Curriculum Vita

Jalal Abdul Nour - 1972

Jeddah - Saudi Arabia
Mobile: 0509399048
Email: abdulnja@hotmail.com

Procurement, planning, Engineering,

Management, and Quality (ISO)
English, French, Arabic (all fluent)
Versatility, Organized, Team Spirit

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

Procurement: 12 years
Engineering: 9 years
Procurement Manager
Suido Kiko Middle East, KSA,
2014Present
Water & Waste Water Treatment Specialists Company STP & RO (engineering,
procurement and construction company EPC).

Forecasting levels of demand for services & products to meet the business needs;
Conducting research to ascertain the best products and suppliers in terms of best
value, delivery schedules and quality;
Identifying potential suppliers, visiting existing suppliers, and building and maintaining
good relationships with them;
Negotiating and agreeing contracts and monitoring their progress, checking the quality
of service provided;
Processing payments and invoices;
Keeping contract and order files and using them as reference for the future;
Forecasting price trends and their impact on future projects;
Developing an organizations purchasing strategy;
Producing reports for orders status, deliveries, payments, shipments and LCs;
Evaluating offers & making recommendations based on commercial & technical
factors;
Ensuring suppliers are aware of business objectives;
Attending the weekly management meeting and the monthly one;
Training and supervising the work of other members of staff (8 persons).

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Projects going on:

Contract Name

Project Description

Al Ardah Jazan-Compact MBR 2000

Beesh - Jazan
Mukhwat
SAWACO Jeddah - 30CMD STP
Dammam 3 Industrial City
Chiyoda-Modon - Dammam
Samtha Jazan-Compact MBR 2000

Compact MBR STP

STP
Flat Sheet MBR STP
MBR STP
STP + AC + Disc Filter
MBR WWTP + RO
Compact MBR STP

Capacit
y
2,000
16,000
12,500
30
10,000
5,000
2,000

Modon Sudair Industrial City - Riyadh

STP + AC + Disc Filter

10,000

STP

Al Shaaf Aseer Jazan - STP MBR

JAZADCO Sweage Treatment Plant
Baha4-Atawalah-Mandak-Akik-Bel
Fayfa Jazan-Compact MBR 4000
Modon Mobty Industrial WWTP
Al Wadeeah Network & MBR STP
Al-Kharaj BWRO - Riyadh
Baha3-Hejrah-Kalwah-Mekhwah
MODA Al Kharaj - Riyadh

Hollfiber MBR STP

Kubota Mobile

12,500
500

MBR
MBR
MBR
MBR
MBR
MBR
BWRO
MBR
STP

Operation & Maintenance

Compact MBR STP

GE
MBR STP +Network
50,000 CMD

4,000
5,000
5,000

Operation & Maintenance

-WWT Plant1000M3

1,000

Type
MBR
STP
MBR
MBR
STP
MBR+RO
MBR

Procurement Planning Specialist

Yanbu Cement Company, Yanbu (Saudi Arabia)
2012 2014
23000 tons of Clinker per day (5 production Lines: 10000t, 9000t, 2x1500t & 1000 t)
Preparing the yearly and monthly Budget in considering all factors such as inventory
level, demand vs. supply, foreign exchange rates and other factors which could affect
the price, the quality and the delivery of purchases.
Preparing procurement forecasting and Sending it to all department heads.
Preparing / amending procurement forecasting for the specified period.
Aggregating procurement forecasting details into procurement plan and complete
missing information, associate with monetary value for budgeting
Approving the procurement plan as per DoA.
For each month, preparing monthly variance report for all procurement conducted this
month, receipts and payments.
Preparing yearly closure report (summary of monthly variances and updates).
Approving the yearly closure report as per the DoA.
Additionally:
Identifying the Consumable items for all departments by studying the previous years
consumptions and the inventory.
Preparing PRs for consumable items and critical items and making annual contracts with
suppliers instead of partial orders. (All the processes until receiving materials).
Studying the inventory and trying to reduce & to control the same as much as possible.
Having a direct contract and good relationship with main suppliers and critical spare parts
suppliers to contact them in case of emergency.
Preparing Monthly report showing the progress to our general manager.
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Senior Procurement engineer

Yanbu Cement Company, Yanbu (Saudi Arabia)

2007 2012

Receiving purchase requests from departments

(all cement plant departments

(mechanical, elec. & inst.), fuel, raw material + power plant dept. + desalination dept. +
compound maintenance dept.) and preparing enquiries for the same.

