Shady Adel Ahmed Ismail
Director Of Procurement
Cairo
Summary
Dynamic and results-driven Procurement Director with over 15 years of experience leading strategic sourcing initiatives in multinational settings. Recognized for digital transformation, optimizing supply chain operations, driving cost savings, and enhancing supplier relationships. Proven track record in negotiating complex contracts and managing procurement processes across diverse categories. Skilled in implementing innovative procurement strategies to streamline operations and achieve organizational objectives. Adept at fostering cross-functional collaboration and leading high-performing teams to deliver exceptional results in dynamic environments. Committed to continuous improvement and leveraging market insights to drive sustainable growth and profitability.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
6
6
Certifications
2
2
Languages
Work History
MEA Indirect Procurement Director
Schneider Electric
Cairo
10.2021 - Current
- Leading team of 15 Professional buyers across MEA zone serving more than 30 countries to provide best-in-class service with significant savings to business leveraging digital transformation and new ways of buying. Some key roles and responsibilities are hereunder
- Leading the digital transformation
- Identify Purchasing Strategy
- Identifying annual procurement operational plan
- Managing Strategic suppliers’ relationship
- Supports development of long-term Strategies to maximize value and efficiency for business - Maintain business relationship with top management
- Supports Category team to develop Company Global deals
- Helping organization to develop saving strategy and cutting cost with special focus on SFC
- People management, engagement and development plan.
- Prepared and presented reports to management on purchasing trends and cost savings to aid in decision making
- Developed and implemented procurement policies and procedures to enhance compliance with company standards
- Analyzed market conditions to make informed decisions on pricing and purchasing strategies
- Developed and maintained relationships with key suppliers for smooth communication and to meet required expectations
- Conducted spend analysis to identify cost-saving opportunities
- Created and maintained portfolio of qualified vendors to expand options
- Established and maintained accurate records of purchases, pricing and payment terms
- Devised and implemented strategies to optimize purchasing processes and reduce costs
NEAL Indirect Procurement Senior Manager
Schneider Electric
Cairo
12.2017 - 09.2021
- Build relationships with client business unit stakeholders and executive sponsors to assure alignment of indirect category management plans and achievement of overall savings targets and execution of pre-established sourcing prioritization model by category
- Accountable to deliver on established category management strategic plan and responsible for Schneider Electric change management program to ensure immediate and ongoing client value through cost reduction, market insights, strategic supplier relationship management and operational efficiencies
- Lead and manage new indirect procurement organization, specifically onsite team of five full-time employees to ensure understand their roles and interdependence in delivery of sustainable services in executing category management strategies for all indirect spend categories
- Accountable to manage resources necessary to ensure efficiency
- Identify opportunities for specifications improvement, cost containment, and value engineering for all appropriate categories
- Create, implement, and manage procurement and requisitioning standard operating procedures to ensure procurement activities comply with best-in-class policies and procedures including legal and regulatory
- Continuously improve sourcing processes, drive cost reduction, and shape future supply chain
- Responsible for P2P transformation.
NEA & Levant Projects, Services, direct & Indirect Procurement cluster Manager
Schneider Electric
05.2015 - 11.2017
- Manage hierarchically all local buyers/ country purchasing managers in charge of all IP activities within North East Africa, Kenya, Nigeria & Levant geographical zone, covering OD and BU entities located in this zone
- Accountable for performances of the geographical zone collectively
- Apply and adapt global and regional purchasing strategy with appropriate action plans in accordance with performance objectives (customer satisfaction, quality, cost, service, innovation)
- Support global / regional contracts rollout and improve compliance + report on specific needs of each country within zone perimeter
- Ensure that the zone is maximizing opportunities through for instance sharing my expertise with other shared services in the zone
- Lead negotiation of local supply contracts, especially for T3 commodities
- Optimizes Supplier base
- Create environment of innovation and develop personnel through training, job rotation, succession planning
- Ensure that key purchasing tools (tracking, e-proc, …) are deployed effectively and homogenize methods and processes for purchasing functions within the platform
- Own & manage process with full accountability to achieve process objectives & customer needs internally & externally, Improve process health assessment score as per the QMS annual assessment score index annual target
- Maintaining sufficient competition between suppliers to ensure Schneider Electric has strategic advantage.
North East Africa Projects, Services & Non-Production Senior Purchasing Expert
Schneider Electric
05.2014 - 04.2015
- Apply and adapt global and regional purchasing strategy with appropriate action plans in accordance with performance objectives (customer satisfaction, quality, cost, service, innovation)
- Support global / regional contracts rollout and improve compliance + report on specific need
- Sharing my expertise with other shared services in the zone
- Lead negotiation of local supply contracts; optimizes Supplier base; create environment of innovation
- Purchasing SAP reporting
- Vendor Master Data
- Purchasing Process development
- Lead process improvement for SEE for Non-Production Purchasing (Process Owner) - Orientation for new employees for SEE & NEA
- Ariba (e-procurement) focus group member.
- Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems
- Developed strong communication and organizational skills through working on group projects
- Demonstrated strong organizational and time management skills while managing multiple projects
North East Africa Projects, Services & Non-Production Purchasing Expert
Schneider Electric
11.2012 - 04.2014
- Manage, supervise, approve, and monitor all procurement and commercial activities with both foreign and local markets from the stage of receiving the purchase requisition till material is delivered to the requester
- Finalize agreements with new vendors and sponsor the documents c) Source materials from local foreign markets
- Handle claims of material requester in case of discrepancy, damage, or shortage
- Study negotiate and finalize contracts with service providers for all major services required
- Coordinate with all concerned department heads to set out procedures for department interaction between sales, marketing, material management, finance, and procurement in order to improve order entry, order processing, shipping, clearance and material receiving
- Control on the purchase of fixed assets to make sure of compliance with the approved budget h) Put a budget on annual basis for procurement dept
- Introduce and apply the principle of strategic procurement and streamline the material supply process and standardize vendors and business partners resulting in reducing to overall purchasing cost
- Evaluate vendors based on preset criteria
Senior Procurement Engineer
Schneider Electric
05.2010 - 11.2012
- Globalize requirements from Schneider Electric entities, understand supplier strategy and communicate it internally, detect gaps, manage consistency
- Negotiate with supplier on behalf of all Schneider Electric entities including supplier performance and productivity objectives
- Organize regular business reviews with the supplier Accountable for supplier performance (ESSR, DPME) and productivity; track elementary supplier performance from all Schneider Electric entities & engage appropriate actions with division & cross-functional Resources Optimize all procurements of our 2 Factories (quality, cost and delivery) in compliance with the procurement policies of Schneider in order to fulfill requester needs by improving quality ,cost and delivery Responsible, for preparing the tender phase, keeping an actuated vision of local supplier markets possibilities, costs and lead times
- In tender phase, build solutions with suppliers, ensure preliminary negotiations, collect commodity purchases prices to better define price of supplies
- Optimize all procurements of project, (quality, cost and delivery) in compliance with the procurement policies of the project and with the customer's contracts, in order to keep or improve margin and manage risks
- Responsible for all purchases involved in project until the end of the "contractual obligations of providers" with specific focus on risk management
- Manage on site services, Legal and security agreement with relevant suppliers, ensures Customers satisfaction.
Procurement Engineer
ASEC Cement
06.2008 - 05.2010
- Studying all purchase requisitions for different systems of whole projects (study of local and foreign suppliers offers, then evaluate offers technical and commercial wise) for adequacy of specified requirements received from technical department and according to our contract authorized budget and project schedule
- Control of materials exists in different stores
- Approve purchasing orders including technical specifications and commercial conditions, which are mainly concentrated on cement industry projects
- Submit of technical and commercial offers for tender documents received from sales department
- Monitoring quality, quantity, cost and efficiency of movement and storage of goods; coordinating and controlling order cycle and associated information systems;
- Analyzing data to monitor performance and plan improvements and demand;
- Liaising and negotiating with customers and suppliers;
- Developing business by analyzing logistical problems and producing new solutions.
Technical Engineer
Elsewedy Electric
07.2007 - 06.2008
- Worked as Technical Engineer in the Technical Department in SEDCO-EL SEWEDY Cables Company Where responsible for offering the technical support to customers for our products as joints and terminations of cables & cable accessories such as (lugs, Connectors, Elbow, heat shrink tubes, etc...) for the Low, Medium & High voltage
- Also responsible for the specification of products such as the diameters and length of the products & responsible for determining the kit component for the customers.
Customer Service Representative
CNE
12.2005 - 06.2007
- Worked as customer service representative at CNE (Cable Network Egypt)
- There I began at the call center section of back-office department, which specified in show time customer service help line & all the customers who paid their subscription by Credit card
- Then I recommended working at Operation section of back-office department that specified in activating, auditing, accounting, debiting subscriptions on computer system.
Education
Bachelor's degree - Electrical and Power Transmission Installation/Installer, General
Cairo University
Egypt 01.2000 - 01.2005
High School Diploma -
The Holly Family School
Cairo, Egypt 01.1987 - 01.1999
Skills
Digital Transformation
Category Management
Market Analysis
Strategic Sourcing
Supplier Relationship Management
Negotiation Expertise
Supply Chain Optimization
Budgeting & Forecasting
Cross-functional Team Leadership
Team Leadership
Industrial Purchasing
Project Purchasing
SAP ERP
COUPA
MS Office
Six Sigma
Auditing
Purchase Orders
Contract Negotiation
Coaching and Mentoring
Process Improvement
Financial Acumen
Cost Analysis
Procurement
Certification
CERTIFIED ADVANCED PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONAL (CAPP)
Timeline
MEA Indirect Procurement Director
Schneider Electric
10.2021 - Current
NEAL Indirect Procurement Senior Manager
Schneider Electric
12.2017 - 09.2021
NEA & Levant Projects, Services, direct & Indirect Procurement cluster Manager
Schneider Electric
05.2015 - 11.2017
North East Africa Projects, Services & Non-Production Senior Purchasing Expert
Schneider Electric
05.2014 - 04.2015
North East Africa Projects, Services & Non-Production Purchasing Expert
Schneider Electric
11.2012 - 04.2014
Senior Procurement Engineer
Schneider Electric
05.2010 - 11.2012
Procurement Engineer
ASEC Cement
06.2008 - 05.2010
Technical Engineer
Elsewedy Electric
07.2007 - 06.2008
Customer Service Representative
CNE
12.2005 - 06.2007
Bachelor's degree - Electrical and Power Transmission Installation/Installer, General
Cairo University
01.2000 - 01.2005
High School Diploma -
The Holly Family School
01.1987 - 01.1999