Saji Mathai, Logistics & Warehouse Manager

Saji Mathai

Logistics & Warehouse Manager

RENARTE

Location
United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
Education
Master's degree, International Business
Experience
22 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :22 years, 3 Months

Logistics & Warehouse Manager at RENARTE
  • United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
  • My current job since January 2011

- Introduced Solutions leading to Freight reduction,
shorter Transit time (EXW, FCA, FOB, CPT, CIP,
DPU, DDP) /Worldwide, Cross-trade, GCC /Air,
Sea, Land /LCL, FCL
- Expedite Customs clearance by ensuring
documentation & procedural compliance w.r.t.
Regulatory bodies viz. Dubai Municipality
approval for food contact plasticware
/melamineware; Dubai Media for catalogues
- Save additional statutory costs by ensuring
availability of error free shipping documents
- Minimized damage /missing items in Export
shipments thereby dropping replacement costs
- Execute Export shipments w.r.t. VAT regulations,
Letter of Credit terms
- Facilitate & Organize Cert. of Conformity for
exports in coordination with Intertek w.r.t SABER
(Saudi), KUCAS (Kuwait)
- Set up New purpose driven Warehouse (received
4✯ rating for Sharjah Environment compliance)
- Streamlined Warehousing & Delivery process by
establishing Standard Operation Procedures with
emphasis on ‘5S’ approach thereby reducing
turnaround time /breakage /inaccurate stocks
- Review Critical Inventory tasks viz. Record
keeping /Cycle counts & undertake Annual Stock
Audits
- Strict adherence to Sharjah Municipality /Civil
Defense /Environmental dept. regulatory
compliance & hiring of Waste disposal service
providers

Logistics In Charge at Gulf Dura Industries Ltd.
  • United Arab Emirates - Ras Al Khaimah
  • July 2009 to December 2010

Export:
- Responsible for Price negotiation & Nomination
of Freight forwarders for GCC, Levante
shipments by Air, Sea, Land
- Accurately prepared Invoice /Packing list
- Arranged for Certificate of Origin issuance,
Legalization of documents & Marine insurance
- Draw up Truck /Container Capacity plan in
coordination with warehouse

Import:
- Processed Online Customs duty exemption in
Liaison with Ministry of finance & expedited
Import clearance

Shipping Coordinator at Maritime Industrial Services Co. Ltd. Inc.
  • United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
  • December 2008 to April 2009

- Diligently Coordinated with Freight forwarders &
Overseas Vendors for expediting Import shipments
- Responsible for verifying Shipping documents,
Letter of Credit /Purchase Order drafts for Imports

Asst. Manager at Aspinwall & Co. Ltd
  • India - Delhi
  • October 2001 to October 2008

Benefitted with Comprehensive experience having worked Pan-India viz. Mangalore, Tiruppur-Tuticorin, Coimbatore-Kochi, Bangalore-Chennai-Hyderabad, New Delhi-Mumbai-Mundra Freight Corridors; leveraging broad competencies in Documentation, Operations & Customer Service.

- Responsible for Price negotiation with Carriers,
Air Cargo agents, Custom brokers, Transporters &
Overseas Cargo Agents
- Meticulously carried out documentation and held
‘Power of Attorney’ for Bills of Lading, Air waybill
& Delivery Order
- Accurately updated Receipt /Payment /P&L
Accounting reports for Head Office audits
- Exercised Solutions Oriented approach while
leading the team vis-à-vis Operations & Customer
service

Education

Master's degree, International Business
  • at Cochin University Of Science And Technology
  • September 2001

International Marketing, Foreign Trade, Logistics, Business Law, strategic Management, Forex

Bachelor's degree, Science (Physics)
  • at CMS College, Mahatma Gandhi University
  • April 1998

Specialties & Skills

Warehousing Operations
Logistics Management
Supply Chain Management
BUSINESS STRATEGY
CUSTOMER SERVICE
DOCUMENTATION
MICROSOFT OFFICE
NEGOTIATION
OPERATIONS
ACCOUNTANCY

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Malayalam
Native Speaker
Tamil
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

Warehouse Management & Inventory Control (Training)
Training Institute:
Corporate Institute of Business Management, Dubai
Date Attended:
July 2018
Dubai Customs ‘Mirsal-2 Declarations’ - Webinar (Training)
Training Institute:
Dubaitrade
Date Attended:
February 2021