Usman Akbar

Regional Procurement Manager and part of COE team in Foldable Packaging for Oceania Flexibles (Australia, New Zealand, Fiji,
PNG) and Paper Based Packaging for Indonesia Market with a collective spend of 60Mn CHF covering all Nestle Business Units with
2000 + SKUs and supplier base across South East Asia, China, Australia, New Zealand and UAE. Category management role
encompassing Cost reductions via Value Engineering, E-auctions, 100% Recyclable structure development and deployment,
Reduction in Virgin Plastic usage and building a Sustainable and Responsible supply base while improving Quality and supply metrices.
Key achievements:
 0.7 Mn CHF savings in Indonesia for Corrugates via E-auction
 0.44 Mn CHF cost reduction for Indonesia via Paper/board price negotiations.
 1.4 Mn CHF cost reduction in Purina Australia via Value engineering and new supplier development coupled with transition to
recyclable structures
 0.6 Mn CHF cost reduction via revised price methodology for Confectionary and Coffee Packs with PCR inclusion
 900 Tons/yr reduction in Virgin Plastic resin via use of Post Consumer Recycled Resins

Global Procurement Packaging Lead for Pakistan managing a spend of over 60MM$ in Packaging (Flexible Packaging and Corrugates) entailing Strategic, Operational and Development agendas for Pakistan BU and Technology deployment across AMESA Sector with emphasis on sustainability (Pep+)
Responsibilities:
 Lead creation and execution of procurement strategy for Packaging suppliers and pro-actively manage potential challenges while
ensuring Productivity pipeline delivers net productivity and complies with company strategic Cash Flow objectives.
 Ensure RFPs, Negotiations, E-auctions and contracts are managed/administered in accordance with Global Procurement Policies
and Regulatory standards (Pepsico and State).
 Define and implement procurement strategy for Pakistan BU with sustainable innovation pipeline aligned with Pep+ve agenda
 Develop BOY guidance recommendations with impacts based upon continued market analysis for category.
 Partner, collaborate and influence senior stakeholders (Sector MSO’s, Global/ Sector Category Leads, Supply Chain, R&D,
Business heads) to design and implement sourcing strategies, priorities, alignments, governance, and Short and Long term plans,
while adding value to the business and sector GP teams.
 Vendor development to ensure coverage strategy for supplies covering Geographies.
 Work closely with business stakeholders in Supply Chain, Finance, Sales, Marketing and Operations to ensure effective sourcing,
material planning, Quality and Risk management (BCP) to ensure sustained Supply security and NPI Launches
 Lead Packaging sustainability Agenda for Pakistan BU
Key achievements:
 100% OTIF for NPI and Pricing initiative and Export operations - AMESA first recyclable TriLam film manufactured
 4.3MM$ Productivity savings for 2023 (150indes vs’22) with reduction in 800Tons of CO2 emissions
 Over 8Mn$ in cost avoidance during 2022.
 Awarded certificate of excellence for delivering a record 5 pricings (200+ SKUs) with 100% OTIF in one year with 25% turnover
time reduction, Zero write-offs and tooling cost.
 Supported business in delivering 20% additional Packaging volumes over plan with Zero loss during hyper inflation and floods via
contingency development and risk management.
 Lead Digital Agenda deployment for AMESA Sector First Global Spend Management tool in AMESA (SpendHQ)

Manage BAT Pakistan Leaf Warehousing and Transport Operation of 33Mn kgs Green Leaf and Prized Leaf in Pakistan among 6
regions (26 depots), External Warehouses, 2 factories and GLT plant with an annualised budget of 3.2Mn USD
Responsibilities:
▪ End to end Planning, storage and movement Operation of Green Leaf and Prized leaf for BAT Pakistan
▪ Stock Management of Leaf for PTC ensure zero stoppages and 100% conformance to plan.
▪ Sourcing, storage and transport of Leaf Packing materials of 2.5Mn USD for the company
▪ Vendor Management of Logistics Service Providers - Tendering, Warehousing and Transport Operations.
▪ Manage multiple stakeholders both internal BAT (between 3 Manufacturing units and Leaf) and Government.
▪ Compliance to BAT PI&T, PM&H and EH&S standards while ensuring all Control and Governance Process are being followed.
Key achievements:
▪ 100% OTIF for Export operation for Leaf
▪ 26 K USD savings from process improvement
▪ IWS deployment in Logistics
▪ Warehouse footprint rationalisation and implementation of Smart Blend Management

Leading 6 departments of the factory including all warehousing (Wrapping Material, Prized Leaf and Finished Goods), Factory
Procurement, Reclaiming Sales and Fleet. Manage multiple stakeholders both inside the factory and Head Office.
Responsibilities:
▪ Ensure all Wrapping materials and Prized Leaf required for Manufacturing are available as per production plan whilst
conforming to agreed inventory levels, quality standards and avoiding OOS
▪ Finished goods Storage and shipment
▪ Compliance to BAT PI&T, PM&H and EH&S standards while ensuring all Control and Governance Process are being followed.
▪ Lead Factory procurement function.
▪ Contractor and Vendor Management
Key achievements:
▪ Implementation of standardised Operations in Prized Leaf with Compliance to Global SOX guidelines.
▪ Delivered first ever export Operation of Cut Rag of PTC from Jhelum factory.

