ANWAR CHOUHAN, Procurement  and Planning Manager

ANWAR CHOUHAN

Procurement and Planning Manager

Al Munawwarah Al Tayyibah Water Sales & Distribution Co.

Location
Saudi Arabia
Education
Bachelor's degree, Supply Chain, Economics, Accounts, Budget, Taxation, Business Management & Administration
Experience
23 years, 6 Months

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Total years of experience :23 years, 6 Months

Procurement and Planning Manager at Al Munawwarah Al Tayyibah Water Sales & Distribution Co.
  • Saudi Arabia - Medina
  • My current job since November 2020

Current Purchasing Responsibilities:
Managing purchase of all direct & indirect materials. Managing local & foreign purchase including food & non-food items, machineries etc. Training staff on new procurement innovative, E-commerce & ERP enhancement. Defining & implementing KPI & SOP. Manage tenders & other sourcing initiatives, close supervision on daily activities like “supplier identification, Negotiation, Inviting suppliers for bidding, conducting bid & technical evaluation of suppliers & quoted materials, product & price evaluation/comparison, P.O’s, timely deliveries, Payment follow-up for local & foreign purchase, reviving foreign purchase shipment documents, follow-up with clearing agents till final delivery, calculating final landed cost”. Implement JIT policy for many local purchase items to support purchase budget & cost control. Manage all RFI/RFP, Blanket orders, SLA, Contracts. Manage 3PL, Prepare Bank Guarantees LOC for foreign shipments, submitting various purchasing reports as advised by CEO/GM/Finance Manager for management revive. Prepare annual/quarterly purchase budget.

Current Planning Responsibilities: Managing material planning of all direct & indirect goods. Prepare quarterly Material planning for primary high priority ingredients. Prepare Dem& (yearly) forecast planning in alignment with Procurement, Marketing & Operations to support promotions, offers & specifically for imports of foreign items required to be produced. Foreign shipment planning. Track difference between forecast & consumption on weekly/monthly basis. Defining stock re-order point, ensuring high accuracy in maintaining buffer stock within the allocated purchasing budget. Study & analyse past sales, consumption & forecast history, Leading Warehouse team ensuring “smooth flow of material without any shortage. Creating timely PR’s., tracking & following deliveries. Continuous co-ordination with warehouse & purchasing team ensuring smooth flow of process. Ensuring FIFO, LIFO process, trouble shooting reason for expiries & make sure smooth disposals, late delivery & shortage alerts on daily basis to Purchase department. Monitoring internal transfer of goods between different warehouses. Monitoring daily stock/receiving/dispatch reports from warehouse”. Prepare CapEx, OpEx & AOP related to supply chain. SnOP for Operations, FCST sales forecast.

Created ERP system on excel for purchase, planning, logistics & warehouse. Created planning tools.

Sr. Supply Chain Planner at Food Unit Co.
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • November 2017 to April 2020

Worked as Demand & Supply Material Planner for 1) MEAT & CHICKEN factory 2) Coffee Mfg. Factory, 3) Jan Burger Chain Restaurant, 4) Shawarma Plus Chain Restaurant 5) Commissary Plant.

Managing material planning of all direct & indirect goods specifically for Beef, Chicken, Fat, Coffee, Cardamom, Packing, Printing & Operational items etc. Weekly & monthly planning for Coffee production, Burger patties & Marinated Shawarma. Track difference between forecast, FCST & consumption on weekly/monthly basis. Study & analyse past sales & consumption history. Prepare quarterly Material planning for high priority ingredients. Prepare yearly demand forecast planning in alignment with Procurement, Marketing & Operations to support promotions, offers & specifically for imports of foreign items required to be produced. Foreign shipment planning. Defining stock re-order point, ensuring high accuracy in maintaining buffer stock within the allocated purchasing budget. Reporting to higher management regarding monthly stock & inventory cost, payments to be made, quarterly budget required for operational flow. Leading Warehouse team ensuring “smooth flow of material without any shortage. Implement JIT policy for many local purchase items to support purchase budget & cost control. Creating timely PR’s., tracking & following deliveries. Continuous co-ordination with warehouse & purchasing team ensuring smooth flow of process. Ensuring FIFO, LIFO process, trouble shooting reason for expiries & make sure smooth disposals, late delivery & shortage alerts on daily basis to Purchase department. Monitoring internal transfer of goods between different warehouses. Monitoring daily stock/receiving/dispatch reports from warehouse”.

