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muzaffar iqbal, Logistics Coordinator – Middle East

muzaffar iqbal

Logistics Coordinator – Middle East·RB

Bahrain

Master's degree, Supply Chain Management

Work experience

Total years of experience: 18 years, 8 months

Logistics Coordinator – Middle East

June 2013 - Present

RB

Manama, Bahrain

June 2013 - Present

• Responsible overall raw & finished warehouses operations and inventories
• Coordinate with planning & production personnel to provide uninterrupted flow of material
• Managing third party warehouse facilities and inventories
• Successfully developed and trained operations and inventory team to ensure the operations efficiency and inventory accuracy
• Prepared & Implemented SOP’s for Warehouse Operations, custom clearance and transportations
• Develop and effective implementations of operational strategies to maximize utilization of operational capabilities and space utilization, while providing uninterrupted flow of material and minimizing logistics costs
• Arrange and monitoring transportation
• Liaises with custom brokers for updated reporting procedures and valuations.
• Expedites import/export arrangements and maintains current information on import/export tariffs, licenses and restrictions
• Coordinate import/export shipments from origin until final destination
• Monthly performance reports via defined KPI’s to factory manager
• Leading the selection & appraisal of vendors/contractors

Company industry:
FMCG
Job role:
Logistics and Transportation

Logistics Manager

May 2012 - June 2013

Connect Logistic

Karachi, Pakistan

May 2012 - June 2013

• • Lead all raw & finished warehouses operations and inventories
• Coordinate the activities of production personnel to provide uninterrupted flow of material from supplier to plants
• Accountable for timely delivery of materials and services to support the customer’s business plan at the country level
• Taking appropriate measure to manage the cost in order to operate the facility within allocated budget and strive for efficient operation
• Develop and effective implementations of operational strategies to maximize utilization of operational capabilities, while satisfying customers and minimizing total project costs
• Analyze all operational personnel and activities on a frequent basis including receiving, put away, replenishment, selecting, and quality checking, loading, and shipping.
• Successfully developed and trained Inventory team to ensure the Inventory Accuracy and are achieving set targets by customer
• Regular reporting on company performance via defined KPI’s to Company directors
• Prepared & Implemented SOP’s for Warehouse Operations, added controls where necessary and ensured adherence by the staff.
• Leading the Quality, health & safety program
• Leading the selection & appraisal of vendors/contractors
• Manage headcount, permanent & temporary staff

Company industry:
Warehousing
Job role:
Logistics and Transportation

Manager Warehouses & Inventories

July 2011 - April 2012

Al-Abid Silk Mill Ltd

Karachi, Pakistan

July 2011 - April 2012

• • Planning, organizing and controlling of all raw and finish warehouses & Inventories
• Prepare departmental budgets and lead new projects
• Implement cost reduction principles in all aspects of warehouse & transportation transactions and activities
• Actively participating in Business Process Engineering in order to achieve gain in efficiency & cost contamination.
• Coordination with customers on new initiative and system/business processes related to Supply Chain.
• Responsible for inventory management at all Finish & Raw Warehouses
• Leading the selection & appraisal of vendors/contractors
• Responsible to develop monitor and improve Supply Chain of IKEA Safety / Security / Environmental / Quality standards (Special Project).

Company industry:
Textile & Apparel Production
Job role:
Logistics and Transportation

Facility Manager

October 2010 - April 2011

Agility Logistics (Pvt) Ltd

Karachi, Pakistan

October 2010 - April 2011

• Lead the Complete Ambient & Cold Warehousing Operations & Value Added Service in a multi user environment i.e. (Proctor & Gamble, IKEA, UNICEF, and OMORE - Engro Food).
• Planning, organizing and controlling of dry and chill supply chain operations
• Manage P&L, prepare budgets and responsible for performance of the dry and chill supply chain.
• Identifying, communicating and ensure meeting customer requirements
• Successfully developed and trained Inventory team to ensure the Inventory Accuracy and are achieving set targets (98% min) by customer and above.
• Regular reporting on performance of facility via defined KPI’s
• Develop high-performing team that consistently achieves their goals
• Manage headcount, direct & temporary labor
• Establish team goals and conduct team performance reviews.
• Lead & manage global customer’s projects and internal initiatives in the capacity of Project Manager
• Provides coaching and feedback to supply chain team, identifies performance opportunities and creates specific action plans to improve efficiencies.
• Leading the selection & appraisal of vendors/contractors.

Company industry:
Warehousing
Job role:
Logistics and Transportation

Assistant Manager Quality Assurance

May 2009 - October 2010

Agility Logistics (Pvt) Ltd

Karachi, Pakistan

May 2009 - October 2010

• Lead projects staff in the development, implementation and maintenance of project-level Supply Chain processes
• Lead & manage customer’s projects and internal initiatives in the capacity of Project Manager.
• Supervise, manage, support the warehouse quality assurance personnel
• Reporting of logistics incident and take preventive and corrective action to reduce it and chair HSE&QA meeting
• Carryout internal audits to support the identification, actioning and close out of non-compliance and lead the external audits.
• Organize communication campaign - raise H&S awareness

Company industry:
Warehousing
Job role:
Logistics and Transportation

Quality Assurance Executive

August 2007 - May 2009

Agility Logistics (Pvt) Ltd

Karachi, Pakistan

August 2007 - May 2009

• Reports the status of the quality levels of staff, systems and production activities and participates in improvement programs
• Warehouse Management System WMS - Monitoring adherence and reporting
• Inventory verification and reconciliation
• Monitor, communicate and resolve / escalate issues related to Inventory, Safety & Hygiene, Security, Training, Sanitation & Pest Control, Adherence to Integrated Management System (IMS) Procedures
• Closely monitors the processes, identifies gaps and suggests solutions.

Company industry:
Warehousing
Job role:
Logistics and Transportation

Education

IQRA University

January 2012

January 2012

Master's degree, Supply Chain Management

Pakistan

Master in Business Administration- Supply Chain Management

University of Karachi

December 2006

December 2006

Master's degree, Statistics

Pakistan

Master of Science in Statistics, University of Karachi, 2006. Major Subject: Quality Control and Reliability, Design of Experiment, and Time Series.

Skills

Warehouse Management
Expert
Warehouse Management
Expert
Logistics
Expert
Logistics
Expert
Quality Management
Expert
Quality Management
Expert
MS office
Intermediate
MS office
Intermediate
Warehouse Management
Expert
Warehouse Management
Expert
Logistics
Expert
Logistics
Expert
Quality Management
Expert
Quality Management
Expert

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Certifications
Six Sigma Green Belt
NED University
Feb 2013 - Feb 2013
IRCA certified ISO 9001:2008 Lead Auditing course
IRCA
Oct 2010 - Oct 2010