profile-img

Mahmoud El-Kholy

Senior Procurement Specialist at Solmax Geosynthetics SAE

6th of October, Giza, Egypt

Work Experience

  • Senior Procurement SpecialistFull Time

    Solmax Geosynthetics SAE

    Sep 2024 - Present -9 months

    Egypt , Giza

    • Kellogg Tolaram Noodles Egypt Llc

      • Senior Procurement SpecialistFull Time

        Jan 2024 - Aug 2024 -7 months

        Egypt , Giza

        • Procurement SpecialistFull Time

          Jul 2021 - Dec 2023 -2 yrs, 5 months

          Egypt , Giza

          • Job Details:• Manage the day to day commercial issues between the business and supplier and measure supplier performance. • Receives, examines, and processes requisitions; prepares materials specifications and other necessary documents related to the purchase of supplies, and places orders with appropriate vendors. • Follow up with logistics team to secure the import shipments arrival with all the required documents and in the specified dates. • Compares costs and evaluates the quality and suitability of supplies, materials, and equipment. • Ensures that materials are cost-effective and meet the organization's quality standards • Reviews and analyzes purchase requisitions, investigates, and develops sources of supplies • Evaluates vendor reliability, develops new supply sources as required • Confers with and assists officials of the factory to determine purchasing needs and specifications. • Maintains records on purchase price information on both open market and contract purchases and revise these as conditions changes; obtains quotations on open market purchases • Following up with the QA in resolving complains and problems with vendors • Prepare monthly reports about the average consumption of materials and prices increases on the market. • Follow -up purchase orders to ensure receipt of proper quality and quantity on specified dates • Coordinates purchasing activities with other departments to maintain inventory at planned levels • Negotiate lead-time constraints with suppliers to negate missed commitment dates. • Makes tactical buying decisions with respect to the placement and management of all purchases within assigned MRP portfolio to meet scheduled demand. This process encompasses order placement, rescheduling, expediting, cancellation of items, and/or receiving and invoice issue reconciliation and approval. • Assisting in the development of new processes to improve lead-time and reduce the inventory.
        • Senior Quality Assurance SpecialistFull Time

          Dec 2020 - Jun 2021 -6 months

          Egypt , Giza

          • Job Details:• Managing the vendor assurance profile including supplier registration, auditing, handling complaints, and evaluation. • Supervising the process of receiving raw and packaging materials. • Assisting in packaging R&D and cost reduction projects. • Assisting in regulatory affairs tasks regarding packaging materials and raw and packaging materials specifications. • Liaise with the warehouse team the implementation of FEFO and GWP systems. • Conduct regular raw materials audit and warehouse inspections.
        • Quality Assurance SpecialistFull Time

          Dec 2018 - Dec 2020 -2 yrs

          Egypt , Giza

          • Job Details:• Responsible for receiving all types of raw and packaging materials and reviewing the analysis results with the company’s specifications. • Assisting in doing different tests in both the chemistry and microbiology labs, creating reagents and medias, and carrying out calibration for all lab devices. • Responsible for managing supplier complaints, supplier evaluation and registration and managing all required documents. • Planning and participating in supplier audits and evaluation. • Reviewing packaging materials designs including text, artwork, colors, and dimensions. • Attending printing trials accompanying marketing department for all packaging materials to review the approved designs. • Liaise with the warehouse team the implementation of FEFO system. • Conduct regular raw materials audit and warehouse inspection. • Responsible for the documentation, care, safekeeping, orderliness, and replenishment of operational records being handled.
      • Quality Control SpecialistFull Time

        Gazelle Corporation for Food Industries

        Sep 2018 - Dec 2018 -3 months

        Egypt , Giza

        • Job Details:My responsibility was to check olives from different farms/factories from all over Egypt according to the company's specifications by doing a wide variety of physical, chemical, and sensory tests for the product in its different phases.
      • Americana

        • Quality Control SpecialistInternship

          Jul 2017 - Sep 2017 -2 months

          Egypt , Cairo

          • Job Details:I’ve trained as a quality control engineer at Americana Beans company during the summer of 2017. My responsibilities included: • Carrying out all types of analytical tests for all finish products. • Carrying out a wide variety of inspections, checks, tests and sampling for the manufacturing process according to Standard Operating Procedures. • Sensory evaluation for all products (raw materials, intermediates and finish products). • Carrying out calibration for all lab devices. • Ensure the implementation of the hygiene system, validation, verification and documentation. • Assist production and warehouse staff to implement the quality standards.
        • Quality Control SpecialistInternship

          Jun 2016 - Sep 2016 -3 months

          Egypt , Cairo

          • Job Details:I’ve trained as a quality control engineer at Americana Olives company during the summer of 2016. My responsibilities included: • Carrying out all types of analytical tests for the fresh olives. • Carrying out a wide variety of inspections, checks, tests and sampling for the manufacturing process according to Standard Operating Procedures. • Ensure the implementation of the hygiene system, validation, verification and documentation. • Assist production and warehouse staff to implement the quality standards.

        Education

        • Bachelor's Degree in Food Industries

          Al-Azhar University

          Jan 2014 - Jan 2018 - 4 yr

        Skills

        • Procurement
        • Supply Chain
        • Quality Assurance
        • Quality Control
        • Quality Auditing
        • Packaging Design
        • Food Safety Management
        • Cost Reduction
        • GMP
        • HACCP
        View More

        Languages

        • Arabic

          Fluent
        • English

          Advanced

        Training & Certifications

        • EF SET English Certificate (C2 Proficient)

          EF Standard English Test (EF SET)·2021
        • Supply Chain Diploma

          HPA·2020
        • Internal Auditing

          Techno Middle East·2019
        Share this Profile