- Designed and executed innovative sourcing strategies to engage principals, manufacturers, and distributors for bulk procurement of commodities, equipment, motor vehicles, and ambulances, optimizing cost savings and after-sales support without compromising quality.
- Directed procurement operations for emergency healthcare services, ensuring timely acquisition of critical medical supplies, biomedical equipment, and construction services for emergency stations across Sindh province.
- Established and maintained supplier relationships, achieving significant cost savings and upholding stringent quality standards.
- Developed and implemented procurement policies and procedures compliant with regulatory frameworks and donor requirements.
- Conducted comprehensive market analyses to identify cost-effective, high-quality, and innovative supply chain solutions.
- Supervised cross-functional teams, driving efficiency and accountability across procurement, warehouse, and logistics operations.
- Ensured compliance with local and international procurement regulations, including donor and grant mandates.
- Collaborated with stakeholders to forecast demand and align supply chain strategies with organizational objectives.
- Leveraged data analytics to monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and enhance procurement processes.
- Negotiated high-value contracts, securing favourable terms while ensuring continuity of supply.
- Spearheaded disaster management strategies for supply chain resilience, supporting emergency relief operations during Sindh’s calamitous flood crisis.
- Developed and managed end-to-end supply chain strategies, including strategic procurement planning, category management, and supplier qualification.
- Streamlined the procure-to-pay cycle to optimize costs, ensure timely orders, and reduce waste.
- Led inventory management using Microsoft Dynamics AX (ERP), employing FIFO/FEFO principles to maintain stock accuracy.
- Oversaw cold chain management and warehouse operations, adhering to ISO 9001:2015 standards.
- Managed international supplier selection, focusing on cost-effective incoterms and shipping methods.
- Ensured availability of critical resources, including medical supplies, disinfection materials, and proper medical waste disposal via incinerators.
- Validated service level agreements (SLAs) for communication towers, ambulance maintenance, and regional office support.
- Conducted capacity-building initiatives for team development, performance evaluation, and succession planning.
- Collaborated with finance teams to allocate budgets, perform spend analyses, and align procurement plans with organizational goals.
- Acted as a key member of the Executive Committee, contributing to strategic decision-making to enhance operational efficiency and achieve organizational objectives.

This role involves leading comprehensive procurement and logistics operations, particularly focusing on the healthcare sector. Responsibilities include procuring a wide range of medical equipment, biomedical equipment, hospital machinery, and specialized pathology lab equipment. This encompasses sourcing training modules and manikins for capacity-building programs, as well as supporting the establishment through construction of district disease surveillance & reporting units, provincial disease surveillance & reporting units, command & control units, centres of excellence within public health facilities and hospitals across Pakistan. This role requires ensuring compliance with procurement policies, negotiating with suppliers, and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders to meet project objectives efficiently and effectively.
Key responsibilities include:
• Procure medical equipment, biomedical equipment, hospital machinery, pathology lab equipment, and training modules/manikins to enhance healthcare delivery.
• Establishing centres of excellence in public health facilities/hospitals to improve healthcare outcomes.
• Oversee construction work at public health facilities to establish District Disease Surveillance & Reporting Units (DDSRUs) across Pakistan.
• Setting up Command & Control Centers in all provinces of Pakistan and Provincial Disease Surveillance & Reporting Units (PDSRUs) to strengthen public health infrastructure.
• Manage the procurement of high-tech X-ray machines integrated with artificial intelligence software (CAD4TB) for efficient TB diagnosis.
• Procure GeneXpert machines to diagnose communicable diseases in public health facilities.
• Coordinate with the Health Department to fabricate brand-new HiACE vans by converting them into Mobile TB Diagnostic Units for outreach activities.
• Optimize all processes within the procurement department and analysing procurement data to identify areas for improvement.
• Develop efficient procurement policies and processes to ensure effectiveness and compliance.
• Provide support to technical activities through effective liaison with backstopping teams to prepare annual budgets and procurement plans, obtaining necessary approvals from the organization’s Head Office.
• Manage procurement, contracts, and logistics staff by assigning tasks, reviewing performance, and implementing capacity-building plans.
• Execute planned procurement activities, including preparing and reviewing RFPs and RFQs in consultation with stakeholders and procurement evaluation committees.
• Perform necessary pre-award checks, ensuring compliance with partner policies and procedures, and submitting recommendations through selection memos for management approval.
• Administer agreements with partners, vendors, and consultants until close-out.
• Assist supervisors in preparing project progress reports by liaising with technical leads to address issues and challenges.
• Issue weekly progress reports to senior management teams.
• Coordinate closely with the Finance team to develop budgets, forecasts, payments, and financial reporting.
• Collaborate with technical and finance teams during the budget preparation process in the planning stage.
• Assist supervisors during annual external financial audits and reviews by preparing responses to auditors and contributing to management comments in the final report.
• Coordinate with Head Office teams to seek necessary reviews and approvals.
• Ensure compliance with organizational policies and procedures when seeking necessary approvals.
• Supervise logistics teams to ensure smooth logistical arrangements and compliance adherence.
• Coordinate with relevant tax authorities to successfully obtain sales tax exemption approvals.
• Build strong business relationships with partner organizations, suppliers, and contractors.
• Conduct performance evaluations of teams and planning their capacity-building initiatives.

