Shoaib Safdar Nawaz

 Development: Developed Supply Chain processes and procedures through communication by handling Procurement, Warehousing, Forwarding - logistic & Fleet department.
 ERP Implementations: Deploy Infor LN (ERP), SOPs and make workflow process.
 Strategic Sourcing: Identifying, evaluating, and selecting suppliers to ensure cost-effectiveness and quality of goods or services.
 Vendor Management: Building and maintaining relationships with suppliers, negotiating contracts, and monitoring their performance.
 Procurement Policies: Developing and implementing procurement policies and procedures to ensure compliance and efficiency.
 Cost Management: Analyzing costs, optimizing expenses, and ensuring cost savings while maintaining product or service quality.
 Inventory Control: Managing inventory levels, reducing excess stock, and ensuring timely availability of goods.
 Forwarding: Coordinate and manage all aspects of the shipment process, including booking, documentation, and customs clearance
 Budgeting and Planning: Creating budgets for procurement activities and long-term planning to meet organizational goals.
 Letter of Credit: Working with LC through bank to get maximum Advantage of Credit Facility with Vendors.
 Risk Management: Identifying and mitigating supply chain risks, such as supply disruptions and market fluctuations.
 Compliance and Legal Requirements: Ensuring that all procurement activities adhere to relevant laws and regulations.
 Team Management: Overseeing a team of procurement, Warehousing professionals, delegating tasks, and providing guidance.
 Data Analysis: Utilizing data and analytics to make informed decisions and improve procurement processes.
 Continuous Improvement: Identifying areas for process improvement and implementing best practices.
 Communication: Collaborating with various departments, stakeholders, and senior management to meet organizational objectives.
 Reporting: Generating reports and performance metrics to track procurement performance.
 Maintain standards of health, safety and security.

Key Accomplishments:
 Successfully Deployment of Infor LN (ERP), SOPS & workflows Process with consultants.
 Construct 18000 sqm Factory with Subcontracts from zero stage with total expense of around 200 million SAR+.
 Achieved 7.2% cost reduction over a period of 3 years from total Procurement.
 Successfully developed Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) and tracking system for inventories in each category to maintain stock levels at 99.99% accuracy.
 Conducted vendor pre-qualifications exercise and shortlisted vendors to maintain minimum requirement of vendors in numbers for each material/goods/services/equipment category.
 Successfully developed procurement administration system, which helps in following up for pending purchasing/deliveries, pending payments against purchases and partial purchase records.

 Managed Whole Procurement to Pay (P2P) Process Including PRS, RFI, RFP, RFQ, PO’s, to Ensure on time delivery.
 Evaluating, and selecting suppliers to ensure cost-effectiveness and quality of goods or services.
 Maintaining relationships with suppliers, negotiating contracts, and monitoring their performance.
 Initiate, coordinate, and enforce optimal operational policies and procedures.
 Ensuring timely procurement of materials within budgeted costs for each WPOs, through developed Supply Chain procedures, tools and processes.
 Managing stock control and ensuring inventory record accuracy with Warehouse Manager.
 Ensuring all warehousing, handling and shipping / distribution legislations comply with the company policy.
 Liaising with internal stakeholders, suppliers and transport companies.
 Producing reports and statistics regularly of inventory receiving & dispatch, non-moving inventories, and tracking expiry dates to liquidate inventory on timely basis.
 Expert user and implementation of WBS (Warehouse Barcoding System), Microsoft Dynamics GP & AX for execution and preparing MIS reports.

 Overall Management of Procurement Department & Estimation Department by Handling 80% of Procurement.
 Evaluate and approve purchase requisition from business unit inter-departments.
 Prioritizing demand & safety stock requests based on criticality.
 Conducting purchase analysis through system for complete records of previous purchase history.
 Preparing proposals, requesting quotes, from local and international vendors.
 Source, select and negotiate for the best purchase package in terms of quality, price,
 terms, deliveries and services with suppliers.
 Searching & adding valuable suppliers to supplier database list.
 Preparing and issuing purchase orders through ERP system - Infor LN UI.
 Manage and handle end-to-end purchase order procedure from direct cash vendor, advance payment and credit terms suppliers.
 Maintain complete updated purchasing records/data and pricing in the system.
 Coordinating with logistics team for clearing & delivering shipments as per delivery incoterms.
 Processing invoices for closed purchase orders to the Finance department.
 Manage and prepare weekly payment plan of vendors under credit and advance payment terms.
 Ensuring that procurement KPI “PR To P0 lead time, Supplier’s Late delivery, open, advances local & international, Open PO’s, OTIF are met based on targets.
 Maintaining relationship with local & international suppliers.

 Receiving item requests (PR) for review & approval.
 Assisting & managing street buyers for cash purchases.
 Preparing & sending RFQ’S to local & international suppliers.
 Comparison of received offers to initiate purchase orders (P.O)
 Taking approvals of purchase orders as per approval matrix.
 Follow up to finance dept for advance payments & credit invoices.
 Coordinating with logistics dept for approval of draft shipping docs to proceed further.
 Updating end user’s & warehouse about ETA & ETD of respected orders.
 Coordinating with finance team for advance payments & credit invoices.
 Working closely with procurement team to support & solve issues.
 Handling procurement documentation to maintain detailed records.
 Weekly/Monthly reporting to procurement manager for all procurement related activities.