A highly prudent and strategically inclined Procurement and Supply Chain Manager with significant accomplishments and expert knowledge in supply chain management, procurement, legal policies inventory control as well as planning, implementing, and executing strategies resulting in greater customer confidence and strengthened business results. Ability to combine vision, experience, knowledge and leadership to plan and execute operational actions to support business strategy and achieve market and financial goals. With over 15 years of experience in leading and driving Commercial and Procurement performance ambition across diverse and cross-functional teams within the procurement, supply chain and Sales arena for imported products. I am a creative communicator with the ability to translate leadership’s vision into executable plans for teams to follow.
My key skills include Issuance of Purchase Orders, Costing & Budgeting Analysis, Risk Assessment & Mitigation, Local & Imported Procurement, Freight Forwarding Management, Custom Clearance of Imports Shipments, Procurement Policies & Procedures, Vendor Sourcing/Pre-Qualifications, Regulation Compliance, Supplier Assessment and Transactions Maintenance & Bookkeeping
Head of Supply Chain
Control the purchasing of Local and Imported Coal and General Procurement for trading division.
Control the purchasing of raw materials and other goods and services for Café & Retail Stores.
Create integrated processes among Operations, Purchasing, Logistics, and outside suppliers to execute the planning/replenishment process.
Define stock levels of inventory to determine when new goods need to be ordered
Supervise procurement team and insure timely delivery of goods/services to all sections of the SGC Group with no compromise on quality
Weekly Reporting to the Chairman over Buying, Payables and stock levels etc.
Cost saving by identifying cheaper solutions/sources
Supply agreements with local and foreign suppliers to ensure smooth supplies of Coal, Retail Store items and General procurement.
Arranging quality Analysis and Testing of Coal at load port/discharge port from SGS Pakistan, Bureau Varitas and Intertek Pakistan
Logistics Management for the transportation of Coal and Retail Store Items
Negotiation with suppliers to get best quality materials at competitive rates, extended credit periods and developing business relations with them.
Plan and implement the SOPs of the Procurement Function
Development of vendors. Exploring new suppliers. Alternate materials.
Liaison with custom clearing agent for clearance of imported materials
Liaison with Finance/Accounts/Treasury Department for payment and cash flow management.
Assigning cost saving targets to team, guiding them and monitoring till the achievements.
Determine key supply chain KPIs of Supply Chain team and performance evaluation of team
Hiring, training and Supervision of Procurement team.
1. Initiate and devise procurement policies and procedures to optimize company systems in all fields of procurement 2. Arrangement of quotations according to TCS requirement, Government rules and policies. 3. Plan, execute the procurement of Student & Office furniture Text Books, Library Books, Note Books, Stationeries, staff uniform, school bags, EYE Equipment and Playground Equipment by utilizing best managerial skills. Decide favorable payment terms, lead time, after sales service, warranty etc. 4. Managed procurement of IT Equipment, Electrical Equipment, Musical Instruments, Office Equipment, Security Equipment, Sports Equipment, Annual Paints and printing & packaging materials by utilizing best managerial skills. 5. Rendered keen eye for details to carry-out the delivery plans with supplier based on business need, led Regular and periodic reporting to senior management, monthly Procurement reporting & spend analysis with Procurement team. 6. Coordinated with TCS Technical, Legal and Supplier to finalize legal contracts, facilitated logistic arrangements to ensure timely and safe delivery of goods at respective school or HO. Monitor deliveries on daily basis. 7. Ensured record keeping of all transactions; maintained approval documents, purchasing documents,
1. Planning, execution, procurement of Packing Materials i.e. OPP Labels, Adhesive Glue, Crown Corks, Plastic Closures, PE Shrink Film, PET Preforms, Stretch Films, Die Cut Pads and Corrugated Sheets etc.
2. Planned and executed procurement of Raw Materials i.e. Sugar, PET Resin, Master Batch, CO2 Gas, Nitrogen Gas, Caustic Soda, Conveyer Lubricants and Chlorine etc.
3. Prepared rate comparison sheet along with supporting information required for decision making.
4. Generated and shared purchase order or LC to respective suppliers against required materials.
5. Coordinated with banks for establishment of LC and maintained procurement records such as items or services purchased costs, delivery, product quality or performance and compile data for internal reports.
6. Timely prepared FATR in case of LC, developed correct invoices to accounts department to ensure timely payment.
7. Kept abreast with wastage of assigned materials and to let the management know if there is any abnormal wastage.
8. Freight Forwarding Management & Custom Clearance of imports shipments Effectively responded to all materials related quality matters, inviting to suppliers to visit RBL for the resolution of problem raised by production department, led Claim to Insurance Company against damages materials.
9. Communicated Department Query Status report to respective department, negotiated commercial terms and condition effectively in the best interest of the company without compromising on quality.
10. Liaised with suppliers for the replacement of rejected materials.
11. Maintained all Stock monitoring report on daily basis Collection of quotation/Performa invoice from various trust worthy (PCI approved where applicable) suppliers. Locally and internationally.
1. Raw & Packaging Materials Warehouse management & maintenance
2. Monitoring and controlling inventory levels.
3. Preparation of Daily Material Movement Report
4. Preparation of Materials Wastage Reports and coordination with the stakeholders for corrective actions
5. Liaison with operational warehouses to retrieve operational materials as per requirement of production plan
6. Close Liaison with Production Department to provide them maximum materials related facilities.
7. Improved the Materials storage condition which resulted low wastages and high efficiency.
8. Management of fleet, forklifts and other resources related to Stores & Warehouses.