunities to reduce, eliminate, or avoid costs in support of new business deals, shutdowns, and divestures.
- Create competitive advantage by ensuring supplier service levels are met.
- Receive and process purchase requisitions. Check supplier and pricing details validate quotations and challenge originators where appropriate.
- Compare published rates against the benchmarked price or cost to ensure competitiveness of rates.
- Evaluate business needs/requirements and account history to develop solutions to provide the best resource from approved suppliers.
- Assist the Account Management Department with supplier communications for appropriate consent to access or assign third-party agreements and provide support of contract negotiations with those suppliers.
- Analyze procurement spend data to identify trends or patterns to identify cost savings/avoidance opportunities. Identify overpayments, double payments and payment on products no longer needed.
- Develop, implement, and manage the initiatives that increase supply chain management's operational abilities with a focus on tools, processes, personnel, and measures.
- Manage supplier relations to leverage the buying power of Injazat and reduce the procurement cost of goods and services for Injazat and its client base.
- Establish supplier pipeline, analyzing supplier and business risks, liabilities, and other constraints.
- Evaluate, monitor, and optimize supplier performance. Develops and executes account business plans and/or negotiation strategies based upon business environment and requirements.
- Conduct supplier quality assessments to ensure the best possible materials for production.
Education
Bachelor of International Business - undefined
Al Hoson University
Abu Dhabi, U.A.EChartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS)
ZAABEL INSTITUTE
Abu Dhabi, U.A.ESkills
- IT service best practice
- Customer Service Skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Analytical thinking
- Quantitative thinking
- Vendor management
- Partnership creation
- Staff management
- Staff supervision
Certification
- Certified International Purchasing Professional/Certified International Purchasing Manager (CIPP/CIPM)
- Certified International Commercial Contracts Manager (CICCM)
Timeline
Procurement Leader
Abu Dhabi Health Data Service (Malaffi)
10.2018 - 04.2025
Supplier Development Specialist - Senior
Injazat Data Systems
11.2014 - 10.2018
Supplier Development Specialist
Injazat Data Systems
11.2010 - 11.2014
Supplier Development Analyst
Injazat Data Systems
09.2007 - 11.2010
Bachelor of International Business - undefined
Al Hoson University
Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS)
ZAABEL INSTITUTE
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