Procurement & Logistics Business Head
sense logistics
Total years of experience :20 years, 3 Months
Details of Business: Logistics-Heavy Equipment’s Hiring, Road Transport (local & GCC regions) and Trading of Fish - Both Retail & Wholesale.
Nature of work:
• Heading, Planning, decision making & implementation of various business roles.
• Monitored daily operations and solved issues related to purchases.
• Negotiated many contracts with local big oil corporates for the heavy equipment hiring & their repeated road transport, movement of bulk transportation with successful journey management system.
• Import & Export consignments. Mostly UAE road border crossing.
• Handled Purchases, sales, overall finance and logistics in coordination with respective managers.
• Control of daily expenses, payroll and sales activities.
• Executed the orders for import of European and Asian fish orders until its final delivery to the stores
• Entered into new contracts for supplies of fish with the best of 5* hotels in Muscat and maintained cordial relationships with them.
Responsible for the overall management and delivery of an effective, value for money, ethical and professional procurement and commercial contracts management service.
Nature of work:
• Reviewed and administered contracts and modifications, including preparation of contract review records and obtaining necessary management approvals.
• Prepared and maintained contract documentation and provided information to property and procurements departments. Responsible for approving and processing all accounts receivable and payable for contracts.
• Assisted in development of software to automate the process of our contract management and invoicing. This made the office much more efficient.
• Developing the company’s reputation for procurement excellence with suppliers.
• Initiated, sourced and finalized many contracts and purchases from neighboring countries regularly for best quality products and price.
• Negotiating complex contract terms with potential suppliers.
• Managing procurement contracts to an annual value of around OMR 10 million.
• Making best use of the procurement resources by keeping an eye on everything that goes on in the buying department.
• Leading a team of purchasing professionals and being in charge of all the procurement of goods and services on behalf of the company.
• Managing relationships with suppliers.
• Monitoring the purchases made by individual company buyers.
• Making sure that any purchases made are fit for purpose and achieve the best possible value for money.
• Ensuring that all staff are appropriately trained in, and have a comprehensive understanding of, procurement policies and procedures.
• Improving the way the company carries out its procurement activities.
• Providing professional expertise and guidance to procurement team members.
• Working collaboratively with key budget holders.
• Managing all staffing issues, including sickness absence, performance review and misconduct hearings.
• Ensuring that all procurement and commissioning decisions are carried out in accordance with previously agree standards and procedures.
• Deputizing for other senior managers in their absence.
a) Logistics Operation -
• Managed all aspects of logistics: Handled complete logistics operation like export import and local logistical movements.
• Managed logistics & transport budgets, monitoring expenditure and implementing remedial measures where appropriate.
• Complete coordination with contracted agents with regard to documentation of vessel movement, sea freight shipment, air freight shipment, land shipment concerning to both the exports and imports.
• Monitored complete customs clearance activities for sea air and land shipment, checking, follow-up and recording the total overview of logistical operation at all levels.
• Liaison with head quarter at Belgium and other branches across the world for the movements of the Vessels.
b) Procurement -
• Managed Procurement division comprising of 3 purchasers and 2 storekeepers.
• Local and worldwide purchasing as and when required on site request.
• Purchased specific items from the headquarters and other branches across the world as demanded.
• Negotiated and finalized all the purchases.
• Fixed yearly and various tenure contracts suiting to the demand & supply.
• Brought in clear-cut procedure and overview to track all the purchases at any given point of time
a) Business development Manager -
• Formed a new business division - Safety Line Rent a Car & Transportation.
• Procured fleet of 50 vehicles ranging in all class and segments.
• Thoughtful execution of all marketing tools to reach vast customer base including new potential high valued customers.
• Well-crafted, negated and finalized contracts at all levels with well-known companies and big corporates in the market.
• Careful follow-ups and coordination with the customer’s requirements, ensuring round the clock services.
b) Procurements and Human Resource Officer -
• Responsible for attending to various requisitions for procurements based upon indents, developing a sourcing plan with various buyers locally and international levels, and finalization of purchase order.
• Managed and supervised staff in all the areas of purchasing such as sourcing, vendor evaluation, ensuring desired quality of materials, documentation, in time delivery and best laid out payment terms.
• Controlled track of materials with registers, numbering, documentations and stock checking which will ensure minimum stock availability at all times.
• Developed existing business to have various contacts in Europe and China for entering into dealership and franchises.
Nature of work:
• Supervised the division handling purchases worth for RO 10 million per annum.
• Developed a MIS interface with fixed asset, financial control, and the corporate technology areas to inform Higher Management about the efficiency of purchases and assets structure of the company.
• Consistently developed innovative cost-saving methods by negotiating high value contracts worth around RO 200000 per annum.
• Evaluated Fixed Assets, Computers, Office Furniture, Office Equipment’s, Electric and Electronic Appliances, Software, Hardware, Networking and Telephone Systems, Transport and other vehicle with very good high level negotiating skills for technical products and electronic equipment’s.
• Prepared all Budget and Financial reports. Like Materials Requisitions Status report, Delivery Report, L.P.O processed report and finally implemented them to the Budgetary Report.
Nature of work:
• Coordinated with all the FORD dealers across the country (India) for their spare parts requirement and Supervising Four Staff and three Transport Vendors for the shipment of spare parts to the dealers as per their delivery period by Air, Road, Railway and Water (Vessels).
• Handled quality inspection, follow up all the consignments Status, to see on time dispatches of materials including data entries in the oracle software to keep up daily records and for tracking materials.
• Monthly presentation of reports and the coordination with the committee meeting, preparing service level, maintaining daily accounts, handling documentation work like bills receivable and payable of all materials, segregation of bills and finalization.
B.B.M - Bachelor of Business Management from St. Aloysius and Meridian College Mangalore, Mangalore University. India.
P.U.C (CECA) - Pre-University College from Mountain View College, Chikmagalur, India.
S.S.L.C (Class X) from Mountain View School Chikmagalur, India.