SUMMARY:

• Developed procurement policy pertaining to purchasing of telecom equipment
• Saved $181K by taking initiative of moving shipments on Confidential basis
• Saved $68K and became industry first by availing the benefits of Free Trade Agreement (China)
• Instituted and out - sourced the warehousing business and saved $300K.
• Developed the supply strategy by increasing the supplier base from Europe, the Middle East and Asia
• Developed SOPs and KPIs to monitor the vendors ‘performance
• Prepared and advised on draft operational directives and policy papers; produces major/complex reports
• Successfully negotiated on price and contracts with multiple leading telecommunication suppliers
• Managing Indirect sourcing category with annual spend of app.
• Anchored all sourcing operations within agreed SLA’s
• Development of ERP module by incorporating the changes per the organization’s requirement

CORE STRENGTHS:

• Supply chain management International Trade Procurement &purchasing business
• Oracle, SAP (Ariba) RFI/RFP/RFQ preparation and finalization Agile methodology
• Inventory planning & management Budget management Procurement strategy development
• Procurement planning & Policy E-bidding & E-auction Contract Management & Negotiations
• Selection, contracting & management of vendors

EMPLOYMENT/BACKGROUND:

Assistant Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Maintaining and organizing all procurement system and provider contract documentation, within a paperless workflow and document control system.
• Developing, negotiating, making commitments, and administering Purchase Orders of moderate to high dollar value risk and complexity.
• Monitoring and evaluating supplier performance to ensure compliance and implement appropriate action as required.
• Maintaining contacts with vendors to keep informed of price trends, availability of supplies, new items and reliability.
• Managing cash flow of stores and checking daily deposits
• Managing and paying utilities on time
• Processing biweekly payroll for the employees in ADP
• Providing weekly cash flow statements, expense reports to management
• Monthly bank reconciliation for Confidential stores
• Providing monthly financials to management
• Following up Local Government Official for renewing Food permits and Business licenses

Assistant Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Reviewing requisitions, analyzing specifications, investigating suppliers, analyzing supplier capabilities, studying costs and prices, analyzing bids, negotiating & selecting suppliers
• Provided inputs to staff on complex operational issues
• Participated in different projects and played a key role in developing practical approaches to procurement while simultaneously dealing with difficult policy and operational issues
• Managed network procurement & contracts team and ensuring that products & services are purchased at best price whilst ensuring quality and delivery timelines.
• Drafting networks domain contracts, adding SLAs and annexure as per feedback from technical teams and ensuring that the contracts are signed in the best interest of company
• Played a significant role within the organization in guiding and mentoring team members other stakeholders
• Transformed policy dialogue into concrete proposals that enhance and strengthen organization’ procurement policy and procurement systems.
• Developed effective & reliable sources of supply, identify new vendors, develop potential vendors
• Developed & maintained contracts & frame agreements vis a vis organizational requirements & internal customers satisfaction
• Develop and execute negotiation strategies for complex equipment/services sourcing projects
• In depth pricing analysis through effective benchmarking, comparisons, developing baseline & target setting.
• Pre and post contract management including but not limited to negotiating, executing and finalizing commercial contracts; Also responsible for post-award maintenance including creating and executing change orders, amendments and/or supplemental agreements;
• End to end project management of sourcing initiatives including preparation and vetting of RFx documentation, creating purchase polices and processes, ITT, e-auction.
• Conducting vendor/supplier relationship management with key strategic suppliers/partners.
• Continuous monitoring of network Confidential & Confidential

Assistant Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Procurement and Fulfillment Business
• Dealing at different stages from contract award to contract fulfillment.
• Preparation and issuance of Purchase Orders to the vendors in ERP System.
• Arranging & Following up the deliveries of different equipment.
• Coordinate follow-up with vendors, Company engineers & Project Managers.
• Sorting & solving different problems in projects.
• Arranging & conducting meetings with vendors.
• Managing all the payment process for all the vendors.
• Processing vendor’s Invoices for their payments.
• Outsourcing Vendors for different vendors.
• Issuing RFP and RFQ to vendors.
• Evaluating Vendors on the basis of RFP and RFQ duly filled by vendors.
• Negotiation with Vendors in order to lower the price.
• Issuance of P.O and contract for the stipulated period of time required by project lead time.
• Setting Key Performance Index (KPI) for every vendor.
• Monthly evaluation of vendors on the basis of KPIs.
• Conduct meeting with vendors and help vendor to meet the requirement as per KPIs if not meeting or fulfilling KPI’s requirement.
• Replace vendor if result is not satisfactory as per KPI.
• Issue weekly, monthly and quarterly report to headquarter.
• Logistics and order/contract management Business
• Custom Clearance of all the equipment including hardware and software well in time by meeting deadline offered by project manager.
• Delivery of all equipment by arranging transportation to three levels; from port to main warehouse, from main warehouse to regional warehouse and from regional warehouse to the desired remote site.
• Managing Regional Warehouses and respective inventories.
• Arrangement of international transportation for temporarily imported equipment to Pakistan.
• Coordinating with international logistics department for the export of equipment of consignments for our company as well as for our customer upon their requests
• Calculation of loading factor of different products.
• Arrangement of necessary documents required for Bid submission like bid bond/bid security etc.
• Pre and Post bid negotiations.
• Coordinating with Project Managers for the establishment of contracts with the customer.
• Coordinating with sales persons in the configuration and finalizing contracts with the customer.
• Making all necessities available for the execution of contract e.g site survey, L/C, down payment.
• Negotiations regarding special clauses of Letter of Credit.
• Giving instructions for the manufacturing as well as outsourcing of equipment.
• Keeping in touch with manufacturing department in Headquarters of Shenzhen China for the manufacturing of equipment as per the requirement of the contracts.
• Preparation of contracts drafts for onward discussion with Commercial Department.
• Well versed with all the tools of ERP environment. (IT System used for production and for provision of end to end services to customer in Pakistan and all over the world).

Logistics Controller

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Monitored the process of overseas purchase and extending assistance for proper scheduling and forecasting of expected time of arrival of shipments / consignments at the desired site.
• Correspondence via prompt communication with the foreign suppliers, freight forwarders and custom clearance agencies at Airport / Seaport through fax / E-Mail.
• Coordinated with the Custom Clearance agencies regarding the Preparation of Bill of entry and other formalities of Custom Clearance according to requirement of Confidential .
• Organized as well as ensure the completion of custom clearance process on priority basis giving proper
• Considered to the time factor involved as per site requirement.
• A special assignment regarding the Re-export of the Goods (More than 60,000 Confidential ) consisted of Machinery/Equipment, Plants, Light Vehicles, Materials & Spare Parts. Worked as Team Leader and fully organized the works/procedures regarding above said re-export.
• Organized the office staff as well as Packing Staff for the preparation of shipping documents and physical packing at site for the re-export respectively according to the requirements of Local Customs authorities and the Consignee.
• Coordinated with transporters for the inland Transportation of the goods from the working site up to the port of Loading. Also liaison with handling agent for the loading of the shipment to the vessel on the Sea Port.