Assistant Cluster Procurement Manager South Asia - Raw Material
Unilever Pakistan Limited
Total years of experience :15 years, 8 Months
Career Highlights:
Supplier Relations Management
Internal Customer Management
Supplier Development
Price Negotiations
Material Price Forecasting
Order Management
Development of cost Models.
Annual maintenance contracts (AMCs).
Develop and execute strategy for Projects/ Engineering equipment sourcing
Spend and Saving Reporting (ISIS & GMVA) on the local and regional basis.
Delivering Strategic Business Targets with special emphasis on process improvements.
Delivering Cost Saving Targets by rigorously chasing and implementing all CTT projects.
Responsibilities:
Implementation & negotiations in Cluster & Global Contracts
Material cost reduction through Savings Projects
Supply strategy development for new innovations
Negotiate & PTW with the manufacture in producing countries.
Delivering the Unilever Sustainability Agenda through Sustainable source for Procurement of Raw Materials.
Coordination with supplier’s & Cluster stake holders for all kinds of contracts / business activities.
Current Projects:
Project Arch - Core responsible to Implement & migrate from Unilever Tea System to SAP (Buying, blending, stock movement & warehouse
management)
Project Bifocal - Responsible to Implement & Run MRP of Packaging & Raw Material in SAP liaison with Demand & Supply Planner.
Responsibilities:
Managing end to end Material Pipeline Management
Facilitation to Regional/Global team in RM negotiations
Inventory Management through effective management of orders / supplies.
Cross Functional engagement to ensure smooth delivery of business
Re-modelling of existing sourcing strategy to optimize operational efficiency
Member of the USHEC team & responsible for safety related issues at department level.
Consolidation, Reconciliation, and presentation of Savings number for Unilever Pakistan to VP Supply Chain and Chairman Unilever Pakistan
Achievements:
Reduction in Days on Hand by 11 days
Achieved annual saving target of 4% on total RM value.
Achieved 110 % Customer case full on time (CCFOT)
Achieved 100 % (OTIF) On time Innovation delivery
Increase RA & sustainable RM sourcing from 62% to 75% and support RA road map for Beverages & Refreshment portfolio
Business Waste reduction worth 5Mn Euro, through follow up with planners and Supply Chain Finance
Complexity reduction in warehouse Inventories through utilization of IT tools
• Coordinating with the brand team in planning and scheduling marketing activities in order to ensure timely execution & delivery of goods.
• Cost and benefit analysis of supplier’s quotes.
• Negotiating discounts and terms & conditions of purchases with suppliers.
• Coordination with suppliers to ensure timely delivery of goods to meet stringent timelines of brand launches and re-launches.
• Quarterly suppliers visit for induction of new resources in order to evaluate their current capabilities and capacities to work with our business.
• In addition to the regular Non Productive Items buying, I am also responsible for development of out of category display stands for MT and GT stores.
• Keeping in views my work performance I have also been given the added responsibility of procuring point of sale paper items of all categories.
• Besides my targets, I worked extensively to model the costs, while visiting markets and suppliers` production facilities, to capture optimum savings.
• Request for the quotations.
• To ensure timely circulation of bank contact / LC in coordination with import.
• To ensure timely deliveries of imported goods.
• Timely Management, reporting and data submission.
• To assist in disposal, saving reporting and audit.
• To follow up with suppliers, brand team and warehouse in charge to ensure payment is released on time.
Project Ariba
• Implementation & completion of Ariba Spend Management System.
• Integration of Ariba PO in SAP.
• Assigning SOA (Sign Of Authority) at different management levels
• Catalogue management of 630 suppliers containing +25000 items.
• Supplier re-evaluation and revision of Credit days.
SAP & IT Projects
• On time Implementation of SAP ERP, by playing active role in EUT
• Business Waste reduction, through follow up with planners and Supply Chain Finance
Key Deliverables
• Achieving saving target of 5% supply chain cost
• Achieving 99 % Customer case full on time (CCFOT)
• Achieving 100 % On time Innovation delivery
• Relationship management and development with Key Suppliers
• Reduction in Days on Hand
• Complexity reduction through utilization of IT tools
•Responsible of IT audits and coordinating with regional and local Audit teams.
• Managing LAN services for head office, remote factories, branches and depots. Plan upgrade as per business requirement.
• Assist in managing IT budget, AP and CapEx planning, and reporting the actual expenses to region using COGNOS.
•IT Procurement - Evaluating the new hardware need as per business growth and preparing business justification.
Pakistan Petroleum Limited: Interned in their Instrumentation department, in Compression & Purification Plant at Sui. (June - July 2005).