Logistics Manager
Azadea Group
Total des années d'expérience :15 years, 6 Mois
Managed supply chains for all brands including fashion, Home furnishing, Cosmetics, F&B and Sports. liaised with a variety of internal and external parties, including suppliers, service providers, manufacturers, ministries, various internal departments and stores
Prepared department's annual budget, business plan and implement projects accordingly.
Ensured efficient communication on all levels with suppliers & Service providers.
Planned and organized warehouse garage sales to liquidate obsolete stock or sell.
Provided overview of the brands lead-time by preparing quarterly performance review reports (using business intelligence (BI) reporting using QlikView) communicating and presenting results to senior executives. Significantly Reduced Lead-time & Overhead charges.
Designed & Implemented same day customs clearance upon flight arrival for huge volumes, arriving twice weekly, it reduced clearance time by 4 days for the weekend deliveries and stores started to sell merchandise on the weekends to gain more $, overall reduced 75% clearance time for both weekly rotations from 8 days to 2 days.
Ensured availability of adequate Vehicles & personnel in-house or outsourced to run operations smoothly.
Managed a fleet of 16 vehicles having lorries, vans & sedans, assigned tasks schedules, vehicle inspection & suggestion for maintenance
Managed projects with project management team in terms of providing required material on time for construction, storage, sorting and delivery of material by project guidelines.
Managed foodstuff shipments for 8 years without any Municipality violation/ penalties.
Managed complex items import such as Books, electrical items, toys, paints, flooring etc…
Planned warehouses/ stockrooms inside and outside malls.
Build warehouse as per requirements, optimized warehouses for maximum storage with special design, gained almost double storage on a 2000sqm facility, saved 30% on rent
Provided related feedback to Group Logistics department before acquiring new brand by the Group
Monitor to guarantee adequate business processes testing prior to opening dates
Develop, train, motivate and evaluate team members to strengthen the necessary skill base and enable team members to maximize their potential and contribution to the company
Achieved 100% e-filing system, where all shipments were scanned, which eased the access to archives & reduced warehouse storage space & filing cost.
Effectively followed up internally with various local teams including the commercial department and externally with forwarders, clearing agents, insurance brokers and suppliers on all issues related to shipments’ delay and insurance claims to support the smooth provision of services.
Identified and proposed improvements of procedures and reports in own area to support the on-going development of Logistics standards.
Compared Logistics cost between forwarders & provided feedback to the Logistics Manger to select the best service cost in alignment with the group’s corporate strategy.
Prepared various stock reports for warehousing to identify dead stocks to take appropriate actions and to clear the storage areas.
After identifying and taking required approvals from the management merged two warehouses into one, saved 45% rent.
Served as a key member on impacting projects; contribute to the development, testing and successful launching.
Ensure proper data communication with local team and suppliers for shipment deliveries & discrepancies.
Assisted stores with change of prices and season transactions and export related information to shops POS
Handled activities related to shipment receiving & cycle count data transmission and manage the scanner machines distribution between shops
Prepared SPT 1800 scanners for daily shipment receiving or Inventories.
Provided Data to all concern colleagues after downloading from the scanners
Keep track of import & export shipments and related OH charges allocation/validation
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