Assistant Supply Chain Director
Shawarmer Food Company
Total des années d'expérience :14 years, 10 Mois
Key highlights include ERP implementation, training and development, role restructuring, process reengineering, SOP development, POS integration project management and Direct Store delivery process improvement.
• Driving process adoption and building metrics for tracking business impact
• Strategic and operational ownership of the ERP Transformation project, planning, and rollout
• Formulating plans to communicate, train stakeholders, and implement approved changes
• Optimize TCO by negotiations, contract management, service level and process enhancements.
• Ensuring Team consensus, collaboration and continued development by training and mentoring
Managed the entire team of Supply Chain (Procurement, Warehouses and Logistics). Key duties include organizational restructuring based on individual skills, process improvements, supply risk identification and mitigation, SOP development project management, ERP process development, contract management, inter-department issue resolution, streamlining AP process, ARIBA commerce automation management.
Founder member entrusted with overall responsibility of establishing ‘experience’ restaurants in KSA
Managing complete end to end Supply chain operation, process mapping and IT enablement
Finding supply partners and establishing win-win deals having sustainable DPO terms
Select, implement and manage cost effective ERP and POS solutions
Construction contract management and value mtengineering of cost elements
Hire, train and mentor team members with delegation and macro management
Manage 3PL partner in purchase, storage and distribution
Oversee inventory accuracy and turns with minimal expiries
Inter-departmental communication management
Execute strategic negotiations and supervise local purchases
Manage demand and distribution of products with limited shelf life
Enable business process re-engineering in core supply chain activities
Enhance value by competitive sourcing, shipment consolidation and product standardization
Support operations with accurate and timely products, services and information
Conduct periodic S&OP meetings to ensure consensus planning and forecasting
Train, motivate and manage team members for optimum productivity
Manage Oracle E-business Suite re-implementation, along with POS integration
• Balancing demand fluctuations by supervising re-orders, logistics and customs clearance
• Assure quality of products by maintaining sourcing SOP and quality evaluation
• Ensure the profitability of the category by pricing, inventory control and promotional activities
• Negotiate with strategic suppliers for overall improvement in product value
• Improve supplier relation with periodic interactions and prompt communication
• Prepare, report, and communicate forecast and inventory measurements to management
• Conduct periodic S&OP meetings to achieve consensus among department heads
• Handling the Group stock optimization project, as Project Manager
Designing and generating weekly and monthly statistical forecast reports
Continuously improving forecasting techniques, method, and approach
Relating and measuring the impact of forecast accuracy
Evolving and maintaining documentation and standard operating procedures for demand planning processes and systems.
Conduct current and future forecasting analysis, ensuring forecasting processes and methods are followed.
Assemble and analyze all data pertinent to creating the sales forecast (historical sales, market trends, seasonality, promotions etc).
Establish and utilize best methods (statistical models and software tools) in creating forecasts and respective inventory targets.
Make recommended adjustments to forecast and inventory targets based on changes in demand and market trends.
Manage inventory targets (including safety stock levels) that are approved by management.
Prepare, report, and communicate forecast and inventory measurements to management (forecast accuracy, inventory plan vs. targets).
Monitor SKU levels and recommend SKU rationalization initiatives in the future
Proactively facilitating, re-engineering, best practices & consensus between functional experts
Key Result Areas:
* Responsible for receiving purchase requisitions, maintaining quotations, issuing purchase orders & settling techno-
commercial issues with vendors
* Overseeing quality & timely delivery and coordinating for International logistics & custom clearance
* Functioning as In-charge of International Purchase Group entailing vendors of strategic importance such as BERKER
(Germany), OBZOR (Czech), ELT (Spain), ERCO (Germany), Arealite (Italy), Compact Lighting (UK), Arcluce (Italy), etc.
* Managing the Procurement Division of OEM initiative of the organization, involving strategic sourcing, branding &
marketing activities
* Involved in maintaining minimum level of critical items, while monitoring inventory levels
* Ensuring timely vendor payments, vendor statement reconciliation& budgeting; monitoring annual physical inventories
* Developing & maintaining relationships with existing suppliers and sourcing new suppliers for future products
* Overseeing special purchase activities including fixed assets, consumables and services
* Accountable for:
o Managing inter-company transactions within the holding company
o Assessing consumer buying patterns and predicting future trends
* Organizing training sessions for the Sales & Marketing Team related to low voltage switchgear products and
mentoring the junior staff as well
Highlights:
* Acknowledged as the Youngest Member of the Core Team for SAP Implementation Project in the organization that
went live in May 2014
* Streamlined supply chain operations by preparing business blueprint document with comprehensive process mapping
in sync with PMI standards
* Adulated for preparing SAP MM end-to-end training videos and documents
* Distinction of carrying out cost effective purchases for 6.16 Million USD in the fiscal year 2014 by taking initiatives
such as country level centralized purchasing and strategic source determination
* Spearheaded cost-effective vendor negotiations in 2014 with a cost saving of 680, 000 USD
* Served as in-charge and handled vendor selection, negotiation, contract finalization, quality assurance of material,
packaging, import formalities and logistics
* Proactivelyattendedannualstrategic workshop &brainstorm sessionofthecompanywhichfocuseson redefiningportfolios
Key Result Areas:
* Involved in heading a technical team for successful project execution
* Responsible for coordinating for International material procurement and interfacing with clients & vendors
* Accountable for working in an Oil Platform at Mumbai Offshore
Key Result Areas:
* Liaised with Procurement Department to ensure material availability
* Conducted study of engineering drawings/documents and ensured implementation at site, as required
* Oversaw local purchase of goods and consumables for site activities
* Worked on several engineering drawings & documents related to erection activities (Hook-ups, P&ID Diagrams) and
as per industrial standards
* Monitored erection activities of JBs, Panel Base Frames, Distribution Boards and Power Panels
Pursuing MS from University of Roehampton
Bachelor of Technology in Electrical & Electronics Engineering
