Muhammad Azam Zaki, Manager Imports

Muhammad Azam Zaki

Manager Imports

Architects World

Location
Pakistan
Education
Master's degree, Operations & Supply Chain Management
Experience
33 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :33 years, 7 Months

Manager Imports at Architects World
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • My current job since June 2020

My duties are

- Manage the company’s supply portfolio ensuring transparency of spending
- Generate and implement efficient sourcing and category management strategies
- Analyze and calculate costs of procurement and suggest methods to decrease expenditure
- Invent negotiation strategies and secure profitable deals
- Optimize sourcing procedures to attain maximum efficiency
- Cooperate with stakeholders to guarantee agreement on terms and processes
- Research and anticipate shifts in the negotiating power of suppliers
- Perform cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking
- Estimate risks and apply risk minimizing techniques
- Discover and partner with trustworthy vendors and suppliers
- Determine quantity and timing of deliveries
- Supervise / Managing Inventory & stocks at warehouse & display at showroom

Manager Planning & Sourcing at Fincera Pvt. Ltd.
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • February 2018 to June 2020

As a Sourcing & Planning Manager I am responsible for handling the company’s end to end sourcing operations:-

- Manage the company’s supply portfolio ensuring transparency of spending
- Generate and implement efficient sourcing and category management strategies
- Analyze and calculate costs of procurement and suggest methods to decrease expenditure
- Invent negotiation strategies and secure profitable deals
- Optimize sourcing procedures to attain maximum efficiency
- Cooperate with stakeholders to guarantee agreement on terms and processes
- Research and anticipate shifts in the negotiating power of suppliers
- Perform cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking
- Estimate risks and apply risk minimizing techniques
- Discover and partner with trustworthy vendors and suppliers
- Determine quantity and timing of deliveries
- Supervise / Managing Inventory & stocks at warehouse & display at showroom

Manager Imports / Procurement at 4Walls Private Limited
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • December 2014 to February 2018

 I am responsible for the import of High Quality Building materials (Tiles, Sanitary wares, Sanitary Fittings, Lightings, & HANEX Acrylic Sheets) from Italy, Spain, Germany, China, Korea and other countries.
 I am handling Logistics & Supply Chain matters; Follow up of all shipments from origin to final destination.
 Being an Import Manager it is my duty to deal with Suppliers, freight forwarders, Shipping Lines, Customs Clearing Agents, Customs Authorities, banks and to coordinate with sales team for proper & in-time supply of the goods.
 I also support sales team for quick & proper after sales service.
 All international & interdepartmental correspondences being made in my supervision. Also, responsible to find new suppliers of related products.
 I am also responsible for all the local purchases & supervise all stores.
 All contracts / requisitions are prepared and finalized in my supervision.
 Set up modern warehouse by adopting latest supply chain and stock management tool within a short period of three months

Manager Imports / Procurement at ABN Enterprises
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • August 2001 to December 2014

I was responsible for the import of High Quality Building materials (Tiles, Sanitary wares, Sanitary Fittings & HI-MACS Acrylic Sheets from Italy, Spain, Germany, Korea and other countries.
 I was handling Logistics & Supply Chain matters; Follow up of all shipments from origin to final destination.
 Being an Import Manager it was my responsibility to deal with Suppliers, freight forwarders, Shipping Lines, Customs Clearing Agents & Customs Authorities and banks and to coordinate with sales team for proper supply of the goods.
 I also supported sales team for quick & proper after sales service.
 I was also responsible for all the correspondences & for the search of new suppliers.
 All the local purchases were made in my supervision
 I supervised all warehouses of the company and set up standards to maintain proper supply chain & to update stocks.

Assistant to Director at Din Textile Mills Ltd.
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • January 1997 to July 2001

I was responsible for all types of correspondences & to assist two Directors & Admin / Commercial Manager as well. All correspondences of the company made through me.

All foreign travel arrangements of the Company Directors was also my duty.

I was also responsible for the E - research & development of new fibers & Textile Machinery related to spinning sector.

During my stay at Din Textile Mills Ltd., I introduced number of new ibers, like Lycra® (Spandex) by DuPont, Nomex Fiber (Fire Retardant), Amicor Fiber, Polynosic fiber, Modal Fiber, Tencel Fiber, Organic Cotton etc.

Sales Executive at Citi Ban n.a.
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • January 1993 to December 1996

I was responsible for the sales & promotion of Citi Bank Credit Cards

During my stay, many times I won the sales promotions

I was one of the top ten sales executives during my stay at Citi Bank

Zonal Secretary at All Pakistan Bed Sheet & Upholstery Manufacturers Association
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • October 1990 to December 1992

I was responsible to run Lahore zonal office in collaboration of Zonal Chairman. Core Duties were

1. Office Management
2. Preparation of Member's activity report
3. Keep record of Textile Quota
4. Verification and authentication of textile quota held be members.
5. transfer of textile quota.
6. Correspondence between association's offices and member firms.
7. time to time tasks given by the chairman.

Education

Master's degree, Operations & Supply Chain Management
  • at Virtual University of Pakistan
  • August 2020

Operations & Supply Chain Management

Bachelor's degree, Economics, Islamic Studies
  • at University of the Punjab
  • August 1989

My major subjects were Economics and Islamic Studies with Optional subject Persian

Specialties & Skills

Procurement
Supply Chain Management
Import Export
Negotiation
Purchase / Procurement
Purchase Acquisition
Trade Negotiation
Supplier Negotiation
Negotiation
Supply Chain Logistics
Pricing Negotiation
Quotations
Contract Assigning
Microsoft Offfice
Microsoft AX 2012

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Native Speaker
Punjabi
Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

Diploma in Computer Sciences (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 1994

Hobbies

  • Book Reading, TV, Cricket