Saffa al-Hamdani

WORK HISTORY

ABOUT SAFFA AL-HAMDANI

I am an experienced Sourcing Professional with a demonstrated history of working in the retail and manufacturing industries. Strong purchasing professional skilled in SAP, RMS, Oracle, Time Management, Leadership, Customer Engagement, and PLM Tools. As a driven and highly effective manager with 7 years of experience in global production and sourcing, I have been recognized for my passion and persistence to ensure customers receive quality products on time through strategic partnerships with global teams and vendors. I collaborate with internal and external teams to implement streamlined processes to improve efficiencies and successfully procure raw materials and execute production within planned lead times.I am known for driving strategies and solutions to improve efficiencies. I work cross functionally to communicate across all departments, building and maintaining relationships with vendors/mills/and internal teams. My career track shows strengths demonstrated as an effective leader controlling costs, reducing spend, and managing raw material operations. Experience with Product Lifecycle Management System implementations, driving improvements in multiple processes with in-depth retail and supply chain management knowledge. I leverage a customer-centric and data-driven approach to growing sales, reducing expenses and improving margin through strong customer relationships, negotiation and teamwork. In addition to my professional skills as a manager, I am also a strong communicator with a positive approach to coaching and motivating global partners to work as one unified team.Core Competencies: Project Management Manufacturing operations Strategic Sourcing Process Optimization Global Sourcing Supply Chain Management Relationship Management Cost Control | Quality Assurance Raw Material Management Influential Communication Risk Management | Product Engineering Owning writing Purchasing orders