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Mubashar (MO) shahab

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, United Arab Emirates
Function: Procurement
Industry: Leisure, Travel, & Tourism
Category: Executive
Level of responsibility: Other C Level
Procurement system: Other

About me section iconAbout me

Mubashar Shahab is currently employed as Executive Director & Head of Global Procurement with FRHI Hotels & Resorts International (Fairmont, Swissôtel and Raffles Hotels & Resorts) In his current role, he is focused on delivering procurement best practices within the organisation, find and deliver procurement synergy opportunities and implement systems and approaches to improve overall impact in the business. In the past, Shahab has worked in senior procurement, operational and marketing roles across a number of business sectors. Mubashar is passionate about procurement transformation and moving procurement teams from their "process running" past to something more dynamic and engaging. He believes that creating teams who possess the ability to give their colleagues relentless insight in the market is a key to delivering this success and a highly engaged function. He demonstrates forward-thinking abilities to define a clear vision and compelling value proposition that unites business partners, the procurement team and strategic suppliers to follow that vision. Shahab holds an MBA from Pacific Western University in the U.S. and aB-Comdegree from University of Guelph, Canada Follow Mubashar on twitter @Mubashar_shahab

Work experience section iconWork Experience

Executive Director & Head of Global Procurement

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts

January 2008 - Present (16 years, 3 months) | Dubai, UAE
Fairmont Raffles Hotels & Resorts International Inc. is a leader in the global hospitality industry representing distinctive collection operating in 31 countries with diverse portfolio of 118 hotels of well known, highly reputable global brands: Fairmont, Swissôtel, Raffles, Heritage Place and branded Residences After setting up global procurement organization and establishing regional structures, my focus now is to provide overal leadership and procurement expertise to all brands globally and provide procurement leadership for new builds, transitions and major renovations. Manage global procurement teams involving strategic contracting, communications, issue resolution, business analysis, product specifications, logistics, inventory management, research & development, supply chain management and new build support

Education section iconEducation

University of Western Pacific

MBA

1992 - 1996
Executive MBA program
University of Guelph

B-Comm

1983 - 1986
Bergen Community College

Associate Business Degree

1981 - 1983
Dale Carnegie Institute

Human Relations

1990 - 1990
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