This document provides a summary of Amir Ahmed's experience and qualifications as a Procurement and Logistics Manager. He has over 15 years of experience in supply chain management, procurement, logistics operations, and vendor development. Currently, he works as the Procurement and Logistics Manager for Maatouk Factories in Abu Dhabi, where his responsibilities include procurement of materials, inventory control, supply chain management, and negotiating contracts. He has a proven track record of reducing costs and implementing strategic sourcing initiatives.

1. AMIR AHMED
Procurement & Logistics Manager - Maatouk Factories.
 Abu Dhabi – Mob +971 55 542 6904 Email - aamir005@hotmail.com
~Procurement Management ~Logistics Operations ~Vendor Devlpmnt ~Material
Management ~Shipping Operations ~Supply Chain Management ~Contract Management
~Team Management ~ Negotiation ~ Strategic Sourcing.
A result oriented & performance delivered expert with over 15 years of experience:
A strategic planner with expertise in implementing cost saving measures to achieve reduction in
raw material, procurement costs, and logistics cost, office management
Experienced in fleet management, transport solutions, development & aligned assessment, to
strengthen supply chain effectiveness.
Adept at negotiating contract with suppliers/ transport/ logistics companies and C&F agents to
achieve seamless and cost-effective movement of consignment, ensuring timely deliveries and
office related administrative work.
Superb interpersonal, aligned & negotiation skills with proven record of spearheading cost
innovation projects during the career span.
Areas of Expertise
Supply Chain Management
Developing long-term partnerships with local & foreign suppliers; managing day-to-day supplier
performance to ensure meeting of service, cost, delivery and quality norms.
Conducting suppliers’ audits on a regular basis to measure supplier performance against
contractual standards and implement necessary corrective actions.
Spearheading cost reduction initiatives consolidating tasks, eliminating non-value-added processes
& complete re-engineering of processes and systems.
Materials Management/ Procurement
Monitoring procurement schedules along with finalizing the specifications of the materials and
establishing the quality & quantity limits for efficient inventory control.
Streamlining the system and procedures for efficient inventory control & ensuring ready availability
of materials, to meet the production targets.

2. Affecting opportune sale of surplus, scrap and by-products for maximum value realization
Implementing key procurement strategies for material; purchase, schedules and ensuring that these
strategies and schedules must aligned with organization objectives.
Commercial Affairs
Managing import & export trade operations involving vetting of commercial and coordinating with
various external agencies.
Liaising with regulatory authorities for obtaining necessary sanctions / clearances and ensuring
compliance with various statutory obligation.
Interacting with banks for making remittances, arranging Bank Guarantees.
Logistics / Transport
Appointing & negotiating with C&F agents, transporters and secondary & tertiary transport terms
to achieve seamless and cost-effective movement of consignment, ensuring timely deliveries.
Providing finance /e inputs in negotiations transporters / Network Contractors (C&Fs) for cost
efficient logistics solutions and clearances.
Managing logistics operations, involving coordination’s with Freight forwarders, transporters, C&F
Agents and other external agencies to achieve seamless & cost-effective transport solutions.
System Implementation
Preparing Document for approval and specifying functional requirement to programmer for the
smooth operations.
Facilitating smooth implementation of the developed software’s across the verticals in the
organization to ensure standardization of operation.
Office Management & Administration
Office administration, HR functions, visa processing, liaising with different departments for efficient
management of office lease and associated formalities.
Ethics and honesty
As Regional Procurement officer of Dubai Office, personnel and finance arrangements, including
oversight of relations with vendors, banking institutions, travel entities etc. ensured that IFRC
policies, rules, and regulations were adhered to, resulting in superb review by external auditors and
a successful financial audit during 2012.
ERP
Experience on Humanitarian Logistics Software (HLS) & SAP - MM Module.
MS/OFFICE
Well versed in MS Office, Internet, Tally ERP.

