Eastern DC Operations Manager
Ismail Abudawood Trading CO (IATCO)
Total years of experience :18 years, 2 Months
• Define and implement a comprehensive standard operating procedures framework for the management of operations, safety and business development with high quality standards of the company.
• Plan and budget effectively the operations of warehouses including manpower, equipment, and space.
• Establish contracts with local and international suppliers which will facilitate effective warehousing operations.
• Submit periodical operations reports to the management as well to customers as requested.
• Devise strategic expansion plans of the facility and create long term goals and objectives.
• Responsible for Negotiating, creating, setting up, and execute all contractual commercial and technical terms, SOP’s, SLA’s with 3PL clients.
• Oversee and manage day-to-day operations across all warehouses and ensure effective and smooth operations.
• Assist the Sales team during bidding process in terms of technical presentation and budgeting and costing process.
• Ensure with team about all inbound and outbound items are recorded accurately and timely in the system.
• Visiting customers to monitor the quality of service they are receiving.
• Ensuring the health, safety, cleanliness and security of the work environment.
• Ensure implementation of effective controls (health, safety, and security) in all warehouses and obtaining all required licenses for operations.
• Manage with an Eagle eye on all the spectrum of operations from inbound all the way till shipment of articles from the shipping gates ensuring high quality standards of safety and security.
• Keeping stock control systems up to date and planning future capacity requirements.
• Overseeing the planned maintenance of vehicles, machinery and equipment.
• Approve the necessary PR and carry out effective cost saving schemes.
• Delivering and fulfilling objectives and directions from the operation's headquarters.
• Work with contractors and consultants in providing a risk management strategy.
• Planning & executing company’s regional project on strategic & tactical Level.
• Setup outsourcing plans & establishing contracts, SLA’s, SOP’s & system Integration plans with services providers.
• Setup & manage Insourcing & 2PL projects, Operations & SOP’s.
• Managing & monitor all Logistics Operations Activities within the region as per the company policies to ensure Excellency of operations & compliance with company polices & regulations.
• Continuous process’s re-engineering & Implementation for ensuring Business Excellency at all times & under any new market challenges in addition to Continuous cost minimization.
• Managing All Logistics Operations Activities as per the company policies.
• Set strategic expansion planes as per business growth rates.
• Continuous process’s re-engineering & Implementation for ensuring Business Excellency at all times & under any new market challenges in addition to Continuous cost minimization.
• Handling both local & regional supply chain related expansion projects.
• Managing all Supply chain related business analysis.
• Maintain the operational expenditures under productivity benchmark.
• Manage & monitor the execution of operations with the 3PL service providers as per Service contract & SLA.
•Managing Clearance, Transportation, Inbound, Quality Control, Warehousing, Inventory Control, Replenishment cycle & outbound operations.
•Ensure that all logistics operations are being held up to business best practice to meet the corporate standards, policies, lead times & quality measurements.
•Ensure inventory accuracy and optimal utilization of warehouse spaces.
•Define department KPI’s & Monitor personnel performance accordingly.
• Prepare & submit monthly key performance indicator reports to chairman.
• Set personell yaearly objectives targets & comptencies required levels.
• Monitor staff performance & arrange necssarry improvement & training programs required to insure that overall performance is within the ideal bell curve.
•Set strategic expansion planes as per busines groth rates.
•Continuous process’s re-engineering & Implementation for ensuring Business Excellency at all times & under any new market challenges in addition to Continuous cost minimization.
•Handling both local & regional supply chain related expansion projects.
•Managing all Supply chain related business analysis.
•Maintain the operational expenditures under productivity benchmark.
•Manage 2PL facilities consists of 12, 000 square meters.
•Manage & monitor the execution of operations with the 3PL service providers as per Service contract & SLA.
•Ensure that safety procedures are implemented at the warehouse facilities.
•Monitoring and tracking all stock movements within local/regional stores.
•Managing Inbound, Quality Control, Warehousing, Inventory Control & outbound operations.
•Ensuring accurate stock data & perform schedule inventory.
•Monitoring cost & and level of service.
•Monitoring and planning stock movement for customer deliveries.
•Ensure inventory accuracy and optimal utilization of warehouse spaces.
•Ensuring that all activities related to supply of goods are completed in a cost effective manner.
•Plan future capacity requirement.
•Managing replenishment between various warehouses & stores.
•Planning & maintaining of stock min & max levels within store & retail outlets.
•Managing raw materials stock within production facilities.
•Establishing and following up & contracting with client to ensure satisfaction and on-going business.
•Full site management in order to maintain personnel, machinery safety and performance at top standards.
•Managing and closing company’s accounting transactions, both internally and externally.
•Managing supply chain activities & planning site procurements to ensure operations fluency.
•Reporting to Chairman on regular basis.
• overseeing stock control and processing orders.
• keeping stock control systems up to date.
• planning future capacity requirements.
• producing regular reports and statistics on a daily, weekly and monthly basis
• maintaining standards of health and safety, hygiene and security in the work environment
• overseeing the planned maintenance of vehicles, machinery and equipment.
• Planning time schedule for cranes, trucks, forklifts, wheel loaders in order to maximize the output of machinery, personnel and time.
• briefing TDM on a daily basis.
• communicating with other departments, and site superintendents on-shore & off-shore.
• fulfilling objectives and directions from the operation's headquarters.
• coordinating the use of automated and computerised systems.
• recruiting and training of staff.
• monitoring the performance and progress of staff.
• motivating, organizing and encouraging teamwork within the workforce to ensure set productivity targets are met.
• Planning daily tasks and dealing with the up-rising situations.
• Managing disposal process of material scrap and various sorts of waste according to standards of health and safety regulations.
• Site demobilization.
• • Helping warehouse manager at stock control and processing orders.
• Updating stock control systems.
• Collecting data for regular inventory check.
• Supervise workers as handling daily tasks.
• Responsible for assisting the Warehouse Manager in the successful and timely flow of production work.
• Oversee all work that is set-up during the day.
• Deliver and pick up materials as needed.
• Establish and maintain designated work areas and arrange as needed
• Ensure orderly and safe conditions at all times.
• Ensure proper working condition of work areas, trucks, tools, fixtures and equipment
• Arrange for repairs/replacements as needed.
• Responsible for working with the Warehouse Manager to ensure accurate and timely shipping and receiving of all work materials and finished products.
• Helping with final demobilization and inventory check.
• Data entry.