Procurement Management:
• Manage procurement & logistics teams for planning, category management, sourcing strategy development, policy revision/up-gradation, develop supplier base, execute pre-qualification, establish service level agreements, explore potential contractors for civil works, engineering works etc.
• Manage to verify the supplier’s strength, verify business references, estimate procurement risk through risk assessment analysis, prepare risks mitigation plans to execute risk free procurement.
• Manage negotiation with the shortlisted suppliers and finalize the offered product at competitive & reasonable prices by involving respective stakeholders to vet the technical specifications of specialized commodities & services prior going into finalization the contract/purchase order/agreement.
• Manage performance evaluation of the suppliers, induction of new supplier through assessment and approval process, blacklist the suppliers on the basis of poor performance or integrity issues.
• Manage procurement reports and submit to senior management along with spend analysis and procurement savings.
Administration, Inventory and Warehouse Management:
• Manage teams for all necessary arrangements pertaining to the local & international travels, lodging, rent a car as well as operations management of office repair/maintenance, administration of fuel cards & monitoring/control for official vehicles, medical insurance claims, uninterrupted supply of office stationery/toners and other administrative support to all offices across Pakistan.
Financial Management:
• Manage finance teams for review, approval, and accounting control systems to ensure that project incurs allowable expenses in accordance with organizational regulations and standard corporate field accounting policies.
• Supervise the finance manager, review and manage accounting files to ensure that appropriate back-up documentation exists for all financial transactions, including procurement requests, staff timesheets, necessary approvals/signatures, evaluation/analysis, cost competition, invoices and purchase order/contract/agreement etc.
• Manage routinely test accounting, control systems and recommend changes to the accounting policies and procedures, as appropriate.
Regularity Assurance:
• Conduct annual council review and make necessary amendment in the organizational local policy to adhere host country laws.
• Provide Training to the staff and other partners’ organizations for all applicable policies and procedures.

Strategic Planning for the Project Supply Chain Management:
• Establishing and achieving departmental objectives, defining roles and responsibilities to all team members.
• Manage team to development annual strategic plan for the supply chain where cost possibly be optimized by efficient sourcing management and improve efficiency in procurement, contracting, inventory, warehouses and administration.
Procurement and Contracts Management:
• Manage procurement operations, planning and execution and procurement audit.
• Actively participation in the exercise of budgeting with financial management teams and make necessary changes in supply chain budgets in consultation with program teams and team leads.
• Manage to provide effective support in maintaining and improving good business relationships with stakeholders.
• Monitoring the procurement practices, turnaround times, work processes and quality of services with focus on continuous improvements.
Inventory, Warehouse and Import Operations Management:
• Manage warehouse teams for efficient and safe storage of commodities. Establish weekly/monthly stock takes and report to finance. Daily review of stock-in and stock-out reports and make sure the stock is at level for program activities.
• Manage import and custom clearance operations and transportation management.

