Amjad Alobadi
Jeddah
Summary
Commercial & procurement professional with 10+ years of experience in mega‑projects including Red Sea Global and major Aramco programs. Specialized in cost planning, change management, contract administration, and procurement execution. Strong ability to manage budgets, lead commercial controls, and support major development programs from concept to construction
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assistant Manager, Commercial
Red Sea Global
Riyadh/Amaala Site
11.2022 - Current
- Cost planning, budget validation, and cost control during design and construction.
- Managing the full change process: EW, RFC, PVO, VO, and DVO.
- Preparation of ROM estimate for variations (at PVO stage) related to construction works contracts.
- Reviewing BoQs, consultant proposals, and contractor claims.
- Commercial support for value engineering (VE) during design and construction.
- Pre-authorisation of final negotiated fees/costs related to variations.
- Issuing payment certificates and reviewing DWCCs.
- Preparing monthly cost reports: cash flows, contracts register, change/claims logs, etc.
O&M Procurement and Contract Specialist
National Water Company "NWC"
Jeddah
06.2021 - 11.2022
- Define the related supply chain strategy to ensure that internal customer-related matters are met and NWC's interests are protected in the long term.
- Lead its implementation across the company.
- Develop strategic business and client logistics specifications or plans entitling NWC to a breakthrough competitive advantage.
- Determine the company’s purchasing policy for all its components and monitor adherence to purchasing policies and procedures, and guidelines.
- Negotiate financially important contracts with the company's suppliers.
- Establish and manage strategic relationships with suppliers for the whole company.
- Identify and prevent the risks inherent to the company's supply chain policy.
- Ensure effective and sustainable relationships are built and maintained with key suppliers, vendors.
Procurement Engineer
GULF SPECIALIZED WORKS
Jubail Industrial
11.2019 - 05.2021
- Responsible for planning, organising, and managing the procurement process for all projects.
- Ensures that the procurement process adheres to company and client requirements, company policies, and procedures to ensure the successful delivery of projects.
- Project Procurement Plan and Execution Strategy for individual projects; handle and manage project RFQs, commercial evaluations, PO awards, and PO administration to final delivery, and PO close-out.
- Oversees all procurement activities associated with the effective purchasing of project requirements by the Procurement Department in accordance with project or end-user schedules, specifications, and budgets.
- Provide procurement support for bids, and when necessary, participate in bid reviews and evaluations.
- Develop and maintain a commercially sound vendor base, survey the market for new supply sources, including non-traditional ones, and maintain the project 'Approved Vendor List'.
- Evaluate vendor performance on a continuous basis. Monitor and review market conditions, and price and delivery trends for project materials and equipment.
- Provide project procurement reports as necessary, and undertake tasks, activities, and assignments at the direction of the Procurement Manager.
- MAJOR CLIENTS: Saudi Aramco, SWCC, Técnicas Reunidas, and SABIC.
Procurement Engineer
TSM Arabia
Second Industrial Dammam
04.2018 - 11.2019
- Review of all PRs and specifications requirements prior to receipt.
- Analyse all suppliers and select the most suitable suppliers to deliver quality products at competitive prices with the correct required specification.
- Ensure commercial, legal, and contractual compliance in all procurement transactions.
- Negotiate with suppliers on lead time, cost, payment terms, and quality for maximum benefit to the company.
- Issuance of P.O.s.
- Coordinate with shipping and clearance agencies for receiving overseas materials.
- Receipt of materials and all documentation in coordination with the warehouse.
- Issuing RIR to QA/QC Department. For material inspection, and to resolve all related issues, if any.
- Issuance of payment requests.
- Worked on the following projects as a Procurement Engineer in a titanium and steel manufacturing company.
- RAS TANURA REFINERY CLEAN FUEL PROJECT (Saudi Aramco).
- UTHMANIYA GAS PLANT PROJECT (Saudi Aramco).
- Well disposal, water surge drum, and sour water filters (Saudi Aramco).
- ABQAIQ ARAMCO Plant (Saudi Aramco).
Electrical Engineer
Asahi and Obeikan Glass Project
Yanbu Industrial
01.2015 - 10.2015
- Supporting the project engineer with electrical concerns and being part of the operations team.
Electrical Engineer
Obeikan Glass Company
Yanbu Industrial
01.2015 - 05.2015
- Electrical Engineer in the maintenance department.
- Lead preventive and corrective maintenance in the field.
- Prepare and monitor the department's budget consumption.
- Maintenance planning and execution.
- Spare part planning, purchasing requests, and follow-up.
- Routine and random inspections of equipment.
Electrical Technician
Obeikan Glass Company
Yanbu Industrial
01.2013 - 01.2015
- Electrical Technician in the maintenance department.
- Monitoring of power systems.
- Perform corrective maintenance.
- Execution of preventive maintenance tasks.
- Perform daily rounds and patrol checks of Class A equipment.
Education
Master's - Engineering Management
De Montfort University
Leicester, UK01.2017
Bachelor - Power Engineering Technology
Yanbu Industrial College
Yanbu, KSA01.2015
Skills
- Cost Planning and Cost Control
- Change Management (EW, RFC, PVO, VO, DVO)
- Value Engineering and Estimation
- Contract Administration
- Procurement Strategy
- Contract negotiation
- Payment Certificates and Cost Reporting
- Vendor and Stakeholder Management
- SAP, Aconex, MS Office and AutoCAD
Certification
- Associated RICS
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Certified International Supply Chain Manager
- Certified International Supply Chain Professional
Languages
Arabic
English
Timeline
Assistant Manager, Commercial
Red Sea Global
11.2022 - Current
O&M Procurement and Contract Specialist
National Water Company "NWC"
06.2021 - 11.2022
Procurement Engineer
GULF SPECIALIZED WORKS
11.2019 - 05.2021
Procurement Engineer
TSM Arabia
04.2018 - 11.2019
Electrical Engineer
Asahi and Obeikan Glass Project
01.2015 - 10.2015
Electrical Engineer
Obeikan Glass Company
01.2015 - 05.2015
Electrical Technician
Obeikan Glass Company
01.2013 - 01.2015
Master's - Engineering Management
De Montfort University
Bachelor - Power Engineering Technology
Yanbu Industrial College