Afzal Alam, Head

Afzal Alam

Head

SS Supply Chain

Location
India - Delhi
Education
High school or equivalent, Marketing
Experience
11 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :11 years, 10 Months

Head at SS Supply Chain
  • India
  • My current job since January 2022

Hands on experience in managing Automotive Supply Chain (Michelin Tyres, Motocare India, Bosch Chassis Systems); Retail Supply Chain (Walmart, Sahara Q Shop - FMCG, ) Consumer Durables & Electricals (Fujitsu O-General, Eltech Appliances, Orient Electric, Crompton, Bharat Bijlee), Home Decor and Lifestyle (Goodearth), and Chep India, E Commerce, Dark Store Operations (Instakart, Flipkart)
•Deft in managing logistics requirement on National Level, identifying & negotiating various transport contracts for long-hauls, intercity & Air/Surface Cargo movements and handling daily dispatches, Last Mile Deliveries with utmost accuracy.
•Strong entrepreneurial abilities in manoeuvring entire 3PL operations for client with effective top line/bottom line numbers.
•Capability to build & sustain culture of Quality & Cost Optimization.
•Instrumental in handling External Audits done by third party (Deloitte, PWC, etc.) for the customer.
•A leader with strong relationship management skills to conceptualize & modify present system to optimize resources
•Skill set of managing excisable & custom bonded warehouses, export management.
•Instrumental in implementing ERP, WMS & Microsoft Dynamics CRM across India




Core Competencies

E Commerce Operation Supply Chain Management Contract Management
Inventory Management Warehouse Management Key Account Management
SLA Management Primary & Secondary Transportation Logistics Operations
Order Management Vendor Development Transport Management

•Negotiating with Vendors for all customized transport solution like Air, Surface Express & Conventional cargo movements
•Finalizing freight & contracts for long-haul
•Monitoring complete Statutory Document requirements pertaining to Sales Tax for domestic movement of goods
•Identifying and developing potential vendors / suppliers for achieving cost effectiveness; assessing performance of the vendors based on their competitiveness, financial capabilities and productivity
•Creating Scope of Work (SOW) Documents & defining pricing requirements based on models of requirements
•Tracking & maintaining minimum inventory levels in the warehouses based on sales trend, thereby ensuring optimum use of Warehouse Space
•Ensuring the timely response of customer’s query, ensuring quality related to Document Management,
•Assuring Inventory Accuracy & Bin Accuracy in Warehouses
•Managing excisable & non excisable, custom bonded warehouses
•Sound knowledge of order management and stock deployment.
•Commercials of warehousing and transportation and solution design for supply chain.

AGM at Synchronized Supply Systems Ltd
  • India
  • December 2019 to January 2022

Key Accounts & Operations
Role:
•Leading a team and owns account of customers spread across various verticals - Automotives, Consumer Electronics, FMCG, Consumer Durables
•Operations lead for the accounts handled - Managing WH operations-Inward, Put away, GRN, Outward, Resource Planning, Operations Support
•Act as Key Point of contact for all customers and working closely with cross functional department to address issues impacting customer.
•Revenue Growth and P&L Of the Portfolios handled
•Costing, Negotiations and Contract Sign offs
•Retaining and growing existing base of business
•Driving performances and Service levels
•Engaging customers in monthly, quarterly and annual business reviews
•Managing Billing, Collections and reconciliation of portfolios handled
•Ensuring SOPs are followed and service level agreements are met.
•Handling customer escalation - preparing RCA and providing solutions to customer

Manager at DHL Supply Chain India Pvt. Ltd
  • India
  • August 2013 to December 2019
Warehouse Manager at Siesta Logistics Corp Pvt Ltd
  • India
  • January 2013 to August 2013

Shara Q Shop Project):

•Organize all activities & assign jobs accordingly for staff.
•Setup layout & space management; work organization chart; procedures such as SOP, 5S.
•Manage stock - Receipt, storage, retrieval and timely delivery of goods; shipment loading & transferring; document recording and data entry into system.
•Planning, organizing and controlling of Warehouse’ over-all operations.
•Constantly plan out all warehouse resources and activities in relation to company objectives and set targets.
•Make plans to develop staffs of warehouse by internal/on-job training.
•Ensure that workplace’s health and safety requirements are met and take responsibility for the security of the building and stock.
•Maintain housekeeping of warehouse and surrounding area.
•Issue Inventory report, IN/OUT status report, dead stock report, goods age report, consumption report, manpower status report.
•Managing overall profitability of the warehouse.

Executive - Operations at Safexpress Private Limited
  • India
  • July 2012 to January 2013

•Delivery Operations - Planning & prioritizing delivery, collection of proof of delivery, undelivered reasons, managing accounts receiveables (To Pay, DOD, COD)
•Inventory Control & Warehouse Mangement: Regular stock taking (Physical, Waybill & System stocks) for stock audit purpose and economical utilization of bay areas
•Delivery Customer Management - Pre-notification on inventory, Pre-alerting Hub Operations, Undelivered inventory management, Exceptions Management, Customer Communications and generating reports
•Transhipment operations -Network arrivals & departures, loading & unloading, documentation and statutory requirments, making short excess & unconnected reports.

Education

High school or equivalent, Marketing
  • at CBSE
  • June 2022

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Master's degree, Marketing
  • at Fortune Institute of International Business
  • January 2012

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High school or equivalent, Marketing
  • at Fortune Institute of International Business
  • January 2012

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Bachelor's degree, Marketing
  • at DAV Institute of Managemen
  • January 2010

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High school or equivalent, Marketing
  • at St. Xavier’s Jr./Sr. SchoolCBSE
  • January 2005

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High school or equivalent, Marketing
  • at St. Xavier’s Jr./Sr. School
  • January 2003

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Specialties & Skills

Inventory Control
Transportation
Supply Chain Management
Logistics Management
Warehouse Management
MANAGEMENT
BILLING
CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
DELIVERY
DRIVING
FUNCTIONAL
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
NEGOTIATION
BUDGETING

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