HAITHAM AL-SAEEDi

Contract Negotiation & Spend Efficiency: Drive contract negotiations to optimise spend efficiency and maximise cost savings without compromising service quality or operational standards.

Strategic Planning & KPI Management: Lead departmental strategic planning, establishing key performance indicators (KPIs) and conducting continuous reviews to ensure target alignment and performance optimization.

Team Building & Capability Development: Built and scaled a high-performing procurement team aligned with strategic business needs by driving capability development across sourcing, contract management, supplier relationship management (SRM), and procurement excellence.

Oversaw end-to-end departmental operations, ensuring adherence to organisational regulations, internal policies, and compliance standards.

Policy & Process Modernization: Develop and update the procurement policies and procedures manual to match actual operational demands and enhance organisational agility.

Conducted regular gap analyses to identify process inefficiencies, creating initiatives that streamlined procurement workflows and eliminated financial waste.

Championed procurement policies across organisation, raising awareness to promote compliance, ethical sourcing, and alignment among internal stakeholders.

Procurement Governance, Policy & Frameworks: Formulate and refine comprehensive government procurement policies and procedures, including developing standardized guidelines, templates, and reference manuals for the Ministry of Finance, establishing clear contractual frameworks and evaluation criteria.

Strategic Vendor Management & Sourcing: Led local market sourcing, vendor qualification, and supplier classification frameworks, ensuring efficient procurement across diverse portfolios, including IT devices, medical equipment maintenance, insurance, fuel, and manpower services.

Supplier Performance & Analytics: Track and evaluate supplier KPIs via the Etimad platform (E-Market), conducting regular performance reviews to identify operational strengths, mitigate risks, and elevate service quality.

Cross-Category Support & RFIs: Collaborated with category teams to draft, standardize, and issue Requests for Information (RFIs) to pre-qualified vendors, enhancing market engagement and sourcing effectiveness.

• Established procurement function through strategic planning and operational execution to enhance procurement effectiveness.
• Developed organisational structure, aligning roles and responsibilities to optimise procurement delivery.
• Defined competency profiles and job descriptions, ensuring clarity in procurement roles and facilitating targeted recruitment.

• Oversaw all procurement matters for retail leisure and operations.
• Negotiate, Draft and award contracts for acquired services and/or product to winning bidders.
• Conduct pre and post award negotiation meetings for favorable terms and rates and look for win-win situations with suppliers.
• Centralised and standardised contracts for improved efficiency.
• Periodic assessment of suppliers’ performance and develop an appropriate corrective action plan to address issues.
• Provided communication and support to business units regarding registration and compliance status of vendors.
• Managed facilities, safety, security, machines, and equipment requests for products, materials, and service agreements.

• Managed logistics, vendor relationships, inventory, policies, processes, international purchasing, and negotiations for optimal project execution
• Coordinated with project manager and suppliers to ensure timely delivery of materials
• Scheduled payments and managed invoice flow to finance department
• Collaborated on expansion and re-fit store projects to enhance retail space.

• Hydraulic shop (F15 Stabilator S & CD models)
• Plating, Painting Shop Team Leader
• Machine Operator