• Management of supply chain operations by utilization of procurement and logistics team.
• Manage end to end supply chain processes i.e. procurement, contracts, strategic SCM planning, supplier relationship management, logistics & import, inventory, warehouse and fleet management.
• Transparently improve the partners and suppliers list by blacklisting the non-performers and addition of new to bring competitiveness.
• Manage to compile, update and categorization of approved vendor list.
• Manage technical and general contracts completeness and documentation in efficient manner.
• Participate in budgeting efforts in areas that affect supply chain operations.
• Manage procurement and contracts for technical departments, NOC, Deployment, Service Delivery, customer support, HR, marketing, sales and administration departments.
• Establish key performance metrics and benchmarks relating to supply chain planning / forecasting; measuring actual performance against goals on regular basis and present results to senior management.
• Collaborate with the sales team to drive right customer demand from sales forecast.
• Strengthen the existing policy and procedures, supply chain audit, compliance and management reporting.

• Manage to arrange competitive offers from local and international suppliers according to user requirements.
• Supervise the international orders, suppliers’ management, pre & post qualification of suppliers, e-procurement.
• Execute requisition, discuss with the end users, develop RFQs/RFPs/RFIs/tenders and obtain proposals.
• Prepare evaluation and submit for the review and discussion with procurement head of technical procurement.
• Negotiate quotations, prepare and issue orders to the suppliers and follow-up till payment release.
• Maintain mutually beneficial long-term relationships with suppliers to foster feedback & continuous improvement.
• Source, development and qualification of new suppliers as per organizational procurement guidelines.
• Maintain close coordination with Budgeting, Logistics, Warehouse, Treasury and Finance for resolution of shipment and supplier’s payment issues.
• Establish and develop effective working relationships with internal customers.
• Educate suppliers on company’s procurement policies and procedures and made sure for compliance.
• Select suppliers through their monitored performance and recommend them for future business.
• Supervise for disposal of redundant materials.
• Manage to prepare and submission of weekly and monthly procurement reports through ORACLE ERP system.
• Capacity building of junior staff by acting as Master Trainer.
• Oversee ERP (ORACLE Financials) upgrade project for Technical Procurement Department as super user.

• Develop purchase specifications and execute the RFI/RFQ/RFP process for capital expenditures.
• Prepare purchase orders, solicit bid proposals, and review requisitions for goods and services.
• Negotiate and formalize purchase orders and place all required orders.
• Expedite orders as necessary, resolve outstanding delivery and administrative issues.
• Manage the Integrated Supply relationship to optimize the performance.
• Research and evaluate suppliers based on price, quality, selection, service, support, availability, reliability, production and distribution capabilities and the supplier's reputation and history.
• Analyze price proposals, financial reports, and other data and information to determine reasonable prices.
• Monitor shipments to ensure that goods deliver on time and resolve issues related to undelivered goods.
• Evaluate and monitor contract performance to ensure compliance with contractual obligations and to determine need for changes.

• Procurement of Hardware, Software & Services for the project of Hospital Management Information Systems (HMIS).
• Negotiate the contracts, setting-up suppliers’ agreements and SLAs. Supplier development, short listing, analyzing & selection to award orders/contracts.
• Handling vendor’s complaints and grievances and following up for their solutions.
• Reviewing requisitions, analyzing specifications, investigating suppliers, analyzing supplier capabilities, studying costs, analyzing bids.
• Negotiate to finalize the proposals for supplies & services and administer post sales services.