Purchasing & Logistics Manager
YOUNES BROS SARL
Total years of experience :23 years, 2 Months
*Responsible of the Purchasing Department (Local & International purchases), managing flawlessly the International business of supplies
*Created, organized & set a constant Matrix for the Purchasing department.
*Set purchasing policy and planning/effective management of purchasing activities.
*Established weekly, monthly and quarterly procurement plan.
*Built and developed relationships with key suppliers (expertise in SRM/CRM).
*Located vendors of materials and interviewed them in order to determine and source, select and negotiate the best purchase package in terms of product availability, soonest delivery time, highest quality, competitive price, best payment terms and technical support.
*Developed alternative local sources for more cost-effective products which help in cost saving while maintaining same quality.
*Sourced and planned supply of all products for gensets assembling procedure, weatherproof canopies manufacturing as well as spare parts & filters for spare parts department.
*Responsible of procuring non-stock items for the company’s various operation departments.
*Cooperated thoroughly with the production & stock departments to maintain optimum inventory/stock.
*Set the inventory & prices of over 3000 products/parts to be communicated to the spare parts dept.
*Achieved cost-saving over 10% of last year’s total expenditure through the purchasing activities and contributed to +$200, 000.00 of saving in overall purchases in each year.
*Identified and implemented options to reduce overall product cost (e.g. shipment consolidation, volume discount, use of low cost transportation alternative).
*Key contact with foreign suppliers, handling the international business correspondence of the company such as inquiries, quotations receipts, prices negotiations, orders bookings & confirmations, payments, shipments & return claims.
*Generated/booked/confirmed purchase orders, tracked purchasing activity and measurements such as receipt of proforma for L/C opening procedure or in advance payment, order confirmation, payment release for order processing, notify suppliers of payment, check delivery time & goods readiness status.
*Followed-up documentary credit opening, notified supplier, instructed/corrected the required shipping documents for L/C negotiation.
* Liaised with International suppliers regarding loading plans, slots bookings, good collections & shipping.
*Coordinated with foreign suppliers regarding processing & correction of the shipping documents (invoices, packing list, COO, EUR1 document, air waybills or marine on board bill of lading), to make sure that they are issued in compliance with the L/C terms and as per the Lebanese customs regulation to avoid customs penalties and extra charges in rectifying the documents during the goods clearance stage.
*Managing/Follow-up/reconciliation of statement of accounts of abroad suppliers and liaison with our accounting dept. for timely payment of their bills (responsible of International accounting booking records)
*Responsible of the Secretariat/Administration Department i.e. handling all the duties of an executive Assistant to Managing Director/Owner as well as the tasks of an Executive Secretary, International Purchasing officer, Sales administrator & Shipment coordinator.
In addition to the tasks described in my position as Purchasing/Logistics Manager at YOUNES BROS, I had performed the following chores:
*Organized the GM’s agenda and carry out the necessary tasks relative to it (business appointments, Minutes of the Meeting, report issue, hotel reservations, flight booking...)
*Expert in Documentary Credit openings, issuing instructions/correction of the required shipping documents for L/C negotiation. or swift transfers or cash against documents,
*Managed customers’ demands such as inquiries, issuing sales quotations, orders confirmations, follow-up of their shipments and payments receipts (CRM)
*Handled direct shipments from Manufacturers to customers in Syria & Iraq & Jordan
*Responsible of the Secretariat/Administration Department i.e. handling all the duties of an executive Assistant to Managing Director/Owner and the tasks of an Executive Secretary, International Purchasing officer, Sales administrator & Shipment coordinator.
*In charge of the company business correspondence of Zakka group, handling all the activities and transactions with Internationals suppliers up to 50 manufacturers as well as with International customers mainly in Syria, Jordan not to mention local customers such as Pharmaline, Algorithm, Obegi Chemicals, Libanjus, Bonjus, Interbrand, Transmed, Incoma sal, Musar, Ksara, Kefraya, Fakra, Heritage, Arak Touma, Kassatly Chtaura, Amatoury, Cosmaline, Fattal, Libanlait, all the Lebanese wineries, etc.. (inquiries, quotations, orders booking, payment process as Documentary Credit openings or swift transfers or cash against documents, loading plans, shipments in FCL or LCL, shipping documents issuing & correction, L/C negotiation etc….)
*Expert in opening documentary credit and issuing/correcting the required shipping documents for L/C negotiation