Operation and Procurement Manager
Miniso
Total years of experience :21 years, 8 Months
Procurement&Inventory Management
• Develop and execute procurement strategies.
• Monitor and forecast upcoming levels of demand.
• Perform sales and demand analysis regularly to determine quantity and timing of deliveries and avoid both shortage and excess of goods.
• Control warehouse-store replenishment to keep stock level balanced in all stores.
• Advise finance management to improved procurement process, management of company assets and replacement strategies.
Operation Management,
• Make important policy, planning, and strategy decisions.
• Ensure all operations are carried on in an appropriate, cost-effective way.
• Examine financial data and use them to improve profitability.
• Perform store inspections to ensure maintaining highest level of store operations.
• Recruit and train Stuff.
Purchase & Procurement
• Identified manufacturers and suppliers within China that were capable of meeting the company’s product requirements in terms of quality, quantity and costs.
• Negotiated goods supply contracts for garments and apparel.
• Analyzed market trends, estimated demand for company products, estimated costs, issued goods purchase orders accordingly and maintained consistent follow-up with suppliers for in-time deliveries.
• Visited supplier factories to evaluate quality of products being manufactured and whether they met company standards.
• Controlled inventory and kept stock of goods to optimum levels, reduced wastage and damages, and decreased inventory holding costs through efficient processes.
Sales & Business Development
• Established and communicated sales goals to the sales team, created and executed sales strategies and plans to capture larger market share, grew sales revenues on a regular basis and met business objectives of the company.
• Observed market trends and competitor activities, forecast their impact on the company’s sales; reviewed historic sale data to determine business areas.
• Established and developed long-term business relationships with customers, paid attention to their concerns and initiated fast resolutions, and acquired repeat sales orders.
• Hired and imparted training to sales teams, reviewed performance and helped team members in making up for short-falls; maintained a team-oriented environment.
• Played a primary role in the company establishing a new branch in Yiwu and lunch operations successfully.
• Established and executed business development plan to increase the branch’s customer base, and contribute to revenue growth and profitability.
• Supervised the process of completion of all necessary documentation, coordinating with customs authorities, shipping of goods and providing customers with all documentation of loaded containers, bill of lading etc.
• Maintained an effective cash cycle by efficiently balancing payments to be made to suppliers, as well as payment receipts from customers.
• Coordinate with suppliers to verify commitment to delivery schedules, tracked shipments and removed any logistics bottlenecks by deploying efficient processes.
• Supervised the in-house staff, assigned responsibilities and accountability, monitored daily performance, and ensured daily goals were met.
• Ensured that all packing lists were prepared accurately to avoid delays during clearances, supervised invoice and document preparation.
. • Kept operating costs of the branch within budgets by introducing efficient processes and increasing work productivity per employee.
• Inspected goods to be shipped to customers to ensure that quantity and quality requirements specified by the customers were met; verified quantities against purchase orders.
• Supervised receipt and delivery, loading and unloading of goods with focus on efficiency and prevention of any damage to the goods.
• Created and submitted packing lists, other requisite documentation and responded to customer queries satisfactorily.
• Devised KPIs and evaluated performance of the warehouse staff, organized training and development programs to enhance skills of employees.