Musthafa Mohammad, Logistics/Warehouse Manager

Musthafa Mohammad

Logistics/Warehouse Manager

SLGT Logistics

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Supply Chain Management
Experience
20 years, 6 Months

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Total years of experience :20 years, 6 Months

Logistics/Warehouse Manager at SLGT Logistics
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since January 2023
Supply Chain Manager at Sharjah Coop
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • October 2019 to December 2022

Developed and implemented an effective strategy, policies and procedures for the distribution center, retail merchandise
warehouse, E-Commerce warehouse, fixed asset stores and logistics & supply chain department.
 Managing an end-to-end Supply Chain - being responsible for Stores, Inventory, Warehouse, Demand and Material
stock planning.
 Accountable for the successful execution (cost, quality and schedule) of all Procurement and Supply Chain activities and
contribution towards effective business operations and delivery
 Conduct regular team meetings to encourage and maintain regular information exchange with the goal to improve
operational efficiency and to identify areas for improvement.
 Ensuring all areas have set appropriate KPIs that are in line with the overall department targets as well as analyze the
performance achievements in the different sections and take corrective actions whenever needed. Ensuring appropriate
and required tools
 Implemented SAP HANA WMS SCM process and organized warehouse to align with system based driven operations
 Managing Retail Distribution warehouse: 450, 000 Sqft & Ecommerce: 220, 000 Sqft and in total fleet: 100+ with 22, 000 SKU+
 Managing sourcing of 22k+ products through local vendors & International suppliers, vendor management & promotions
 Managing aed438 million inventory values per annum through sourcing & replenishment purchase & contract manufacturing
 Managing 1+ million sales volume through 100+ deliveries per day to B2B & B2C (retail stores, horeca & ecommerce)
 KPI: Inventory accuracy: 97%, service level: 92%, Product availability: 90%
 Categories managing in warehouse storage, Logistics and distribution: 42 type category product management
 Managing DC warehouse for Inbound, storage & outbound distribution: retail supermarket, B2B, Horeca, Ecommerce
customers(B2C)
 SOP for fire & safety, food storage & distribution compliance as per Municipality guidelines (FSSC22000)
 Quality control process: check list, shelf-life policy control, waste management through sustainability process
 Fleet maintenance’s & driver roaster schedule as per shift duty, fleet registration & repairs as per RTA guidelines
 Managing AMCs for fight fighting, HVAC, Fleet service, MHE, Forklifts, EHS, Civil Defense, Beah, manpower

Manager- Supply Chain, Logistics & Warehouse at Foodco
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • April 2018 to September 2019

Responsibilities & Duties:
 Managing Supply chain Operations, Logistics, Warehouses of ifood Distribution, Retail Distribution and exporters
 Responsible for resolving daily operational issues and managing the Logistics & warehouse operations.
 Daily planning for Logistics & warehouse operations for all Inbound & Outbound shipments & other Value-added services,
 Warehouse manpower planning, and scheduling including leave planning, Efficient cost management of the warehouse
 Managing distribution among UAE, fleet control & maintenance, driver scheduling for distribution within UAE & GCC
 Achieve higher productivity in warehouse operations, Ensure Safety in warehouse operations, Managing and maintaining Good
Warehouse Practice (DC Audit, HSE, First Aid, Fire evacuation)
 Managing System & Inventory (ILS, Stock take, PI Count)
 Managing Cold stores: Ambient warehouse in total 11, 000 Sqmt, and all storage and handling temperature ranges i.e.-25˚C,
2 ˚C to 8˚C +18 ˚C and ambient and accredited ISO 9001, ISO 22000, HACCP Cold stores and facility management of
Warehouses and making sure people and premise health and safety in order all time by monitoring reports
 Managing and creating safety stock policy to manage stocks in warehouses for distribution-
 Participating in company planning strategy for shipment, distribution & material planning
 Order issuance and acknowledgement, issue forwarder nomination, coordinate the shipment together with the Dispatch team,
verifying receipt of material, Preparations of standard operating procedure and adhering to it without fail.
 Managing the team to successfully achieve their job responsibilities, Working on the continuous learning, development and
improvement of the team capabilities within their functional jobs
 Managing 20+ refrigerated fleet, with +60 warehouse operatives and managing 100+ deliveries covering Dubai &
Northern Emirates geographically wide ranges of customers i.e. catering companies, wholes sale, Retail, Hotels, Hospitals
 Managing inbound shipment customs from Jebel Ali port & FIRS with Dubai Food control authorities
 Cost optimization and inventory control and management, Fleet Control, MHE, ISO 9001:2015, HCCP, SAP- WMS, EHS
 Resolving operational issues and use root cause analysis to drive continuous improvement across the entire logistics cycle (i.e.
shipment, warehousing, distribution & order-to-cash) along with day to day operational relationship management with
customers across the region.
 Reporting CEO

