Tanveer Ahmed Khan, Manager-Logistics Operation

Tanveer Ahmed Khan

Manager-Logistics Operation

Al-Wafir Marketing Services co.

Location
Kuwait - Al Farawaniyah
Education
Higher diploma, Commerce
Experience
26 years, 10 Months

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Total years of experience :26 years, 10 Months

Manager-Logistics Operation at Al-Wafir Marketing Services co.
  • Kuwait - Al Jahra
  • My current job since March 2024
Assistant Manager-Logistics Operations at Al-Wafir Marketing Services Co
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • March 2021 to February 2024

Al-Wafir Marketing Services Co.Alforda Central Fruits & Vegetables market was built as a state of the art facility with the goal of providing an economic food hub for importers, traders, vendors and customers alike. Under a 19-year BOT structure with the Government of Kuwait, Alforda has implemented modern logistics, operational systems and international management practices to better serve their customers. Alforda currently boasts 31 loading docks with the capability of servicing 1, 000 trucks and handling 4, 320 pallets daily. Also, Alforda possesses a warehousing space of 17, 000 square meters with different suitable temperatures including chilled and dry space. Alforda runs its operations in a spacious 300, 000 square meters plot in Sulaibiya.
• Handing the team of 27 employees including Supervisor/Team Leaders/MHE Operators/Warehouseman/Cashiers.
• Responsible for overall market operations, devising and presenting ideas and strategies.
• Solving the customer issues, planning and implementations and monitoring performance.
• Achieving the monthly targets and goals.
• Motivating the staff and developing customer services relations.
• Coordinating with all departments as required by business.
• Warehousing operations.
• Reporting to Senior Executive Director
• daily training for Operations employees as per company policies and procedure and safety issues.
• Ensure employees are trained in all aspects of health and safety and records kept.
• Continuously strives for operational efficiency and coming up with creative ways to do the job.
• Provide full support to the other functions and team when needed.
• Selects workers and assigns tasks to be performed. Explains work requirements, methods, and procedures; instructs subordinates in new procedures and provides advice when issues arise. Reviews work in progress and on completion.
• Handle Day to day operations Customer relationships and maintain good relations.
• Provide managerial direction to supervisors to ensure smooth operations in the Division in a timely manner.
• Responsible for staff development activities comprising of supporting recruitment, team development and complaint resolution, set KPI’s for direct reports and conduct performance appraisal and drive motivation levels direct reports.

Senior Supervisor-Logistics Operations at Al-Wafir Marketing Services Co.
  • Kuwait - Al Jahra
  • March 2017 to February 2021

Al-Wafir Marketing Services Co.Alforda Central Fruits & Vegetables market was built as a state of the art facility with the goal of providing an economic food hub for importers, traders, vendors and customers alike. Under a 19-year BOT structure with the Government of Kuwait, Alforda has implemented modern logistics, operational systems and international management practices to better serve their customers. Alforda currently boasts 31 loading docks with the capability of servicing 1, 000 trucks and handling 4, 320 pallets daily. Also, Alforda possesses a warehousing space of 17, 000 square meters with different suitable temperatures including chilled and dry space. Alforda runs its operations in a spacious 300, 000 square meters plot in Sulaibiya.
• Comprehensive applied knowledge and expertise, gained at a professional level, in all aspects of the area of focus applicable to the specified role.
• Skill in examining and re-arranging operations and procedures, formulating policy, and developing and implementing new strategies and procedures.
• Ability to analyze complex problems, interprets operational needs, and develops integrated, creative solutions.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of individuals and constituencies in a diverse community.
• Advanced analytical, evaluative, and objective critical thinking skills.
• Working knowledge and understanding of the principles and processes of fruits and vegetables business and operating systems.
• Ability to gather data, compiles information, and prepares reports.
• Knowledge and understanding of integrated program planning, development, and administration within a public institution environment.
• Skill in organizing resources and establishing priorities.
• Ability to supervise and train employees, to include organizing, prioritizing, and scheduling work assignments.
• Conduct daily training for Operations employees as per company policies and procedure and safety issues
• Ensure employees are trained in all aspects of health and safety and records kept.
• Continuously strives for operational efficiency and coming up with creative ways to do the job.
• Provide full support to the other functions and team when needed
• Selects workers and assigns tasks to be performed. Explains work requirements, methods, and procedures; instructs subordinates in new procedures and provides advice when issues arise. Reviews work in progress and on completion.
• Handle Day to day operations Customer relationships, and maintain good relations
• Provide managerial direction to supervisors to ensure smooth operations in the Division in a timely manner.
• Responsible for staff development activities comprising of supporting recruitment, team development and complaint resolution, set KPI’s for direct reports and conduct performance appraisal and also drive motivation levels direct reports

