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Gulf Coca-Cola Beverages (GCCB)Director Of Procurement
Dec. 2019 - May. 2025Strategic Leadership & Transformation
• Centralized $185M regional procurement operation, transforming it from decentralized administrative function into strategic, category-driven organization
• Spearheaded regional tenders, pooling volumes with other bottlers to secure best-value contracts, reducing costs upto 5% in key categories i.e. commodities, packaging and logistics
• Drove commodity risk management strategies, insulating budgets from market volatility through hedging and supplier diversification
• Led digitization initiatives i.e. e-sourcing, EDI and e-auctions, reducing procurement cycle times by 40% and improving transparency for low value indirect category purchases
Operational Excellence & Cost Optimization
• Managed supply chain disruptions during the Qatar embargo in 2016 and post-Covid in 2021, ensuring zero production stoppages through alternate sourcing and local supplier development
• Slashed inbound freight costs by 8% over 3 years by renegotiating contracts, optimizing logistics
• Structured category teams (commodities, capex, IT, logistics) to benchmark pricing and share best practices, achieving $3M+ annual savings
• Streamlined tail spend management, delegating low-value procurement to local teams; reducing
lead times while maintaining compliance
Team & Stakeholder Management
• Built and mentored a high-performing team of 6 sourcing managers, contract specialists, and logistics leads, fostering cross-country collaboration
• Empowered local procurement teams through training and autonomy, reducing dependency on central teams while maintaining policy adherence
• Designed and deployed supplier KPIs tracking delivery, quality, and cost performance, fostering vendor accountability and enabling continuous process optimization
• Partnered with global procurement to align regional strategies, leveraging centralized tenders for FIFA 2022 and other Greenfield plant and equipment purchase projects
THE COCA COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OF BAHRAINProcurement Manager
Sep. 2010 - Dec. 2019BAHRAIN• Managing Procurement department and handling an annual spend of 35 Million USD • Negotiating Annual Supply contracts for Raw Materials, Packaging Materials, Ingredients • Commodity Hedging • Ensuring effective procurement schedules and successful networking with vendors. • Preparing and Finalizing Annual budgets for Capex and Raw Materials, Well versed with Food and Beverage Industry, Composites Industry, Component development for railway projects and also for automobile sectors. • An excellent communicator with good analytical and problem-solving skills. عرض أقل
BFG InternationalProcurement and SQA Manager
Mar. 2005 - Aug. 2010BahrainProcurement and Supplier quality assurance functions operating with 4 plants in various countries in Asia and the Middle East and responsible for coordinating with design team for new project developments
Carraro India LimitedAssistant Manager -Materials
May. 1999 - Mar. 2005PuneJoined as a Trainee Engineer and subsequently moved to Supply chain and Materials Function . Responsible for several categories like Metal fabrication , Standard bought out parts, Machined items , and plastics . The company manufactured heavy duty gear boxes for the tractor industry . Actively was also part of vendor development and new product development teams .
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