Logistics Manager
HASOUB-DISTRIBUTION. Hardware Solutions Builders
Total des années d'expérience :18 years, 4 Mois
Managing total Supply Chain functions, of Jeddah, Riyadh, Khobar, Bahrain and Dubai Branches with products rolling at final sales value of more than SAR 80 million.
Laid the foundation of Dubai branch with Branch Manager Dubai and assisted in organizing 3PL solutions for our stand-alone branch.
Managing total Procurement Functions of the entire Active and Passive Networking Solutions Portfolio of Commscope Systimax, Corning, Chatsworth Products Inc; Rittal GmbH and Conteg, along with Wellmax Products, HP, Dell Enterprise Solutions and Cisco.
Managing relations with Freight Forwarders, Customs Clearance Agents and Ad-Hoc 3PL service providers.
Supervising a team of Logistics and Procurement Officers and overseeing their daily functions, which include PO processing, Financial Issues, Logistics Budgeting, ERP Functions, Daily and Weekly Invoicing and Warehouse Functions in a separate Warehousing and Inventory Cycle and giving tips on customer service.
Managing Orders and Logistics Cycle as per Sales Team Pipeline, working closely with Sales Teams to organize a Purchase Schedule for stock, non-stock and B2B Purchase Orders.
Making sure that costs remain low and quality of service stays upto the mark.
More than a decade of experience in customs clearance, logistics and transportation.
Responsible for working closely with the selected supplier and managing the companies procurement and logistics activities. Making sure to follow guidelines within all of the company’s Operational Procedures. Managing purchase orders of over SAR 40 million, various L/Cs of USD 10 million in total.
Full purchasing functions from BOQ conciliation, to contracts management and material procurement and inbound logistics.
Currently working on mega-projects of Ministry of Interior Extension, Jabal Omar Project, Princess Noura University, CMA Tower Projects, and Ministry of Defense. KAIA and others, Haramain High Speed Railway Projects
Managing purchase orders from Saudi Bin Laden Group and BT-Applied Technology.
Responsible for order placement timing, supply / demand alignment, material replenishment and supplier performance.
Managing reports for purchasing and logistics functions.
Managing data in ERP - I am an avid ORACLE JD Edwards user.
Monitoring delivery time to ensure we meet deadlines set by the customer.
Awarding freight service to forwarders and various 3PL partners.
Freight cost analysis - with budgeting for long term applications.
Organizing pickup of material, upon receiving pre-alert from supplier.
Following up with customs clearance broker to clear shipment.
Creating Sales Orders and instructing warehouse to deliver material to site.
Personally set up a warehouse operation in Jebel Ali UAE (South Terminal), in 15 days.
Shipment booking for more than 150 customers in Western Region, by air, sea and land.
Providing quotations to customers for UPS services.
Following up shipments at origin and updating customers accurately.
Updating shipment reports to operations department. Updating these reports in ERP systems.
Applying knowledge of customer structure to sales solutions
Building business partnership with customers.
Conducted customer analysis.
Creating sales strategy, by soliciting and gathering information on customers current and forecast logistics requirements.
Assists in developing a customer database, and maintaining it by proposing solutions to the requirements of the customer.
Reviewing and reporting insides sales activities.
Maintain the work force and provide special assistance on projects
Conduct inside sales administrative duties.
Assisted Quality Manager on Internal Audit for ISO 9001 implementation.
Promoting 3PL services to various prospects by regular market visits.
Answering customer’s enquiries and offering practical and effective solutions.
Managing and communicating with overseas principals and international associates.
Handling customer enquiries.
Coordinating with overseas principals in USA, Germany, China, Brazil, Malaysia, Indonesia, Netherlands etc. on pricing, marketing strategy etc.
Fixing and negotiating rates for clients and following up on quotations.
Followed up on operations for secured shipments. Kept customers up to date thru daily reports.
Receiving overseas principals and organizing joint visits with their representatives.
Receiving and checking of NVOCC documents - HBLs and MBLs.
Organizing documents for submission to TUSDEER.
Keeping track of daily shipments.
Maintaining daily income reports from NVOCC.
Handling and solving consignee issues/complaints.
Preparing delivery orders and Cargo Arrival Notifications.
Coordination with CFS staff for receiving consol boxes.
Arranging land transportation and transshipment for inbound cargo consisting of FCL, LCL, Automobiles and Bulk.
Transshipped a total of 1300 Ro/Ro & Break Bulk units to various ports around the Middle East, along with 5000 TEUs to various ports within the Middle East, North Africa and Europe region.
Business Studies with Computer Systems. Fusion of modern business studies and using technology to apply its functions.