SupplyChain Magazine July 2017 | Page 62

TASNEE

“ Technology is one of the keys to procurement being able to deliver best value goods and services from our suppliers across the globe ”

SALEH H . AL SUWAITI

General Manager , Procurement Center of Excellence
In a career spanning 25 years , Salah Al Suwaiti has worked extensively across the procurement and supply chain domain . After obtaining a Bachelor degree from King Fahad University of Petroleum & Minerals , he joined Ar Razi ( SABIC ) as Procurement and Contracts Representative .
During the initial 10 years of his career , Al Suwaiti has been promoted to Procurement Manager and was responsible for overseeing all Procurement and Contract function and end-to-end SAP Procurement implementation for operational performance enhancement . Post this time , he moved to SABIC HQ to engage in the SAP and Shared Services transformation projects . He was then assigned as the Project Manager for the EMDAD Supply Chain Project which was a strategic project aimed at implementing an integrated supply chain . In 2013 , Al Suwaiti moved to the National Industrialization Company – TASNEE as the Logistics Manager . During that time he obtained a Master Degree of Global Business Administration .
When TASNEE was starting its Procurement Transformation program in 2015 , he was promoted as the General Manager , Procurement Center of Excellence to oversee the entire program and ensure strategic focus globally , and was also selected as the Vice-Chairman for the Gulf Petrochemical and Chemical Association ( GPCA ).
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