MBA in the supply chain from the top business school of Pakistan with 6+ years of rich experience in strategic sourcing, contract management, and procurement. I leverage my leadership, analytical and negotiation skills to add value to the company and look forward to new challenges in a similar field in a performance-driven organization.
· Leading role in the procurement of goods by receiving quotations, negotiating with suppliers, validating with stakeholders, approving negotiation, creating PO and contract, following up delivery.· Managing cost analysis and complete vendor database on SAP.· In-depth knowledge of preparing and reviewing contracts, invoicing, and negotiation terms. · Act as a point of contact between the company and suppliers. · Identifying potential suppliers based on potential requirements. · Monitoring and updating relevant departments regarding price fluctuations of goods and vendor pricing. · Managing an efficient flow of goods to ensure optimum production. · Processing purchase orders to acquire goods. · Attending meetings with the finance, logistics team, vendors, and suppliers. · Initiated stock visibility project to improve ERP systems by doing monthly stock counts and the reduced discrepancy between physical and system inventory. · Managing procurement of high-value risk items through sealed bids to ensure process transparency. · Monitoring, evaluating, and improving supplier performance, according to an appropriate Service Level Agreement continuously.· Leading the procurement team in executing best practices and measuring performance through agreed upon KPI’S.· Maintained Credit term of 30 days for 90% of all vendors.· Ensured 95% purchase requisition to purchase order conversion within 6 working days.· Responsible for Vendor master data management.· Coordinating with warehouse and logistics departments to ensure a smooth process of the supply chain.
· Developed Procurement dashboard to keep record-keeping of transactions of PO’s.· Planning, negotiating, ordering, and procurement of equipments with local and foreign suppliers.· Prequalification of new suppliers and evaluating the performance of existing suppliers on a semi-annual basis.· Defined a set of consistent Supply chain key performance indicators and established consequent measurement, reporting, benchmarking, and performance improvement processes.· Developed multiple strategic suppliers for both local and imported materials to ensure uninterrupted supply.· Re-negotiating existing prices for increased volumes with vendors for several parts to meet budget requirements and met all target price objectives.