Logistics Executive
WHSmith
Total years of experience :19 years, 10 Months
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Engages in censorship of books with the consultation of National Media
• Maintains receiving, warehousing, and distribution operations by initiating, coordinating, and enforcing program, operational, and personnel policies and procedures.
• Complies with federal, state, and local warehousing, material handling, and shipping requirements by studying existing and new legislation; enforcing adherence to requirements; advising management on needed actions.
• Safeguards warehouse operations and contents by establishing and monitoring security procedures and protocols.
• Controls inventory levels by conducting physical counts; reconciling with data storage system.
• Maintains physical condition of warehouse by planning and implementing new design layouts; inspecting equipment; issuing work orders for repair and requisitions for replacement.
• Achieves financial objectives by preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
• Completes warehouse operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees; following up on work results.
• Maintains warehouse staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees.
• Maintains warehouse staff job results by coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Coordinating with suppliers for dispatch of goods as per the purchase order.
• Getting quotes from various forwarders & finalizing the appropriate forwarding arrange collections & delivery of shipments.
• Coordinating with forwarders / Clearing agents and ensuring timely clearance of import shipment
• Registering the F&B, Cosmetic, Toys, Stationery, product with Dubai municipality & ESMA.
• Get approval online from Dubai Municipality for clearance of F&B, Toys, and cosmetics products.
• Monitoring the binning, picking & scanning, packing and delivery schedule for the UAE outlets which is organized by the warehouse supervisors.
• Managing the local fleet to ensure smooth deliver to UAE outlets.
• Nominating & Coordinating with the authorize courier companies to arrange LTL shipments from warehouse to G.C.C. outlets.
• Managing stock control through system receipts, storage, retrieval and timely delivery of goods
• Ensuring that all the government regulation is met including warehouse health and safety, Municipality requirement etc. Future taking responsibility for the security of the Assets such as stock, warehouse, vehicles, forklift,
• Managing warehouse space, layout & identifying issues related to capacity management.
• Ensure that no damage is done to quality of the product by regulating the warehouse condition as per the product requirement, e.g.: Stationery, F&B, cosmetic products require temperature control.
• Conducting cycle counts and managing annual stock take.
• Recruiting warehouse staff and conducting induction, Training and Appraisals.
• Planning Organization and controlling the overall operations of the warehouse.
• Month End Reporting to the C.E.O. such as GRN Report, Non Moving stock report, Age Stock Value, Airway Bills reporting for appropriate decision making.
ACHIEVEMENTS:
• Managed warehousing and supply chain activities for the Fashion, life style, Stationer, Books, toy, Cosmetics, brand the face shop launched in the year 2005.
• Managed warehouse and supply chain activities for brands (Elson, Art line, Pilot, prenatal) launched in 2010 with proper organization and space managements to accommodate them in the same warehouse.
• Suggested the management to implement wireless data collection for enhanced control and optimum utilization of human resources. Currently liaising with the vendor to customer the system and delivery on time.
• Cost Reduction management.