Logistics & Distribution Manager at Uniworld
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • November 2010 to March 2018

Responsibilities & Duties:
Heading client coordination, Procurement & Inventory Planning Logistics team within Supply Chain & Warehouse team
 Managing complete end to end process from order to delivery with Logistics, Forecasting, Procurement, Purchase,
Sales, Stock and Operations Planning (S&OP) for Distribution to Middle East having about 50, 000 SKUs
 Managing with team to handle of the orders processing and operations, ensuring all orders processed
And shipped out with complete shipping documents to clients, Handling UAE local distribution & 30+ countries customers
based GCC Middle East, Asia, Africa, South America region clients
 Responsible for various documents requirements around the globe to register our products in various countries
 Managing & supervising team for operations coordinators & operations coordinators, customs representatives, warehouse team
 Update and communicate KPI’s to the stake holders - On-time delivery, Documentation accuracy and Perfect Order
 Managing freight price, transportation cost from forwarders, shipping companies and transport companies
 Managing inbound purchase orders shipments from various suppliers from Europe, North America and Asian countries with
various shipping Incoterms: CIF or EXWORK or FOB, vendor relationship, price negations, contract pricing and coordination
for payments and shipping documentation and LC documentation and submission to banks
 Resolving issues with inter department, and external clients in regards to exports order process and shipping out from JAFZA
 Products availability, future forecasting inventory and assigning with marketing team to meet customer future orders
 Responsible for order receivables, and follow ups with clients for Accounts Receivables (AR)
 Liaison with inspection authorities like INTERTEK, SGS, B.VERITAS for product reports and certifications
 Liaison with Customs, Ministry of Economy & Health, Port Authorities, Dubai Municipality for local regulations & compliance
 Creating reports on inventory in hand, forecasting, current & future orders planning, MIS reports
 Identifying areas of business process improvements i.e.: operational process cost control, Analyzing demand and forecast trend
 Directing the function of inbound and outbound logistics operations; inventory management, warehousing distribution to
different locations, tracking reception of consignments, the order flow of all products and manage the customer order delivery
processes; insurance claims, monitoring and liquidating Obsolete & potential Obsolete inventory at year end
Responsible for Stock holding policy, Net Inventory holding, Days in Inventory, Obsolescence management & control,
Customer Service Level, SOP.
 Maintain and care for Logistics and warehousing hub; providing assertive day to day leadership, logistics quality management,
and ensure all logistics-warehouse related operations comply with applicable environmental, health, safety, and EHS-Trakhees
Regulatory rule and regulations in JAFZA
 Driving and facilitating the company’s strategy to cultivate a fully engaged workforce and work closely with divisions to ensure
order flow process by forecasting delays shipping issues, or situations that could impact operations and developing a quality
assurance processes and procedures by ensuring the existence, maintenance, and functioning of an adequate system of internal
controls in all functional areas of the department
 Negotiating rates with shipping lines, LCL, Air freight operators, transporting agents, customs clearing agents
 Reporting to Director

Supervisor-Logistics/Operations at KUEHNE NAGEL FZ
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • May 2008 to October 2012