3. WORK HISTORY
Sep 2015 - Present
Procurement& Logistics Manager
Maatouk Factory LLC-Abu Dhabi
Key Deliverables
 Food items procurement of Green Coffee Beans, Sugars, Various Dry Fruits, and various other
items.
 Packing materials procurement of Flexible Material, Boxes, Bags, Liners, Vacuum bags and Labels.
 Working knowledge of SAP
 Supply Chain management and inventory control. Responsible for the day-to-day contact with
vendors, negotiating pricing, processing claims, arranging purchase orders, RFP’s and RFQ’s.
 Very much involved with Product development to client specifications and needs. Working closely
with suppliers and vendors in Europe, South America, China, Middle East and Australia.
 Managing a multi-million-dollar budget on procurement. Monitoring data management to keep
accurate product, contract, pricing and invoicing information. Working closely with suppliers and
customers to improve operations and reduce cost.
 Ensuring the personal safety and safe working environment of staff.
 Communicating needs & objectives to managers & key personnel in procurement, logistics &
distribution.
 Negotiating contracts to reduce costs and achieve maximum efficiency.
 Providing accurate routing information to ensure that delivery times and locations are coordinated.
Accurately calculating total supply chain costs in relation to proposed new projects.
 Obtaining quotes for transportation and also making cost comparisons.
 Equipped with the knowledge of vendor Management, MM Module in SAP, Consistent performer
with strong track record in generating substantial cost economies in Purchase, Sourcing operations
 Monitoring stock levels; ensuring stock levels are maintained at the right level for optimizing
fulfillment of orders.
 Liaised with Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) for monitoring status of registration of various
drugs and ensured on time registration meeting Saudi drug control regulations.
Jan 2015 - Aug 2015
Manager Cooperate Customer
Veracor PrintingPress FZ-LLC-Dubai
Key Deliverables
 Successful implemented Procurement System Support. Analyzing the complete

4.  Procurement Business Process for the Co. and providing Strategic Procurement advice moving
forward.
 Enhancing Procurement/Contract processes, evolving them to be more efficient, effective and less
time-consuming.
 Providing support utilizing the Sourcing and Contracts Systems.
 Kaizen Approach in Contracts and Tenders, identifying areas of improvement and working towards
achieving the corporate goals. Worked as a Consultant
Jan 2013 – Dec 2014
Operations Manager
Commodities Services JLT-Dubai.
Commodities and Services JLT is the sister concern of IMGC. International Multi Group of
companies (IMGC) established in 1986 having own Manufacturing, Processing, Packing and trading
units. IMGC supplies of Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction goods to United Nations and all
the International Relief Organizations, worldwide. The group deals in all types of Food and Non
Food items for relief supplies such as Hygiene Kit, Tents, Blankets, Kitchen Sets, Plastic Buckets,
Sleeping Mats, Jerrycans, Tarpaulin, all type of Vehicles, Tyres, Spare parts, IT equipments, Medical
equipments, Stationery items, Mosquito Nets etc. The turnover of the group is over USD 200
million per annum with staff strength of more than 2000 persons Overseas Offices USA, UAE,
Malaysia, Jordan, and Afghanistan.
Key Deliverables
 Regularly monitor performance of IMGC/Commodities Services staff members and provided
coaching ensuring performance improvement and development.
 Preparing Request for quotation/tendering, analyzing Comparative Bids, Conducting COC's
(Committee on Contract) meeting, Preparing contract for the supplier, Consignment note, complete
follow up of the shipment until GRN received from consignee and the clearing invoices for
payment.
 Identifying and qualifying of the vendors.
 Quality control & conformity with specifications are insured.
 Sourced and negotiated pricing worth more than 35 million Dirhams of various goods and services
in last 1 Year of working with Commodities and Services.
 Maintain a statistical Data Base on individual product movement on daily, weekly, monthly basis.
 Leading large-scale operations handling several million units weekly across 2 locations.
 Independently handling procurement after receiving RFQ's from the different NGO's & UN
Agencies, getting a quotation from different suppliers/Manufacturers, after carefully analyzing
suppliers quotation, submitting offer to NGO's and UN Agencies within the deadline.
 LTA Agreement with the exclusivity Food item supply for several regions with the Food
Manufacturing Companies and negotiate better pricing. Results: 2 Million annual savings within few
month of employment.

5.  Procured & Supplied 15 different Food items for Syrian Arab Red Crescent, Past 1 Year
Commodities & Services(IMGC) have delivered more than300, 000 Food Parcels to Syria.
 Manage operations of the Purchase Department's.
 Department and sub-contract function ensuring timely and cost effectuate acquisition of materials
and finalization of sub-contracts for major multi-million Dollar project with WFP, ICRC and IFRC.
 Notify exporters and importers of issuance of LC covering shipment of merchandise.
Review LC documents to determine compliance with international standards.
 Verify terms of credit, such as amount, insurance coverage, and shipping conditions to determine
compliance with established standards.
 Coordinate customer credit information and collateral papers with Loan Officer to comply
with bank credit standards.
 Knowledge of every document (commercial invoice, customs certificate, origin certificate,
Dec 2008 - Dec 2012
Regional ProcurementOfficer
International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world's largest
humanitarian organization, with 189 member National Societies. A part of the International Red
Cross and Red Crescent Movement, IFRC act on seven fundamental principles; humanity,
impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity and universality.
Key Deliverables
 Independently handling procurement from receiving requisition till the final delivery of the
consignment including clearing of invoices.
 Sourced and negotiated pricing worth more than 50 million Dirhams of various goods and services
in last 4 years of working with Federation.
 Identifying and qualifying of the vendors. Well versed knowledge in E Mersal 2.
 Working on Humanitarian Logistic software (HLS), HLS system runs on Windows 2000 server with
MS SQL server 2000 as a database server. HLS has a 3-tier web based architecture which comprises
of C#, ADO.NET, ASP.NET and JavaScript.
 Preparing Request for quotation / tendering as per the IFRC procedure (Sealed Bids). Analyzing
Comparative Bids, Conducting COC’s (Committee on Contract) meeting, Negotiating with supplier.
Preparing contract for the supplier after the technical Evaluation of bids, Consignment note,
complete follow up of the shipment until GRN received from consignee and the clearing invoices
for payment. Conducted several tenders for the procuring of vehicles Hygiene Kit, Volunteer Kits,
Family Tents,
 Shelter Tool Kit, Blankets, Kitchen Sets, Plastic Buckets, Sleeping Bags, Sleeping Mats,
Jerrycans, Tarpaulin, Cars, Truck, Forklift, Trailer, Motor Bikes, Tyres, Spare parts, Water
Purification sachet, IT equipments, Gensets, Boat Engine, Medical equipments, Stationery
items, Watsan Kits, Conversion of Vehicles into Ambulance, SOC Containers, Mosquito Nets,

