Naveed Taj, Middle East Transportation Manager

Naveed Taj

Middle East Transportation Manager

L'Oreal

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Supply Chain & Logistics
Experience
15 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :15 years, 0 Months

Middle East Transportation Manager at L'Oreal
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since January 2017

- Lead the import flow from 29 Factories (USA, Europe, Asia & Afirca) & exports to customers across the Middle east, Asia Pacific & Africa.
- Procurement of logistical services (Road, Sea & Air) from freight forwarders operating in the region to deliver optimal cost & service in line with company’s objectives.
- Deliver sustainability projects for the group to deliver on the 3BL objectives of the company.

National Sales Planning Manager at Bayer
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • April 2016 to December 2016

- Lead the S&OP Cycle for the Crop Sciences division.
- Formulate & deploy trade plans in line with company’s profitability objectives.
- Study & analyze the market to design pricing & discount strategies.
- Forecast financial collection plan from the market in line with operation strategy.

Manufacturing Process Engineer at Procter & Gamble
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • August 2015 to April 2016

- Study benchmarks across the industry to ensure packaging processes reliability.
- Champion the technologies employed on Bulk/Sachet packaging processes.
- Delivering cost & operational improvements through IWS/Lean manufacturing tools.
- Coach IWS/Lean Manufacturing techniques to drive operational excellence across
the organization
- Authority on leading gap analysis & loss elimination from the packaging processes.

Customer Service Operations Manager at Procter & Gamble
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • January 2014 to July 2015

- Manage the order to cash cycle to distributor & customers at optimal cost levels.
- Lead the shipments & sales forecast reconciliation process to drive actions across the value chain that will help deliver the monthly/quarterly targets.
- Delivering Service results for P&G Supply Chain at benchmark levels across IMEA region.
- Building Supply chain capability at distributor to deliver service levels targets for secondary distribution.
- Managing an optimal balance of the shipment skew to deliver operational excellence.

Market Planning Leader – Gillette, Skin Care & Health Care at Procter & Gamble
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • October 2012 to December 2013

- Supply & initiatives delivery for the Gillette, Safeguard & Vicks Business in Pakistan.
- Drive inventory savings through NPI reduction/depletion across the supply chain.
- Lead the deployment of SAP APO DRP for China/Jabel Ali Supply Chains.
- Review & align capacities for sourcing plants & consolidation DCs.

Physical Distribution Operations Leader at Procter & Gamble
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • July 2010 to September 2012

- Manage the Inbound/outbound operations for 2 ports, 1 DC, 3 plants & 11 customer lanes.
- Deploying operational strategies with 3PL counterparts to help deliver Logistical KPIs.
- Lead budgeting & financial reconciliation process.
- Deployment of Transportation Management system at P&G Pakistan.

Transportation Leader at Procter & Gamble
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • June 2010 to October 2010

Project Manager - Transportation Management System
Ariel Double Stacking
Local lane drop Lots
Case Pick & Pallet Pick Optimization
Tax Salvation
FP & RPM synergies

Customer Services Operation Anayst at Procter & Gamble
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • July 2009 to June 2010

Cost Optmization Projects.
Process Development & implementation.
SAP Key User Order Management Module
Order Management
On Time Delivery To Customers

Education

Master's degree, Supply Chain & Logistics
  • at Institute Of Business Management
  • December 2017
Bachelor's degree, Telecommunications
  • at National University Of Computer & Emerging Sciences
  • June 2009

Specialties & Skills

Staff Management
Microsoft Office
Project Execution
On Time Delivery
MS Office
Transportation Management System
SAP OM, STX & Financial Modules
SAP Advanced Planning Optimizer DRP

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Intermediate