Arwa Ahmed, MBA

Arwa Ahmed, MBA

North Gulf Sourcing Manager @ Baker Hughes

About

Procurement and Sourcing professional and Strategic Supply Chain Leader with extensive experience driving commercial excellence across Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar, and Turkey within the oil and gas sector. Lead multi-country procurement operations with full accountability for sourcing strategy, governance, cost optimization, risk mitigation, and supplier performance at scale. Trusted advisor to senior leadership, aligning procurement strategy with corporate objectives to enhance profitability, strengthen compliance frameworks, and build resilient supply networks in complex and high-growth markets. Proven success in leading transformation initiatives, implementing robust internal controls, and delivering measurable cost savings while maintaining operational continuity.

Country

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City

Kuwait

Industry

Oil & Energy

Skill

SAP ERP, Hyperion, Cost Reduction, SAP Ariba, Communication, Microsoft Excel, HFM, SAP, Essbase, PowerPoint, Financial Analysis, Financial Audits, Compliance, General Ledger, Invoicing, Leadership, Auditing, Internal Audit, Cost Accounting, Variance Analysis

Experience

Baker Hughes

North Gulf Sourcing Manager

Baker Hughes

LinkedIn
2024-8 - Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

Kuwait

Baker Hughes

Sourcing Manager

Baker Hughes

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2014-6 - 2024-7 · 10 yrs 2 mos

Kuwait

-Determine high spend categories & high spend vendors by running a quarterly spend analysis -Tendering for high spend categories using BHI standard tendering procedures -Support operations in tendering services or equipment for new and potential client's contracts -Ensure compliance with BHI procurement guidelines -Minimize non-PO transactions as per guidelines -Generate savings for the country as agreed objectives -Monthly report of highlights, low lights and savings. Also to include a brief summary on next month plan -Manage directly reporting buyers & ensure adequate delivery timings -Manage main suppliers relationships -Perform quarterly suppliers audit along with other departments (HSE&S, finance...) -Obtain & analyze quotations and negotiate total cost elements for assigned portfolio. -Participate in or lead supplier certification and quality system review efforts -Use measurement tools and monitor supplier performance. -Health, Safety & Environment: Ensure full compliance with HSE policies, in all aspects of the Supply Chain activity. -Support regional team in achieving country KPI's as well as responding positively to all initiatives which benefits the country.

Baker Hughes

Regional Senior Accountant

Baker Hughes

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2012-2 - 2014-5 · 2 yrs 4 mos

UAE - Dubai

- Directly responsible in ensuring that Revenue accruals and actual are prepared in line with BH Policy, standard processes and Accounting rules and conventions. This includes journal reviews of month end adjustments and accruals and other adjustments/accruals as required. Ensuring the related costs of revenue and other associated accounting entries are correctly posted. - Set up contract validation structure, standard templates and processes and supervise team for executing the task and ensuring compliance of accounting with contract clauses. - Conduct related GL closing activities ensuring that they are completed in time and accordance to the set guidelines - Variance analysis during month to identify differences from accrual to actual numbers and correcting errors. Tracing the source of any errors and putting in place measure to stop re-occurrences. Propose corrective action to bring the team back on plan. Contact relevant Customer Services / Country Accounting Center personnel to highlight significant variance to accrual to further ensure no errors on actual have occurred. - Prepare, document and keep up to date processes for Revenue accounting role. - Approve and Review the monthly balance sheet reconciliations prepared by the BHI team and Accenture. Provide advice and support to the team with regards to correcting entries required. - SAP analysis of various co. codes which involves analysis of other general accounts as well on a regular basis and advising improvements and corrective actions. - Assist and support other EFO teams/groups as required - Work closely with External and Internal Auditors to assist in completion of all audits.

Baker Hughes

Senior Reporting Accountant

Baker Hughes

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2006-9 - 2012-1 · 5 yrs 5 mos

Egypt

- All types of AR / AP reports: AR / AP Aging trade and IC statements, Inventory shipped not billed reports, Balance sheet, Trial Balance and P&L reports. - HFM and Essbase. - Make sure of the “accounting manual” completion - Validating the implementation of all deployed processes and documenting deviations to standard. - Continuous focus on all areas of Compliance including: o Identification of the weakness areas. o Providing the required training and awareness to develop good understanding and practices of policies and EFO processes. o Performing regular compliance reviews and providing training and awareness as required. o Creating mitigating controls as required with proper documentation. - Ensure the completion of monthly , quarterly and yearly reports and meeting the deadline for these reports (Quarter Pack, Audit Pack, Month end reports,...) and respond to related - Checking and validating monthly accrued revenue entries before posting and make sure that full backups are attached. - Reconcile current month invoices against prior month accruals with highlighting on material differences for justification inquiry from operations. - Revenue Invoices samples selection for validation of invoices against contract terms and highlights material differences and ask for justification from operations. - Reviewing and posting close journal entries and making sure they tie with the trial balance and the reporting system (HFM). - Analyzes financial statements and reports. - Prepare Monthly balance sheet reconciliation. - Preparing the monthly payroll for over than 400 employees - Preparing the monthly Intercompany rebilling invoices. - Day-to-day revenue accounting of Mud logging/ Drilling/MWD and coring invoices to customers. - Monthly Revenue analysis report. - Responsible for the inter-divisional billing reports, preparing accounting statements and reports related to billing.

Education

Ain Shams University

Ain Shams University

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ESLSCA University

ESLSCA University

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Paris ESLSCA Business School

Paris ESLSCA Business School

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Paris ESLSCA Business School

Paris ESLSCA Business School

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Business Administration and Management, General

2009 - 2011 · 2 yrs
Ain Shams University

Ain Shams University

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