Abdulrahman K. Al-Zahrani

• Making sure that suppliers and public procuring entities are adhering to Local Content requirements
• Collect & analyze data about the volume of the suppliers that meet the Local Content requirements and public procuring entities that apply the Local Content requirements
• Investigate & resolve received complaints related to compliance with local content mechanisms’
• Resolve clarification requests received by government entities or private sector
• Reviewing draft RFPs and other tender documents in coordination with the Government Expenditure and Projects Efficiency Authority Centre of Spending Efficiency to ensure that Local Content requirements are followed.
• Develop compliance and status reports covering all required information on frequent intervals
• Initiate blacklisting requests of non-compliant suppliers as per the Local Content regulations
• Support in developing quarterly and annual reports.
• Spread awareness of the importance of applying Local Content requirements whether to suppliers or to public procuring entities.
• Support in building local content teams within government entities
• Manage the relationship with local content teams within government entities
• Support government entities in including Local Content requirements within their RFPs and contracts.
• Support government entities in reviewing the proposals submitted by the bidders.
• Coordinate continuously with government entities to ensure compliance of local content requirements during execution phase
• Improved & automated the process of cleaning & analyzing compliance related data
• Created a quick tool to help professionals withing LCGPA in reviewing and identifying non-compliant RFPs
• As an account manager, I collaborated with assigned local content teams within government entities and improved their performance in Local Content Compliance and development greatly resulting in two entities competing in top positions for Local Content Yearly Award

• Coordinate demand replenishment activities to assure sufficient product supply and adequate inventory level to support marketing and sales strategies.

• Liaise closely with marketing and sales teams to establish through forecasting an accurate demand plan by organizing monthly forecast meetings.

• Ensure demand consolidation and forecasts are updated on SAP both regularly and timely.

• Update and extend changes in materials prices and commissions master data.

• Maintains and update supply agreements and relevant procedures with alignment from Sr Supply Chain Manager.

• Keep continues alignment with Regulatory team to avoid supply disruptions.

• Support and assist with special supply chain projects.

• Drive the inventory management process to ensure availability of agreed safety stock levels.

• Lead the process of distributor SITCO / LILLY communication.

• Lead the process of transfer SITCO Purchase Orders with proper delivery date of goods for quoted orders.

• Responsible for the communication with key stakeholders ( Manufacturing sites - Distributors - Regulatory ).

• Highlight any challenges / risks anticipated in inventory levels.

• Tracking the distributors performance metrics against agreed KPIs.

• Regular alignment meetings with partners / distributors to ensure operational process.

• Strong communication with global ( order to cash ) operations.

• Ensure samples supply as per local regulation.

• Ensure forecast accuracy and issue Purchase Orders respecting required lead time for packaging operation.

• Close follow up to ensure Contract Manufacturing process is inline with policies.

• Ensure on time production process and relevant communication with distributors to secure on time delivery.

• Strategic Sourcing based on value creation, cost management, business impact.
• Supporting projects startups in requirements planning, coordinating across multiple functions, study different approaches of delivering services, implement services according to schedule.
• Negotiations Scenario and Cost recommendation to ARGAS Management.
• Cost Reduction initiatives.
• Business meeting with suppliers,operations department and all other supporting departments to fulfill all customers requests.
• Managing ARGAS importation through SASO-SABER system.
• Communicate with users and department Managers on timely deliveries and maintaining required confidentiality and keeping company’s best interest in view.
• Performing procurement functions on SAP system.
• Building and updating the training and induction programs for newly joined procurement employees.

• Achieved and Responsibilities: Performing procurement functions on SAP system.
• Building a data base for continuous vendor assessment through analytical data and subjective judgment from users.
• Using DMAIC approach for procurement process flow project to eliminate non-value adding steps, reduce cost and wasted time.