My journey began with General Economics at King Saud University: understanding the relationship between markets, production and the decisions that make a difference.
My journey began with General Economics at King Saud University: understanding the relationship between markets, production and the decisions that make a difference.
Graduation research: The Impact of Interest Rates on Financial Markets in Saudi Arabia, 1990–2021.
Ideas, made possible.
January – May 2024 · ATAC
During my cooperative training at Asem Taher Arab Consulting, I took economic questions into real projects, contributing to studies of Saudi food security and Riyadh’s warehouse and logistics market.
During my cooperative training at Asem Taher Arab Consulting, I took economic questions into real projects, contributing to studies of Saudi food security and Riyadh’s warehouse and logistics market.
Market analysis, consistent multi-year datasets, and the connection between demand, capacity and economic feasibility.
Human insight. Machine intelligence.
June 2024 – January 2025 · ALLaM
As an economic consultant in AI training, I contributed to developing and evaluating Arabic economic datasets and analytical content for the ALLaM project.
As an economic consultant in AI training, I contributed to developing and evaluating Arabic economic datasets and analytical content for the ALLaM project.
Economic accuracy, language quality and consistency. Domain knowledge is what gives technology its meaning.
Connected thinking. Moving business.
2026 – present · KUDU
After a Tamheer rotation in supply chain and cost accounting from April to July 2026, I moved into my current role as a Procurement Specialist at KUDU.
After a Tamheer rotation in supply chain and cost accounting from April to July 2026, I moved into my current role as a Procurement Specialist at KUDU.
I analyze prices, spend and supplier quotations, coordinate PR/PO follow-up, and prototype reporting automation and connected views of suppliers, inventory and supply risks.
Understanding economies. Informing decisions.
Procurement specialist. Economist by training. Curious by nature.
I’m Ahmed Alobaid. I connect economic thinking, data and AI to understand the bigger picture and turn it into practical work in procurement and supply chains.
Selected work connecting economic thinking and data to practical problems.
A connected view of supply
Concept & prototype · KUDU
A supply chain control tower concept bringing together suppliers, purchase orders, ETAs, received quantities and stock status for searchable visibility into supply risks.
Reporting automation
Oracle
Power BI
Better purchasing starts with reliable data
Procurement analytics
Analysis of purchase price variance, spend and RFQs, with checks on item classification, prices and quantities before they reach management reporting.
PPV
RFQ
Excel
Economics grounded in the real world
Feasibility research · Co-op
Contributions to food self-sufficiency and supply-gap analysis, alongside demand assessment and operational feasibility for rentable warehouses in Riyadh.
Feasibility
Market analysis
Food security
Questions worth pursuing.
At the intersection of economics, technology and organizational decisions.
From Intelligent ERP to Autonomous Supply Networks
A study of how decisions in procurement, planning and logistics may evolve through 2035. It separates documented capabilities from future scenarios and examines delegation, controls and human accountability.