Purchase Manager at Integral Hotel Supplies
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • February 2015 to October 2017

Responsible for 1) purchase, sourcing and negotiations for Hotel Amenities Supplying, Imports of OE&S items, Private Labelling of hotel shampoos & soaps, Branding & Cross Docking Logistics for hotel mattress, pillows, bed sheets, beds and many other hotel accessories. 2) Inventory control through JIT material planning under allocated budget. 3) Managing the team of inside & outside buyers 4) cost effective on-time purchasing of materials, supplies, & service solutions to meet the cost & performance objectives of the company. 5) Adhering to annual purchasing budget was the major function related to product cost. 5) Reporting directly to CEO, CFO regarding OPEX and required CAPEX to meet smooth functioning of Warehouse & Logistics.

Sr. Purchase Specialist at Al Mathaaq Hospitality
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • January 2013 to February 2015

Chain of fine dine cuisine consisting of Italian & Lebanese Franchise, Japanese, French & Arabic Restaurants.
Responsible for variety of food items like Beef, Chicken, Oil, Shortenings, Fresh & dry foods etc. Also responsible for non-food items like packing & printing items, Restaurant furniture’s & fixtures, Kitchen equipment’s and machineries etc. Contributing active participation in strategies, planning, & product costing, cost saving initiatives. Managing Jr. Buyers & warehousing team. Reporting to Dept. Heads & Sr. Management.

Foreign Purchase In-Charge at Herfy Food Service Co
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • May 2010 to July 2012

Worked under SC Head for Import of Beef, Chicken & Sauce.
Also an active team member & procurement SPOC between engineering depts. responsible for Negotiations, Purchase, Contracts, Installations, Commissioning, Configuration, Technical Analysis, Preparing LOC/Bank Guarantee and Trouble Shooting of heavy industrial plants and machineries. I was also organizing and Coordinating Visit of Service Engineers for Maintenance, Rectification, Calibration, Re-orientation of Plant Equipment’s & Machinery and Training of Herfy Technical Staff for all its Manufacturing Units procured & installed from major cos. in the field like:
Bradman Lake Ltd (England), Oshikiri Corp of America (USA, Japan), Babcock Wanson UK Ltd, Loma Systems (UK), Provisur Technologies (The Netherlands), Ishida Europe Ltd (UAE), GEA CFS Bakel and Slagelse (Netherland), GEA GRASSO (UAE), BakeTech (USA), AMF Bakery Systems(UK) etc.
Coordinating for Foreign Shipments with Suppliers, Shipping Line & Custom Clearing Agents for food & non-food imports. Preparing & submitting Landed Cost sheet after completion of each project.
Reporting to Procurement Manager, SC Head & CFO

Entrepreneur at City Talk
  • India - Mumbai
  • August 2003 to December 2009

Trading Business covering Garments, Footwear, Mobiles & Accessories. Also established chain of retail outlets for Garments & Footwear’s.

Procurement Officer at Saudi Oger (King Khalid Intn'l Airport)
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • May 1999 to April 2003

Responsible for procurement of wide range of MEP items, Hardware, HVAC, Safety equipment’s, Cleaning chemicals, Lubricants, Wielding products, Spares for all plants and machineries installed at airport facilities including heating and cooling chillers, Operational & Maintenance items etc. Worked on SAP. Very diversified & complex work…….Worked for the project of King Khalid Intn’l Airport (KKIA). Reporting to procurement head.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Supply Chain, Economics, Accounts, Budget, Taxation, Business Management & Administration
  • at University of Mumbai
  • October 1998

Bachelor's in Commerce Supply Chain, Economics, Accounts, Budget, Taxation, Business Management & Administration. Indian & Saudi Chambers attested Certificate can be provided on request.

Specialties & Skills

Inventory Control
Budgeting
Purchase Contracts
Planning
Supply Chain Management
Fast learning and Rigourous, High sense of responsibility & Creative, Eprocurement
Deep Local and International Market Knowlege
Supply Chain and Purchase
Planning

Languages

Arabic
Intermediate
English
Expert
Urdu
Native Speaker
Hindi
Expert

Training and Certifications

Diploma in Computer Programming (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 1998
Valid Until:
April 1999

Hobbies

  • Athlete
    Championship in number of games.