Asad Sohaib,

Asad Sohaib

Descon Engineering Qatar L.L.C

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
Experience
22 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :22 years, 8 Months

at Descon Engineering Qatar L.L.C
  • Qatar
  • January 2008 to August 2014

2008-Present Descon Engineering Qatar L.L.C 06 years experience

at The General Tyre & Rubber Co. of Pakistan
  • January 1999 to January 2008

1999-2008 The General Tyre & Rubber Co. of Pakistan 10 years experience

at Pak Land Cement
  • January 1996 to January 1999

1996-1999 Pak Land Cement 04 years experience

at Pakistan Slag Cement
  • January 1994 to January 1996

1994-1996 Pakistan Slag Cement 03 years experience

Assistant Manager Projects at M & J Engineering Ltd
  • January 1992 to January 1994

1992-1994 M & J Engineering Ltd. 03 year experience


Key exposure:
Descon Engineering Qatar LLC (06 years continue): Head Office & Projects:Procurement, SubContracting, Services, Warehousing & Asset Management: Responsible for procurement, hiring of rental equipment for EPC Projects and Warehousing with the following oil & gas sector.
Working as In-charge Commercial: a) Shell Pearl GTL Project in Ras Laffan Industrial City
b) Barzan Gas Onshore Project in Ras Laffan Industrial City
c) Platue Maintenance Project in Ras Laffan Industrial City

Key responsibilities are as here under: • Reporting administratively to Country Head (Qatar Business Area) and functionally to Sr. Manager Commercial & handled 150 team members.
• Adhere to Company rules, regulations, Purchasing policy and procedures
• Evaluate suppliers against prequalification so that order can be placed to qualified vendors.
• Approving Purchase Orders (local & foreign) after reviewing technically and commercially.
• Identify cost effective sources for material procurement in order to purchase material from local & overseas market.
• Conduct effective negotiation for rates, and terms of payments, delivery time, and material availability, quality of material and mode of delivery.
• Preparation of comparative statement, and selection of the most appropriate offer in terms of quality, service, delivery time, past experience & lowest price.
• Negotiate to establish rate running contracts regarding bulk procurement.
• Keep a track of pending orders and expedite them with the respective supplier by expediting report.
• Well knowledge of Inco terms, custom regulation, handling and local transportation
• Daily screening of release orders against the requests.
• Monitor timely submission of payments, advice to finance to release the payments and reconcile the payment with finance.
• Cost reduction benefits in terms of discount, direct approach to manufacturer.
• Cost reduction benefits in changing of advances payments into credit terms.
• Reduce the cash purchase into issuing purchase order in terms of credit/ minimum advance.
• Developing new vendors list through global source.
• Strong co-ordination with technical team / end user for providing required service & support under the umbrella of Procurement Manager Qatar Business Area.
• Doing working in SMART software related to Commercial.
• As and when required basis, doing, and other tasks, like rental & hiring of equipments and sub-contracting matters which require essentially the same level of skill and responsibility.
The General Tyre & Rubber Company of Pakistan (10 Years): Worked as "Sr. Planning & Import Engineer"
• Manage a team of four members in "Maintenance Planning Centre" & eight team members in "Procurement Dept".
• Set inventory frequency levels of material through supply chain management systems (in maintenance planning)
• Set re-ordering levels of raw materials (in maintenance planning)
• Technically evaluate of item/ material requirements & if necessary check with vendors directly through correspondence and visit at vendors premises (in maintenance planning)
• Carry out inspection of material in Warehouse (in maintenance planning)
• Coordination with procurement team to manage in time delivery of material, machinery & raw material etc. for all sections e.g Green Tyre Area, Rough Area & Final Finish Area (in maintenance planning)
• Receiving indents & requirements through AS 400 software in system (in procurement)
• Reviewing purchase orders and follows up Finance for payments e.g. LC, TT, etc. (in procurement)
• Internationally coordinate shipments through clearing agents & freight forwarders (in procurement)
• Cost effective procedures been adopted to minimize overheads (in procurement)
• As a key team member of department - set goals and objectives of team to meet targets which were assigned by the Head of the Department e.g 15% savings etc. (in procurement)
Pak Land Cement Ltd. ( 03 Years): Worked as Engineer II (Maintenance Planning): * Execute maintenance activities at Raw Material Crusher, Raw Mill House, Kiln, Pre Heater, Cement Mill House & Packing Area according to planned maintenance schedules and standard operating procedures declared by manufacturer.
* Monitoring equipments physically through various digital devices e.g Vibra Log (record data of vibration in bearings & bearing block)
* Developed safety awareness within the team by safety talks and friendly atmosphere.
* Prepared daily, monthly maintenance report comprising of maintenance statistic and maintenance jobs.
* Preparation defect list of components and provide methodology of corrective actions to Supervisors.

M & J Engineering Pvt. Ltd. ( 03 Years):
Assistant Manager Projects (Construction): * Responsible for execution activities at Guddu Thermal Power Station at Kashmor-Pakistan for installation of Cooling Systems at Turbine No. 9, 10 & 11
* Monitoring installation activities of Cement Mill House, Bucket Elevator, and Cyclones at Pakistan Slag Cement according to execution drawings.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at N.E.D University of Engineering and Technology
  • January 1992

1986-1992 B.E Mechanical Engineering N.E.D University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi

Bachelor's degree, Physics, Mathematics & Chemistry
  • January 1985

1983-1985 B. Sc. (Physics, Mathematics & Chemistry)

Specialties & Skills

MS Office

Languages

Urdu
Expert
English
Expert
Hindi
Expert

Memberships

Pakistan Engineering Coucil
  • Life Member Ship
  • February 1992

Training and Certifications

Internal Audit (Training)
Training Institute:
Descon Engineering Limited
Date Attended:
July 2014
Duration:
48 hours

Hobbies

  • Watching Football & Games