Adnan Zafar, OPERATIONS PROCESS & PERFORMANCE MANAGER

Adnan Zafar

OPERATIONS PROCESS & PERFORMANCE MANAGER

DHL Supply Chain

Location
Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
Education
Bachelor's degree, Finance, accounting, economics
Experience
18 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :18 years, 9 Months

OPERATIONS PROCESS & PERFORMANCE MANAGER at DHL Supply Chain
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since February 2019

- Work with Sales and Commercials teams to maintain close relationship with third party Transport, Warehouse and logistics service providers and facilitate negotiations.
- Partner with senior leaders to manage projects and programs identifying, developing, maintaining and driving initiatives that will improve Cargo efficiency and processes.
- Design and deliver uniform processes, standards, tools, and best practices required to run effective organization with efficient tools and systems
- Design and implement improvement related to Ground Handling, Import, Export, Transit and transfer process.
- Oversee the overall safety, employee engagement, operation, quality, performance and customer experience of the Cargo center operations
- Develop and implement activity management systems to provide data on lead and actual time of activities, efficiency, and costs.
- Driving continuous improvement and optimization of the operation processes, systems and communication.
- Manage Operations Projects on a day-to-day basis to deliver customized solution, improvements in service and cost performance. Ensure the projects are completed on time, within budget and to specified quality criteria.

Customer Services, Claims and Performance Manager at DHL - Exel Supply Chain
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • May 2011 to January 2019

- Monitoring of the responsible services on the basis of performance and key figures.
- Making sure policies and procedures are defined, managed and achieved.
- Maintain and enhance customer relationship, effectively coordinate with Senior Management, cross-functional mangers, supervisors, multi-location end users, distribution centers and transport contractors to support daily operations and achieve performance related objectives.
- Delivery of Customer Services within Operational Administrative Functions to, as a minimum, agreed contractual Service Levels.
- Improve, develop and enhance individual and collective skills of staff through coaching and achieve best level of services
- Facilitate and assist recruitment process of new employees.
- Lead Customer Service team and keep the service level maintain for query and complaint resolution.
- Drive continuous process improvement initiatives to meet service commitment to the customer, reduce operating costs and improve productivity.
- Prepare/Deliver presentations and proposals for various clients to sustain partnership.
- Manages claims functions performed in a region in accordance with company claim policies, practices and procedures.
- Facilitate claims process including internal investigation, coordination with all parties to make sure claim is valid.
- Organize focus meetings for claims reduction in view of root cause analysis of reasons and trends of claims.

OPERATIONS /SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER at DHL - Exel Supply Chain
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • August 2009 to April 2011

- Develop strategies to reduce costs and increase efficiency, productivity, and safety of operation.
- Keep detailed records, generate reports, and develop presentations to help management understand the logistics perspective.
- Review or update supply chain practices in accordance with new or changing environmental policies, standards and regulations.
- Assist logistics process for the development of new projects, inventory maintenance, sourcing, shipment and delivery, and returns.
- Negotiate prices and terms with suppliers, vendors, or freight forwarders
- Confer with supply chain planners to forecast demand or create supply plans that ensure availability of materials or products.
- Define performance metrics for measurement, comparison, or evaluation of supply chain factors, such as product cost or quality.
- Design or implement supply chains that support business strategies adapted to changing market conditions, new business opportunities, or cost reduction strategies.
- Monitor daily and weekly performance reports, and do required actions and plans on the ground.
- Monitor and control physical operations (outbound and inbound) to ensure proper performance of all processes.
- Build relationships within the company and with external parties, such as suppliers or distributors.
- Train logistics personnel in roles or responsibilities regarding ‘Best Practice’ logistics strategies
- Supervise the computerized tracking of 8, 000+ SKU’s Movements from origin (supplier) to delivery points
- Monitoring Stock availability with Supply chain team to make sure all SKUs are available.

Supervisor Customer Service at DHL - Exel Supply Chain
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • October 2007 to July 2009

- Responsibilities include solving customer’s complaints and enquiries, meeting daily deadlines and targets.
- Up-to-date on all new products and services and ensured all new procedures are adhered to.
- Analyze customer requirements, monitor distribution/Delivery planning.
- Making sure all the emails from Customers and Vendors are responded.
- Make sure that all customer complaints are resolved within agreed time.
- Answer incoming calls and ensure that the service level is achieved and maintained all the time.
- Tracking vehicles locations, using advanced online software.
- Tracking and monitoring of shipments - Coordination with other department to ensure on time delivery of materials.

Senior Customer care officer at MCB Bank Limited
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • October 2006 to September 2007

• Receive customer calls; answer their queries, solving problems faced by them and providing detailed information on offered products.
• Handle customer queries of different nature, forward complaints also following them up in a timely fashion.
• Assisting supervisor in letter drafting and correspondence.
• Using of CRM, MIBS, AS/400 and Symbol application.
• Preparing and maintaining different MIS

Junior Operation Coordinator at MESSAGE International (Pvt.) Ltd.
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • September 2005 to September 2006

• Ensures that all activities are carried in accordance with company policies and procedures.
• Responsible for all type of purchase of the company
• Ensure the maintenance of inventory and stock records
• Ensures the timely flow of reports and information to respective department.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Finance, accounting, economics
  • at Karachi University
  • January 2007

Specialties & Skills

Customer Service
Transportation Operations
Claims Administration
Process Improvement
Logistics Management
Warehouse Management
Performance Management
Operations Management
Process Improvement
Transport Planning
Occupational Health & Safety
Business Analysis
Quality Management
Call Center Development
Customer Services
Claims Management
Customer Relations
Project Management
Business Relationship Management

Languages

English
Intermediate
Urdu
Expert
Hindi
Intermediate
Arabic
Beginner

Training and Certifications

"Master Gold” certification (DHL in-house Ranking) equivalent to “Six Sigma black belt”. (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2018
Valid Until:
July 2030