Arslan Ahmed, Logistics Process Improvement Manager

Arslan Ahmed

Logistics Process Improvement Manager

Al Futtaim Retail

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, International Business and Operations Management
Experience
14 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 5 Months

Logistics Process Improvement Manager at Al Futtaim Retail
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since April 2016

Working as a Logistics Process Improvement Manager and reporting directly to the Supply Chain Manager Retail, my role is to initiate and manage process improvement projects, conduct logistics feasibility studies, support new territory and brand introduction activities, and on-going business and development projects.
• Responsible for monitoring the end to end supply chain cost and currently working on the following process improvement projects for bringing down the cost from 3.4% to 2.9% of retail sales:
• Supporting the continuous improvement initiatives of inventory and lead time reduction through implementation of the following projects:
• Continuously working with all the relevant stakeholders (in-house/3PL providers) to implement SLA & contract enhancements to drive cost & operational synergies in order to produce a cost efficient and ‘agile’ supply chain.
• Currently working on the feasibility study for development of a regional semi-automated distribution center in UAE.

Assistant Distribution Center Manager at transmed
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • May 2014 to April 2016

Workedas an Assistant Distribution Centre Manager while reporting directly to the Supply Chain Manager, my core responsibilities include managing the entire warehouse operations for the distribution of P&G and Mars products all across the U.A.E.

Operations Specialist at British American Tobacco
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • September 2013 to March 2014

Responsible to facilitate the end market operations team in the testing and implementation of SAP LE (logistics execution) module.

Assistant Manager Logistics at Unilever Pakistan Limited
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • December 2010 to September 2013

My prime duty was to manage the warehouse and transport operations while ensuring smooth running of Primary/Secondary transport as well as transportation for Raw & Packing Material, including management of liquid cargo with an entire portfolio spanning over 2 Billion Rs. In addition to it, I worked as a Country Process Expert for SAP MM/WM.

Operations Intern at Deutsche Post
  • Germany
  • June 2009 to June 2010

Responsible for assisting the Operations team in streamlining operational activities such as material movement, inventory & warehouse management and transport management.

Education

Master's degree, International Business and Operations Management
  • at Malardalen University
  • June 2009

Malardalen University, Vasteras, Sweden (Aug 2008- Jun 2009)
Master's in Social Sciences
Major - International Business and Operations Management

Bachelor's degree, Software Engineering and Software Project Management
  • at Bahria University
  • January 2005

Bahria University, Islamabad, Pakistan (2001-2005)
Bachelor's in Engineering
Major - Software Engineering and Software Project Management

Specialties & Skills

Warehouse Management
Transportation Planning
Operations Management
Logistic Management
OPERATIONS
PROJECT MANAGER
PROJECT PLANS
TECHNICAL SUPPORT

Languages

English
Expert
Swedish
Beginner
Urdu
Expert

Memberships

APICS (Association for Operations Management)
  • Member
  • June 2009
PMI (Project Management Institute)
  • Member
  • July 2006

Training and Certifications

SAP MM/WM, RF Scanners (Training)
Training Institute:
Accenture
Date Attended:
February 2010
CPIM (Training)
Training Institute:
APICS
Date Attended:
February 2013