Muhammad Saleem +92-323-6600021
Head of Procurement & Supply Management DepartmentNASCO
Lahore, Pakistan
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About
15-year managerial experience of Procurement, Import and Warehouse Management with special reference to Supply Chain. I am confidently capable to handle the whole Supply Chain process from source and purchase of raw-material to the point at which finished goods are available for sale.
Experience gained through Pakistan,s leading FMCG, Food and Beverage companies Standard Mfg. Co and Qarshi Industries and the most prestigious University in the region which is ranked 12th in Asia.: Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS).
Experience gained through Pakistan,s leading FMCG, Food and Beverage companies Standard Mfg. Co and Qarshi Industries and the most prestigious University in the region which is ranked 12th in Asia.: Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS).
Haves
. Worked with HACCP, ISO9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 17025 certified companies,
. Developed SOPs, Procedures and Manual with best Procurement practices,
. Trained staff,
. Implemented cost cutting policies,
. Excellent skill and knowledge of vendor management and Evaluation procedure,
. Monthly and quarterly presentation to management of total buying,
. Item wise price history record and prices trend analysis,
. Low cost sourcing.
. Developed SOPs, Procedures and Manual with best Procurement practices,
. Trained staff,
. Implemented cost cutting policies,
. Excellent skill and knowledge of vendor management and Evaluation procedure,
. Monthly and quarterly presentation to management of total buying,
. Item wise price history record and prices trend analysis,
. Low cost sourcing.
Professional Experience
Jul 2011 - Present
Head of Procurement & Supply Management Department
NASCO
Business Supplies and Equipment
NASCO
Business Supplies and Equipment
S U P P L Y C H A I N M A N A G E M E N T . 1. Managed HACCP documented Warehouses, Logistics, Distribution / Transportation and Procurement / Import departments. 2. As an Inventory Controller & Planner, I am dedicated, dependable professional with extensive experience in inventory control and associated aspects dealing with coordination and organization. 3. Planning and controlling of inventories in order to meet the competitive priorities of the organization. 4. Considering and implementation of “Low” and “High” volume inventories. 5. Deciding levels of “Cycle Inventories”, “Safety Stock Inventories”, “Anticipation Inventories” and “Pipe Line Inventories”. 6. Implementation of EOQ (Economic Order Quantity) to save inventory holding and ordering cost. 7. Costing out the EOQ, Total Cost and TBO (time between orders). 8. Inventory Control through Continuous Review System and “ROP” (Reorder Point System). 9. Choosing an Appropriate Service-Level Policy and Safety Stock level. 10. Selecting the Target Inventory Level when Demand and Lead Times are Uncertain. 11. Maintaining inventory levels needed to meet the demands of a fast paced manufacturing environment. 12. Performing Inventory Control functions which include ordering materials, scheduling their arrivals, and issuing incoming materials to meet production schedules. 13. Evaluating / analyzing excess stock in order to lower inventory cost and making stock available to anticipated demand without having to order additional material. 14. Responsible for monitoring of inventory levels, production of monthly inventory and dead stock reports, as well as monthly inventory reconciliation. 15. Reviewing and monitoring requests for inventory re-order, deciding the appropriate minimum quantity of inventory to be stocked.
Jul 2011 - Present
Head of Procurement & Supply Management Department
NASCO
Business Supplies and Equipment
NASCO
Business Supplies and Equipment
Procurement and Supply Chain Manager, having exceptional knowledge and skill of traditional "Direct Procurement" and quite new concept of "Indirect Procurement / Indirect Procurement Sourcing". 1. Currently managing the overall procurement and import activities of the Company. 2. Negotiating new & update contracts with strategic vendors. 3. Negotiating special discounts or terms for large quantities material. 4. Controlling cost, expense reduction and process improvements. 5. Evaluation overall revisions, prices and past performance of each contract. 6. Searching and evaluation commodity areas and making recommendations for standardization and additions to Qualified Products. 7. Supervising financial and administrative reports. 8. Establishing priorities, assigned workloads and reviewed the more difficult and complex assignments by self. 9. Demonstrating continuous effort to improve operations, decreased turn around times, streamline work processes, and work co-operatively and jointly to provided in time supplies to end-users. 10. Always kept my self in touch with all available grades, qualities and varieties of materials and equipments in local as well as international markets and their price trends.
Sep 1994 - Mar 2004
(10 years)
(10 years)
Manager Import / Export
Standard Manufacturing Com
Food Production
Standard Manufacturing Com
Food Production
MANAGER IMPORT / EXPORT
I M P O R T 1. To collect the indent / Performa invoice from indenter / or direct from exporter. 2. Preparing comparative statement. 3. Arrangement of Insurance. 4. To observe all the formalities for opening Letter of Credit. 5. To submit all the documents, cash margin and insurance to the Bank for opening L/C. 6. Strong knowledge of following types L/Cs; • Confirmed Letter of Credit.
• Un-Confirmed Letter of Credit.
• Revocable Letter of Credit.
• Ir-Revocable Letter of Credit.
• Usance Letter of Credit.
• PAYES Letter of Credit.
• Suppliers Credit.
• Revolving Letter of Credit.
• Back to Back Letter of Credit.
• BMR (Balancing, Modernization, Replacement) Letter of Credit.
