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About Candidate
I am a dedicated and detail-oriented Procurement Specialist with over 8 years of hands-on experience in procurement and supply chain management across the humanitarian, healthcare, and hospitality sectors. My background in biomedical engineering equips me with a strong analytical mindset and technical understanding, especially valuable when sourcing specialized goods or services. I have a proven track record of ensuring timely, cost-effective, and compliant procurement processes even under pressure, including in emergency response contexts. My core strengths include strategic sourcing, contract negotiation, supplier relationship management, and ensuring strict adherence to organizational and donor procurement policies. I pride myself on my integrity, adaptability, and ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet operational goals. I bring a solutions-oriented approach and a strong commitment to efficiency, transparency, and value for money — all essential for a high-performing procurement function.
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Education
I hold a Master’s degree in Engineering Management, which provided me with a solid foundation in project management, operations, strategic planning, and decision-making. This program combined engineering principles with business and management practices, giving me the tools to lead complex processes, optimize resources, and drive efficiency — all of which are essential in procurement roles. It also strengthened my skills in data analysis, supply chain management, and quality control, aligning perfectly with the demands of managing procurement in dynamic and high-pressure environments.
I hold a Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering, which gave me a strong technical background and analytical mindset. The program covered a wide range of disciplines including electronics, materials, and medical technologies — all of which sharpened my attention to detail and ability to understand complex specifications. This foundation has been especially valuable when managing the procurement of technical equipment or specialized goods, allowing me to effectively evaluate product quality, compliance, and suitability. It also trained me to approach problems with a structured and solution-oriented mindset — a key asset in any procurement role.
Work & Experience
• Developing and maintaining comprehensive SOPs for procurement and logistics operations, ensuring compliance with industry standards and enhancing operational efficiency. • Innovating and streaming procurement templates and tools, implementing advanced technologies to optimize procurement processes and improve cost-effectiveness. • Executing daily procurement activities, including the creation and processing of purchase orders and contracts, ensuring timely and accurate fulfillment of organizational needs. • Conducting thorough evaluations of potential suppliers, managing vendor selection processes and maintaining a robust vendor database. • Negotiating terms and conditions of contracts with suppliers, ensuring favorable agreements that align with company policies and objectives. • Initiating the prequalification process for suppliers, establishing criteria and evaluating capabilities to ensure alignment with company standards and requirements
• Managing entire RFx process for 180 supplier contracts throughout North Africa and global facilities. • Developing and implementing procurement procedures and processes to maximize organization’s opportunities to minimize cost and reduce risk in addition to managing and evaluating supplier performance. • Managing staff activities (performance appraisals, leaves and disciplinary procedures) for the 35-member team and a $1.5M budget to support EUR 5M in annual spending covering 7 bases in across Sudan. • Ensuring compliance with procurement regulations and ethical standards. • Leading the bid proposal group by identifying and assessing potential suppliers as well as compiling a complete and accurate cost basis for sub-contract scopes. • Responsible of budgeting and proposals writing for the support costs and formulating procurement plans in coordination with project managers. • Studying and evaluating special procurement procedures that requires derogation requests (wavier) based on solid justifications. • Interacting with other functional departments to improve the pre-qualification and selection process of new and existing good/service providers ensuring the management and compliance of all procurement spend across the organization • Collaborating with other stakeholders such as finance, programme, and grants to align procurement and logistics activities with overall organization’s goals. • Successfully implementing systems and processes to track and manage assets owned by the organization. This includes ensuring accurate records, conducting regular audits, and minimizing loss or misuse of assets. • Developing strategies to optimize inventory control, such as implementing inventory management software, establishing reorder points, and minimizing stockouts or overstock situations. • Maintaining accurate records of vehicle and fuel inventories, and coordinating with suppliers and vendors to ensure timely availability of fuel and spare parts. • Overseeing the entire fleet of vehicles, including procurement, maintenance, and disposal. In addition to developing and implementing fleet management policies and procedures to ensure compliance with organizational standards.
• Fully responsible for supply chain activities, logistics operations, vendor management, products registration and related approvals from customs or pharmacy & poisons board association. • Sourcing and procuring goods, materials, and services in accordance with the organization's needs and budget. • Negotiated freight rates, availability, pricing, delivery terms, payment terms and contracts with forwarders, carriers, and vendors to ensure maximum profitability. • Coordinating the movement of goods and materials from suppliers to the organization and from the organization to customers. • Evaluated the performance of 6 sales representatives by preparing monthly KPI reports. • Managed the Order to Cash in collaboration with other departments to ensure the smooth execution of activities. • Ensured credit management and payments via regular follow-up with the customers, maintained balanced DSO report and escalated/followed up on irregularities. • Supervised warehousing and stock management. • Developed and submitted final tenders’ proposals and documents within defined tender deadlines.
• Planning, directing and delivering training and development programs including midwives’ inductions, to accomplish the organization’s goals. • Promoting an open knowledge-sharing environment that builds knowledge, skills and service for the benefit of the organization as a whole. • Delivering public health education programs and presentations dealing with topics including hazards of home deliveries and multiple deliveries and importance of ultrasound screening throughout pregnancy. • Maintaining and monitoring project plans, project schedules, work hours, budgets and expenditures. • Preparing reports and conducting preliminary analyses setting forth progress and adverse trends. • Increasing work standards by following production, productivity, and quality; resolving operational problems; identifying work process improvements. • Providing varied and complex project administrative support and technical assistance to trainees • Preparing preventive health reports including problem descriptions, analyses, alternative solutions, and recommendations.
• Developing daily and monthly media content analysis reports to aid clients in research, marketing, business analytics, achieving set goals, forecasting and planning. • Managing customer relationships and developed reports for clients from different industries. • Assisting in a variety of media campaigns with diverse teams, which demand excellent team work and project management skills. • Translating and summarizing articles from English-English and from Arabic-English.


