Muhammad Shahbaz  Khan, Country Head Supply & Operation

Muhammad Shahbaz Khan

Country Head Supply & Operation

Alessa

Location
Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
Education
Master's degree, Marketing
Experience
22 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :22 years, 6 Months

Country Head Supply & Operation at Alessa
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since July 2020

- Develop and facilitate implementation of world-class supply chain operations practices and procedures within the business unit(s) and support roll-out throughout the business.
- Develop comprehensive strategies for our global supply chain to reduce costs, mitigate risk, improve quality, shorten lead-times, and reduce inventories.
- Analyze market conditions to determine best strategy for procurement of materials based on present and future material availability, supplier performance, and total landed cost.

Country Head Supply & Solution Design Manager at DB Schenker
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • March 2019 to June 2020

- Directed a team of managers and senior managers across multiple locations and is accountable for the execution of Global Demand, Inventory, Supply planning.
- Developed teams and leaders to build capabilities, improve supply chain effectiveness, driver performance primarily through excellent technical ability, coaching & leadership and benchmark leveraging.

In-Store Supply & Logistics Manager at Ikea - Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • February 2018 to February 2019

- Provided leadership to establish the supply chain vision and key strategies.
- Drove long-term strategy development and annual goal-setting process for Global Supply Chain in partnership with the Global Supply Chain leadership team.

Country Manager Retail Capacity & Flow Planner at Ikea - Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • June 2015 to January 2018

- Planned strategies to expand scope of services and warehouse leaders to respond to new opportunities.
- Collaborated with demand planning and procurement to support service as well as managing storage capacity.

Country Manager Retail Supply Integration at Ikea - Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • March 2012 to May 2015

- Led supply chain strategies execution and accountable for resource planning, material cost, forecasting, schedule performance, risk/opportunity management, supplier performance, and supply chain issue resolution.

Transportation & Shipping Manager- Global & Local at Ikea - Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • July 2009 to February 2012

- Planned and establish daily work schedules, assignments, and production sequences to meet daily production and customer shipping targets.
- Managed the day-to-day activities of the logistics team for each shift to ensure the teams have collectively achieved and met customer shipping expectations.

Sales & Supply Support Specialist at Ikea - Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • April 2007 to June 2009

- Planned and established daily work schedules, assignments, and production sequences to meet daily production and customer shipping targets.
- Managed the day-to-day activities of the logistics team for each shift to ensure the teams have collectively achieved and met customer shipping expectations.

Distribution Cum Inventory Leader at Alkhazindar Co Ltd for Medical & Distribution Services, KSA
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • April 2004 to April 2007

- Managed and help execute key projects such as racking moves, elevation changes and relocation of product zones in the warehouse.
- Worked with Inventory Control to coordinate product movement, warehouse slotting changes and rotating inventories.

Sales Cum Management Coordinator at Haji Saddar Ali Akhtar Ali Pvt Ltd
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • June 1999 to May 2001

- Developed and implemented strategic programs to ensure achievement of sales targets such as: increase in market penetration, gaining new business, and retention of customers.

Territory Manager at Abbott Laboratories
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • January 1999 to June 2000

- Defined sales strategy, selling to new markets, building into new markets, strategizing next steps, negotiating, and closing complex deals across enterprise and market sales.

Education

Master's degree, Marketing
  • at National Institute of Business Administration
  • June 2001
Bachelor's degree, Commerce
  • at Punjab University
  • April 2001

Specialties & Skills

Supply Chain Management
Demand Planning
Logistics Planning
Warehouse Management
Operation
Warehouse Management
Last-mile Delivery Management
Cross-Border Transportation
Supply Chain Management
Third-party Logistics Control
KPI Monitoring & development
Retail Supply Integration
Relationship Management
Stakeholder Engagement
Operations Management
Demand Forecasting
Logistics Planning
Network Planning & Optimization
Business Analytics
Capacity Planning
Distribution Center Management
Process Improvement
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Team Management

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Native Speaker