Area Project Manager role in Marketing Function encompassing End-to-end delivery of all NPI Projects across multiple End markets.
These include Global, Regional and End market driven projects from Idea to Design, Research, Prototyping and Launch phase.
Responsibilities:
 Manage multiple stakeholders in End Markets across varied Management levels and Functions in a cross-cultural environment to
ensure all NPI projects are completed in time while complying with NPI Governance.
 Resolve Project risks and issues by securing necessary support from relevant teams.
 Support End markets in designing future NPI Cycle plans and possible sourcing solutions.
 Lead the BAT NPI project process and associated system (Nexus) and drive best-practices while ensuring full audit compliance
Key achievements:
 Implemented NPI structure in Srilanka and Afghanistan Markets.
 Area Lead of SAA for Product Specification harmonization project yielding an annualised savings of 4Mn USD

Production Manager for one of the two factories in Pakistan having an annual capacity of 24 Bn Sticks.
Responsibilities:
 Drive AMO and OEE improvements through line improvement plans while adhering to Quality and Safety standards
 Liaise with multiple stakeholders scheduling teams, Logistics and Warehousing teams to complete production requirement.
 Wastage reduction through process improvements
 Manage IR coupled with Personal and Skill development of the teams through trainings and TNAs
Key achievements:
 5% reduction in overall factory Wrapping Material Waste and 11% improvement in Cell OEE

Responsible for a portfolio of more than 7Bn PKR(70Mn USD) with a supplier base of 61(31 Local and 30 Global). Managing key
stake holders on local and international platforms (Marketing, Logistics, Manufacturing, Planning, R&D and Creative Agencies).
Responsibilities:
▪ Procurement of all the Wrapping Materials and Flavours with Price negotiations for a 3.5Bn PKR (35Mn USD) portfolio.
▪ Delivering savings through price negotiations and material development while complying with AMGP and FCTC standards.
▪ Vendor Management - Establishing Service level agreements, Legal contracts and conducting BEST audits of the suppliers.
▪ Developing the procurement strategy for PTC coupled with Business Contingency planning and Vendor management.
▪ Support the material Planners for on time delivery of orders and ensuring zero stock-outs
▪ Packaging development for NPIs (New Product Initiatives) for a 100% OTIF
▪ Reduction in Quality complaints for the Wrapping Materials through focused improvements and QITs.
Key achievements:
▪ 230Mn PKR savings from Projects delivered in 2013.
▪ 100% OTIF for all NPIs. Delivered a record 9NPIs in a year with a 25% reduction in project delivery lead-times. Was awarded
4 Tier 2 awards for NPI and Packaging developments.
▪ Achieved Zero Incoming Material rejections on quality issues from Packages (4.6% in 2012 to 0% in 2014).

Multifaceted role encompassing maintenance of plant services (Mechanical, Electrical and Civil) and leading the Engineering store
teams. Key responsibilities were:
▪ Contractor based and general maintenance of the site including small civil projects
▪ Planning and deployment of improvement projects for the plant utilities section (Electrical, Steam, Air and Refrigeration).
▪ Planning and tracking of the site’s maintenance budget of 120Mn PKR and managing Engineering store of 13000+ inventory items.
▪ Supplier/vendor Management for parts and services procurement.
▪ SAP Plant Maintenance and Inventory Management lead and Key User.
Key achievements:
▪ Lead and Implemented U2K2 (SAP Plant Maintenance and Inventory Management modules

Responsible for the mechanical, instrumentation and electrical maintenance of Production, Process, Cone baking and Chocolate
plants. Key responsibilities were:
▪ Maintenance of the Production and Processing plants.
▪ OEE improvement and Breakdown reduction of the plant through TPM while managing a maintenance budget of 60Mn PKR.
▪ Planning and Execution of Annual maintenance and Shutdown plans
▪ Drive key projects in operations- Line efficiency plans, Quality improvement projects, Capacity Enhancements, NPI deployments
▪ Training and development of Maintenance and operations teams.
Key Achievements:
▪ Increased Plant OEE from 76% to 83% and eliminated the annual plant shutdown. Addition of 2 weeks of Production capacity.
▪ 7.3 Mn PKR savings in repair expense through locally developed spares.
▪ Winner of Unilever Pakistan Kaizen battle 2010

Multifaceted role of Managing Shift Operations (Production and Maintenance).
Leading, Implementing improvement projects and TPM on the floor while ensuring and maintaining highest standards of Quality, Hygiene, Consumer safety and