•Working with PMO in Planning and Procuring resources. Managing Procurement & Contracting for Corporate Events and Corporate Affairs, providing solutions in Procurement & Contracting for Corporate events in multiple cities around the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

•Managing Contracts, Contractors, Vendors, and Service Providers.

•Maintaining Cost and Budget for Corporate Events and Corporate Affairs.

•Strategic Sourcing for Corporate Events & Corporate Affairs.

•Managing Procurement, Contracting, Service's and Heavy Project Equipment's for Corporate Events and Corporate Affairs.

Corporate Procurement & Contracting Supervisor 

MAFINTERIOR

• Developed and initiated projects, managed costs and monitored performance.
• Maintained effective and lasting vendor relationships through dynamic communication, collaboration, and intelligent questioning skills.
• Maintained relationships with material vendors to lower costs and diversify capabilities.
• Accelerated progress by continually reviewing performance, budgets, and project timelines.
• Managed over 50 stakeholders call per day.
• Oversaw quality assurance testing on new installations.
• Managed projects from procurement to commission.
• Modified and directed project plans to meet organizational needs.
• Negotiated complex corporate procurement contracts by working closely with internal and external contacts.
• Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.

Procurement & Contracting Manager

OHCC Saudi Arabia

•Coordinated key development such as United Nations World Tourism Organization Regional Head Office in the Middle East – (Diplomatic Quarters, Riyadh.), Ministry of Culture – KSA, Hail Province, RCRC.

•Managed procurement budgets of over $15m across various development engagements.

•Worked closely with project stakeholders to enhance transparency of important project KPIs using various technologies and techniques.

•Accumulated a portfolio of over 1000+ vendors from various industries and suppliers locally and internationally to ensure variety in vendor qualifications during the overall project cycle.

•Strategic sourcing in highly specified project requirements.

•Qualified in expert negotiation by initiating bid conferences with vendors to ensure objectives are clearly cascaded across stakeholders.

•Initiated a structured database that screened over 500+ vendors and contractors.

•Developed quality control process for items inspection across company functions.

•Developed pre-defined RFPs, RFQs, and RFI templates using document tools to enhance project entry and procedures turn-around time.

•Filing and archiving project documentation both digitally and hard copy to analyze project post-learning analysis.

Procurement Executive

7 years of proven track record in Project Management, Procurement & Contracting. Maintaining High-Scale Budget, Logistics and Supply Chain Management.

Provide solutions with distinction. Professional in attention to details. 

Having worked on projects with government, semi-government sectors and maintained multimillion budget for commercial projects, I was able to accumulate strong knowledge across various sectors in construction, events and development.

•Born & Raised in Saudi Arabia

•Email: firassawtari@gmail.com

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