Sending enquiries to suppliers (Local and Foreign) and getting offers in short time.
Discussing the offers technically with the end user if required then releasing the order
with the best price considering the quality, the best price, and the delivery date.
Direct contact with suppliers to discuss technical matters and to negotiate the contracts &
the payments.
Regular correspondence with vendors to ensure the timely delivery of materials.
Liaising as necessary with suppliers to obtain expeditious shipment of all equipment &
materials and to receive shipments documents on time to avoid any detention.
Studying the markets and the suppliers for all the material that the company needs and
trying always to find new suppliers/dealers/manufacturers.
Coordinating between purchase dept., warehouse, finance dept. and the engineering
department.
Reporting revised delivery schedules for critical orders to the technical team and
updating delivery schedules within the expediting report spreadsheet.
Identifying, analyze the cause of potential delays and propose the corrective actions
necessary to mitigate such delays.

Electronic & instrument Engineer

Yanbu Cement Company, Yanbu (Saudi Arabia)

2003 - 2007

Operation, Maintenance, & Inventory control of electronic & instrument equipment.

Responsible of the implementation of all new electronic and instrument projects.
Responsible of Downtime Analysis & statistics for major equipment as kilns, Cement
Mills, Raw Mills, crushers, etc. & suitable action to increase the equipments
availability.
Responsible of the Preventive maintenance system (PMS) updates.
Procuring of all electrical, instrument, AC and power plant spare parts by preparing the
requests and sending the same to suppliers, receiving offers and studying the same
technically then to release the orders. Then to follow up with suppliers for delivery
dated and payments.
ISO internal audits and pre-external audits.
Product Engineer
Primax Technologies in., Montreal (Quebec-Canada)

2001 - 2003

Limit the products proportion which are not in conformity with the tolerances and reduces
it to zero as far as possible;
Calculate the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) using IMPROVIT software and to
maintain it higher than two. Layout control charts to observe the process variations in
time and to improve quality;
Help with the implantation of ISO 9001 and make internal audits;
Develop databases using Access software and Visual BASIC - Time Sheets: Correction
of the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), control charts, statistics, etc.
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Technical support
Nortel Networks, Montreal (Quebec-Canada)

1999 - 2001

Configure and test optical Network systems and present these systems to the clients;
Test, gauge & diagnose optical cards troubles (OC192, Optera Metro, & other.);
Write the none conformity of the defective parts;
Investigate the customers returns;
Identify the common troubles and inform the responsible people;
Ensure of the product quality.
Quality Engineer
mitec telecom inc. Pointe Claire (Quebec-Canada)

1998 - 1999

Limit the products proportion which are not in conformity with the tolerances and reduces
it to zero as far as possible;
Calculate the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) using IMPROVIT software and to
maintain it higher than two. Layout control charts to observe the process variations in
time and to improve quality;
Help with the implantation of ISO 9001 and make internal audits;
Develop databases using Access software and Visual BASIC - Time Sheets: Correction
of the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), control charts, statistics, etc.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
1997 (completed) Electrical Engineer
Not completed
Industrial eng. (60+ credits)
1992
TS in Electronic

University of Quebec - Canada

University of Quebec, Trois-Rivires-Canada
Dekweneh TS, Beirut Lebanon

LANGUAGES
English (perfect), Arabic (perfect) French (perfect),
SOFTWARES
Exploitation Systems

Oracle, GP, ERP, Wings ERP system, Windows, NT, Microsoft

office, Excel , Word, Access

IMPROVEMENT
2004
1997
2015

ISO Auditor
Quality assurance system I and II
OHSAS 18001: 2007 & ISO 14001:2004

Member of: Lebanese order of engineering, Canadian order of engineering and Saudi
engineering council
References:

Available upon request.

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