Shaun Grobler

Experience

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  Grass Links Driving Range

  Apr 2009 - Apr 2010

  Golf Instructer

  Coaching ChildrenCoaching BeginnerCoaching IntermediateManage Pro ShopSalesman at The Pro Shop franchise South Africa

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  Golfers clubs South Africa

  Dec 2012 - Dec 2014

  Salesman\Custom fitting\ Clothing order managment

  Custom Fit Specialist and club Builder and Business development ⦁ Worked closely with management and marketing department to ensure positive market share as well as strong margins were achieved.⦁ Assistance in Club building for Callaway at Dubai Desert Classic⦁ Collaborated with vendors to ensure inventory management was always at optimum levels. ⦁ Communicated, negotiated and implemented sales strategies which lead to significant growth in sales. ⦁ Golf equipment purchasing component building, fitting, technology expert and consultant.⦁ Brand management and product showing, sales and consulting.⦁ Coordinate with suppliers to ensure goods are delivered on time.⦁ Managed purchase orders and approvals for various brands equipment stock. Show less

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  The Address Montgomerie Dubai

  Oct 2014 - Mar 2015

  Operations Supervisor

  ⦁ Manage 30 staff members.⦁ Responsible for all outside course operations.⦁ Handled customer satisfaction complaints.⦁ In charge of team building and motivation

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  Golf House UAE

  Mar 2015 - Oct 2016

  Custom Fit Specialist and Hardware sales

  Golf House Middle East is the biggest golf retail franchise in the UAE. Successfully exceeded sales ROI targets and brought in revenues over 1.1 Million dirhams between March 2015 till March 2016 in first year of selling in a non-store environment.⦁ Worked closely with management and marketing department to ensure positive market share as well as strong margins were achieved.⦁ Assistance in Club building for Callaway at Dubai Desert Classic⦁ Collaborated with vendors to ensure inventory management was always at optimum levels. ⦁ Communicated, negotiated and implemented sales strategies which lead to significant growth in sales. ⦁ Golf equipment purchasing component building, fitting, technology expert and consultant.⦁ Brand management and product showing, sales and consulting.⦁ Coordinate with suppliers to ensure goods are delivered on time.⦁ Managed purchase orders and approvals for various brands equipment stock.⦁ Coordinate Callaway hardware demo days Show less

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  Egolf megastores

  Oct 2016 - Oct 2017

  Club Fitment specialist\ Hardware sales\Order managment

  Senior Custom Fit specialist ⦁ Leading Salesman and head of equipment consultation for Al Qouz branch.⦁ Assistance in brand management for Cobra Puma Golf, order management and brand logistics.⦁ Followed-up delivery schedules, payments and invoice queries.⦁ Channel managed, negotiated and handled all order management for hardware brands.⦁ Responsible for implementing, driving and advancing the Callaway, Srixon and Cobra Puma brands.⦁ Review Purchase orders and approve before ordering.⦁ Head PXG, Callaway, Srixon and Cobra club builder for Al Qouz branch⦁ Head of Custom fitting for Al Qouz branch and Senior Fitting specialist for Egolf Megastore LLC Show less

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  Carrier

  Oct 2017 - Apr 2023

  Current Responsibility for UAE-Qatar-Kuwait- Saudi Arabia- Oversee regional subcontracting activities.- Ensuring regional procurement process standardization and re-engineering.- Ensuring procurement strategies are in place.- Frame agreement establishment. - KPI development.- Automation identification and implementation for procurement process.- Operational procurement process development, improvement and measurement.- Supplier selection, onboarding process management and supplier performance evaluation.- Key account project negation (high value and complex)- Regional cost reduction initiative lead for subcontracting procurement.- Supplier Management specialist. Show less Managing all Sub- Contracting activities related to procurement in the UAE as well as procurement process improvement for the GCC region.Process refinement and improvement project lead for Subcontracting and outsourcing for GCC Region. Stake holder management and informing stake holders of initiative progress as well as extracting information for further initiative development.Work closely with suppliers continuously improving sourcing commitments and providing sustainable procurement solutions. Identify areas to rate carded to improve internal turn around time and price competitiveness. Training regional procurement officers to implement best practices.Implementing Automation strategies to improve customer experience and to lean out internal and external costs. Continuously striving for new business development opportunities to increase business portfolio and improve services and purchase options for customers. Current responsibilities and experience:• Quality and Process Refinements lead.• Regional initiative lead, automation identification and mass rate contract developments.• Subcontracting procurement activity management.• End to end procurement management.• Project procurement management. • KPI reporting and development.• Strategic sourcing.• Regional Lead on cost reduction projects for subcontracting activities.• Vendor relationship management • 15-20M$ category spend management.• Frame agreement development and policy support.Key Achievements:- YOY cost reduction targets achieved - Implementation of numerous Subcontracting strategies.- Earning best practice acknowledgements.- Automation Identification. Show less Purchase Officer Managing Spare Parts & Finished Goods orders.Process refinement and improvement lead for internal entity and department. Work closely with suppliers continuously negotiating and improving pricing & payment terms to generate maximum revenue and manage outsourced costs.Manage customers ensuring best ethical procedures are adopted. Focus on customer service within in company policy to adopt best practice for both company and customer. Continuously striving for new business development opportunities to increase business portfolio and improve services and purchase options for customers. Work with suppliers and manage preferred vendors projects buy evaluating market pricing, service, ethics and compliance, business history, staff qualification, Health & Safety, business capacity and running back round checks.Continuously working on improving RFQ response time through semi automations with suppliers creating efficiency and less delays on business operations.Use SAP to extract data to monitor purchase activities and find areas of improvement and process KPIs.Current responsibilities and experience:- Finished Goods order management (high value orders)- Parts order Management (high value orders)- Subcontracting procurement support.- Knowledge in SAP and currently working with SAP systems- KPI reporting.- Inventory Management - Vendor Registration- Vendor Evaluations - PO Creations and amendments - Basic Monthly forecasting - Intermediate excel experience- Spare Parts & Finished Goods Demand Planning & Forecast assistance. Show less

  • Senior Purchase & Regional Subcontracting Lead Coordinator

    Jun 2022 - Apr 2023

  • Senior Purchasing Officer

    Nov 2020 - Apr 2023

  • Purchase Officer

    Oct 2017 - Nov 2020
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  Carrier Middle East

  Apr 2023 - now

  Regional Procurement & Subcontracting Manager

  • Oversee regional Procurement & subcontracting services.• Drive category growth through procurement support.• Manage and build sustainable procurement processes for multiple categories.• Ensuring procurement strategies are in place for category growth and requirements.• Procurement policies & contract development. • KPI development.• Automation identification & continuous improvement lead.• Operational procurement process development, improvement, and measurement.• Supplier selection, onboarding process management and supplier performance evaluation.• Key account project negation (high value and complex)• Category cost reduction lead.• Supplier management specialist.• Supplier Relationship management.• Facilities Management and maintenance control.• Supply Chain Projects lead & Support. Show less

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  Otis Elevator Co.

  Apr 2024 - now

  Procurement Manager, Gulf Region