6. HDUV Conversion, Printing of calendar items, other services and transport worldwide locally
and internationally as per the IFRC Standards.
 Self-reliance and an ability to work in challenging environments.
 Ability to develop, manage and monitor budgets with regards to procurement, fleet management
and asset/resource administration. Replenishment of stocks.
 Experience of training in Logistics and Procurement techniques
 Efficient reporting skills for organisation monitoring and donor accountability.
 Technical handling of purchase files is carried out within in accordance with agreed time guidelines.
Support & guidance provided to the regional procurement in all aspects of delivery of
procurement services.
 Quality control & conformity with specifications are insured.
 Technical advice provided to National Societies on procurement of items. Regular communications
on technical issues had maintained with requester.
 Established several Long-Term Agreements (LTAs) between IFRC Dubai and local vendors for
supply of goods and services i.e. Ambulance Conversion, Various Tyres supply, Courier
service agreement, Stationery Items supply, 3PL Warehousing services includes stock
management inbound / outbound handling, transportation and forwarding, Maintenance
Contract of IT & Server etc.
 Working relations with International / regional suppliers developed and strengthened through
meetings and visits.
 Worked as a “Procurement Delegate” in Haiti, (From 17 June 2010 – 19 August 2010) to support
the operational needs in Haiti, International Federation was deployed me on a short mission to
handle Logistics and manage local procurement within the region in accordance to the Federation
procurement procedures.
 Maintaining 7 years proper procurement records to ensure adequate audit trail.
 Well versed with Incoterms 2010.
 Verifying that the Organization Business Conduct, Ethics & Health & Safety policy, is fully
understood, implemented, operated and maintained.
Dec – 2002 - Nov - 2008
ProcurementManager
Oren Hydrocarbons Middle East Inc - Dubai
Oren Hydrocarbons Pvt Ltd India, Trading in Mud Chemicals, equipment & Accessories for Oilfields
& Refineries (Oil & Gas) Oren key clients were Halliburton, MI Swaco, Baker Hughes Etc.
Key Deliverables
 Individually handled Oren Hydrocarbons Branch office at Industrial Park Freezone, Dubai and RAK
and managed more than 70 employees.
 Successfully handled formation of chemical Company at RAK

7.  Played a key role in getting consignment stuck in Jordan to brought back – as the Jordan client
refused to take the shipment by effectively coordinating with the freight forwarders and other
parties to get the shipment)
 Administered deliveries from Factories to client and gave leads to production Manager in regards
to supplier, mfg Pregel Starch in fareast – shipments were worth in Million DHS.
 Handled shipments worth 300 thousand dollars and ensured that were shipped out within a week
of arriving to various clients/customers in GCC.
PERSONAL PROFILE
Date of Birth:-27th July 1978
Language Known: - English, Hindi, Urdu & Arabic
Visa Status: - On Abu Dhabi Visa
Passport No. Z.1868315 Valid up to August 2018
Language(s): - English, Hindi, Urdu & Arabic
EDUCATION
2001 – 2003
M.Com - Barkatullah University
1996 - 1999
B.Com - Barkatullah University
1998 - 1998
Diploma In Computer Application - Nift Institute
CERTIFICATIONS
Jul 2014 - Oct 2014
CertifiedPurchasingProfessional (CPP) - American PurchasingSociety (APS) USA
Apr 2012 - Jul 2012
CertifiedTrade & Logistics Professional (CTLP) - Dubai Trade
LICENSE

8. # Having UAE License Valid till September, 2021.