General Manager
ONYX TRADING FZ LLC
Total years of experience :15 years, 8 Months
-Founder and General Manager to assist in meeting the demands of expanding business opportunities.
-Preparation of responses to RFQs & RFPs and ensuring submission promptly.
-Smart Business techniques & honest behavior to assist our clients in expanding their businesses in the GCC, Iraq, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.
-Maintaining an updated company profile on SAM, NSPA, and D&B Data platforms to ensure our clients have full details of the company's area of capabilities.
-Providing daily updates to our customers with 100% visibility of their product purchases and cargo movements.
-Sourcing a dynamic range of products from all over the world and offers in the most economical price range.
-Leading facilitator of Business Development activities in the GCC, Iraq, India, China, Pakistan, and Afghanistan markets.
-Preparing SOPs and ensuring that offer products/services comply with FAR/DFAR and International Trade Standards.
-Establishing full coordination amongst UAE, Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Iraq, and USA stations to ensure products are purchased and delivered following schedules.
-Coordinating with Clients and ensuring their understanding of delivery schedules, delivery routes, document clearing processes, and providing supply chain resolutions during each assigned project/job.
Responsible for maintaining a safe workplace and ensuring that safety is the highest priority in the workplace.
Comply with all Environmental Health & Safety and Quality Assurance requirements and goals. Provide information and materials to these divisions as necessary to ensure adequate and legal documentation.
Develop training manuals of PMCP (Property Management Control Procedure) for Warehouse personnel and conduct training schedule on each topic.
Prepare DOP’s of MAXIMO, conduct training and
demonstration.
Administrator Cost Point application and analyze integration between CP & Maximo.
Perform Manual receiving of Purchase Order if integration missed the update.
Update Rivo Safeguard / Sphera Cloud application for monthly QC audit and corrective action.
Update OnBase application to confirm invoices raised against Purchase order.
Coordinate with Buyer, Accounts payable, vendor and End user to ensure the quality and quantity of material, properly receipt in system (Maximo & Cost Point) and clear invoices from OnBase.
Distribute daily work assignments and supervises Logistics Warehouse persons.
Supervise Shipping and receiving functions.
Picking and replenishment of line-side containers by material handlers.
Development and performance of warehouse personnel and activities as they relate to the movement of all material throughout the compound.
Inventory and cycle counts.
Coordination and processing of all Return to Vendor damaged merchandise.
The tracking and movement of material shortages/overages to
their designated areas.
Keeping the Receiving and inventoried area maintained in a
safe, clean and orderly fashion.
Performs scheduled and unscheduled inspections.
Maintains an on-site inventory of supplies and materials to
ensure timely response and completion of routine or emergency
site repairs.
Makes recommendations for additional inventory to meet the
requirements of the Statement of Work (SOW).
Ensures all supplies and services are procured on behalf of
the U.S. government (USG) and ensures they are used for no
other purposes.
Ensures that common supplies, materials, equipment and
services procured from local and regional supply markets to
the maximum extent practicable.
Ensures proper material controls are in place and operations
comply with established standard operating procedures (SOP),
SOW and Occupational, Health and Safety Administration
(OSHA) standards.
Assists in developing the SOW when required.
Reports any malfunctions, or lack of compliance with the SOW
to the Property and Logistics Manager.
Maintains effective, timely and respectful communication
and interaction with other employees, managers and supports
other organizations.
Implements section priorities with logistics, procurement, and
warehouse team.
Collects, analyzes and summarizes data for report
preparation and submits written reports.
Performs other administrative tasks including material
ordering, inventory and work scheduling.
Responsible for facility custodianship of work areas and
management of vehicles, material handling equipment, tools and
spare parts.
Take initiative to analyze a situation and make frequent
technical decisions based on SOPs and safety codes.
Evaluate operational effectiveness and develop/maintain
effective operation control mechanisms.
Provide assistance in CAPAX regarding Warehouse operations.
Supervising Authorized Stock List (ASL); Assisting Trades,
preparing final documentation and updating Maximo to reflect
the same.
Analyzing material consumption reports and recommending
trades regarding STK & NST items.
• Prepare Requests for Quotes and Proposals, comparisons, recommendations, and justifications.
• Prepare cost/price analysis documentation in accordance with Procurement Policies and Procedures.
• Prepare COR Packages for the requisitions and expedite the approval process through internal and DOS approval channel.
• Interact with suppliers and departments regarding procurement procedures and status of orders.
• Plan, organize, prioritize and perform multiple tasks to execute job functions in an orderly, efficient manner.
• Compose written materials of moderate to complex difficulty on procurement-related issues.
• Review proposals, negotiate price and payment and delivery terms, select or recommend suppliers, analyzes trends, follows up orders placed, and verifies delivery.
