Candidate

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First Name: Hassan Ahmed
E-Mail Address: hassan1.ahmed@hsbc.com.bd
Country: Bangladesh
Phone: 01817183406
Current Job Designation: Assistant Vice President
Job Designation Applying For: Procurement Manager
Total Years of Experience: 13
Copy your Resume / CV in this box: HASSAN AHMED
 +8801730387645  hassan1.ahmed@hsbc.com.bd  DoB: 23-01-1983
EDUCATION:
Diploma in Sustainable Supply Chain Management Completed: 2022
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Completed: 2005
Specialization: Finance & Banking
Faculty of Business Studies, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
HSBC Bangladesh December-2019 to present
Assistant Vice President, Strategic Sourcing Services
Strategic Sourcing:
Key duties include:
 Leading the IT sourcing projects
 Managing and executing end to end country category and savings plan
 Developing robust supplier base for each sub-category to support annual operating
plan (AOP)
 Supporting country implementation of ESG (Environment, Sustainability and
Governance) in line with Global Supplier Diversity Strategy
 Driving cost management and savings initiatives to achieve country target
Sourcing Operations and Vendor Management:
Key duties include:
 Responsible for third party risk assessment controls in compliance with HSBC
Group and local regulatory requirements.
 Acting as custodian of S2C (Source2Contract) processes and policies.
 Managing financial and non-financial third party risks during contract tenure and
notifying relevant governance forums with remediation plans as part of quality
assurance review.
 Supporting Accounts Payable team as a Reviewer of monthly payment
reconciliation.
 Supporting Group Third Party Risk audit and handling local regulatory queries with
required evidences and system trails.
Key Achievements:
 Country lead for implementation of IBM Emptoris and Coupa systems.
 Successfully delivered several critical sourcing projects, e.g., Data Link
network optimization and BATCH, BEFTN, RTGS enhancements
accompanied by significant cost savings.
 Developed ESG awareness among suppliers and embedded ESG questionnaire
in RFx assessment to support HSBC's Net Zero target by 2030.
INTERNAL
Robi Axiata (BD) Ltd. January, 2015-November, 2019
Manager, Network Procurement
Key duties include:
 Cost Leadership:
o Responsible for achieving annual savings target (cost reduction, cost
avoidance and buying efficiency).
o Responsible for forecasting procurement volume in alignment with
annual business plan.
o Developing long term partnership with strategic suppliers to gain
commercial traction for capex procurement.
 Sourcing Strategy:
o Collaboration with technology user teams to chalk out solution
scope/product specification to source from appropriate supplier.
o Preparing overall negotiation strategy for large deals in collaboration
with Axiata Procurement Centre (APC).
o Preparing monthly 'Spend Report' detailing category and supplier wise
expenditure analysis.
o Conducting Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)/Scenario Analysis to aid
management to make sourcing decision.
o Collaboration with Contract team to finalize contract draft and aid them
with necessary interpretation of contract clauses.
 Logistics:
o Finalize pro forma invoice and map with purchase order items in terms
of quantity, HS code, incoterm and customs duty.
o Working closely with corporate finance to finalise LC terms as per
agreed commercial terms with supplier.
o Tracking and circulating of shipment schedule (mode of shipment,
shipment departure and arrival dates etc.) on a weekly basis.
o Miscellaneous dispute resolution on various logistical issues.
 Governance and Control:
o Responsible to establish and monitor procurement compliance to ensure
transactional governance is strictly adhered to.
o Developed process flow for financial penalty claim across the buying
units [network, IT, general service] to streamline supplier penalty claim
process.
Key Achievements:
 Successfully managed several critical RFQs including countrywide 4G
deployment on time.
 Designed handover and reconciliation governance framework of network
passive items to prevent theft and ensure tracking of site wise material
distribution.
 Achieved USD 4.32M savings through negotiation to deploy Wi-Fi - one of the
strategic projects of Robi Axiata.
 Sourced 'Electrical SFP Module'- a critical network element from alternative
local market saving 56% cost exposure to Robi during 4G launch.
INTERNAL
Specialist, Network Capex Planning Sep-2011 to Dec-2014
Key duties include:
 Managing and allocating capital budgets for BAU and strategic projects.
 Preparing Quarterly Operational Plan (QoP)
 Quarterly budget variance reporting and reconciliation
 Project prioritization exercise as per business plan and ensuring annual Capex
utilization
Key Achievement:
 Ideation of SAP automation to optimize lead time from purchase requisition to
purchase order issuance.
CERTIFICATION & RECOGNITION:
 Certificate on Risk Management issued by Bangladesh Institute of Bank
Management
 Certified Telco professional- in house talent development program by Robi
Axiata
 Certification in Digital Innovation
REFERENCE:
Available upon request
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