I am a qualified Post Graduate Diploma holder in Supply Chain Management from Institute of Business Administration IBA, Karachi (Silver Medalist). It is specially designed program to omit the gaps of Supply Chain from our local industry. How to optimize our Supply Chains to maximize Profits and minimize gaps. A well-qualified faculty with their diversified experiences gives a broad understanding and a hope to perform in this challenging field.
The program comprises of three (3) semesters, twelve (12) courses of MBA that focus Supply Chain Management from Up-Stream to Down-Stream (case based studies) . The courses are given below,
- Supply Chain Management
-Accounting and Finance for SC Managers
-Operation and Production Management
-Strategic Sourcing & Negotiation skills
-Quantitative methods for decision making
-Logistics: Transportation & Warehousing
-Enterprise resource Planning (ERP)
-Managing Contracts and Supplier relationships
-Supply Chain Modeling and simulation
-Total Quality Management
-Supply Chain Performance Evaluation
-Global Import & Export
Basically, I am an Engineer and have been working on a management position in Lucky Cement Limited, Karachi. As an engineer, I have analytical reasoning and critical thinking with a passion of improvement and innovation to maximize efficiency & effectiveness. I like numbers & data analysis for decision making. The PGD program gives me an eminent change to think different and it opens new windows of opportunities. The Best program for Supply Chain Professionals (My own experience). I have high energy level to perform against SOPs with an experience of Performance evaluation on the assigned or given objectives through KPIs.
I am looking forward for an opportunity working in an esteemed organization.
Looking after customer and client services, procurement of goods, vendor management, risk assessment, material and logistics management, handling of different supply chain operations etc.
As the Assistant - Warehouse & Purchase at Agha Khan Hospital, I oversee the operations specially the warehouse & inventory management. I was responsible for supervision of inventory management and control processes, negotiating on price terms, agreement of material warranty and discounts with vendors, meet warehouse and purchase operational standards from receiving to delivery of goods, improve operational efficiency across warehouse processes, maintaining budgetary goals, produce routine reports on a daily, weekly and monthly basis from ERP system (People soft-FSCM) etc.
• Responsible to oversee, coordinate and implement all activities for shipment movement.
• Determine and carry out necessary arrangements and coordination prior to the shipments arrival and departure to affect a smooth and efficient turnaround.
• Establish and maintain relationships with clients and customer, exchange information. and processes to ensure that the company is providing the appropriate range and quality of services.
• Collect and analyze service issues and quality information and develop clear and concise reports.
• Track and log information in the system.
• Coordinate & expedite requests, time-specific pickups and deliveries and other special requests.
• Assist customers via phone and emails with inquiries including: tracing shipments, rate quotes, tariff discrepancies and billing and/or invoicing questions.
• Perform general clerical duties as assigned, including: answering and directing phone calls, filing, data entry and billing.
• Performance Evaluation effective KPI development & management, Data Analysis & Management.
• Involved in plant operations from Procurement to Installation & maintenance of equipment and execution of service in compliance with company operating procedures and safety standards. Supported procurement division in parts procurement during maintenance and plant shutdowns
• Maintain records of goods ordered and received. Locate vendors of materials, equipment or supplies, and categorize them in order to determine product quality, availability, lead times and terms of sales.
• Planning & scheduling of deliveries for preventive & shutdowns maintenance for continuous operations with the coordination of supply chain manager to minimize shortages and keep costs down.
• Review purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy for risk minimization. Analyze market and delivery systems in order to assess present and future material availability.
• Responsible for negotiating on price, terms and agreement of material warranty and discounts with vendors
• Supply base management; categorization and profiling on the basis of Quality, cost, delivery & reliability