Supervisor - Logistics Operations at Al-Wafir Marketing Services Co.
  • Kuwait - Al Farawaniyah
  • February 2012 to February 2017

Al-Wafir Marketing Services Co. Alforda Central Fruits & Vegetables market was built as a state of the art facility with the goal of providing an economic food hub for importers, traders, vendors and customers alike. Under a 19-year BOT structure with the Government of Kuwait, Alforda has implemented modern logistics, operational systems and international management practices to better serve their customers. Alforda currently boasts 31 loading docks with the capability of servicing 1, 000 trucks and handling 4, 320 pallets daily. Also, Alforda possesses a warehousing space of 17, 000 square meters with different suitable temperatures including chilled and dry space. Alforda runs its operations in a spacious 300, 000 square meters plot in Sulaibiya.

• Responsible for overall daily operations, received review and check all coming new shipments (Air, Sea, and land).
• Supervising Air, Sea and Land Operations for fruits, vegetables and other food items.
• Supervises daily warehousing operation of receiving the fruits, vegetables and food item from different parts of the world and control the 80 to 100 employees engaged in verifying and keeping records on incoming and outgoing shipments.
• Work with various Inbound, outbound, Ground and warehouse operations and insure compliance to service expectations and quality standards.
• Overviewing the sales orders created by CSR for customs land operation
• Categories the offloading product based on the warehouses temperatures.
• Ensure that custom/Municipality approved the offloaded products.
• Interact with transport department for the daily numbers of containers will be offloaded
• Maintain effective communication with other company departments to insure a proper work flow.
• Assign tasks and target to Team Leaders, Follow up on targets and review performance against targets
• Manage 150 workers in routine daily warehousing operation include Team Leaders, Data entry, warehousemen, receivers, LT operators, Forklift operators, labor etc..
• Coordinate with customs department to offload the material on time and accurate location.
• Received the material as per the SO, LPO, CD and delivery notes.
• Directly report to the operation manager about daily activities of operations.
• Supervise material receipt, unloading and placement in assigned storage location.
• Coordinate with the transportation and loading offloading the containers for different warehouses.
• Conduct daily training for Operations employees as per company policies and procedure and safety issues
• Responsible for maintaining time and attendance records for assigned staff.
• Directs and maintains an efficient warehouse operation as well as assigns, inspects and evaluates the work performance of the warehouse.
• Location survey for empty and damage location and absconding stuff.
• Conducting daily pre-shift meetings and monthly safety training meetings with employees
• Ensure employees are trained in all aspects of health and safety and records kept.
• Continuously strives for operational efficiency and coming up with creative ways to do the job.
• Provide full support to the other functions and team when needed

Warehouse Supervisor at Anham Al Kuwait Food Services Company
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • November 2010 to January 2012

