Procurement Manager
Bin Thani
Total years of experience :42 years, 6 Months
Procure material from local and overseas sources to meet project demands. Locate new sources of supply.
• Personally responsible for translating multimedia items from Urdu to English, in an accurate manner
• Restructured the Procurement Section, delegating work responsibility to members of staff
• Introduced new forms and systems thus improving control.
Minimised cash purchases; placed orders with credit facilities.
• Utilised exceptional interpersonal skills and communicative abilities to effectively liaise with overseas suppliers, ensuring shipments of orders are delivered on time, as well as liaising with banks for L/Cs and shipping documents
• Additionally responsible for advising members of the management on the price fluctuations of raw materials.
• Personally responsible for organising and setting up the system of supplies to production lines, introducing better working techniques and arranging systematic control of receipts and issues of material
• Co-ordinating with suppliers and ensuring timely availability of material required for production
• Advising members of Management of the Safe Work practices to be adhered to,
(Company collapsed due to financial problems)
• Assessed all losses from inventory spoilage and pilferage; assisted in gathering comparative data on costs compared to those of competitors and providing opinion regarding the level of inventory.
• Prepared independent reports on inventory obsolescence, explored new markets and suppliers for better quality products at comparative rates and credit terms.
• Prepared comparative statements of quotations received from vendors, forwarding the same to the Purchase Committee/Chairman for approval.
• Placed Purchase Orders for supplies.
• Maintained an update on Supplier's data, and keeping an eye on information on price fluctuation.
• Maintained proper inventories to protect profit margins
• Coordinated with the Purchasing section and suppliers for timely deliveries, arranged for proper offloading and storage of material.
• Received and issued material; advised end users on the status of availability of material
• Held meetings on safety on a weekly basis, appraising members of staff of safe working practices.
(completed the two year project)
• Reorganized the central warehouse; set correct inventory levels, re-order points.
• Segregated dead stocks; advised management of their disposal.
• Arranged for regular cycle counts.
• Placed purchase orders based on competitive offers
(The company could not succeed in getting the sponsorship changed, )
• Controlled the operation of warehouse in three different cities.
• Ensured deliveries made within set time frame.
• Arranged proper transportation of goods to warehouses in different cities.
(Resigned due to poor management of the company)
• Controlled and maintained the company’s fleet of vehicles.
• Arranged for timely deliveries to various job sites.
• Checked all in-coming consignments and raised warehouse documents.
• Ensured all stocks correctly identified, tagged, and stored at correct locations.
• Monitored employee productivity.
• Organized month-end cycle counts and inventory checks.
• Managed delivery to customers.
• Maintained company’s fleet of vehicles.
• Conducted procurement research and obtained quotes from competitive sources for chemicals, lubricants, mechanical, electrical, instruments, and their spares.
• Placed Purchase Orders on both local and overseas suppliers.
• Liaised with banks for L/C, shipping documents.
• Arranged for clearance of goods from ports.
• Lodged insurance claims for shortages/damages
• Managed inventory levels of spares, lubricants, chemicals, consumables etc. Developed specification data for spares, chemicals, lubricants etc.
• Arranged for timely dispatch of goods to a dozen branches.
• Ensured timely availability of raw material for production.
• Managed proper inventory levels.
• Arranged for competitive offers from local and overseas sources for raw material, spares, chemicals, lubricants, etc.
• Placed Purchase Orders; liaised with banks, custom, port authorities, shipping and insurance companies.
• Arranged for clearance of consignments from ports; lodge insurance claims if needed.
Carried out Market Research studies for various products and wrote reports on the findings.