Head of Supply Chain, Logistics, Warehousing Consultancy
Findwarehouse.space
Total years of experience :31 years, 9 Months
Accomplishments:
• Coordinating and managing both internal and external resources, technical (consultants, Operation team) and non-technical (best practice experts, user interface consultants, designers).
• Manages the client relationship and set customer expectations during product/System implementation.
• Project Planning and implementing the move from the existing warehouses to new facility
• Configuring the SAP for the clients (WM and MM modules).
• Tender/RFQ Evaluation on behalf of the client and scoring different vendors as per capabilities and appointing the final contestant.
• Manages number of parallel logistics deployment projects for our customers in GCC and Africa.
• Jobs undertaken - Material Handling Integration, Facility Design, Warehouse Robotics & IOT, RFQ Supply Chain Adversary, Implementing WMS, TMS, CMS, Handling freight/Transport rates requirements for food & non-food and managing clients shipment.
• Project Implementation - DHL/Motorola (Oman) Warehouse Management System and Re-engineering of Al Ghandi General Trading Business Process.
• Leading the team in As Is analysis for the CRM process mapping for AVME.
• Functioned as Head - Logistics for looking after entire activities of Distribution Procurement and Transportation through Air and Ship.
• To manage the supply chain management function for the Consumer Electronics division (Samsung, Nigeria) providing technical management and coordination ensuring that the procurement, logistics, receipt, storage, dispatch, distribution, monitoring, documentation, accounting and reporting of all Consumer Electronics & and FMCG Commodities (Tire, All types of Paper, Milk Powder, Butter Oil, Ghee, Sugar and Rice) are within the standards required as well as ensuring a high level of accountability & integrity in implementation of Group Policies and Procedures. 28, 000 sq.mt warehouse in Nigeria (11 Warehouses) and 3000 sq.mt warehouses in Dubai are under my direct management
• Liaising with the following suppliers for the shipment of goods and documentation for the import of goods. (Countries handled GCC, India, Pakistan, China, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Brazil and Africa.) Preparing the documents for the export of goods which includes but not limited to Performa Invoice
o Samsung Electronics Inc.
o Acer Corporation
o Microsoft Inc. (Mobile Division) & FERO Mobiles and Accessories
• Responsible for the entire planning process, including procurement, accounting, manufacturing, inventory control, distribution and logistics. Responsible for making sure that each step of the process is being performed effectively so as to rule out lost sales opportunity and costly delays:
• Overall in-charge of the Logistics Administration & Operations activities of the entire company.
• Implementing dynamic route allocation combined with pre-calculated shipping volumes to optimize truck fleet
• Totally responsible for the new region headquarters construction at Dubai and completed the project successfully in time.
• Ware house Logistic Consulting and material handling equipment planning for M/s. Walls and Floors, Jebel Ali, Dubai. Handled entire logistic planning and execution of the project.
• Ware house material handling equipment planning for EMKE Group Logistic Centre in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Bahrain
• Attended Training in Germany:
o WMS/AS400 - General warehouse process and key user training three weeks in EPS headquarters in Germany.
o Logistic Planning and Consulting two weeks in EPS headquarters in Germany.
The company is one of the leading distributors and Installer of Electronic low voltage Security Systems having offices in Kuwait, Dubai & India. The Company is a sister concern of a leading Polymer Distributor in the Middle East having an annual turn over of More than US$.150 million based in Dubai.
Responsibilities
Overall in-charge of the Administration, Logistics & Finance activities of the entire company.
Planning, effective sourcing of the materials, Negotiating, order processing and follow-up.
Establishing L/C's, continuous liaison with the banks and monitoring the movement of goods.
Assessing the credibility and ability of the local and International suppliers and standardizing the system accordingly.
Planning, analyzing and closely monitoring WMS for the stock profile and meticulously maintaining the optimum level.
Coordinating import and export of materials including preparation of shipping documents, negotiation with shipping companies in relation to pricing, insurance and timing.
Managing the available/ allocated financial resources, Accounting and also the Payroll System.
ERP system used Tally and Oracle Finance in Windows environment.
Credit Control, Debt recovery and effective maintenance of the Customer & Vendor relations.
Liaison with Govt. offices such as Municipality, Customs, Chamber of Commerce and Embassies
• Completely in-charge of day-to-day administrative works of the entire company including confidential files maintenance.
• Co-ordination with all the four Branches, four Divisions and Sales Team.
• Preparing daily reports on branch activities (Consumer Product Division, Retail Division, Commodities Division & Gift and Novelties Division).
• Order processing and follow-up and bank liaison.
• Establishing L/C's, monitoring the T/R (Trust Receipt) facilities with the banks and reporting to management accordingly.
• Supervising local purchases, monitoring the stock position and movements including import and export activities.
• Co-coordinating imports and exports including preparing shipping documents, negotiating with shipping companies, costing, pricing and insurance.
• Liaison with Govt. offices such as Municipality, Customs, Chamber of Commerce and Embassies
The company is one of the leading Furniture Importer, Retailer and Manufacturer of Home and Office furniture's with an annual turnover of more than US $ 30.00 million. Riyadh is the corporate Head Office of the company.
Responsibilities
Supervising imports, Retail deliveries and coordinating with Sales & Marketing team in the company.
Responsible for Maintaining the Payroll System, Inventory control System and Import System (L/c and Shipping Details).
Coordinating with suppliers and forwarding agents for order processing, shipping negotiation, follow-up, clearance, warehouse distribution, costing and shipping claims.