ARAMIDE AHMED

I am an experienced professional with a track record of 4+ years of helping organizations maintain their supply chain structures, proffering solutions, proactive business partner management and building business systems with a focus on sustainability, profitability and revenue growth. In addition, I have been able to manage over a million purchases as well as optimal output across the operations value chain in line with the strategic business goals.

AIRTEL NIGERIA| LAGOS, NIGERIA                                                                                                                     

February 2022 – Till Date

Sector: Telecommunications

Sourcing Specialist (IT, VAS, Marketing & General Services)

Provides professional and strategic end to end sourcing services in the areas of VAS, IT, marketing and General Services, which are fit for purpose and in line with the company objectives by optimizing costs throughout the product life-cycle and proactive business partner management.

1. Manage the end to end Purchase Order process for procurement of goods and services within their area of responsibility in line with approved purchasing requests.

• The first point of contact to end users and sourcing and procurement of quality goods and services in a timely manner and at competitive prices.
• Manage end to end procurement process from need identification to delivery and payment of vendors.
• Ensuring prices are in line with NCC/NOTAP regulatory requirements and maintaining integrity and SLA compliance during the vendor selection and contracting process
• Detailed price negotiations using quotes as benchmark
• Business Partner identification and prequalification

1. Business Partner Performance Evaluation and Management

• Responsible for business partner performance evaluation and monitoring
• Provide support to business functions in managing the contract execution and ensuring compliance with contractual SLA and KPI’s
• Manage business partner dispute resolutions and partner satisfaction survey process
• Manages vendor relationships in accordance with company guidelines, to support the realization of agreed procurement contracts & timelines for delivery

1. The use of Enterprise Resource Planning Software for vendor negotiations and tracking movement of goods purchased from vendor to the business, investigating bottlenecks and ensuring resolution to ensure quick delivery of goods purchased
2. Efficient resolution of procurement issues related to vendor invoices with the Account payables in other to ensure prompt payment.

AIRTEL NIGERIA| LAGOS, NIGERIA                                                                                                                     

August 2019 – January 2022

Sector: Telecommunications

Procurement/Administrative Assistant

Functions:

• Facilitate and accelerate business relationship with customers and actively listen and engage in conversion with customers to uncover relevant information, resources and solutions.
• Evaluate and ensure that vendor performance meets or exceeds defined performance standards and adheres to overall company policies and procedures.
• Explorer of alternatives to reach outcomes that gain all parties support and acceptance; striving for outcomes that are a win-win for all parties involved.
• Effective Communication of Company standards and specifications to supply base & using cross functional objectives to achieve the business plan.
• Initiates purchase requisition for both CAPEX & OPEX transactions, providing justification for expenditure while ensuring budgetary compliance for the business.
• The use of Enterprise Resource Planning Software to ensure timely conversion process of purchase requisition to purchase order by ensuring approval across different departments within the business and tracking movement of goods purchased from vendor to the business, investigating bottlenecks and ensuring resolution to ensure quick delivery of goods purchased.
• Documentation and analysis of purchases planning and budgetary control information relating to Networks expenses by collecting, analysing and summarizing data & trends.
• Ensures the Networks department budget is spent in line with approved budget using traditional or incremental budgeting method.

PONTUS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED | JABI, ABUJA, NIGERIA                                                                                                     August 2019- June 2020

Sector: Renewable Energy 

Administrative Manager

Achievements;

As an Administrative Manager, I have assisted in sourcing & headhunting for qualified candidates through the use of LinkedIn, a unique database, and referral Networks. I have also worked on some mid-level to top management executive roles alone with supervision, they include; Facility Manager & Sales Manager.

Functions:

• Ensured staff recruitment, training and performance management by allocating responsibilities and ensuring effective results while building organization culture towards policy compliance

• Managed diaries, events, conferences, staff itinerant and organized meetings and appointments, often controlling access to the manager/executive while concurrently managing top-bottom information flow

• Documentation, analysis and presentation of daily reports on expenditure within the company consequentially guided decision made 

EDUCATING NIGERIAN GIRLS IN NEW ENTERPRISES| ABUJA, NIGERIA                                                                                                   

August 2019- June 2020

Sector: Social Services 

Learning Coach

Functions:

• Data processing, filing, envelope stuffing and mailing
• Administrative duties
• Increased awareness of the Girl-child education
• Contributed to the mental development of the Girl-child

TEENS ENABLING & ENLIGHTENMENT CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, ABUJA NIGERIA                                                                                                    June 2016-September 2017

Sector: Social Services 

Human Resource Assistant 

Functions:

• Recruited and trained new volunteers. My major achievement was successfully training about 20 volunteers on how to hold an Audition for teenagers.
• Dedicated to improving the physical, social, and economic and mental development of teenagers, utilizing available resources.
• Facilitated Entrepreneurship, Sports Arts and Community Service projects.

• Bachelor of Science, Political Science (2ndClass Upper Division) University of Abuja, January 2018
• Graduate Member – Quality Management Certificates, Rahn Westley Institute of Management, October 2019
• Student Member (In Progress) (Level 4) Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) - Dec 2020 – Till Date.
• Masters Student – University of Lagos – (MBA)- Masters in Business Administration 
• E-Learning: Supply Chain Principles, Georgia Institute of Technology (Cousera) – July 2020