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Abhilash Mathew, Deputy Manager Logistics

Abhilash Mathew

Deputy Manager Logistics·Petrofac

United Arab Emirates

Master's degree, MBA

Work experience

Total years of experience: 26 years, 10 months

Deputy Manager Logistics

November 2009 - Present

Petrofac

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

November 2009 - Present

Conduct feasibility studies, data analysis, review processes, macro level analysis, suggested improvement actions, gap analysis etc that would translate into reduced throughput time, reduced lead times, reduced operational costs, increased capacity, increased flexibility, increased quality & the implementation of the right logistics & SC strategies
Handled various multi million EPC Projects, currently working in a Project with Logistics Spend over $55 MM.
Develop procedures & set standards Minimize variation & exceptions, optimize processes & optimize execution
Identify potential business risks and problems, report findings to management, and propose potential solutions
Provide KPI analysis, reporting, and presentation of all modes of transportation to monitor and improve the Logistics Management System application performance/effectiveness.
Improve productivity, efficiency, and quality through process redesign and the implementation of new technologies.
Negotiating and finalizing Chartering and Heavy Lift Contracts with Potential Service Providers.
Develop, review and lead SOW and carry out technical evaluation for all related ITT’s
Ensures full awareness and adherence to the company’s HSE policy, standards and procedures, HSEMS.
Ensuring subcontracted services supplied comply with client procedures and international best practices, often in excess of local national regulations.
Monitor and follow up with suppliers to ensure that materials and equipment are delivered by the supplier, collected by the freight forwarder and received at the site ensuring smooth transportation and timely delivery of the finished products.
Responsible for the Project Logistics team & manage all Sub-Contractors and Third Party Service Providers.
Negotiating the services of 3rd party service providers, couriers and haulage companies.
Budget Control, Cost management and reporting.

Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Logistics and Transportation

Procurement & Logistics Specialist

December 2007 - November 2009

Veolia Water Solutions &Technologies (VWS Emirates LLC

United Arab Emirates

December 2007 - November 2009

 Provided guidelines and direction on preparing integrated logistics plans, procedures and policies of logistics support.
 Manage continuous improvement process and best practice implementation and Introduce contingency plans on transportation mode (land, sea or air).
 Contribute to the formulation of Corporate Strategy by developing medium to long-term operational forecasts and leading the company’s strategic logistics planning & budgeting process
 Communicate directly with client’s procurement, materials and logistics managers on logistics support, and collaborate with associates and management to initiate material acquisition and distribution and address associated problems.
 Responsible to select the carriers, transport operators and forwarding agents to implement transportation contracts and issue the transportation contracts by evaluating and negotiating with service providers for logistics services, inland transportation, storage yards and other transportation related external subcontractors.
 Reviewing and monitoring daily and monthly Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) and analysis reports on various measurable factors against benchmarked figures
 Securing that the site warehouse equipment & machinery are maintained and are safe to operate and Ensuring that equipment handlers are properly trained and licensed to prevent work related accidents and all the safety and security procedures and checklists for equipment and warehouse racking are completed on a daily basis.
 Supervising the Inventory Control, Recovery and Warehouse teams to ensure highest level of work efficiency within the budgeted productivity, motivation and control all the operational costs
 Produced outstanding logistic supports, consistency, continuation, material administration, cautious and several other responsibilities based on the logistic programs.

Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Logistics and Transportation

On-Site Logistics Co-ordinator

March 2003 - December 2007

Panalpina Middle East, Dubai U.A.E.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

March 2003 - December 2007

Develops regional logistics plan and set goals related to cost and parts availability with supply chain leadership team and defines logistics performance improvement plans in conjunction with supply chain leadership team.
Tracks and manages logistics performance indicators related cost, quality and delivery of materials and services.
Drive efforts to understand internal customer needs and summarize business requirements as input into enterprise-wide logistics strategy.
To monitor and manage the entire logistics for Middle East & North Africa region logistics from the receipt of sales order acknowledgement till the booking of revenue for Weatherford Completions Division.
Duties include all Logistics functions like Order expediting, preparation of shipping documents, freight forwarding operations, c-ordinations, clearance and delivery, Inventory and Invoicing.
Develops global implementation of distribution best practices such as systems integration and optimisation, inventory control and demand planning.
Drives operational excellence and best practices across the network reducing cost every year.
Making prior arrangements for all orders placed by coordinating with the suppliers & the Freight Forwarders ensuring orders ready are been dispatched and shipped on timely basis meeting the delivery date.
Preparation of monthly revenue forecasts and other monthly billing reports.
To handle shipments moving under L/C with zero discrepancies.
The “key go to go person” for the client and responsible to maintain the account for the overall revenue and profitability generated from the account.

Company industry:
Distribution, Supply Chain & Logistics
Job role:
Logistics and Transportation

Sales Officer

November 2001 - March 2003

Dr.Reddy’s Laboratories (India) Limited, India

India

November 2001 - March 2003

 Promoting, creating demand, and driving growth for innovative existing products and inflow of new products.
 Coordination with the retailers, distributors, carriage and forwarding agents, etc for efficient distribution and push.
 Providing market feedback on aspects like pricing, competition, packing, quality, middleman offer etc based on the regular market survey.
 Visiting all the potential customers in the assigned territory to promote the product and to assure all the products are available in all whole sale/retail outlets to the end customers.
 Making monthly reports on inventory and sales reports in the assigned territory based on various products and to achieve the monthly and quarterly targets on each product, revenue budgets in line with company strategic goals.
 To introduce new products in market by conducting frequent visits to retail outlets.

Company industry:
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Job role:
Sales

Sales Representative-Vacuum Cleaners

May 1998 - July 2000

Eureka Forbes Ltd, Kerala, India

India

May 1998 - July 2000

 Identification and classification of potential customers.
 Achieving revenue budget, maximize sales in line with company strategic goals.
 Sales through demonstration and direct selling to end customers

Company industry:
FMCG
Job role:
Sales

Education

Bharathiar University

May 2002

May 2002

Master's degree, MBA

India

Skills

Service Providers
Expert
Service Providers
Expert
Forwarding
Expert
Forwarding
Expert
Preparation
Expert
Preparation
Expert
Transportation
Expert
Transportation
Expert
Freight
Expert
Freight
Expert
MS Office
Expert
MS Office
Expert
JD Edwards
Intermediate
JD Edwards
Intermediate
Service Providers
Expert
Service Providers
Expert
Forwarding
Expert
Forwarding
Expert
Preparation
Expert
Preparation
Expert
Transportation
Expert
Transportation
Expert
Freight
Expert
Freight
Expert

Languages

English

Expert

Memberships

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na

January 2000