Procurement Manager
Sora Marine Services
Total years of experience :16 years, 11 Months
● Effectively managed Purchases for Projects, Spare Parts, Materials, & the Provisions for the Vessels (Grocery & Frozen Food Items).
● Prepare & Maintaining the Department Budget and keep the Stock Report of the Spare Parts, Provisions, Fuel, Office Stationeries & Office Equipment’s.
● Monitor Vendors, with emphasis on improvement of the on-going service to the Company in terms of cost, quality and delivery for the required materials and services.
● Develops and analyses contracts, writes contracts requirements according with international legislation and in compliance with the company procurement procedures.
● Experience in Procurement, Supply chain, Team Management, Vendor Management, Store Management, Documentation, Import, Export, Clearance, Warehouse Management, MIS, Forecasting, Data Analysis (Vendor Performance, Pre-Qualification, Budget, Supplier & Vendor Evaluation, yearly Consumption, Fixed Assets & Over Heads).
● Handling the Purchase activities of the Sora Marine Group, and its vessels.
● Responsible for sourcing equipment, goods and services from Local & International Suppliers and managing Supplier data base with all the details.
● Compare, evaluate, Negotiate, Contract terms, agreement and price from suppliers and renegotiate with the suppliers for the best possible price.
● Monitor the Purchases (e.g. vendors, quantities, prices) into internal databases and Maintain updated records of purchased products, delivery information and invoices.
● Monitor stock levels of the vessels and place orders as needed and Coordinate with vessel crew to ensure proper update of the vessel stock report.
● Develop the alternate source of the suppliers and keep active for the same.
● Negotiation of Fright Rate for the Import materials and ensure the timely the timely delivery of the materials and keep track of the delivered materials to the vessels.
● Check the import materials documents for the smooth clearance of the import shipments.
● Liaison with the accounts department for the follow up for the payments of the purchased materials.
● Evaluate and reevaluate the vendor database on the early basis.
• Handling the Purchase of Raw Materials & Chemicals to our clients in Dubai, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa & Portugal.
• Monitor the demand plan from the factory performance with the actual demand of the factory.
• Negotiation of fright Rate for Export, Import & Cross Trade and Booking of the containers and ensure the timely carting the materials as per the schedule to various places.
• Development of alternative local sources for imported raw materials which helps in cost saving & Preparation of contracts & bids for the regular Raw Materials using for production.
• Liaison with the production department & Trading Division of Local & International Offices to maintain optimum inventory.
• Preparing the B/L Instruction for loaded materials, correction of the B/L and printing the B/L directly from the Maersk Line and coordinate with the supplier and the line for the timely receive of the documents.
• Liaison with finance department for timely payment of bills. Developing reports & Update of the materials price procurement and usage of material for top management.
• Effective management of vendor database. Development of new vendors & Prepare the Supplier Aging Report.
• Floating the RFQ sending the enquires for different supplier. Sourcing the material from different vendor.
• Evaluating vendors & negotiating the price, delivery schedule and terms and conditions with them.
• Maintaining the stock of material without any variance by conducting stock verification and documentation.
• Preparation of all types of L/C Documents and collection documents and negotiate the documents with various banks. Follow up with the bank for the acceptance for the Submitted & Negotiated documents.
• Obtain the Import & Clearance approval from the respective Ministry (MOH, DM, MOI, DPA, Chamber Dubai customs) and clear the materials with Duty and/or Duty Exemption if required.
- Managing entire outbound process once sales order is booked, up until collection of goods by customer.
- Coordination with suppliers for back order information on ex works dates, and be responsible to disseminate the same in timely and accurate manner to external and internal customers.
- Placing of new purchase orders and amendments in PO if any and prepare the replenishment report.
- Coordinate with international suppliers independently to deliver the products on time.
- Ensure delivery lead time and performance is in line with the targets set by the targets set by the business.
- GRN creation of incoming materials and put selling price for the new SKUs
- Reviewed all orders of major customer, track shipment of orders and timely delivery, coordinate shipments from warehouse to customer, manage documentation
- Coordinated all documentation for overseas shipments, including legalization of Invoice & Packing List and compliance with requirements of Letters of Credit
- To liaise with inspection authority to conduce pre shipment inspection, where required.
- Entered sales contracts, process demurrage claims, commissions, and issue of debits and credits, follow up on collections.
- Looking after the inward and outward logistics, codification of materials, receipts, issues and inventory management on Ctrix System.
• End to end services like, order processing, inbound handling, providing value added services like Reworking, Scanning, different types of packing as per demand by customers of various nature and markets.
• Process :- Compliance, Commercial Invoice, Packing List, Bill of Lading, Master Bill of Lading, Arrival Notice & Letter of Credit, Customer Services.
• Manage the 3PL provider to ensure KPIs and quality of performance is maintained.
• Assured proper authorization for all shipments, oversaw tracking and monitored cross border transportation activities.
• To liaise with inspection authority to conduce pre shipment inspection, where required.
• Document preparations. Exit Entry follow up for exports.
• Manage the Central Operations at HO for HL, LAP & Insurance.
• Responsible for application processes for all proposals/applications.
• Assist clients in securing mortgage financing for new home purchases.
• Provide client consultation on financing options and mortgage programs.
• Review completed loan files for discrepancies in income, appraised value, and credit history.
• Perform financial analysis to pre-qualify loan applicants.
• Coordinate mortgage loan closings with title companies, borrowers, and loan processors.
• Liaise with the other support units in HO.
• Enhance motivation and productivity of employees, Identify and meet training needs. Coordinating with the Regional Heads in terms of the Region’s login, issuance & performance
MBA (Finance & Marketing)