Wasim Sharief

Strategic Sourcing Specialist with solid 15-year background in driving and coordinating sourcing efforts for material and service procurement. Focuses on cost savings and supplier development to support pre-procurement strategy and supply agreement negotiation. Collaborates with internal business units and supply chain stakeholders to achieve business goals.

• Developed excellent rapport with the requesters & vendors in a very short period of time
• Highly appreciated by requesters and vendors for outstanding service
• NPI HUB tool - Automated metrics tool
• Escalation tool using power app

• Strategic Sourcing Specialist, Honeywell Technology Solutions, 06/2016, Present, Metric development, Reporting & visualisation (Incumbent Savings, High Growth Region, Lead Time, Material Target % and Cost Avoidance), Support Annual Operating Plan needs annually aligned to NPI metrics, Lead time - Data analysing for lead time and coordination with all SPS NPI sourcing managers, category managers and cycle time leaders for lead time reduction, Contract management - Coordination with category managers and supplier for renewal of contracts, Data visualisation in Tableau or Power BI, Database management using power query or SQL
• Buyer, Honeywell Technology Solutions, 05/2013, 06/2016, Responsible for driving weekly/monthly metrics and measurement for the process as agreed with Customer and presenting the same to site leaders, Ensure that there is cross-training and back up plans for all the sub-processes within the team., Responsible for ensuring optimum productivity for their process, Driving improvement and efficiency, Be the first point of contact between the Local Management and the Business Partners for resolution of process issues / escalation., Conduct & ensure effectiveness of monthly 1:1 with suppliers., Preparing & Publishing Monthly Procurement Dashboards/Scorecard/Metrics, Root Cause Analysis for any variance in the Metric., Strategic sourcing and tactical purchasing that supports on-time delivery and superior quality., Coordinating with clients, understanding requirements, searching for best supplier, negotiate best rate, procure products and follow up on delivery (RFQ's & RFP's)., Responsible for creation of Purchase Orders in SAP and to resolve all PO related issues., Co-ordinate with supplier to track the delivery of orders, monitoring to ensure they are on time., Continuously monitoring, evaluating and improving supplier performance., Develop new sources for existing materials supporting on time delivery, Delivering cost savings for the company., Expedite purchase orders in order to maintain material flow to support operations and customer service., To resolve invoice queries to ensure timely payment of the invoices, Liaise with Accounts payable & GL for smooth process flow., Preparing management reports and presenting the same to the management/client, Interacting with the global vendor's/customer's through calls, Net Meeting, Emails and online chats.

• Strategic Sourcing Spec, Honeywell Technology Solutions, 06/2016, Present
• Buyer, Honeywell Technology Solutions, 05/2013, 06/2016

• Strategic Sourcing Specialist, Honeywell Technology Solutions, 06/2016, Present, Metric development, Reporting & visualisation (Incumbent Savings, High Growth Region, Lead Time, Material Target % and Cost Avoidance), Support Annual Operating Plan needs annually aligned to NPI metrics, Lead time - Data analysing for lead time and coordination with all SPS NPI sourcing managers, category managers and cycle time leaders for lead time reduction, Contract management - Coordination with category managers and supplier for renewal of contracts, Data visualisation in Tableau or Power BI, Database management using power query or SQL
• Buyer, Honeywell Technology Solutions, 05/2013, 06/2016, Responsible for driving weekly/monthly metrics and measurement for the process as agreed with Customer and presenting the same to site leaders, Ensure that there is cross-training and back up plans for all the sub-processes within the team., Responsible for ensuring optimum productivity for their process, Driving improvement and efficiency, Be the first point of contact between the Local Management and the Business Partners for resolution of process issues / escalation., Conduct & ensure effectiveness of monthly 1:1 with suppliers., Preparing & Publishing Monthly Procurement Dashboards/Scorecard/Metrics, Root Cause Analysis for any variance in the Metric., Strategic sourcing and tactical purchasing that supports on-time delivery and superior quality., Coordinating with clients, understanding requirements, searching for best supplier, negotiate best rate, procure products and follow up on delivery (RFQ's & RFP's)., Responsible for creation of Purchase Orders in SAP and to resolve all PO related issues., Co-ordinate with supplier to track the delivery of orders, monitoring to ensure they are on time., Continuously monitoring, evaluating and improving supplier performance., Develop new sources for existing materials supporting on time delivery, Delivering cost savings for the company., Expedite purchase orders in order to maintain material flow to support operations and customer service., To resolve invoice queries to ensure timely payment of the invoices, Liaise with Accounts payable & GL for smooth process flow., Preparing management reports and presenting the same to the management/client, Interacting with the global vendor's/customer's through calls, Net Meeting, Emails and online chats.

• Strategic Sourcing Spec, Honeywell Technology Solutions, 06/2016, Present
• Buyer, Honeywell Technology Solutions, 05/2013, 06/2016