o My primary role of the job includes managing international procurement of raw materials, excipients, finished goods, packaging, machinery, and spares, ensuring compliance with global trade regulations.
o Handling spends of 3.5bn PKR with 5% of cost saving based on avoidance, negotiation, market trends and historical records. Purchase ordering and comparative approvals by calculating landed cost of imports vs budget.
o End to end import & export import procurement, from the best of negotiation on payment terms, delivery terms, amount, timelines and follow-ups till the material successfully received and cleared from the Karachi Air/Seaport.
o Monthly reporting (Spend analysis through country/material/supplier/, PPV-KPI, Cost savings, OTIF, Open PO+PR, Backorders analysis, Consolidating Common materials for MD group shipments to achieve Economies in shipment and ordering.
o Facilitating timely opening of the financial instruments with banks and providing correct documentation, budget, and business allocations with banks. Proofing all documents for minimizing discrepancy.
o Achieve duty benefits at each shipment described by custom tariff declaring the goods on correct HS-codes and using trade blocks.
o Sourcing and development of new supplier mitigating risk based on the location and prices and its necessary approval after due diligence with the help of QC/QA, compliance and regulatory making sure the supplier meets the DRAP regulation and terms.
o CAPA and deviation forms initiation in case of any change in process/material specifications and conditional approvals to meet production targets, ensuring the deviation will not hit the quality and efficacy of the product.
o Reducing the lead times and MOQs collaborating with the suppliers to avoid inventory holding cost and ordering cost and reduce inventory obsolescence. (Optimal inventory levels)
o Prioritizing and expediting shipment by regularly reviewing the current inventory coverage. Setting up the best re-ordering points and buffer inventories with respect to the lead-time to avoid stock-outs.
o Central procurement of up to 05 remote locations. OPEX and CAPEX projects and daily requirement to maintain smooth processes from local and foreign sources on most competitive techno-commercial terms.
o Managing the expense of 2 bn PKR for the consumables, MRO, general and administrative expenses, commodity buying, repair maintenance and general services, contracts/SLAs, spares technical buying (mechanical electrical and plumbing), QC instruments & chemicals, NPD, material handling Equipments, tertiary packaging material etc for all the areas.
o Techno-commercial comparisons through the help of ITT, RFQ, RFP and RFI to present & analyze proposals or project.
o Handling the CAPEX of around 1.5bn every year for capacity extension projects (from initiated URS to consultant to vendor selection till commissioning). Erection, commissioning, and successful installation of every assigned project, leading from the procurement including SAT-FAT of new technologies.
o Analyzing the Total cost of ownership TCO, reservation value of goods, apply Kearney’s sourcing strategies, Kraljics matrix, spend Pareto analysis, cost-value analysis, calculating ROIs, visualizing, and surveying market trend to create values and finding best cost saving opportunities.
o Ensuring that all the materials conform to standard quality of work and are procured at most competitive prices.
o Supply planning as per contract management and tendering for the forecasted consumption frequency, store and inventory management of MRO based on ABC evaluation technique, CRP and QRP, and bundling of orders.
o Approved vendor yearly evaluation, grading, audits, due-diligence and certifications to find, rectify & highlight the organization’s best sources for long-term partnering and strategy for development of key categories.
o Saving targets of 4% yearly using SAP MM module S4HANNA.
- Company industry:
- Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