• Actively manage supplier performance through consistent communication to ensure proper adherence to purchase order terms and conditions.
• Identify problems, analyze alternatives, and develop viable recommendations.
• Provides supervision to the warehouse section and manages all processes related to storage, organization and cleanliness including the adjacent grounds.
• Travelling to various location based on different special assignments like, Warehouse audit inventory, audit material pricing and audit data upgrading in MAXIMO/COSTPOINT.
• Coordinates and oversees the delivery of material, supplies and equipment to various destinations within the embassy compound.
• Maintain and monitors the HAZMAT yard, ensuring all precautions are taken with regard to the storage and handling of hazardous materials.
• Operates yard in compliance of OSHA and SHEMS.
• Provide operator maintenance and inspection of warehouse equipment and vehicles as well as maintain the warehouse area in a clean and orderly state.
• Administers physical inventories of site Government Property.
• Implementation of WMS Protocol for storage / Trans-Loading facilities at various locations in Afghanistan according to MSA - ISAF.
• Identify problems, analyze alternatives, and develop viable recommendations.
• Prepare solicitation under the guidance of clients demand in most time, cost and labor effective manner.
• Coordinate with NATO / ISAF (Bagram Air Base) and Prime contractor for German Military back load cargo regarding forecast planning of project/assignment.
• Managing the supply / transportation chain from arranging the trucking, custom clearance documents, trans-loading at boarder area to delivery at clients destinations according to the provided SOW/SOP.
• Review proposals, negotiate price and payment and delivery terms, select or recommend suppliers, analyzes trends, follows up orders placed, and verifies delivery.
• Coordinate with Business division to prepare technical evaluation for US Military construction / Services projects solicit on JCCS platform.
• Serve as a business advisor to internal customers, providing alternative solutions to requested items when such solution would provide a benefit to the Company (i.e. enhanced performance, cost savings, or positive schedule impact).
• Stream line the current operations and expand the business in different area of industries in Afghanistan.
• Managing the construction of new cargo storage and Trans - loading points by implementing cost, theft. Temperature control and re-packaging facilities.
• Coordinate with Prime contractor and CONUS/OCONUS cargo carrier for the safe shipment transportation and delivery in various location in Afghanistan.
• Implementing new business strategy to promote Pak-Afghan and Afghan Transit commercial trade to/from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and other neighbor states.
• Business consultancy to local and foreigner investors into Afghan soil (Mineral, Mines, Agricultural and Energy) sectors.
• Promoting new idea’s to build Afghan business in different area of Afghanistan trading / manufacturing industry.
• Supervising inbound / Outbound (Military & Commercial) cargo.
• Supervising the Business Development activities with clients (Domestic & International)
• Taking lead on resolving issues / conflict with Afghan Custom on returning equipment and the equipment are current stuck in custom office.
•Leading a team of QC and HSE Supervisor for Afghanistan Theater.
•Reporting Directly to PM regarding HSEQ daily business.
•HSEQ Supervision for daily inbound / out bound shipments..
•Working on WMS (Citrix / EXCEED) for WMS input / Outputs.
•Preparing & Supervising HSEQ Training SOP’s, Training Classes, Plan’s, Risk Assessment and implementation process.
•Giving training to all hire and new hire staff regarding to HSEQ (Like, Health &
•Safety Awareness, Health & Safety Skills, Food Defense, etc...)
•Serve as an information Channel on SOP Guidelines, Safety & Security Awareness, Data sourcing and Compilation
•Facilitating SOP, safety & Security guidelines adherence by evaluation and support to the line staff and project personnel.
•Escalates repetitive on pending operational issues and deviations from SOP for fast tracking resolving / adherence.
•Motivates. Guides ad counsels the QC staff.
•Tracking progress on development / implementation and supporting, whenever required.
•Overseeing implementation of management decisions where called for and assisting in implementation when support is sought.
•Ensuring awareness of safety, sanitation and preventive measures.
•Addresses issues escalated by the line staff.
•Supports the QC manager on administrative issues and team building.
•Assessment of training and effectiveness in tandem with all concerned.
•Monitors the delegated tasks by the QC manager and ensures implementation.
•Make a brief study of the QC pertinent factors at inspection, for infusion of Quality procedures.
•Drafting procedures, work instructions and formats when called for and reviewing those drafted
• Monitoring the daily situation of Dubai, Pak & Afghan projects.
• Sourcing the material & equipment for clients in Afghanistan.
• Coordinate with US military for any upcoming Logistics, Construction, Material and Services projects.
• Dealing with Governing bodies, customers and organizations working alongside Waterlink.
• New contract bids, researching new area of work, chasing up potential customers and overseeing submission of bids.
• Representing the business to new clients and approach for different sorts of logistics projects.
• Supervising all daily activities of the Afghanistan Theater.
