Marsel Husein

Experience

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  European Parliament

  Mar 2011 - May 2011

  Trainee
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  Sofica Group, a TeleTech Company

  Apr 2012 - Jul 2016

  • Execute planning actions to support products throughout their life cycle; build and execute a purchase plan with the relevant suppliers.• Create robust forward looking materials plan which encompasses historical demand, new product demand signal and exceptional demand signal for purchase execution. Ensure the data used is accurate and up-to-date.• Extreme focus on shortage parts; take actions to ensure fast recovery. Provide expected delivery date to customers.• Minimize material cost and inventory through managing the fine balance between buying new parts and repairing defectives.• Ensure all purchase orders are executed on timely manner with appropriate acknowledgement responses from suppliers.• Negotiate with suppliers to ensure shipment schedule will be met, or adjusted when needed, to fulfill the materials plan.• Monitor that all shipments are received into stock timely and all shipment documentation is available. Resolve warehouse receiving issues in due time.• Resolve invoice and payment issues with suppliers.• Produce supplier performance reports; take corrective actions as required.• Responsible to achieve a balanced performance on parts availability, inventory level and cost, executing actions to ensure quick recovery to off-goal situations.• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on part-rolls and quality issues to minimize impact to parts availability and inventory level.• Explore and propose opportunities for systems & processes enhancement. Show less • Ensuring that every option for resolving escalations is checked including expediting supply with Tower planning organizations, investigating resource sharing options, purchasing from alternative HP sites, or broker market purchasing• Ensuring implementation of best in class processes and procedures• Providing best in class communication to our customers and cross functional groups to set the correct expectation• Ensuring that material purchased is from proven sources, within financial expectation and of the quality expected• Contributing to continuous supplier performance management• Building and maintaining relationships with our customers and business partners• Building and maintaining relationships with internal groups to optimise customer satisfaction• Analyzing all complex non-performance issues and initiating appropriate actions• Handling complex non-standard requests Show less

  • Central Planner

    Feb 2014 - Jul 2016

  • Exception Coordinator / Buyer

    Apr 2012 - Feb 2014
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  IBM

  Jul 2016 - Apr 2023

  • Acting as main supplier contact for all Procurement related project activities• Performing financial analysis and RFPs for all changes (technical reasons, bandwidth changes, divestitures and mergers, new requirements...)• Procurement reporting (project view)• Main Procurement interface for the infrastructure teams• Support to get the remaining MSAs signed• Coordinate cancellation and new ordering tasks in the required time line• Prepare and initiate local ordering of new services following client Request and Order Management processes• Support related contracts management• Ad-hoc reviews and reporting on request Show less • Manage the respective Supplier Relationship Management supplier portfolio including project plans, monthly reporting and providing regular updates to relevant stakeholders.• Lead all associated meetings, workshops and collaborative events required to support and improve the existing relationship with the supplier as well as learning about their new capabilities and technological improvements.• Provide ongoing operational support and help support both stakeholder’s and supplier’s escalations.• Co-ordinate and maintain a working calendar of meetings to discuss and resolve ongoing opportunities, changes, escalations and invoicing and debt related issues.• Negotiating and updating terms and conditions of valid contracts in accordance with the company’s guidelines and latest regulations. Show less • Procuring goods and services for Telecom products and services;• Perform and evaluate source solicitations including RFQ/RFP/RFI;• Perform and analyze periodic and ad hoc procurement reports from various procurement systems (i.e PBII, Emptoris, SAP, BonD, Ariba);• Perform cost structure analysis and negotiate best price with suppliers;• Understand the telecommunication service types (WAN, LAN, Mobility, Audio conferencing);• Drive and achieve cost saving for sourcing program and purchase opportunity;• Seek out opportunities to introduce process improvements to drive efficiency;• Build strong, strategic supplier relationships and measure/analyze supplier performance and quality;• Develop, maintain and manage collaborative client relationship;• Drafting agreements with newly established suppliers using pre-defined templates;• Working with legal to ensure IBM’s risk is mitigated;• Ensure end to end understanding of IBM procurement policies and practice and be able to intelligently articulate such processes with our internal stakeholder and supplier;• Annual reviews of the running contracts. Show less

  • IPS Procurement Sourcing Professional

    Jan 2021 - Apr 2023

  • Supplier Relationship Manager

    Jan 2018 - Apr 2023

  • Telecommunications Sourcing Buyer

    Jul 2016 - Jan 2021
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  Sastrify

  Apr 2023 - Oct 2023

  SaaS/IT Procurement Specialist

  • Collaborating with CSMs to organize and prioritize tickets related to SaaS purchasing activities & for strategic alignment and escalation• Understanding our customers' purchasing needs and requirements• Researching, suggesting, selecting and purchasing SaaS• Building relationships with vendors and negotiating with them in the best interest of our clients• Acting as a facilitator and building strong relationships with customers and vendors• Capturing, documenting and sharing SaaS knowledge inside as well as outside of our organization Show less

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  NielsenIQ

  Mar 2024 - now

  Global Category Manager

  • Category Sourcing Plan: Managing and leading global category initiatives and projects; analyzing the supply market; understanding internal demand and external best practices; identifying strategic sourcing options; leading tender processes; standardizing specifications; supporting the development of innovative programs, .• Contract Development: Leading contract negotiations; creating negotiation plans; ensuring adherence to signing authorities; communicating contracts to stakeholders.• Supplier Development: Conducting performance reviews, monitoring and managing supplier performance, specification development and demand management; developing alternative suppliers; implementing contract KPIs; managing supplier risks and conduct regular business reviews.• Contract Lifecycle Management: Monitoring and supporting supplier compliance and performance; assisting local sites with global contract adherence. Show less