•Supervises employees engaged in verifying and keeping records on incoming and outgoing shipments and in preparing items for shipment.
• Oversees incoming and outgoing shipping activities to ensure accuracy, completeness, and condition of shipments.•Ensures compliance with DOT regulations including the review of daily driver’s log sheets, accident reporting and investigation, drug testing requirements, and transportation equipment maintenance.•Maintains various files and records - both computerized and hard copy files. Performs daily file back up of computer systems.•Monitors Drivers’ mileage and wage system for correct payments.
•Recruits, interviews and makes selection recommendations. Provides initial and on-going training and evaluation to assigned delivery personnel related to job duties and performance expectations.•Supervises employees who count, weigh, and identify items in receiving and shipping department.
•Inspects material handling equipment for defects and notifies maintenance personnel or contacts outside service facility for repair.•Directs movement of shipments from shipping and receiving platform to storage and work areas.
•Compiles records of unfilled orders.•Posts weight and shipping charges. Prepares bills of loading.• Provides supervision, training, scheduling, and guidance to shipping personnel.• Plans, organizes and supervises the delivery function of the department ensuring timely and efficient delivery of high quality products.•Coordinates with the Plant Manager, Plant Supervisors, Production Scheduler and other Plane personnel in order to attain delivery, cost and quality of service objectives.• Works effectively with dealers/customers to schedule deliveries and the pick-up of returned merchandise.• Ensures the cost effectiveness of the delivery function, including the control of labor utilization - preventing excess hours, downtime and overtime, and efficient usage of transportation related equipment.

Stores Officer at Descon Engineering FZE Kuwait
  • Kuwait - Al Ahmadi
  • July 2010 to November 2010

Descon Engineering is a multi-dimensional engineering, construction and manufacturing company operating in Pakistan and the Middle East. With over 450 million man-hours of construction work executed in industrial and infrastructure projects, Descon employs over 34000 professionals and other personnel.

Services: EPC, Project Management, Engineering, Construction, Maintenance and Manufacturing
Locations: Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait
• Supervise material receipt, unloading and placement in assigned storage location.
• Check material received quantities & specifications against order documents
• Updates the documents in ACCPAC Inventory software, i.e. SRN, SIN, PO, AMR, MIR etc...
• Manage space and determine storage methods according to the manufacturer's guidelines and Company safety procedures.
• Maintain stock level of materials to ensure continuous availability.
• Maintain the filing system and stock records as per Company procedure.
• Maintain supplies of materials, in compliance with storage safety regulations.
• Maintain issue or distribute materials, products, parts and supplies to customers or co-workers, based on Company procedure.
• Recommend disposal of excess, defective or obsolete stock.
• Control the fixed assets in the location assigned and updates the fixed Assets in FAMS,

Warehouse/Logistics Cum Procurement Incharge at Nasim Al Bahar Electrical Company
  • Kuwait
  • February 2009 to June 2010

Nasim Al Bahar Co. is a multinational leading Electrical company, having a very huge customer base in Kuwait and Middle east and dealing in all types of 'Electrical, Hardware and Safety' supply and contracting works in addition to the trading activities which is covering a wide range of electrical, hardware and safety accessories that can be used for building constructions and general consumer use.


• Processes the purchase orders requests from different departments.
• Ensures that the acknowledgments from supplier are received on time.
• Arranges for timely customs clearance for all incoming item.
• Obtains shortage /damage certificates whenever is necessary.
• Follows up with banks for shipping documents.
• Follows up with suppliers to ensure on time shipment of requested items
• Responsible for all Trucks entering or leaving yard
• Responsible for unloading and transport of railcar material into yard
• Maintaining all Shipping & Receiving Reports for Shipping and Receiving Department
• Responsible for shipping out all material out of the yard
• Supervise in developing a working inventory system throughout warehouse.
• Composing documentation for release of materials to be shipped as needed
• Supervise in developing a system of receipts of materials that are received and shipped to customers and notifying necessary departments within the company by means of e-mail and faxes
• Ordering all material needed by Different Managers within company
• Developing Blank Purchasing Orders for better pricing with vendors
• Arranging for delivery of material ordered
• Integrating technology into many different divisions that increased the efficiency of the company
• Supervising in purchasing the necessary equipment to multi-sight locations, reducing the cost of using outside delivery companies

