Dhammika Gamini Perera, Don Peduru Liyanarachchi

Managing warehouse facility of the Dammam business unit. Receiving and distribution.Retail, supermarkets & wholesale.

Serving 18 sales routes.

Troubleshooting warehouse operations in other locations

10000 M3 warehouse facility, 500, 000 cases throughput/month, 30 strong commercial fleets, 50+ staff.

Expiry and returns management, damage control, training of staff in warehouse best practices, MHE handling & maintenance, WMS/ERP systems, security and safety best practices. Procurement and purchasing of immediate needs, liaising with suppliers. Implementing layout plans in new warehouse projects. Document digitization, GMP compliance, and filing.

Sub ordinate appraisals, KPI setting after analyzing improvement areas, participate peer evaluation (360 degrees) is part of the job.

Managed 3PL operation of the distribution center. 20000 M3, equipped with all modern material handling equipment, HHT & RFID controlled WMS.

Clients: Keells Super, Lanka Indian Oil Company, Ceylon Cold Stores, Coca-Cola SL, Project Cargo customers.

500+ suppliers, 600+ outbound deliveries to 50+ modern trade outlets.

Hiring and mentoring staff, training on WMS/ERP systems, ISO standard compliance management, warehouse & distribution best practices. Hiring and training drivers on best driving practices, Cost minimizing on fuel and maintenance. Generating 3PL sales leads, cold calling sales prospects of corporate level, sales presentation and creating a win-win environment to close sales.

Plan and implement new warehouse projects, layout planning, designing warehouse floor, racking, carousels, carton live storage. Managing document digitization, GMP compliance, and filing.

Employee engagement and retention, task oriented appraisals monthly/annually.

Coordinating direct, service providers & customer suppliers, government agencies, scheduling and conducting meetings. Safety & security of the facilities.

Warehouse consists of the high rack, bulk and carton live storage. Put away/picking operations carried out in bulk, carton, and pieces level. 10000+ SKUs of various FMCG products. Ambient and temperature controlled warehousing +8 to -20 degrees.

Follow up and follow through of the tasks and assignments were always praised while in the service.

Key achievements were:

Freed up space to increase the efficiency of the operation by 200% in the first year of the service.

Reduction of complete work shift of 12 hours by process improvement on the original design.

Achieved 99-100% delivered on time in full targets (DIFOT) all time.

Designed and implemented damage control & returns management system to reduce overall costs to 0.003% against total revenue.

Operations revenue increased from budgeted loss of 20 million LKR to 40 Million profit posting.

Contributed in SAP EWM & Red Prairie (JDA) WMS implementation projects as core team member.

Received service quality award 2008 & 2009 for achieving and living corporate values of JKH, constantly received higher grades in performance rating system.

Managed daily affairs of the vehicle service center, car rental and commercial fleet business.

130 strong fleet of vehicles, 10 bay service center of light and heavy vehicles, a state of the art repair workshop.

Job includes work scheduling for maintenance & repair workshops, service center. Pricing of the services, handling insurance matters, procurement of consumables, spare parts. Hiring and training staff, carry out appraisals, plan subordinate personal development, liaise with HR team in scheduling training sessions.

Providing daily. monthly and annual reports to the management on business activities.

Managed distribution operations of assigned dry and cold warehouses for FMCG, tobacco, and sugar based products.

Agencies are P&G, Nestle, Kraft Jacob Sutchard, Hero, Novartis, United Biscuits, Philip Morris Tobacco, British American Tobacco.

Receiving, issuing, expiry management, damage control of the stored and products on delivery. Maintenance of cold storage facilities, recording temperatures.

Received training on WMS Exceed warehouse management system in the implementation phase.

Sales and distribution of beverage products in Riyadh Metro area.

Credit control and the collections of assigned route, expiry management, damage control.

Achieved higher level of customer relations management, reduced credit risks, increased sales output and the purse size of the customers. Merchandising, Increasing POSM utilization.

Maintained quality and the appearance of assigned vehicle, minimized maintenance costs by adherence to driving best practices. Maintaining IT equipment, HHT & printers assigned.

Sales and distribution of stationery products manufactured and imported.

Customer relationship management, distribution, credit risk management, merchandising, collections management, stock point warehouse management. Training subordinates, managing fleet, assistants and drivers.