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GCC HR operations and SHE Lead
AstraZenecaGCC HR operations and SHE Lead
Aug. 2023 - Aug. 2024Dubai, United Arab Emirates
GCC Procurement and HR services Head
AstraZenecaGCC Procurement and HR services Head
Aug. 2022 - Sep. 2023Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Procurement Manager-GCC & Pakistan
AstraZenecaProcurement Manager-GCC & Pakistan
Aug. 2021 - Nov. 2022Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Head Of Procurement- South Africa (STA)
BayerHead Of Procurement- South Africa (STA)
Feb. 2019 - Oct. 2019South Africa
Regional Sourcing Manager
BayerRegional Sourcing Manager
Sep. 2015 - Aug. 2021Dubai, United Arab Emirates•Implement sourcing strategies for the sub-region Gulf in terms of selection of suppliers, assurance of timely and reliable supply, cost and level of services. •Assure the compliant processing and of purchase requests coming from all Bayer divisions. •Process and review all Purchase Orders •Constantly review the overall spend in the sub region, identify saving potentials where possible and record the actual savings and initiatives in monthly/quarterly reports. •Handle supplier relationship to build effective partnerships with preferred key suppliers for the major spend areas.
Procurement Category Manager
NovartisProcurement Category Manager
May. 2013 - Sep. 2015 Develop, implement and maintain the best possible, sourcing strategy for indirect goods and services  Responsible for procuring all required goods, services and materials needed.  Manage the Sourcing team and setting KPIs and run SLA report reflecting the team’s performance based on the KPIs set for them.  Build ,document and continuously update/maintain market and product knowledge  Qualify and source the appropriate suppliers  Negotiate, conclude and maintain supply agreements and manage RFI’s and RFQ’s  Support the implementation of regional and global sourcing initiatives including management of local compliance  Contribute to minimal reporting to track savings and compliance.  Implement a continuous improvement cycle to relalize year on year incremental improvements and cost savings.  Build a network with local users to maximize the benefits of local, regional and global supply agreements  Build network with sourcing associates within AMAC region to exchange best practices and further improve procurement/Sourcing cycle and simplify it.  Raise purchase orders in the SAP system and ensure that purchase orders are received in the SAP front end system also archive documentation in accordance with defined policy.
Procurement Business Manager
British American TobaccoProcurement Business Manager
Jan. 2012 - Mar. 2013 Deliver significant competitive advantage to BAT through the management of key suppliers.  Monitoring key supplier performances to meet and exceed the requirements of internal customers, Procurement and Audit  Services.  Assist in the implementation of Service Level Agreements with contracted suppliers to promote an environment of continuous improvement and innovation.  Educating both internal and external stakeholders on SAP.  Participate fully in developing & driving initiatives necessary to achieve overall business objectives.  Manage all indirect expenditures in order to capture and improve the company P&L benefits and Procurement savings in short, medium & long term.  Deliver significant competitive advantage to BAT through the generation and management of supply arrangements.  Manage P2P for all procurement to address timely variable Purchasing demand as main component of Strategic Sourcing  Implement best practice sourcing processes (data evaluation, management of RFQ, Invitation to Tender, contract  analysis) and day to day procurement support as requested by various customers Roll out the indirect procurement
MEA Procurement Specialist
Procter & GambleMEA Procurement Specialist
Aug. 2007 - Dec. 2011 Handling deployment of regional projects for MEA, as well as the testing phase.  Transactional Analyst for MEA  Analysis and development of all spends across MEA  Deploying tools for simplification  Working on Organizational Pillar which is Work Life effectiveness (Simplification, Health and wellbeing) across all our organization  SAP key User  Handles the buying of all spends for marketing across all brands  Ensure the delivery of the products/services and resolution of the invoices on time to maintain the Supplier relationship  Advertising and ad cost buying  Creating catalogs and contracts with Top suppliers to ensure simplification and Automation  Handling POME programs for Always and Pampers.  Handling all corporate projects just as Expo, Carrefour Happy family event, etc…  Handling events for Braun, Pert Plus, H&S, Herbal Essences, Pantene, Camay, and Koleston  Handling spends such as: Direct Marketing, POSM, printing Materials, POME, Displays, designs, events, and Premiums, ad cost, pre-press, shopper marketing as well as all Corporate Projects  Handling regional sites, which gives me the opportunity to deal with different cultures (UAE, Saudi, and Lebanon)
AstraZeneca
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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