Warehouse and Logistics Supervisor at SMS International Logistics company
  • Kuwait
  • April 2007 to January 2009

SMS International logistics company is the well known logistics supplier in Kuwait and Iraq, SMS International main clients are KBR, Parsons, RMS and US Military. SMS has done many successful projects in Kuwait and Iraq.
•Coordinate daily warehouse and distribution operations, including receiving, stocking, inventory movements, and efficient use of space, issuing, dispatching to locations, facilities and housekeeping.
•Manage 20 workers in daily Logistics operations.
•Responsible for maintaining time and attendance records for assigned staff.
•Check on loading of warehouse items and quality control of associated services.
•Created spreadsheets, maintain and retrieve information from databases, and other automated tasks.
•Knowledge of operating a forklift, loading, unloading of customer trucks. Verify all items by nomenclature, part number, and quantity, unit of issue, classification, and price. Location placement and inventory accountability for warehouse parts.
•Receiving the material in warehouse from vendors as per purchase order and delivery notes and quality checking of the material.
•Processes customer requests; wholesale and retrograde document receipts, input from catalog inquiry programs, document modifiers and cancellation request, document transaction, maintain records and developing reports of transactions within the warehouse facility.
•Dispatch the material to different location in Kuwait and Iraq.
•Stored items in correct location, maintained accurate inventory counts, and issued items to customers.
•Maintain daily inventories, spot checks and maintenance of US Army’s larger warehouse with over 20, 000 line items.
•Interaction with Customers, Procurement team, Claims Team, Audit team, HR, Logistics providers.
•Custom clearance from different ports.
•Coordinate the transportation and loading off loading the material and container
•Coordinate with local vendor to deliver the material in warehouse on time and exact locations.

Warehouse Specialist at Kellogg Brown & Root Services - Halliburton
  • Kuwait
  • June 2006 to March 2007

KBR is a global engineering, construction, technology and services company. Whether designing an LNG facility, servicing as a defense industry contractor or providing capital construction, KBR delivers world-class service and performance. KBR employees more than 60, 000 people in 43 countries around the world.
• Under the Subcontract working for KBR as a Warehouse Specialist for Material Dept, to provide services for American military in Kuwait, work 12 hours a day, 7days in a week and 30 days a month.
• Having the Skills to enter requisitions Into PP+. (Purchasing Plus, the Online Software to Purchase and manage Inventory), and also combining & splitting the requisitions for buyers to make the purchase orders.
• Doing Warehouse Requisition processing.
• Updating the logs In Microsoft Excel 2003 as per the current location of requisitions.
• Processing Petty Cash requisitions, making of purchase orders (PO) in PP+, Finance Slips, Material Received Records (MRRs), and Delivery orders from the Vendors.
• Receiving and issuing Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) to KBR personnel.
• Preparing daily report of warehouse and material requisition for material Manager.
• Keeps self aware and updated with latest laws and regulations governing procurement.
• Undertake routine administrative work specific to department / division / unit.
• Interaction with all functions for all procurement related activities
• Receive and register incoming and outgoing mail.
• Transmit facsimile messages, compile and prepare basic routine reports.
• Monitor office stationery usage, schedule events and / or activities

Marketing and Sales Executive at Wafi International for Trading & Contracting
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • September 2003 to May 2006

Looking the daily sales & visit to the customer and vendors.
Independently handle all Sales/Marketing and Purchasing.
Processing the paper work and make payment to the vendors and received from customers.
Undertake other tasks as required, including preparation of overheads and updating spreadsheets
Operate and maintain a confidential filing and bring-up system. Maintain files as required to ensure adequate record is kept.Handle accounts also.
Well awareness of Kuwaiti market and areas

Accounts Clerk/Computer Operator/Cashier/Costing Clerk at Grandweld
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • July 1997 to May 2002

