Kamran Butt MSc MCIPS CMILT

✔ Revamped the procurement service from a stand-alone operation to a collaborative, strategic and value-added function.
✔ Concocted a comprehensive Procure to Pay Policy covering all aspects of ethical and efficient procurement with competency augmentation.
✔ Led the implementation project of new ERP modules under Oracle Cloud for Procurement, Product Management and Inventory Management
✔ Provided complete visibility on the procurement spends under CAPEX and OPEX categories through the Management Dashboard.
✔ Facilitated the opening of new stores in the region to strengthen the organizational growth and business.
✔ Bolstered in automation of a new state-of-the-art E-Commerce fulfilment centre in Jebel Ali Free Zone, Dubai.

8Se7en General Trading LLC is a privately-owned company specializing in four main areas; defense logistics, humanitarian and disaster relief, consultancy services for improvement and professional development in education and procurement outsourcing solutions within the geographic scope of South West Asia and Africa.

Responsibilities
• Developed the procurement function, sustainable strategies, manuals, standard operating procedures, working instructions inline to the company’s vision, mission and long-term organizational goals.
• Appointed the procurement team, interviews, hiring, on-job training, and team-building exercises to equip the team to meet with the upcoming industrial challenges and to develop the skills and expertise to be future procurement leaders.
• Owned the tenders tracking and bidding process of humanitarian and disaster relief agencies for participation and bidding of multi-million projects with winning approach, plan, sourcing and delivery strategies.
• Sourced out the best quality products and services at the most economical prices and deliveries through secure and sustainable routes to war zones and other regions in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Central Africa.
• Led the organization’s operation to achieve objectives with a positive impact on bottom-line accounts through innovative procurement strategies, budgeting, spend analysis, and cost optimization with best-in-class KPIs and performance matrix.

Value Brought to the Business till Date
• Accredited for on-time project completion for gaps identification in existing practice, process improvement and development.
• Part of OPCEN process development i.e. sales leads, proposals, quotations, orders, production, shipment, delivery and installation.
• Key Performance Indicators achieved: OTIF (On-Time-In-Full) 96%, Delivery Time Commitment 85%, Site Handovers on-time 78%.
• Profited the business by augmenting sales leads by 38% and contributing 15% sales growth during first 6 months as compare to YTD sales forecasted for same period.
• Achieved saving of over USD 500 K on freight charges during Jan-Jun 2018 by shipment consolidation, transport mode optimization, contract negotiations with shipping agents/ forwarders.
• Attained 96% OTIF - YTD KPI based on monthly average till Sep-18 through effective controlling and monitoring deliveries inline to contract delivery dates.
• Developed Central Procurement Contracts with strategic suppliers for products and services to all verticals under the group.
• 45% annual cost saving on indirect purchases through Central Procurement Contracts signed with multiple suppliers.
• Explored and developed new supply sources for core products from Germany, Italy and China for kitchen furniture, sanitary ware and tile categories.

Responsibilities
• Working as ‘Manager Supply Chain and Operation’ in a regional group of organization having diversified investment portfolios in education sector and supply and installation of European kitchen, sanitary wares and tiles in retail and project market segments mainly in UAE, Oman, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
• Leading a team of more than 15 members spanning 3 procurement, 2 logistics, and 5 warehousing and 5 installation members.
• Assigned with additional responsibility to assist Director Group Operations as well as managing procurement, logistics and stores for schools, retail showrooms and project sites geared towards creating sales leads, marketing, managing sales team, budgeting, target monitoring, management of customers grievances, site installation, clearance and handovers.
• Exploiting overall experience in steering execution of standards, controls, policies, procedures and performance metrics to effectively and efficiently manage the end-to-end supply chain operation.
• Leading rigorous and objective contract negotiations with key internal stakeholders, legal department and support groups.
• Conducting business review meetings with key stakeholders to assess risk, review future strategies, and identifying potential cost down and improvement opportunities.
• Overseeing the operations related to sales, procurement, logistics, warehousing and installation - Sales Orders, Purchase Orders, Goods Receipt Note, inventory and transport based on internal and external customer requirements.
• Managing the flow of orders, products, information and other resources between the points of origin to the point of delivery.
• Aiding the development and implementation of effective and cost efficient procurement and logistics plans in order to achieve the overall business objectives.
• Reviewing and verifying all control documents created in the ERP i.e. Purchase Orders, Goods Receipt Note, DO’s and invoices for all Group concepts.

Value Brought to the Business
• Streamlined the regional demand and sales forecast by effectively rolling-out monthly S&OP process across the organization.
• Completed SAP/ MRP Project on-time in coordination with global ERP implementation team.
• Made cross-functional dashboard implementation a success for Regional Business Intelligence right from project initiation, designing, implementation, and maintenance.
• Recorded cost saving of over EUR 500K in a single year by consolidating and switching mode of transport for the MENA region.

Responsibilities
• Owing to the service excellence bagged promotion as Regional Demand Planner with accountability of stabilizing the market demand inline to supply through monthly S&OP process.
• Headed monthly Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process to identify and analyze sales trends, influence variables and incorporate analysis in forecasting, inventory planning, and safety stock processes.
• Trained and mentored sales team across the region to acquaint them with understanding and adoption of forecasting tool with an aim to achieve forecast accuracy targets.
• Key role in data warehousing, data analysis, demand planning, supply planning, S&OP (Sales and Operation Planning) Implementation, and monthly meeting Planning, material management of 17 distributors in MENA (the Middle East North Africa) region based on VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) and 3PL (3rd party logistics).
• Involved in long-term orders forecast for the entire region to update on SAP ERP system in addition to short-term order planning, negotiation with distributors based on VMI.
• Interfaced with Sales, Finance, Regulatory, Marketing, Supply Sites and Distribution Centers while ensuring achievement of all KPI's related to SCM (OTIF, monthly stock levels (MT), CSL, and DOI.