Muhammad Sharjeel Nawaz

• Strategic Supply Chain Leadership: Developed and implemented comprehensive supply chain optimization strategies, achieving 98% OTIF for export deliveries and 99% OTIF for local and GCC customers through efficient inventory management and policy development.
• Procurement Strategy development and Vendor Relationship Management: Developed and executed procurement strategies with the vendors and Led negotiations for rates and service levels with major vendors in UAE, China, Vietnam, Brazil, Slovakia, and Germany, Argentina, Romania, Spain, and India, demonstrating strong negotiation skills and achieving cost-effective agreements handling a portfolio of USD 40 Million.
• 3PL Project: Led a 67, 000 Sqm 3PL project from budgeting and planning to execution and operation, establishing performance metrics for effective supply chain management for customers from Consumer Electronics, Retail, FMCG, Chemicals, and Oil and energy industries.
• Team Leadership: Led, mentored, and inspired diverse teams of supply chain professionals across multiple regions, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration.
• KPI Management: Achieved 98% order fulfillment for export deliveries to the customers in North Africa and other regions, maintaining required inventory levels and optimizing shipment routes. Attained 99% OTIF for local and GCC customers through efficient inventory management and policy development to enhance supply chain efficiency.
• Inventory and Compliance: Managed inventory for a USD 40M portfolio while ensuring strict compliance with global trade regulations and securing necessary permits for chemical handling.
• SRM Leadership: Led the Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) team, managing vendor prequalification, audit processes, and supplier performance monitoring to align with business needs.
• Supplier Registration & Evaluation: Implemented an effective vendor prequalification system, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Vendor Performance Management: Ensured supplier compliance with standards, delivering 98% OTIF for export and 99% OTIF for local/GCC deliveries.
• Supplier Audits: Coordinated with Quality Management to conduct supplier audits and monitor performance, improving overall supply chain operations.
• Market Research: Led market research efforts to support commercial strategy and vendor qualification for new markets and geographic expansion.
• Risk Management: Identified risks in supplier management and implemented mitigation strategies, including cost-saving initiatives worth USD 100, 000.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborated with internal departments to streamline processes and improve overall supply chain performance and operations.
• Order Management: Formulated an efficient order management and documentation process with order management and fulfillment teams by coordinating customer enquiries for delivering quantities and dates to minimize order changes and to attain maximum factory effectiveness.
• Carrier relationship: Established key vendor relationships with major shipping lines like MAERSK, MSC, HAPAG LLOYD, AND CMA-CGM across various regions, fostering positive working relationships with vendors and shippers.
• Risk management and mitigation: Secured permits for handling, storage and trading of chemicals and lubricants like mineral oil (MO), polyol ester oil (POE), polyalkylene glycols oil (PAG), poly-alfa olefin oil (PAO), and Refrigerant gases resulting in savings of USD 1, 000 per container, saving USD 100, 000 on imports for 100 containers.

• Supplier Performance Management: Developed and maintained performance metrics for supplier on-time delivery, resulting in a 99% OTIF and reduced reverse logistics costs by 5%.
• Vendor Database Management: Enhanced the vendor database to ensure the availability of qualified suppliers and mitigate supply chain risks.
• Logistics Strategy Development: Successfully implemented logistics strategy plans, resulting in improved supply chain efficiency and enhanced logistical operations.
• CAPEX planning: Solid Planning for CAPEX Purchasing worth USD 35 Million for year 2022-23.
• Sustainable Sourcing: Managed sustainable sourcing for a large portfolio of goods and services, ensuring alignment with environmental and social responsibility goals.
• Supply Chain Efficiency Improvement: Led strategic logistics decisions that reduced costs by 23%, improving overall supply chain efficiency.
• KPI management: Established and managed KPIs: Picking time and accuracy @ 99%, order cycle time @ 48 hours, OTIF @ 99%, and order fulfillment rate @ 99%, ensuring continuous improvement in warehousing and logistics.

• SRM Processes: Managed supplier qualification activities, ensuring alignment with world-class best practices.
• Supplier Audits & Compliance: Oversaw supplier compliance with quality management and performance standards, including audits and assessments.
• Vendor Relationship Management: Strengthened relationships with major suppliers by ensuring cost effective procurement agreements.
• Budgeting: Prepared annual CAPEX and OPEX budgets with control to prevent overages.
• Freight Management: Directed all aspects of transportation, including freight, customs and Inventory
management, resulting in a 99% on-time delivery.
• Cost Saving: Saved USD 150, 000 on the transportation of a single consignment worth USD 4.8 Million to Houston, USA.
• S&OP Planning: Balanced demand with supply and financials via. S&OP planning to achieve OTIF @ 99%.
• ERP Implementation: Implemented MS Dynamics NAV as the ERP for the division comprising WMS, MRP, TMS, RFQ and PO Mods
• Process Improvement: Implemented process improvement to shape organizational culture, optimized procedures for higher efficiency and help the company evolve and grow the logistics network.

• Supply Chain Designing: Successfully setup and crafted E2E (End to End) Supply chain for the newly started Scaffolding & Formwork rental and sales division in 2016.
• Contracts Management: Evaluated and signed contracts with the new vendors locally and internationally for scaffolding and formwork, through end-to-end procurement process i.e., from RFIs to RFQs to tendering to contracts management.
• Logistics Management: Signed contracts with logistics service providers for local, cross-border, and export deliveries.
• Cost Optimization: Optimized costs to contribute to productivity, and proficiency of central fulfillment operations.
• Operational Efficiency Enhancement: Delivered business strategy and developed systems and procedures to improve operational quality and team efficiency.

• Corolla Hood and Luggage Hemming Project: Successfully completed erection and commissioning of hemming press and dies project, budgeted at PKR 116 M with a Saving of PKR 08 M
• HILUX SP Line: Spearheaded the successful delivery of Special Purpose Line Project budgeted at PKR 15 M with a saving of PKR 1.3 M

• Analyzed the problems faced by the firm in their Cold Chain Management.
• Developed an Algorithm for Vehicle Routing and Scheduling problem during distribution.
• Suggested an appropriate forecasting model to predict the demand of the product (Pasteurized Milk)