Logistics and Warehouse Manager
Al Mana Group
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :24 years, 1 أشهر
Strategic implementation
• Planned, developed, organized, directed, managed and evaluated the operations and logistic budgets of Habitat and Barrisol concepts. Streamlined and reduced supply chain through put cycle time by 12%
• Planned product specific storage and warehouse re-layout that improved storage and material flow.
• Successfully implemented ORACLE ERP E-Business Suite for all linked departments in coordination with implementing partners TranSys Solutions - Dubai.
• Have set the warehouse policies and standards, SOP’s, and 5’S including determination of health and safety procedures in warehousing.
• Streamlined warehouse operating infrastructure, pick and delivery operations, consolidating administrative functions, organizing labor, and enhancing distribution methodology.
• Established key performance indicators, monitoring ongoing performances and set forth improvisation against required goals.
• Assessed, redesigned and led the procurement function, conducted and appraisal of central procurement function, improved strategic sourcing strategies, planned and delivered an major cost reduction program across the complete spend and directly negotiate major agreements covering key spends such as property, consultants, auditors, legal and integrated services for Barrisol and Habitat divisions.
• Implemented lean initiatives resulting in annualized reduction of material purchases by 12.5 % thru Domestic vendor sourcing program; a savings of QAR 800K.
• Designed and implemented logistics for carpentry workshop, planned operations demonstrating cross-functional team leadership participative management.
Job Responsibilities:
• Organizing international logistics through Air, Sea and Land for imports from Europe, Middle East, and Far East.
• Responsible for developing and managing inventory, warehouse operations, supply chain solutions, procurement, and materials flow to meet organizational goals
• Planning delivery timetables expediting logistics to meet project deadlines as well as monitoring stock levels ensuring adequate stocks with minimum inventory levels and JIT Inventories.
• Dealing with multiple freight forwarders, liners and their counter parts to organize shipments of finished goods, projects and Retail sales.
• Reviewing and resolving document discrepancies with suppliers and constant update of regulation changes to them for hassle free customs clearances.
• Managing warehouse operations systems by determining product handling, safe and efficient receipts and storage requirements; developing, implementing, enforcing, and evaluating policies and procedures; developing processes for receiving product, equipment utilization, inventory management, and shipping.
• Ensuring effective function in every step of the process, and ensure that it is free from costly delays and lost sales opportunities.
• Working closely with warehouse staff, purchasing officers, and transport clerks to ensure that the materials and goods arrive and delivered at the distribution center on time.
• Planning and organizing Reverse Logistics and the transfer of materials and goods from suppliers and manufacturers to customers.
• Managing facility and drivers to ensure consolidated commitment to efficiency and customer satisfaction.
• Review purchasing decisions, orders and vendor contracts to ensure requests are met in a timely manner. Address and resolve all order discrepancies immediately to ensure quality and maintain the organization's reputation.
• Playing active role in strategic projects as required.
• Actively participating in the management and submission of various tenders and perform evaluation of bids and provide the pricing in a timely manner and reviewing all estimates before they are being submitted.
• Analyzing previous data related to subcontracts and purchase orders and tender revisions and compiling the relevant reports, helping in the development of guidelines for future estimates.
• Efficiently planned, organized and implemented:
Storage structures, racking and shelving of ground plus 3 levels utilizing space of 52, 000 square meters in cost effective manner for over 70, 000 SKU’s valuing 550 Million Qr
NFPA13 standards in warehouse
Genesis Roll Out Program from present systems to Oracle based WMS and SCP portals thus training staff of 230 people
• Significantly involved in planning and executing:
System Roll Out into Oracle (WMS/RMS/SIM)
• Relocation of scattered warehouses to consolidated ones with least possible damages without effecting the daily operations and customer deliveries
• Effectively increased storage capacity by 70% resulting huge cost saving.
• Played a significant role in inscribing and comprehending logistics and warehouse SOP’s
• Successfully implemented:
Auto replenishments in all retail outlets
Delivery Management Systems to supervise functions such as customer deliveries, customer care, and complaints
Optimum manpower and equipment utilization by scheduling intake of containers on an average of 300 FEU’s per month
Customer service center with all specific metrics, IVR call flow and call recording in order to bestow excellent customer service
• Carried out negotiations of supply contracts and procured resources as well as non-trading items from local suppliers
• Implemented GPS systems and saved cost in fleet management
• Formulated reports for exceptions, transactions, picks, and deliveries while aiming at 100% sell through
• Analyzed inventory as FSN, ABC, XYZ, VED and maintained adequate inventory levels for organizational sales goal.
• Minimized damage and wastage adhering to the inventory level as well as governed the functions so as to restrain the expenses
• Maximized the use of warehouse by promoting stock rotation, intelligent picking directives, automatic consolidation as well as cross docking
• Evaluated the stocks and liquidated the ageing ones on weekly and monthly basis
• Managed, led and trained a team of 16 Specialist Instructors familiarizing them with product knowledge, warehouse specifics, safety, security, etc.
• Efficaciously worked for reducing cost of labor, transportation, vehicle, equipment and material
• Liquidated and improvised process of stock movements as well as replenished showrooms hence facilitating in achieving targeted sales
• Developed Activity, Daily Accomplishments and MIS reports for Team Supervisors to enable self-assessment and to carry out correction
• Actively involved in structuring and organizing:
Regular workshop sessions for carpenters and delivery crews
Training programs for Supervisors and warehouse staff including warehouse specifics, customer service, first aid and fire drills
Key Result Areas:
• Identifying, developing & maintaining local / overseas vendor base for obtaining materials at favorable terms
• Preparing purchase schedules for timely procurement of raw materials and capital equipment to ensure smooth execution of projects
• Preparing annual rate contracts with vendors for stock-able items & ensuring timely renewal of contracts after review
• Supervising logistics operations and ensuring timely execution while adhering to transit guidelines
• Coordinating with Freight forwarders, transporters, C&F Agents and other external agencies to achieve seamless & cost-effective transport solutions
• Maintaining the stock of material without any variance by conducting stock verification and documentation; receipts, issues, accounting and monitoring the inventory of the materials
• Formulating MIS reports relating to material management, cost savings/ vendor quality assurance & transmitting them to the top management for facilitating the decision making process
• Involved in negotiating procedures of 3rd party carriers, couriers and haulage companies
• Successfully managed a team of 311 staff including Managers, Supervisors, drivers, line managers, carpenters and warehouse operatives
• Managed all warehouse operations that deals with all kinds of spare parts that of light and heavy equipment and construction materials.
• Balancing supply and demand factors as well as achieving optimum product availability, asset utilization and supply chain efficiencies
• Ensured proper documentations for store account and auditing the stocks in projects and in the main distribution warehouse with the book quantities.
• Conducted successful stock audits at regular intervals and at the end of the financial year.
• Maintained need-based stock details to ensure uninterrupted supply of stock items to projects and outlets.
• Co-ordination with the finance and accounts departments for costing, purchase invoices and certification of invoices pertaining to inventory and fixed assets.
• Maintained perfect fixed assets register and submitted to the management on its availability at various projects.
• Customizing reports of stock movements (slow, fast and dead) and proposed action plans.
• Contributed for continuous improvements in the system to ensure KPA (Key Performance Areas) of the staff are achieved.
• Planning and assigning the job schedules shift wise to ensure proper warehouse management.
• Trained supervisors and staff and designed the formats for MIS to access them and extract potentials.