• Responsible to ensure the day to day operations of logistics contracts in country.
• Supervising the financial issues of all branches theater wide. That includes budget for daily operation, housing budget, travelling and staff salaries.
• Supervising the commercial & Tax exempted cargo documents and ensure to process timely through US Embassy, MOFA & MOF Afghanistan.
• Meet with the Border Customs authorities of Pakistan & Afghanistan and assist them to improve cargo clearance process.
• SME & POC from Waterlink Afghanistan for any MOFA, MOF, Boarder Customs authorities, US Embassy, Afghanistan Investment Support Agency (AISA), Joint Contingency Contracting System (JCCS), ISAF and Afghanistan Reconstruction and Development System (ARDC) cargo (commercial & Tax Exempted) regarding to Import/Export movement or Documentation or Registration/Bidding process.
• Developing the SOP’s to improvise the logistics setup within Pakistan and Afghanistan.
• Dealing with Governing bodies, customers and organizations working alongside Waterlink.
• Providing customer liaison with either the end user (US Military/ ISAF Forces).
• New contract bids, researching new area of work, chasing up potential customers and overseeing submission of bids.
• Representing the business to new clients and approach for different sorts of logistics projects.
Coordinate with clients for all Air/Ocean cargo.
Receiving from Flight line and after inventoried; arrange deliveries to customers.
Preparing daily shipping/receiving reports and send it to all regional HQ.
Make arrangement for dispatching trucks, order and re-routed if required.
Update all transportation movement on WEB PROGRAM "IN-TRACK".
Work closed with LOGCAP Project manager and keep updating with all issues.
Re-present company in all meeting with clients and make necessory changes to improve company performance.
Perform my duties as Logistics Supervisor / Manager and Theater manager in absense of mentioned Management.
Prepare report and propose solutions/suggestions for all Logistics movements and make LOGCAP IV logistics project successful.
Providing training and guideline to all new hire Logistics Coordinator for LOGCAP IV program. Set parameter and deploying to different camps and monitor their performance.
Coordinate with U.S Military for all Milreq requests. Working on SARSS and identifying where the material needed most.
Leading all the Procurement and Logistics daily activities.
Direct coordination with Directors and managers of different facilities in regard to expedite and continue the supply chain.
• Preparing and Update the daily shipment report and coordinate with the freight forward in accordance to match the supply date.
• Troubleshooting the DYN-MRO System, Inform requester about mistakes and correction, Make correction with regards to Project codes etc.
Providing Training and Instruction about iLogix WMS to Project Managers, Site Managers, Material control specialists and Warehouse Data entry operators.
• Preparing and update the iLogix (Warehouse management system) data and keep the users update through online assistance and Training class.
• providing solution to Warehouse staff regarding iLogix software if accrues.
• Configure the Warehouse, Adding Items with the item no and convert into Bar Code.
• Assist the Desktop Analyst to configure the warehouse with WiFi system and Hand held Radio device.
· Performing administrative daily duties, producing large amount of correspondence and spreadsheets, accountability and time card sheets.
· Update the Main control database, Quick base, Get IT ticket system and daily issuing record (Radio, Computer, Monitor etc.)
· installing data communication lines and resolving user data communication problems.
· Monitored data communications network (River Bed) to ensure that network was available to all system users.
· Reprogram and Install Cisco Switch, Routers and wireless.
· Entered diagnostic commands into computer to determine nature of problem and read codes on screen to diagnose problem.
· Read technical reference manuals for communications hardware and software to learn cause of problem.
· Restructured and improved DSL network on Wireless medium
Entered alphabetic, numeric and symbolic data from source documents into Database (Steam), using data entry device, such as keyboard and optical scanner.
· Followed format displayed on screen.
· Compared data entered with source documents, and re-entered data in verification format on screen to detect errors.
Coordinated activities of departments such as operating, manufacturing, planning, sales and development, to ensure operational efficiency and economy.
· Supervised and managed Taylors of a garment firm.
· Promoted organization in industry, manufacturing and trade associations
Responsibilities included problem detection and solving, fixing and reinstalling software and hardware, and maintaining the company network.
· Maintained and setup new user security accounts for Windows NT 4.0 Server.
· Designed, implemented, maintained, and upgraded databases for Product Service Department using Microsoft Access.
· Did troubleshooting, diagnosed, installed, upgraded, configured, and repaired computer systems and network system components.
· Providing technical support to end-users in hardware/software proficiency.
· Responded to written and telephone requests for Internet access and hardware problems.
· Set up network using Ethernet topology, spliced cables, laid cables and installed computers.
I mentain my 3 + GPA during my whole cource. I couldn't get any awards because i was doing my Computer Hardware and Software Diploma as well in evening classes.
I had get A grade in my Senior Science Certificate
