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Muhammad Zaman Waheed

Muhammad Zaman Waheed

Abu Dhabi,United Arab Emirates

Summary

Results-driven procurement professional with expertise in identifying cost-savings opportunities, managing vendors, negotiating contracts, successful cost optimization and supplier performance management.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work history

Procurement Supervisor

OCS United Service Emirates LLC
11.2019 - Current

Project: SSMC - Value: circa AED 641M - Capacity: 732 beds

  • Provides direct oversight of procurement activities supporting assigned commodities
  • Assigns day-to-day procurement related tasks and direction to subordinates
  • Develops and implements long-term and short-term strategies to accomplish business unit objectives
  • Leads the development and improvement of supply chain process/ procedures, policies, and supporting tools
  • Assesses reporting staff's skillset/capabilities relative to their current roles and provides development action plans for closure of any identified gaps

Annual Maintenance Contracts [AMC]:

  • Bring about the preparation and conclusion of all AMCs as required in coordination with all Stake Holders
  • Tailoring the Policies & Procedures for contracts and ensure their compliance
  • Negotiate T&Cs
  • Finalize the Contract with external business partners
  • Review & Amend existing Contracts including Renewals and Extensions
  • Liaise with all Stake Holders during Pre & Post Contract activities, ensuring strong business controls in all procurement activities including cost management

Project Management Office [PMO]:

  • Floating EOI to relevant contractors
  • Sending BOQ to interested contractors
  • Collecting Proposals within deadlines
  • Awarding project to successful bidder after careful consideration in conjunction with engineering dept

Facilities Management [FM]:

  • Process and Expedite Purchase Orders, utilizing the procurement system as per the company policies and procedures
  • Ensure lowest cost consistent with required quality standards on a timely basis by procuring spares/ equipment related to MEP, PTS, Kitchen, Fire Fighting & Safety, Elevators & Escalators, Medical Gas, Bio-Medical, Consumables and Civil by complying to the requirements in keeping with the prescribed specifications
  • Obtain price Quotes for products & services to ensure best deals are available via RFQ/RFPs and RFIs to relevant suppliers
  • Negotiate with suppliers to obtain competitive prices, payment terms and lead time for various purchases together with keeping liaise with related stake holders that were involved, to ensure a win/win on both ends
  • Ensure the timely delivery of materials and services through Forward Planning, knowledge of lead times
  • Evaluating the proposals through the Vender Cost Analysis [VCA], and awarding the job to justified supplier
  • Analyzed and researched current and new suppliers to understand the availability of products, services, timeframes & Costs
  • Analyzed new suppliers and contractors which support the business objectives
  • Assessed the total cost to the company through procurement via Spend Analysis to understand if there could be further cost reductions
  • Implements process improvements in all phases of the procurement cycle - supplier rationalization, volume aggregation, demand management to reduce and manage overall corporate spend
  • Possess problem solving, reasoning, motivating the team, organizational and training abilities with strong communication skills
  • Inventory control functions, such as: maintaining sufficient quantities of critical & running materials, controlling additions to stock and identifying idle & surplus inventory

Procurement Officer

Al Sitara Gulf Cont, Gen. Maint
05.2016 - 10.2019
  • Evaluate requirements, conducting market research, invite bids, conducting price analysis, finalizing the bid summary, issuing purchase orders, etc
  • Thus oversee the whole Procure to Pay (P2P) cycle through
  • Negotiate with vendors to obtain competitive prices, better payment terms and lead time for various purchases together with Opportunity Identification
  • Ensure the timely delivery of materials and services through Forward Planning, knowledge of lead times, market conditions and by expediting materials delivery
  • Certifying implementation of key Procurement Strategies / contingency plans and ensuring that strategies and plans are aligned with organizational objectives
  • Preparing ROI, ROP, RFQ
  • Managing logistics, monitoring expenditure and implementing remedial measures where appropriate
  • Act as liaison between Accounts and Vendors/ Contractors/ Sub - Contractors/ Service providers
  • Assisting in tender agreements, providing related information pertaining to bids
  • Ensure adherence to Company Integrated Management System (IMS)
  • Prepare Sourcing strategy for upcoming projects
  • Making material submittals for approval from clients
  • Monthly & weekly reporting