Grand Weld Dubai is ISO 9002 Shipping, Ship repair and maintenance
Multinational company which has repairs many US Naval Vessels.
Processing of Accounts payable (LPO+Requisition+Invoices+Delivery Orders.
Directly dealing with purchasing department and some times visit to the vendors for checking documents and material.
Issued cheques to the vendors and received from Customers.
Handle petty cash and distributing salary to more then 1000 employees.
Preparing monthly reports include fixed Assets, Bank reconciliation etc to close the accounts.
During the tenure work under British and American Management.

Counter Sales Officer at Travel Center International
  • Pakistan
  • January 1996 to March 1997

Keep up to date with new entries, fares and taxes.
Familiar with reservation and ticketing system (Galileo - World Span - Amadeus).
Regular for checking air fares, follows work policy and procedures.
Regular checking for travel publication, make Airlines reservation.
Enter passenger personal data, determine itinerary of passenger.
Inform passenger about destination code of conduct, issuing Airlines tickets.
Enter reservation details according to itinerary, dispatch P.T.A to passenger.
Repossess unused tickets or coupons, maintain travel document supply.
Prepare daily sales reports, post revenues to accounting department.
Set up special file for airlines fares, present to client tour packages.
Offer special benefits, travel clubs, mileage programs passenger feedback.
Review travel and airlines periodicals, newsletters, publications.
Take part in familiarization trips; keep good relations with travel supplies.
Develop constructive and cooperative working relationship with airline staff and other suppliers.
Develop specific goals and plans to accomplish work.

Education

Higher diploma, Commerce
  • at Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education
  • September 1992

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Specialties & Skills

Problem Solving
Logistics
Operations Expertise
Warehousing Operations
Warehousing
Excellent organizational and time management skills.
Expert in, MS Excel, MS Access ,MS Word & MS Power Point, Microsoft Outlook, Platform: Windows XP/2
Financial for non financial training
Problem solving and decisions making trainjng
Interpersonal and communication skills training
Expert in SAP

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert
Urdu
Native Speaker
Hindi
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

Stress & Time Management (Training)
Training Institute:
OMT Global Organizational Performance Ireland
Date Attended:
October 2015
Customer Services (Training)
Training Institute:
Knowledge Consultant
Date Attended:
November 2015
Organizing and Planning Skills (Training)
Training Institute:
ME Training Institute Canada
Date Attended:
November 2015
Mastering People Management & Team Leadership (Training)
Training Institute:
GLOMACS Training & Consultancy UAE
Date Attended:
January 2019
Interpersonal and Communications Skills (Training)
Training Institute:
MK Management Consulting & Training Jordan
Date Attended:
October 2015
Problem Solving & Decision Making (Training)
Training Institute:
MK Management Consulting & Training Jordan
Date Attended:
November 2016
Problem Solving Course (Operations) (Training)
Training Institute:
IFA Food Services Kuwait
Date Attended:
May 2014
Warehousing Operations process (Training)
Training Institute:
IFA Food Services Kuwait
Date Attended:
April 2014
Presentation Skills (Training)
Training Institute:
OMT Global Organizational Performance Ireland
Date Attended:
November 2015
Negotiation Skills (Training)
Training Institute:
ME Training Institute Canada
Date Attended:
December 2015
Problem Solving & Decision Making (Training)
Training Institute:
MK Management Consulting & Training Jordan
Date Attended:
September 2015
Customer Relation Management (Training)
Training Institute:
OMT Global Organizational Performance Ireland
Date Attended:
October 2015
Finance for Non-Financial (Training)
Training Institute:
MK Management Consulting & Training Jordan
Date Attended:
December 2015
Real World Accounting Package. PP+ (Purchasing Plus), SAP. Maximo Steam ,Tally, (Training)
Training Institute:
Trainings

Hobbies

  • Playing Football and reading books