Tariq Raza Khan

Recommend the purchase of materials, supplies & services to the most economical vendors.
Collect requirements from respective departments and close the purchase requisition.
Negotiate contract terms of agreement and pricing with Local & International vendors.
Preparation and processing of quotations to Purchase orders.
Assist the finance department to arrange the funds allocation for expected orders.
Coordinate with logistics team to arrange for the pickup of material from port/supplier.
Maintain updated records of stock master data of purchased products.
Local purchase of raw materials, for packaging material, chemicals and other RM.
Ensure vendor performance criteria and parameters are met before purchases are made.
Minimize purchase costs and maintain within overall procurement budget.
Explores markets for alternative sources of materials & supplies which may reduce cost and improve quality of products.

Reporting Module:
Evaluate comparison reports of all quotations received from different vendor for price, terms of payments, product specification and product warranty in order to determine the preferred vendors.
Maintains list of approved vendors and monitor price changes.
Maintain and follow stock re-order level on daily basis.
Submission of weekly updated reports to Direct Manager & MD on the value of procured/purchase items by vendor wise.
Submission of monthly Stock consumption verses sales projection and stock Aging Analysis report to MD.

Assistant Manager Supply Chain & Operations at Anfords Pvt Ltd - Karachi
From December 2020 October 2021

A group of companies (since 1961) involved in manufacturing/ supply of FMCG, Cosmetics and Food products with manufacturing facilities in Karachi and Bangladesh

Major responsibilities included:
Daily operational reporting of Food manufacturing to Chief Operation Officer.
Entire supply chain management of raw, packing and finished goods.
Manpower management and planning of operations and warehousing.
Planning and execution of manufacturing plan in liaison with production heads including material replenishment, scrap/ waste reporting and inventory reconciliations.
Intra-department follow-up with support functions like Quality, Engineering & Admin to achieve KPIs of production rate, time losses and QA.
Analysis the stock level as per sales demands. Constantly check and upload the shortage quantities on showrooms stock level as per sales.

Daily operational reporting to KSA supply chain manager.

Support and work politely with four team members of different nations.

Before creation of purchase order comparing suppliers cost prices to make sufficient profit.
Prepared (MTO / MTS / MTA) Purchase orders by Oracle software.

Keen follow-up for OA from suppliers and inform finance to allocated required funds. i.e. (Custom Duty /Clearance charges etc).

Follow-up with all local and international suppliers for material deliveries regarding ETA, ETD, and production lead time then update PO’s in system and customers.

Inform SABER regulation to all international suppliers for arrange the proper documentation then able to issue PCOC & SC by (SGS, Bureau Veritas, Intertek & TUV).

Weekly follow-up with main warehouse for keeps storage availability to receive the new shipment arrival which cleared by Saudi Customs.

Instruct warehouse team to reserve the back to back order material against the sales orders.

Open Credit facilities with Supplier and update the status of old.

Pending Po's follow up with Supplier relates the partial quantities and delivery schedule.

Inform by warehouse team through GRD reports issue the claims to supplier through oracle system and get the credit note for shortages or damages material and for excess quantities update the PO.

Inform to supplier and arrange NCR as per customer requirement.

Monthly twice Retail showroom refilling.
Constantly check and upload the shortage quantities on showrooms stock level as per sales.

Material shuffling process at all regions and branches as per item sales movement analysis.

Shared non-moving stock report with Area Sales Manager on quarterly bases to remove or shuffle.

Reporting to Supply chain manager.

Work politely with eight team members with different nations as two members worked from outside KSA.

Ensure that material scheduling strategy and processes are in place and work effectively in order to ensure material supply meets production requirements with minimum stock levels, whilst
optimizing costs.

Take ownership of material planning issues that arise, including over or under delivery and take any follow up actions especially in the event of material shortages that affect production.

Assess volume requirements against planning assumptions.

Manage inventory risk and ensure that contingency plans are in place.

Design, develop and implement flexible solutions to aid business efficiency, drive process improvements and add value.

Support continuous improvement initiatives.

Ensure that professional and consistent materials planning processes are applied across the business.

Ensure that any Material Requirements Planning system (MRP) or IT system in place is effective and that data is accurate and up to date and resolve any issues as required.

Investigate and implement system enhancement initiatives.

Take overall responsibility in department process and ensure enhance business support.

Ensure strategic and operational information, reports and metrics are available to share with others in the business when required.

Report on achievement of targets and identify any corrective action.

Issue international PO's MTS & MTO

Local Purchasing PO's.

Pricing negotiation with suppliers.

Contract negotiation.

MRP reports.

Stock checking.

Handling all financial proceeding regarding to Import / Export & Administration Expenses.

Handling the cash flow and maintaining clear ledgers for all transactions.

Prepared daily, weekly and monthly cash flow activities with respect to expenses.

Prepared report on the Custom duty procedures and expense actual deposits, expenses & recovering of Fund allocated.

Issue cheque and bank reconciliation on daily basis.

Prepared shipping guarantees and allied documents together with its submission to banks.

Coordinate with various staff for operational support activities of the unit; serve as a liaison between departments and operating units in the resolution of day-to-day administrative and operational problems.

Provide administrative support for custom clearance brokers resolving a range of administrative problems and inquiries.

Draft Corporate Letters - for different Banks & Companies.

Visit different banks & other companies as a company representative on monthly basis.

Responsible for imports and exports of shipments from inception to conclusion including negotiating the terms of shipments, soliciting shipping rates and managing shipping documents.

Successfully deal with all issues related to documentation, customs, financial concerns which potentially impact on business.

Communicating with freight forwarders, clients and overseas contacts to negotiate good terms of business and simultaneously developing mutually beneficial business relationship.

Responding to inquires independently to client and customers by phone & emails.

Communicating with different shipping lines to negotiate best rates.

Meeting with customers about their business.

Handling various job related responsibilities and assignments.

Managing business operations as per the company’s mission & strategic objectives.

Maintaining daily, weekly and monthly reports for higher management.

Experience in business & market development, product positioning and channel expansion.

To communicate with the local shipping agents.

Maintaining record and updating daily, weekly & monthly vessel job reports.

To prepare different type of survey report and submit the same to the ship owners.

To prepare invoices, statement of accounts for outstanding payments.

Responding to inquires independently to client and customers by phone & emails.