Assistant Manager Operation & Trading
Zad Holding Company
Total years of experience :7 years, 6 Months
Zad Holding Company is a shareholding company listed on the Qatar Stock Exchange. The group consists of various subsidiaries with diversified business interests. Operations include manufacturing and distributing fast-moving-consumer-goods (FMCG), trading in grains, real estate management, contracting and logistics services, and production of asphalt & concrete.
Designation Chronology:
• Apr 2019 - Jul 2020: Assistant Manager Operation & Trading
• Aug 2016- Mar 2019: Senior Operation & Trading
• Feb 2015- Aug 2016: Executive Operation & Trading
Assistant Manager Operation & Trading
Accomplishments:
• Registered success of managing imports cargos worth $50 million monthly.
• Played a vital role in maintaining an optimal and strategic stock of wheat and fodder in coordination with the Ministry of Economy and Trade in Qatar
• Transformed processes that saved the company approximately $100, 000 monthly in terms of port & line demurrages and transportation detentions.
Key Accountabilities:
• Providing expertise for all areas of the company’s operations including risk management, stock maintenance, supplier coordination & payments, contracts administration, and governmental liaison.
• Directly contributing to the development and implementation of robust operational strategies to ensure the cost-effective and on-time flow of globally sourced merchandise while managing operational risks.
• Reviewing trade discrepancies, taking immediate action and preparing claims for insurance and government subsidies as required.
• Fostering effective communications with suppliers in other countries for administering contracts and mediating with banks to process timely supplier payments in terms of - LC, CAD, TT, CA and DN.
• Delivering strategic continuous improvement with suppliers and market conditions, performing periodic supplier audits to ensure that waste is being minimized and efficiencies are maximized.
Senior Operation & Trading
Accomplishments:
• Astute negotiator: Negotiated favourable terms with the shipping line, transportation companies, suppliers and agents to achieve the best service at economical rates.
• Seamless handled voluminous trade deliveries of 500-700 containers monthly to the Ministry of Economy and Trade
• Success of managing the first bulk wheat vessel at Hamad port and discharging the first Barley vessel at Hamad port, Qatar.
Key Accountabilities:
• Crafted policies and strategically executed voluminous trade operations, prepared accurate documentation and bids to be submitted to the Ministry of Economy and Trade public tenders.
• Established operational procedures for bulk material handling, bulk vessel operations /prepare shipping documents of import shipments as well as following up with suppliers for shipment and agencies for custom clearances.
• Directed the operational responsibility for the opening of LC and compiling damage goods declaration reports for obtaining insurance claims.
• Insured regulatory requirements and proper documentation, including transit documents and customs clearances.
• Directed operations entailing transportation, logistics and shipment management. Deployed robust logistics support for coordinating optimized full order cycle.
Executive Operation & Trading
Accomplishments:
• Handled broad spectrum of activities for import cargo in trucks & containers and oversaw such as preparing shipping documentation, arranging transportation schedules and resolving various issues for timely arrival and departure of vessels and trucks from the county of origin to the destination.
Key Accountabilities:
• Primarily responsible for managing day-to-day store operations of the Ministry of Economy and Trade.
• Followed up with shipments, administered custom clearance of containers and mediation with the shipping line, courier & transportation companies in compliance with company standards as well as liaising with governmental authorities for the same.
Key Accomplishments & Accountabilities:
• Contributed to periodic stock counting, issuing variance reports, and recommending actions to resolve the same. Additionally, prepared claims for damaged products.
• Interfaced with auditors for evaluating outside warehouses and resolved any discrepancies.
• Prepared all periodic reports including material consumption, stock reconciliation, shrinkage report and recorded all journal entries for inventory on monthly basis.
Bachelor of Commerce, Faculty of Commerce Zagazig University, 2007 to 2011