Projects:

  • Villas Maint
  • MOI
  • Facilities Management of ADNOC fuel depots - ADNOC
  • Razeen Prison, Al Ain Truck Road - MOI
  • Maint of ADNOC Fuel & Service Stations - ADNOC
  • Maint of HCT campuses throughout UAE
  • Modification works for Gym area - MOI

Achievements:

  • Implemented cost saving logistics strategies
  • Established cheaper & organized storage facilities
  • Streamlined procurement and logistics activities

Procurement Officer

DeGroot General
12.2014 - 05.2016
  • Cont
  • Maint
  • Process purchase requisitions within purchasing authority
  • Invite, assess and award/ recommend suppliers
  • Prepare Local Purchase Order [LPO] and send it to selected suppliers
  • Conduct comparative analysis on supplier price and specification and get approval from Manager/ MD for finalization via Comparison Sheet
  • Partner with external and internal stakeholders to determine procurement needs, quality & delivery schedules
  • Administer contract performance including delivery, receipt, warranty, damages & insurance
  • Coordinate with company drivers, Foremen and Engineers (in person & telephone) for the delivery and collection of materials
  • Coordinating with Storekeeper for timely delivery of products and notify of any discrepancies
  • Manage stock control on routine basis for efficient operations
  • Making market visits for arrangement of supplies and also taking Quotations from Suppliers
  • Manage coordination between Accounts and Suppliers for payments
  • Keeping good relations with colleagues, suppliers and management
  • Projects

Marketing Coordinator

Kaarvan Crafts Foundation
11.2009 - 11.2014
  • To assist in managing the project on Establishment Value Chain
  • Market surveys across Pakistan and collection, documentation, presentation and analysis of all information collected from market players including branded and unbranded boutiques and buying houses
  • Meetings with producer groups across Pakistan and collection, documentation, presentation and analysis of all information collected from the producers
  • Training of producers, market players, sale agents and other players in market and on the field
  • To facilitate and develop direct or indirect links between the producers and market players through meetings, exhibitions and follow ups
  • Assist producers in managing their orders in time
  • Making sure all quality measures are met
  • Resolving conflicts between buyer and sellers
  • Preparing Expression of Interest [EOI] and Proposals for projects
  • Achievements
  • Boosted incomes of women embellishers by 200%
  • Trained 213 women groups about Marketing & Production Techniques
  • Presented the handmade products by our women embellishers to Srilankan High Commissioner, which he bought to further present in his country to traders as a result of this our trained women-initiated exports in Srilanka

Education

Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Finance & Marketing, English

VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY OF PAKISTAN

Bachelors of Commerce (B. Com) - English

Punjab College of Commerce

Intermediate of Computer Science - Computer, Statistics, Math

Scholars College, ICS

Physics, Chemistry, Biology

Beaconhouse School System

Skills

  • Area OF EXPERTISE
  • Negotiation
  • Supply chain
  • Material Supply Solutions
  • Tenders/ Estimating
  • Vendor Identification
  • Project Management
  • Supplier Relationship
  • Management
  • Contract & Sub - Contract Management & Compliance
  • PERSONAL SKILLS
  • Team Player/ ICRM
  • Motivator
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • IT
  • ERP - ORACLE
  • MS Excel
  • MS Word
  • MS Power Point
  • MS Outlook
  • Vendor sourcing

Interests

Hobbies , Reading Cycling Participating in Business Events

Languages

English
Fluent
Arabic
Beginner
Urdu
Native

Timeline

Procurement Supervisor

OCS United Service Emirates LLC
11.2019 - Current

Procurement Officer

Al Sitara Gulf Cont, Gen. Maint
05.2016 - 10.2019

Procurement Officer

DeGroot General
12.2014 - 05.2016

Marketing Coordinator

Kaarvan Crafts Foundation
11.2009 - 11.2014

Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Finance & Marketing, English

VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY OF PAKISTAN

Bachelors of Commerce (B. Com) - English

Punjab College of Commerce

Intermediate of Computer Science - Computer, Statistics, Math

Scholars College, ICS

Physics, Chemistry, Biology

Beaconhouse School System
Muhammad Zaman Waheed