almari76

Senior procurement & sourcing leader with extensive experience in contract management, international strategic souring & supplier relationship management. Holds +16 years experience working in multiple manager roles in international procurement & sourcing organizations. Worked across three different industries in multicultural work environment.

Industry & international experience:
Telecommunications – United Arab Emirates & Finland: +10 years
Information Technology (IT) – Finland: 8 years
Banking – Singapore: 2 years

Category experience:
– Application development & maintenance (ADM) services
– IT Hardware & business equipment purchase, rental & leasing
– IT asset disposal services
– Logistics, international courier services & road freight
– R&D devices & services
– Software
– Work area recovery services

Supplier Relationship Management / Contract Management:
– Identity and Access Management – services
– Global IT Service Desk – services
– Software Asset Management (SAM) – services

Key skills:
– Category management and sourcing strategy creation
– Competitive bidding & tendering (RFx)
– Contract management (Global Outsourcing Agreements)
– International stakeholder management
– Market analysis and supplier on-boarding
– Negotiation leadership
– Price & contract negotiations
– Supplier relationship management
– Strategic sourcing
– Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) concept & analysis