Yahya Hawsawi

Methodical Procurement professional with background overseeing purchase of goods and services on behalf of organization. Seasoned expert at bid process guidance and contract administration. Talented leader when following and enforcing purchasing rules, procedures and associated regulations. Hands on process digitalization and automation. Trained in project risk management.

Saudi Airlines Catering Company

• Managed the contracts and procurement for DAKAR 2022 disposables and outsources services with a budget of SAR 5 Million
• Generated annual saving of SAR450,000 by the standardizing the disposable category
• Managed projects on bid process with a budget of SAR 13 Million
• Co-Draft the procurement level of authority and service level agreement and

Afia International Company

• Generated aggregated Saving of SAR 6.5 Million on Raw & Packing Materials budget vs. actual spend and on best market prices
• Contributed to the outbound logistics strategy which resulted in aggregated SAR 1.4 Million saving
• Deputized the Project owner of Self-Service Procurement (Oracle fusion) project across Savola Food operating Units
• Led the Automation of Procurement processes project for Robotic Process Automation RPA-UiPath
• Deputized the leader of Project Portfolio Management pillar and support to achieve 2020 target as best team across Savola Food companies
• SAP-ARIBA deployment champion; Upstream Processes (Supplier Management; Sourcing; Contract Management)

Jotun Paints

• Achieved 95% service level for raw materials sourcing on K Factor concept
• Reduced 25% of the administrative cost by consolidating the vendors from approximately 80 to 50 and getting better prices and services
• Reduced SAR 900,000 annual cost of Finish Goods transportation by optimizing the volume and proposing a back-load concept
• Maintained the Raw Materials inventory at 40 days by leading the sales and operation planning monthly meetings
• Reduce the stock days for Packing Materials from 15 to 5 days by implementing the KANBAN system
• Increase the volume of dispatched Finished Goods 20% from factory to customers adopting the short interval control concept

Certified Supply Chain Manager

• Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies (By Harfard-edx) expected June 2020
• Project Portfolio Management (By Savola) April 2020
• Interapreneurship – Employee – driven (By OpenSAPbizmooc) March 2020
• Managing Project Risks (By Doroob E-Learning) August 2019
• Certified Scrum Master CSM (By The Druckman Company phoenix AZ, USA) June 2019
• SAP Ariba upstream deployment force team (Consulting By Star B2B Consulting Services)
• Compliance Practitioners Initiative CPI Certified Corporate Social Responsibility CSR Auditor (By Intertek) November 2016
• Certified Contract Manager CCM (By Meirc Training & Consulting) October 2015
• Intermediate management training (By RogenSi Training Solutions) December 2015
• Demand planning training (By SNS, provider of supply chain services) March 2015
• Certified Supply Chain Manager CSCM (By ISCEA) September 2014
• Indirect materials management training (By Jotun development dept.) October 2013
• Managing Supplier Performance (By Next Level Purchasing Association) March 2013
• Inbound Logistic training (By Jotun development dept.)
• IOSH health and safety

• Artificial Intelligence: Implication for Business Strategy (6 weeks online course by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan school of Management) September 2020
• Operational Planning Guidelines and COVID-19 Partners Platform to support country preparedness and response (By WHO) April 2020
• Charity during Pandemic: How to Adapt to a Crisis (webinar By Madinah Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship MILE) April 2020
• Advantage via Lean-Agile Procurement (webinar By BAM Sydney – meetup) March 2020
• RPA starter Training (By UiPath Academy) November 2019
• Creative thinking and problem solving (By Doroob E-Learning) August 2019
• Global Supplier Relationship Management with 2 focuses: a) Customer Requirements b) Total Cost to Serve (webinar By Next Level Purchasing Association) July 2019
• Emotional Intelligence and High-Performance Individuals (Webinar By Morgan McKinley) April 26, 2016
• Design Thinking in Emerging Markets; focus on effectiveness of individuals and organizations in product development and management, (workshop By the Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) October 2010 New York City, USA)