Branch Incharge - Warehouse, Distribution Center and Engineering Stores
Ducab - Dubai Cable Company
Total years of experience :14 years, 10 Months
Inventory and operations management:
• Manage/supervise warehouse receiving, picking, order processing, packing, shipping, inbound, outbound, returns and inventory count operations.
• Maintain a inventory control system with regular physical stock counts.
• Reconcile and resolve material discrepancies to achieve stock accuracy.
• Ensure safe storage of inventory through efficient utilization of available storage.
• Ascertain the first in-first out (FIFO and FEFO) movement of stock.
• Ensure optimal inventory levels.
• Minimize the expiry of stock by prioritizing the consumption of near to expiry materials and coordinate with QHSE for the concession of extension upon successful lab test results.
Storage management:
• Update and maintain warehouse storage location system.
• Code and label the products to ensure proper adherence to FEFO and FIFO practices.
• Inspect warehouse facilities, recommend and implement changes in the allocation of space to improve the workflow efficiency.
• Develop procedures and routines to avoid erroneous workflow. Instruct and train staff to safely carry out tasks accurately.
• Periodically audit warehouse layout and location assignments for continuous improvement.
Supply chain and logistics:
• Determine and anticipate consumption trends.
• Monitor reorder levels and place orders as required.
• Ensure no stock out situation by activating contingency plans and arranging alternative use of an available material.
• Minimize the transportation cost by optimizing the utilization of storage capacity of the vehicle (FCL / FTL).
• Schedule required transport in correspondence to the shipment size and transfer raw materials, semi-finished goods, finished goods and drums to the other plants.
• Arrange required documents and organize transport to send finished goods to the customer.
Take appropriate actions on customer returns.
Demand and forecast:
• Forecast demand, ensure availability of raw material and packaging stock prior to the production schedule.
• Monitor stock level of plant including stock at factory, in transit and other sites.
• In coordination with central planning maintain minimum level of required materials.
HSE compliance:
• Ensure compliance to the relevant HSE policies and SOPs.
Report every HSE related incident or near miss to the safety officer and take corrective measures to address the hazard.
• Maintain industry prevailing housekeeping standards (5S) all the times.
Cost management:
• Ensures optimal inventory levels to avoid overstocking.
• Prevent inventory losses due to the expiry or theft.
• Monitor shop floor and customer returns, alert manufacturing engineers about the defect of materials or high rate of return.
• Contribute to the development of the warehouse operational sectional budget and ensure all related activities are carried out in accordance to the approved budget.
Performance management:
• Report monthly KPIs on a set of predetermined indicators by PM and brief at the operations feedback meeting.
• Appraise and recommend employees for the star award for their exceptional contribution.
Staff management and training:
• Allocate shifts and tasks to the staff members, including after-hours and public holidays.
• Assist with the recruitment of any additional or replacement of the staff member.
• Outline yearly objectives, ascertain development, motivation and performance appraisal of the team members to maximize their capabilities, productivity and contributions.
• Provide and induct training on the processes of warehouse, ERP, safety and quality.
ERP system and reports:
• Execute SAP WMS, MM and SD module processes as a super user.
• Diagnose, trouble shoot errors and execute inventory adjustments whenever required.
• Enforce operational procedures including receiving, order processing, picking, packing, shipping, and stock counting functions.
• Prepare report of periodic functional activities of the warehouse and yard.
• Develop, update, share and report KPIs.
• Plan, organize, supervise and participate in daily warehouse operation activities including dispatch, receiving, storage, picking, and quality checks.
• Investigate shipping discrepancies and take appropriate corrective action. Coordinate for any necessary records or invoice corrections.
• Responsible for proper documentation of all shipments, goods receipts and complains.
• Report, document and track damages and discrepancies for the orders received.
• Liaise with customers, suppliers and transport companies.
• Prepare attendance, update KPIs of employees and outsource labour.
• Assign, update OT, AL, SL and control absenteeism.
• Delegate tasks and assign workload to team leaders to ensure optimum and full control over staff productivity.
• Provide value added services (VAS) such as COO labels for Saudi and Iraq shipments in addition to the special packing of dangerous goods for air shipments in accordance with IATA.
• Supervise warehouse workers during stock and shipment receipts as per SOPs with all applicable system requirements and posting entries to SAP with complete documentary flow.
• Oversee proper storage and handling of finished goods at the warehouse according to the QHSE guidelines.
• Create purchase order/production order (PO), delivery note (DN), stock transfer order (STO), transfer of goods receipt (GR) etc. in SAP.
• Ensure excellent customer service through meeting the customer standards to achieve the departmental objective of delivering the right product at the right time in an excellent condition.
• Coordinate with 3PL transporter to maintain company QA standards for delivering products to customers timely and accurately.
• Maintain housekeeping through 5S implementation for the warehouse and ensure cleanliness, fumigation, pest, rodent, termite and flies control to prevent stock and warehouse from infestation.
• Perform daily physical count and ascertain to identify damages, shortages and excess inventories are reported.
• Track and log daily temperature of the distribution centre.
• Responsible for maintaining the warehouse system database with accurate information.
• Monitor fulfilment activities, orders are filled as scheduled and all shipment discrepancies are researched, addressed and reported.
• Monitor stock levels by reviewing daily inventory receipts, reports and work with fulfilment centre to address and resolve inventory discrepancies.
• Optimize logistic flow and costs.
• Develop policy on warehouse management.
• Planning, organizing and controlling of warehouse operations.
• Manage stock control, receipts, storage, retrievals and ensure the timely delivery of goods.
• Promote constant motivation among staff to strive for an efficient and effective warehouse administration.
• Responsible to interact with transporter and arrange vehicles according to the shipment size.
• Work closely with the manager, facilities and warehouse to prepare monthly performance metrics.
Undertake personal business experimentations, group projects and value creation initiatives including a specially designed ‘Innovation Experiment’ to support maximum knowledge transfer. To embrace innovation and technology through five modules, as well as projects designed to provide first-hand experience in ideation and design thinking. Put forward peer learning opportunities, knowledge and expertise exchange, and collaborative avenues to deliver organisational impact.
Attained three scholarships for exceptional academic performance.
