Muhammad Waqas Rafique, Deputy Manager - Supply Chain

Muhammad Waqas Rafique

Deputy Manager - Supply Chain

K-Electric Limited

Location
Pakistan - Karachi
Education
Master's degree, Finance & Supply Chain
Experience
15 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 11 Months

Deputy Manager - Supply Chain at K-Electric Limited
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • My current job since September 2012

• Direct Negotiate with contractors, Suppliers, Govt. Authorities in order to attain win-win strategy

• Closely involve in Designing strategies of network optimization of K-Electric Portfolio of Outlets

• Implementing New Strategies to work with transparency by developing SOP’s which are easy to follow and practicable for the team

• Perform Cost benefit Analysis internally and negotiate with the vendors of every project prior to execution in order to work out the feasibility which should be aligned with the company’s objective with the collaboration of the cross functional groups

• Responsible for Preparing Business Plan and budget for the Function

Project Manager - Database Management at KESC LTD
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • March 2013 to November 2013

Project Real Estate Database Management (REDBMS) -

Mar 07, 2013 - Nov 25, 2013 (9 Months)

To enhance the efficiency of Real Estate - KESC by centralizing the database and to regularize and transparent the payment process of Real Estate. In order to achieve the objective, very comprehensive customized ERP software has developed which is now covering all the aspects of the Real Estate from Property acquisition to Space utilization by analyzing and optimizing the cost per square foot.
Contribution & Modules:

• Manage project from End to End (E2E) from the business Side
• Covered all the aspects of the routine business by doing AS-IS and TO-BE Analysis
• Track the project by doing the PERT Analysis
• Substantial Cost Saving in the selection of the ERP Package through Cost Benefit Analysis
• Keep the team motivated throughout the project. Recognized the team members upon completion of the project by certificates.
• Worked closely with the cross functional teams including Finance, IT and Treasury to make the project efficient.

Asset Transaction Specialist at Chevron Pakistan Limited
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • November 2011 to September 2012

• Identify Retail outlets acquisition opportunities throughout Pakistan

• Directly Engage retailers in order to reduce the capital investment on the retail outlet in North Region

• Directly negotiate with the retailers in order to increase the profitability of both the customer and the organization

• Responsible for Due Diligence, Risk Management and financial Aspects of the outlets
• Develop investment proposals for new sites with recommendation for the high potential sites for approval to the Managers /Directors

• Make sure that all new sites should be endorsed and approved by the Relevant cross functional team including Sales, Value Chain, Legal and others to comply with the policies

• Responsible to develop and deployment of the network optimization plan of retail outlets with the help of cross functional teams including sales and logistics to ensure the maximum revenue generation and cost savings from the logistics prospective

• Manages the retail capital investment plan and pipeline for assigned area

• Develop strategy for the low profitable customers to make them profitable

• conducts economic feasibility studies for all proposed projects in the assigned area

• periodically review network plans and implement strategic changes to the network

Asset Transaction Associate at Chevron Pakistan Limited
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • July 2009 to October 2011

• Engage regional and local commercial analysts to assess the customer profitability and work with them and the sales personnel to propose opportunities for improvement in business activity

• Check the feasibility of the projects and suggest alternate solutions where required to ensure that all retail stations are profitable
• Perform technical analysis to reduce the overall operating expenses of the proposals

• Analyze Pakistan Retail Stations Performance and set up action plan with cross functional teams for low performing customers

• Asset Management of Pakistan Retail outlets to ensure positive NOI

• Interaction with cross functional, Local and regional teams for Class of trade conversion on regular basis

Finance Associate at Chevron Pakistan Limited
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • June 2008 to June 2009

• Identify problematic areas and conduct research to determine the best course of action to enhance the data accuracy

• Analyze reports of data duplicates or other errors to provide ongoing appropriate cross functional communication and monthly or daily data reports

• Identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets

• Prepare Credit Status report and maintaining active follow-up on past due invoices of the customers with sales

• Proactively coordinating with various units for timely updating of material costing and pricing

• Performing customer account reconciliation in coordination with business units

Project Coordinator - Project Olympic at Chevron
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • July 2008 to December 2008

Project Olympic - 2008 (Chevron Pakistan Limited)
To make global business processes more effective and enable more-informed business decisions in Pakistan and Asia Pacific.
Contribution & Modules:
 Played a key role in successful Implementation of SAP Sales and Distribution Module (CDM and Pricing)
 Gatekeeper for the Regional Customer Master data for Pakistan
 Coordinator of Regional Pricing Module for Pakistan
 Coordinated with Regional Project Team, Business Units, Logistics and Call Centre for smooth transition of customers into the new ERP (SAP) for S&D module
 Handled data collection, cleansing and migration, account consolidation and implementation of new process
 Assisted in Implementation of new SAP rebate functionality for retail lubricants customers and ensured migrated pricing conditions are consistent in previous and new SAP systems

Education

Master's degree, Finance & Supply Chain
  • at Institute of Business Management
  • December 2013

Majors: Procurement and Inventory Management Storage and Warehousing Techniques ERP Implementation Techniques Strategic Supply Chain Management Risk Management Strategic Financial Management Portfolio Management

Master's degree, Applied Mathematics
  • at University of Karachi
  • December 2007

Masters in Applied Mathematics with first division from University of Karachi in 2007.

Bachelor's degree, Mathematics
  • at University of Karachi
  • December 2006

Bachelors of Honors in Mathematics with first division from University of Karachi in 2006.

High school or equivalent, Science
  • at S.M Public Academy
  • March 2001

➢ Metric in Science with A-Grade from S.M Public Academy in 2001.

Specialties & Skills

Maintaining Business Relationships
Financial Analysis
Budgeting
Risk Management
Microsoft Office
Microsoft EXCEL
FI MODULE
MICROSOFT OFFICE
PRICING
SAP (ERP)
Interpersonal Skills
SAP - REFX Module
SAP - S&D Module
Risk Management
Financial Analysis
Budgeting and Forecasting
Managing Real Estate
Costing

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert

Training and Certifications

Learning and Development (Training)
Training Institute:
Navitus
Date Attended:
December 2012
In house Training on Business Intelligence Tool - Qlik view (Training)
Training Institute:
KESC Ltd
Date Attended:
November 2012

Hobbies

  • Reading Books