senior procurement and contract specialist
Genearl Entertainment Athourity
Total years of experience :9 years, 3 Months
Coordinate with various stakeholders and gathering SOW in order to accommodate requirements for suppliers.
• Prepare source selections, issue RFI/RFP/RFQs, evaluate proposals, prepare price analyses, perform market research, negotiate terms, recommend and select suppliers for award.
• Ensure that all procurement activities are performed in a fully professional, transparent, and ethical manner, and that they are in line with procurement regulations and conditions of the grant and implementation agreement.
• Contribute to the identification of opportunity for continuous improvement of policy, process and cost reduction
Key Responsibilities:
•Conduct thorough review of purchase orders before ordering goods, check various columns on the document and provide approval accordingly.
•Handle the entire process right from raising purchase requests to coordinating with authorized vendors and updating the purchasing logs constantly.
•Maintain continuous interaction with vendors in order acquire product / material price quotations, compared various quotes and accordingly decided purchase orders.
•Finalize select vendors for specific products or goods, negotiate pricing structures and payment models and forge long-term purchase contracts.
•Ensure compliance with the company’s defined policies, procedures and operational guidelines in order to achieve maximum productivity and quality levels.
•Provide assistance to vendor with respect to the clearance of their invoices, resolution of queries and renewal of purchase contracts.
Key Responsibilities:
•Tasked with the planning, organization and execution of distinctive workshops, events and exhibitions at various locations across United States.
•Maintained end-to-end correspondence with different organizations in order to schedule, organize and conduct training programs, consultation sessions etc.
•Led and managed the online and offline promotions for all global division programs of the company, with major focus on creating larger interest amongst the masses.
Highlights:
• Successfully increased the number of Twitter followers by 20% and Facebook followers by 30% through optimization of the SACM strategy.
• Worked as the Deputy Editor of SACM’s e-Newsletter, which was distributed to more than 120, 000 Saudi students studying in the United States.
Key Responsibilities:
•Led and managed the social media handles of Saudi Arabia Cultural Mission on a regular basis, with focus on increasing interaction with audiences through online platforms.
•Strategized and developed content to be shared through Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram and acquired necessary approvals from the embassy for announcements, news, etc.
•Followed emerging trends in the social media domain by reading news articles, viewing video content and studying tutorials in order to utilize innovative social media marketing techniques.
Key Responsibilities:
•Functioned as a customer service executive with Mobily, majorly involved in catering to client queries and providing timely resolution for the same.
•Attended customer calls on a regular basis, understood customer requirements and accordingly assisted them by sharing information and rendering solutions.
•Maintained healthy interaction with customers during the call and handled accountability towards the resolution of critical escalations and complaints.
•Worked in the challenging call center environment in coordination with other customer service executives and focused on achieving maximum customer satisfaction.
•Rendered necessary support and assistance to other team members during the resolution of escalations or clients complaints faced by them.
INTERNSHIP ASSIGNMENT:
• Nov 2010 - Sep 2011 (6 Months): Junior Finance Assistant, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah - KSA
Volunteering Experience:
• Sep 2015 - Dec 2016: Cultural Advisor of the Saudi Club at Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD
Brief: Provided assistance to the club in achieving its core objectives related to cultural aspects and coordinated various seminars, conferences, training programs and events for Saudi students at the university.
• Feb 2015 - Apr 2015: US to U.S. Non-Profit Organization, Washington D.C
Brief: Maintained end-to-end coordination with fellow members of the organization to plan, arrange and roll-out various functions, while also creating awareness amongst Saudi students to participate in such volunteering work.
• May 2015: Job Fair Organizer for Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission, Washington D.C
Brief: Handled the planning, organization and management of the Annual Job Fair or Saudi students in USA, with the cooperation of The Ministry of Higher Education and The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia.