Material Control Specialist
KBR
Total years of experience :22 years, 4 Months
Escalating business progressively by undertaking organisational restructuring, generating significant cost savings and developing & integrating procedures, service standards & operational policies.
Taking care of all orders for 5 sites and insuring that all request are processed on time in Maximo System and forwarding the same to Dubai Procurement, post approval.
Handling procurement and ordering all material for large projects in Iraq with key involvement in identifying and negotiating with vendors for procuring essential materials at reasonable price; developing long-term partnerships with suppliers and acquiring techno-commercial offers.
Managing complete inventory functions so as to curtail inventory holding expenses; monitoring & controlling Min-Max Stock System to streamline slow-fast moving product and to control inventory of dead stock; ensuring optimum utilisation of space by proper stacking and arrangement of inventory.
Monitoring the performance of the existing logistics system for locating scope for timely continues improvement in the system as well as identifying areas of bottlenecks/ breakdowns and taking steps to rectify the problem.
Developing long-term partnerships with suppliers; acquiring techno-commercial offers from various vendors; supervising complete logistics operations appointed new CHAs, freight forwarders & shipping lines, entered rate contracts & finalised contracts for transportation; implementing continuous measures to maximize productivity of the Department.
Processing all packing list coming from receiving in SAP, MAXIMO matching file PO with the packing list and issuing supply on requisition to shipping section.
Coordinating with finance, buyers and expeditors KBR end-users in Houston, Dubai, and Iraq as well as completing all Self Audits for Materials and Tool Room Calibration.
Synchronizing with military personnel and other Movement Control Teams (MCT), for delivery and receiving of equipment, while ensuring judicious use of commercial and company assets for completion of the mission.
Agile role in maintaining and compiling records manually and electronically and executed schedules and related tasks to include convoy support, load and cargo validations and daily communications with the Movement Control Battalion (MCB)
Held accountable for creating Transportation Movement Requests (TMR), Material Handling Equipment (MHE) request, verifying Radio Frequency Identification tags (RFID), staging cargo, Empty Container Collection Point (ECCP) functions, operating Transportation Coordinator Automated Information for Movement Systems (TC-AIMS), submitting KMOI request and the up keeping of the daily situation report (SITREPS) military and KBR.
Managed end-to-end warehouse operations right from receiving, inspecting, inventorying, loading, unloading, segregating, to storing and issuing items from warehouse.
Ensured optimum inventory and handled disposal of scrap to achieve cost savings without hampering the projects works; provided innovative warehousing like just in time services to increase inventory visibility and velocity at the same time helping the client reducing total cost and cycle time.
Ensured effectuation of warehouse safety rules for hazardous material and chemical items as well as worked on housekeeping in warehouse cleaning containers and warehouse area yard.
Leveraged skills in administering a remote site dealing with multi-temperature products in various storage conditions involving air freight and road transport for smooth and hassle-free movement of material from warehouse.
Headed a skilled team of 28 warehouse mans and forklift drivers in warehouse to complete the night delivery schedule and affixed stock locators to ensure the correct stock loading at all times.
Sustained the existing network and managed the supply chain, ensuring timely distribution by overseeing loading and unloading inbound and outbound trucks.
Ensured that all frozen, FFV and Dry pallets are tri-walled and accurate paperwork attached before loading starts; worked with Transport Department to ensure timely receiving and in-gating of trucks for aviation for flight delivery.
Functioned with QA Department and aided in resolving all issues with man power in case of temperature abuse with chill and frozen food in warehouse or with new received inbound trucks.
Provided leadership to Shipping and Receiving Section comprising of 50+ people and oversaw receiving of material through trucks from Kuwait, Dubai, Jordan Houston and local vendors from Iraq on a daily basis.
Looked after organization and shipping material to D&F sites and outside of D&F to other task orders in Iraq, shipping assets to Afghanistan, Bahrain to Fluor and DynCorp.
Processed packing lists in SAP and provided copy of MRR’s to finance for payments to vendors.
Used Federal Logistics Data (FEDLOG) for maintaining record of organizational and installation supplies and equipment.
•Requested and processed paperwork (Packing list, MR) in Unit Level Logistics System (ULLS-4) and handled order supply from SSA and GSA.
Processed all packing list coming from receiving in SAP, PP+ matching file with the packing list followed by issuing supply on requisition to shipping section.
Interfaced with Finance, Buyers, Expeditors, and Personnel stationed across Kuwait, Dubai, Jordan and vendors to ensure full accounting for all materials received.
Generated MRR from vendor deliveries, updating PSR for each MRR generated daily - local POs only, and processing requisition for 11 months in Material Control Office (quality control).
Warehouse Specialist II -ASG/ AST Eagle / Central Issue Facility / Organizational Clothing & Individual Equipment (2001 to 2005)
Forklift Operator - Supply Support Activity (SSA) Comanche Base (2000 to 2001)
Warehouseman - Supply Support Activity (SSA) Comanche and Guardian Base (1998 to 2000)
Laborer - Material Department in Lukavac (1997 to 1998)
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Collective Highlights of Role:
Managed a multitude of responsibilities viz. utilizing Federal Logistics Data (FEDLOG) for maintaining record accuracy and organizational and installation supplies and equipment: Installation Support Modular (ISM) System, Radio Frequency - Internist Visibility (RF-ITV) and Standard Army Retail Supply System (SARSS).
Developed supply documents namely DD Form 2407, DD Form 250, DA Form 3161, DA Form 1687, DA Form 3645, DA Form 4949 and DA Form 2062.
Other deliverables include performing Safety Task Instruction (TSTI II); driving 2K, 4K, 6K, 10K and 30K of Forklifts; warehouse stock control; stock receiving, turn-in and issuance; and filing documents.