Manager Supply Chain
Alfananr Construction Company
Total years of experience :24 years, 4 Months
• Establish and recommend changes to supply chain processes, systems and policies.
• Maintain documentation for procurement and logistics consistent with quality and certification standards and audit requirements.
• Responsible for creating and analyzing Key Performance Indicators to ensure best performance from suppliers & logistic service providers in terms of pricing, delivery and quality.
• Responsible for setting & monitoring department yearly objectives and suggest ways to achieve them.
• Prepare periodic reports of department activities for senior management and other areas of the organization.
• Prepare Annual recruitment plan of the department.
• Prepare and/or administer a procurement department budget.
• Analyze and resolve issues raised in Procurement audit reports.
• Conduct periodical Audits of all Procurement activities.
• Administer department portal on company web.
• Identify all quality related issues & facilitate implementation of corrective actions.
• Work closely with all concerned support functions to ensure purchasing needs are being met.
• Evaluate competitive offerings to determine the overall best offer for goods or services.
• Negotiate contracts and purchase orders and obtain legal review and approval when required.
• Reviewing & Approving all matters related to suppliers payments like LCs, T/T, advance payment etc as per authorization limits.
• Expedite complex deliveries and conduct follow-up procedures when necessary.
• Resolve complex contract and purchase order differences with suppliers.
• Resolve complex payment problems with supplier and user departments.
• Responsible for supplier management including selection, qualification, contracts and negotiations.
• Review market, price, delivery conditions, and trends to determine present and future material availability.
• Investigate complaints received on supplies/delivered material, and then take appropriate actions to resolve identified problems.
• Review supplier evaluation process following the performance measurements metrics.
• Measure supplier performance using rating systems or predetermined standards.
• Responsible for implementing the QMS Polices & Procedures and reporting any Minor/Major non-conformity to Executive Manager Supply Chain.
SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT :
Worked as Core Team Leader (Business) for implementation of Logistic Module of SAP ERP system; contribute in successful and timely Go-Live of the project.
• Prepared a document of AS-IS processes covering purchasing, transportation and inventory.
• Worked with functional consultant for finalization of To-Be processes.
• Assisted functional consultant in realizing the Blue print document.
• Finalized the Data Migration Strategy.
• Supervised a team of 10 purchase officers for the Data migration process including Purchase Orders, Material Master and Vendor Master.
• Performed User Acceptance Test.
• Received End User Training as a Power user and later on trained the staff of 48 engineers/officers.
• Jointly reviewed the Supply Chain policies & procedures with QA/QC department and update it as per SAP requirement after Go-Live.
• Procurement of all types of Switchgear related material from Local & Foreign suppliers as well as different units of AREVA around the globe.
• Searching for New and competent suppliers so as to broaden the supplier’s network for high and extra high voltage switchgears (SF6 and GIS).
• Negotiation with the foreign as well as local Vendors for the payment terms and price position of all types of materials to be procured.
• Order handling and assisting Production Planning Department in executing the orders and arranging the material well ahead of the target time for MV/LV related Panels type RK, WKC, PIX etc.
• Evolving Purchasing strategy for material ordering mainly based on previous year consumption and order in hand position.
• Extensive follow-up and co-ordination with suppliers for on time delivery of every consignment.
• Carrying out the inspection of all the items to check whether they are according to the ordered specification or not.
• Providing Technical clarifications to suppliers and companies against their technical queries.
• Close monitoring for claiming penalties that may become due because of the late deliveries and providing logistics support to the Dispatch department.
• Planning and implementing strategies to bring down the inventory as per actual requirement.
• Well versed with ISPLAN (PPS) Production Planning Software - comprehensive ERP software that covers Production, Planning, Order preparation, Order Budgeting, Procurement / Inventory management and invoicing.
• Generating various statistical reports on procurement activities based on order placement, incoming supplies, different on -going projects, supplier/ material evaluation etc.
• Working independently and often reporting directly to the G.M (Production) for different orders placed upon to the Local & Foreign suppliers.
PETROMAN, KARACHI, PAKISTAN
EXECUTIVE TECHNICAL
(January 2000 - February 2005)
As a Consultant, worked on Maintenance Management System of Pakland Cement Limited. Responsibilities included:
• Technical Audit of the previous Maintenance Management System manuals.
• Developed Maintenance and Inspection forms and formats.
• Prepared Maintenance Management System Report and Presentation based on the information & observation collected.
As a Training Coordinator, responsibilities included:
• Development of Engineering based Training Program for Professionals.
• Development, Costing and Budgeting of all Consultancy and Training Proposals.