 Communicating with various suppliers world wide for sourcing/shipping of products, valuation, and arranging orders and arranging materials/shipments with various Incoterms i.e. Exfactory, FOB, CIF, FCA, DDP, DDU transport by Sea and Air freight  Disseminated orders status to clients, in-house departments, and prioritized jobs as per client’s Requirement, Followed up with warehouse, transport, and agent offices to ensure goods have been accurately delivered to destination
 Constantly providing services in order to deliver the best and efficient service on time for Sea & Air Export/Import shipments, issuing the Bill of Lading to Customers Efficient in negotiating rates with different Shipping Lines and Agents for Import/Export shipments Providing Freight, Logistics, Operations services, where all the Supply chain operations requirements of customers were met. Export Order processing (Preparing Invoice, Packing list, Certificate of Origin, SASO)  Organizing import orders/shipments for duty paid, free zone, shipments through Jebel Ali customs.
 Receipting incoming/Outgoing material as GRN, Inventory control, Forecasting stock  Ensuring proper coordination between the logistics, suppliers and warehouse for proper supply chains at all times to meet customer requirements.
 Overseeing stock control and processing orders, keeping stock control systems up to date and planning future capacity requirements, forecasting future orders, shipment order status reports Initiated service review meetings with the clients to review the current performance, team effectiveness and to formulate strategies to improve the services  Decision making and problem solving skills, Ability to solve issues quickly and effectively, communication with other departments and staff
 Managed logistical/3PL operations and Inventory of respected clients of McDermott Inc ME, Weatherford

Logistics Executive-Import/Export Operations at SHARAF GROUP , DUBAI
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • October 2003 to March 2008

Responsibilities & Duties:
 Customer support and customer service for Sea Freight/Air Freight quotations
 Export/Import documentation, order process.
 Providing Sea/Air/Land freight forwarding services to clients
 Correspondence with customers and overseas agents for shipment/order status
 Preparing Export/Import documents and procedures
 Handling operations, E-clearance for customs clearance
 Organizing for customs clearance and local transportation of Export/Import containers
 GCC & Middle East transportation and pricing, negotiating with transport co.
 Generating new clients and maintain existing clients for company
 Taking care of attestation of documents with chamber of Commerce and other govt. departments
 Providing a best possible solution as per the customer’s requirement
 Maintaining office procedures, following SOP
 Reporting to Operations Manager
 Reason for Leaving: Career Growth

Education

Master's degree, Supply Chain Management
  • at Chifley Business School@Torrens University Australia
  • December 2014

Operations Management

Diploma, Supply Chain Management-CSCP
  • at INTERNATIONAL PURCHASING AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, USA
  • March 2011

*supply chain management

Diploma, Business Managment, Economics, Administration-PGDBM
  • at Osmania University, India
  • March 2000
Bachelor's degree, Commerce, Statistics, Management
  • at Osmania University,India
  • June 1998

* Achieved 55% in acadamic * Recieved Degree honour

High school or equivalent, Maths,Physics, English
  • at Board of Intermediate
  • March 1992

* Achieved 75% in acadamics * Got 1st in School

Specialties & Skills

Customs Clearance
Customer Service
Sales Order Processing
Logistics Management
Freight Forwarding
MSoutlook, Internet, Windows xp, computer hardware
Customer service, Sales Administration
Oracle Base WMS
MSExcel
Import-Export Documentation, Freight Forwarding
Logistics & Distribution, Customs Clearance
SAP-SD & MM
Visa Administration,EHS,Govt. Department Liasoining
Letter Of Credit
ORACLE-ORION
Warehouse Administration,Inventory Control, Fleet Management
procurement

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Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Arabic
Beginner

Memberships

INTERNATIONAL PURCHASING AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE
  • CISCP
  • March 2011

Training and Certifications

MCSE (Training)
Training Institute:
Microsoft Training Center, Hyd
Date Attended:
March 1995
Advanced Information Management(AIM) (Training)
Training Institute:
BITS, Hyd, India
Date Attended:
June 1998
KPI Measure & Control (Training)
Training Institute:
Etisalat Academy Dubai
Date Attended:
May 2013
Certified Supply Chain Professional (CISCP) USA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2011
Valid Until:
December 2011

Hobbies

  • Participating in Seminars & Exhibitions
  • Reading on different topics of Life, Technology, Issues
  • Networking Meetups in Supply Chain & Logistics