Hessa Alsaif
Riyadh,Saudi Arabia
Summary
Procurement professional specializing in strategic sourcing, supplier negotiations, and vendor management. Experienced in government procurement, competitive tenders, and delivering cost-effective procurement solutions.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work history
Insurance and Digital Procurement Lead
General Organization for social Insurance
Riyadh
2025.08 - Current
- Review RFPS for completeness before competition launch.
- Conduct market research to evaluate potential suppliers.
- Compare supplier quotations and analyse offers to select best options.
- Negotiate pricing, terms, and conditions with vendors.
- Arrange timely delivery of goods and services.
- Approve purchases through thorough product and service evaluation.
- Maintain supplier relationships and update records accurately.
- Support strategic sourcing projects under framework agreements in digital consulting and legal sectors.
- Verify company proposals against GOSI contractual terms and pricing.
- Improve the work environment by negotiating with delivery and catering vendors for food variety.
Senior specialist in insurance and digital procurement
General Organization for social Insurance
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2025.01 - 2025.08
Senior purchasing Officer
General Organization for social Insurance
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2023.09 - 2024.12
- Processed direct purchase requests and ensured compliance with the organization’s procurement regulations.
- Communicated with vendors to obtain quotations, clarify specifications, and follow up on order fulfillment.
- Maintained records of purchase activities and supported documentation for audit readiness
purchasing Officer
General Organization for social Insurance
Riyadh
2021.01 - 2023.09
- Managed daily procurement operations, including initiating purchase requests and obtaining vendor quotations.
- Supported the procurement team in maintaining compliance with GOSI’s procurement guidelines.
Financial controller
General Organization for social Insurance
2014.01 - 2020.12
- Check out efficiency of the organization financial system.
- Ensure conformity with regulations, systems on all financial transaction for the organization beneficiaries.
- Studied the current human resources policies and procedures in the organization and analyze the status for the policies and we came up with a new update.
- Project manager for project aims to convert GOSI's rules and regulations into automated reports that can be analyzed to verify the compliance of the system's operations with GOSI's rules as a holistic review process in addition to the current traditional reviewing method
- Established a new policy for fraud and embezzlement.
Education
Bachelor degree - Human Resource managment
King Saud University
RiyadhSkills
- Supplier negotiation
- Vendor Selection and evaluation
- Communication Skills
- Supplier performance monitoring
- Strategic Sourcing
- Tender Management
Accomplishments
- Identified and removed a contract clause imposing a 1% monthly late payment fee, mitigating potential financial risk to the organization.
- Exceeded discount targets by 5% of the total annual procurement value through effective vendor negotiation and offer analysis.
- Received Outstanding Employee Award for the first half of 2025 in recognition of exceptional performance and contributions to procurement excellence.
COURSES
- Advanced Strategies for Service Provider Selection and Performance Evaluation. Mercury 11-2025 | Dubai
- Effective Purchasing, Tendering & Supplier Selection. Glomacs 2023-10 | Dubai
- The new government procurement and competition system. 2021-02 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Accounting for non accountants course 2016-07 | Riyadh
- Project management professional 2016-01 | Riyadh
- Advanced excel course 2015-06 | Riyadh
Languages
English
Intermediate
Timeline
Insurance and Digital Procurement Lead
General Organization for social Insurance
2025.08 - Current
Senior specialist in insurance and digital procurement
General Organization for social Insurance
2025.01 - 2025.08
Senior purchasing Officer
General Organization for social Insurance
2023.09 - 2024.12
purchasing Officer
General Organization for social Insurance
2021.01 - 2023.09
Financial controller
General Organization for social Insurance
2014.01 - 2020.12
Bachelor degree - Human Resource managment
King Saud University