Walid Bouazra
About Walid Bouazra
Walid Bouazra is the Global Procurement CoE Manager at ExxonMobil, with extensive experience in supply chain and procurement roles across various global locations.
Current Title and Company
Walid Bouazra is currently serving as the Global Procurement CoE Manager at ExxonMobil. He has been in this role since 2022, and he is based in Prague, Czechia.
Previous Roles at ExxonMobil
Walid Bouazra has held various positions at ExxonMobil over the years. He was the Special Assignment - Global Supply Chain for 1 month in Prague in 2022. From 2020 to 2022, he worked as Supply Chain Operations Manager in Guyana. Prior to that, he served as Inbound Logistics Supervisor in Georgetown, Guyana from 2018 to 2020. In 2017-2018, he was a Global Procurement - Project & Technology Advisor in Prague. From 2014 to 2017, he served as Procurement Supply Chain Manager in Fawley, Hampshire, United Kingdom. Earlier roles included Procurement Supply Chain - Regional Inventory Manager and Project Management - Procurement Business Process Lead among others, primarily in Prague and Houston.
Educational Background
Walid Bouazra has completed multiple educational programs that have enhanced his professional skills. He studied Project Management at BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, and achieved PRINCE2® Foundation & Practitioner in 2017. Additionally, he studied Management at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he completed the ELP - Enterprise Leadership Program in 2014. Earlier in his education, he studied Tourism and achieved a BTP at IMT from 1996 to 1997.
Early Career
In his early career, Walid Bouazra worked as an Event Manager and Chef de Village at various hotels in Turkey from 2001 to 2004. He also held various tourism-related jobs in Tunisia from 1997 to 2000. These roles provided him with significant experience in the hospitality and tourism industry before making his shift to ExxonMobil.