Senior Purchasing Officer
UTS Carrier LLC
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :26 years, 0 أشهر
Purchasing:
o Handling procurement of spare parts from all overseas vendors.
o Responsible for control of 6000+ SKU’s and ensuring material availability.
o Ensuring Vendor and Material Master Data hygiene
o Controlling and automating of MRP
o PO review and placement
Business Expertise:
o Overseas Purchase
o ROP and Safety stock review
o Supplier contract management
o New vendor evaluation
o Process automation
Key Achievements
o Awarded “Bravo” title for Customer Satisfaction.
o Cost savings of $470k by negotiations and volume purchase.
o Developed new reports with IT team to streamline duplication of parts & better control of parts inventory
o Reduced PO processing time from 2.5 to 1.5 days.
Planning & Forecasting
o Successfully lead implementation of Material Requirements planning (MRP) concepts into the organization to centralize product planning/scheduling, sales forecasting, and the replenishment/distribution process.
o Made a significant contribution towards improved product availability by fixing Re-Order Point (ROP) using actual & forecasting demands.
o Led effort to maintain product master database on timely manner to avoid unavailability scenario.
o Improved order placement frequency to OE / Allied suppliers.
o Enhanced vendor’s production plan by proving demand forecast.
Inventory - Stock Specialization
o Responsible for maintaining the laid down inventory turnover parameters.
o Adherence to organization’s policies in terms of stock ageing, obsolescence etc.,
o SME for MM on interdepartmental problem solving sessions.
o Managed atmosphere to “Make-to-demand”, not “Make-to-Inventory” environment.
o Liable for developing numerous supply chain Key Performance Indicators (KPI) including Fill Rate, Pipeline Ageing Stocks analysis, Inventory reports, Back orders, Customer service report, etc.,
SCM - Procurement
o Managing optimum order placement of ~300 suppliers and ~5000 parts
o Improved the lead time using technologies like EDI, automated e-mailing, Web-based SCM solutions
o Responsible for widening supplier base and effective business share allocation
Key Achievements
o Maintaining 93% availability for customer first Order Fill (FOF).
o Reduced USD1.5Mil value of aged stocks inventory in the pipeline within a six months period
o Devalued fast mover’s excess inventory by USD2Mil.
o Supported optimum utilization of floor resources.
o Cracked down the time delays for creating inbound shipment in SAP by automated error clearance in interfaces.
o Successively developed customer bulk order management program.
o Purchasing, Logistics and supply chain monitoring and control.
o Manage Letter of Credit for Import & Export documentation and liaison.
o System parameters refresh for automating the MRP process.
o Compliance with organizational, legal and local requirements.
o Inventory control