Advisor Procurement (Product)
Darwish Bin Ahmed & Sons Co LLC
Total years of experience :33 years, 9 Months
Established the aftermarket Truck Parts business and secured agency rights for Batteries, Filters, and Bearings &
Clutches and also, designed the system for the parts business on Oracle, with IT & Finance.
* Analyzed potential products and partnerships for the group. 3 partnerships finalized.
* Exceeded targets of Truck purchase for 2 years and procured 200+ superstructures for happy customers.
* Assessed 3 superstructure suppliers and builders of bus bodies on 4WD chassis.
* Successfully managed and executed the project for supply of 79 Double Decker buses, to Dubai, from the tender bid, to delivery, over period of 30 months. The project was a logistics challenge, as the Chassis was made in Germany, and shipped to Malaysia for body building. The bus was transported to Australia, to qualify the Air
Conditioning, before being delivered in Dubai
Headed a team of 20 executives for procurement of 60+ Products from 50+ suppliers across Asia, and managed the end -to- end demand based supply chain.
Planned and procured parts, after negotiating prices, enhancing the product range and receipt of the products at the best FC exchange rates.
Assessment of new / potential suppliers from Malaysia, China, Oman and UAE
Secured support from Suppliers, for sales campaigns and seminars covering 150+ customers over 4 months
Provided technical support to the Sales Team and used AS400 based in-house developed software.
Negotiated volume incentives - US$ 2 Mn per year
Enhanced product range from 6500 lines to 35, 000 line items in 60 brands
Assessed suppliers in China for sourcing: CV joints, Brake Discs & Drums, Clutches & Shock absorbers.
Improved inventory turnover from 3 turns to 8 turns for a monthly purchase: US$ 4.70Mn
Achieved 97% on time delivery covering 800+ customers in Oman & UAE
Business grew from US$ 18Mn in 2001 to US$ 81Mn in 2013
Established branch office in Pune, India and hand-picked the Team for deputing on site.
Coordinated with clients & Software Team. QMS(ISO/IEC 27000) Reqmts for Data security
Handled all activities other than production. Ensuring that the plant was functional on time.
* Managed the purchase of all items, raw materials and requirement of the plant and Head office.
* Built and mentored 5 functional depts. viz. Planning & Purchase, Warehouse & Logistics, Finance, Networking Support, HR, and Admin & Welfare. The Team was of 10 professionals.
* Identified and finalized contractors for: Security, Gardening, Transport and Catering
* Successfully achieved the compliance of the factory to requirements of: Company Act, Factories Act and HSIIDC and liaised with Govt. Authorities
Headed a team of 20 executives for procurement of 60+ Products from 50+ suppliers across Asia, and managed the end -to- end demand based supply chain.
Planned and procured parts, after negotiating prices, enhancing the product range and receipt of the products at the best FC exchange rates.
Assessment of new / potential suppliers from Malaysia, China, Oman and UAE
Secured support from Suppliers, for sales campaigns and seminars covering 150+ customers over 4 months
Provided technical support to the Sales Team and used AS400 based in-house developed software.
Negotiated volume incentives - US$ 2 Mn per year
Enhanced product range from 6500 lines to 35, 000 line items in 60 brands
Assessed suppliers in China for sourcing: CV joints, Brake Discs & Drums, Clutches & Shock absorbers.
Improved inventory turnover from 3 turns to 8 turns for a monthly purchase: US$ 4.70Mn
Achieved 97% on time delivery covering 800+ customers in Oman & UAE
Business grew from US$ 18Mn in 2001 to US$ 81Mn in 2013
Spearheaded a multi-functional Team of 14 professionals & 60 shop floor staff.
Planned the Production Capacity & Manpower requirements for the Plant covering all the 7 Product units along with material requirements for the Body & Chassis Product unit
Handled the warehouse workforce maintaining good relations with the Union.
Owned and ensured that BPR changes were accepted by all concerned and contributed in the design of the warehouse and material handling equipment and implemented new working guidelines.
Initiated and supported Continuous improvement and other projects, both in-house and at Vendors.
Initiated Process & system improvements at Vendors
Quality Mgmt. Sys: Lead Auditor from BSI, UK for the ISO 9001 program and Internal Auditor for QS9000.
Practiced Lean Management Principles, Kaizen, 5S, SMED technique, Floating location at Warehouse.
Assessed & audited 4 suppliers, including Cold Rolling Steel Mills, and audited 35+ depts., under ISO 9001.
Mentored development of in-house software in Dbase & FoxBASE for:
(i) Material accounting, (ii) Optimum Utilization of steel sheets (iii) Month-end processes and material accounting in batch production (iv) Machine scheduling
Initiated JIT supplies for 3 Component suppliers & Vendor Managed Inventory for Paints & Chemicals.
Reduced rework and scratches on external panels, with continuously monitoring Fixture health and repairs.
Master's in Business Administration in Marketing, from IGNOU, as a correspondence course.
$ year Sandwich course, with two sessions of In plant Training at Manufacturing industries, 6 moths in Semester 6 and 3 months in Semester 8. Joined the course directly in Semester 3, after completing STD XII with Technical Subjects. Final Year Subjects: Process Engineering, Production Management, Inventory Control and Accounting