• Inland Letter of Credit. 7. Maintaining L/C wise files / record. 8. After Shipment to retire the shipping documents from the Bank. 9. To submit necessary shipping documents to customs clearing agent for clearance of imported consignment purpose. 10. Skillfully knowledge of Bank Guarantee, Shipping Guarantees and Deferred Payments Guarantees. 11. Banking skills: - Working knowledge of all kind local Banking and foreign exchange related to imp/exports. E X P O R T (Documentation & Negotiation) 1. To collect L/c from advising Bank and check terms and conditions either are workable or not. 2. To manufacture the goods / merchandise as per the terms of Letter of Credit. 3. To complete export formalities / documentation and make shipment. 4. Preparation of export documentation for negotiation as per L/C terms with Bank and maintaining / check record for EF and EE statements accordingly. 5. Preparation of export documents for CAD basis. 6. Preparation of documents for negotiation with Bank against In-Land Letter of Credit. 7. Realization and Rebate. 8. Part – I (Pre-Shipment) Loans. 9. Part – II Loans. 10. Documentation for Re-Newel of Part-II Loans. 11. Documentation for new loans against excess entitlement of (Part-II) export performance.
I M P O R T 1. To collect the indent / Performa invoice from indenter / or direct from exporter. 2. Preparing comparative statement. 3. Arrangement of Insurance. 4. To observe all the formalities for opening Letter of Credit. 5. To submit all the documents, cash margin and insurance to the Bank for opening L/C. 6. Strong knowledge of following types L/Cs; • Confirmed Letter of Credit.
• Un-Confirmed Letter of Credit.
• Revocable Letter of Credit.
• Ir-Revocable Letter of Credit.
• Usance Letter of Credit.
• PAYES Letter of Credit.
• Suppliers Credit.
• Revolving Letter of Credit.
• Back to Back Letter of Credit.
• BMR (Balancing, Modernization, Replacement) Letter of Credit.
• Inland Letter of Credit. 7. Maintaining L/C wise files / record. 8. After Shipment to retire the shipping documents from the Bank. 9. To submit necessary shipping documents to customs clearing agent for clearance of imported consignment purpose. 10. Skillfully knowledge of Bank Guarantee, Shipping Guarantees and Deferred Payments Guarantees. 11. Banking skills: - Working knowledge of all kind local Banking and foreign exchange related to imp/exports. E X P O R T (Documentation & Negotiation) 1. To collect L/c from advising Bank and check terms and conditions either are workable or not. 2. To manufacture the goods / merchandise as per the terms of Letter of Credit. 3. To complete export formalities / documentation and make shipment. 4. Preparation of export documentation for negotiation as per L/C terms with Bank and maintaining / check record for EF and EE statements accordingly. 5. Preparation of export documents for CAD basis. 6. Preparation of documents for negotiation with Bank against In-Land Letter of Credit. 7. Realization and Rebate. 8. Part – I (Pre-Shipment) Loans. 9. Part – II Loans. 10. Documentation for Re-Newel of Part-II Loans. 11. Documentation for new loans against excess entitlement of (Part-II) export performance.
Apr 2004 - Sep 2007
(3 years, 5 Months)
(3 years, 5 Months)
Deputy Manager Imports
Qarshi industries pvt ltd
Food & Beverages
Qarshi industries pvt ltd
Food & Beverages
DEPUTY MANAGER IMPORT Joined the leading FMCG brand Jam-e-Shirin in 2004 as Deputy Manager Imports for the import of plant and machinery for their up-coming projects of “Mineral Water” and “Carbonated Fruit Drinks”. Sourced, Imported and get them installed with in specified time. Beside import of plant and machinery, also managed procurement of Sugar, Herbs, Raw Material, Chemicals, POS Materials, Printing and Stationery, Packing (PET Bottles and Corrogated Cartons) their inventory and ware house management, Transportation and Logestics of finished items, Cost effective and timely deliveries of finished items to Distributors under the guidance and supervision of Manager Procurement. Set overall goals and objectives for department, which contribute to, and support, the company’s business strategy. KEY CONTRIBUTION & ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
Proactively led change to achieve cost improvements and inventory reductions through the use of continuous improvement methodologies. Reduced component inventory by 30% while eliminating material stock outs and increasing inventory turns. Participated in the planning and coordination process for successful new product launches. JOB DESCRIPTION 1 To plan procurement of all materials required for the Organization. 2 To monitor procurement budget. 3 To source / select / approve vendors and their evaluation. 4 To finalize terms & conditions of buying contracts. 5 To approve quotations, purchase orders, L/C, specification sheet & invoices of all purchases. 6 To liaison with other departments, vendors and government departments. 7 To monitor activities of the whole Departments. 8 To look after jobs related to Deputy Manager in their absence. 9 To ensure timely execution of responsibilities related to respective departmental procedures as well as those defined in common procedures. 10 To identify any environmental aspect associated with any product / service and take effective measures for their control.
Proactively led change to achieve cost improvements and inventory reductions through the use of continuous improvement methodologies. Reduced component inventory by 30% while eliminating material stock outs and increasing inventory turns. Participated in the planning and coordination process for successful new product launches. JOB DESCRIPTION 1 To plan procurement of all materials required for the Organization. 2 To monitor procurement budget. 3 To source / select / approve vendors and their evaluation. 4 To finalize terms & conditions of buying contracts. 5 To approve quotations, purchase orders, L/C, specification sheet & invoices of all purchases. 6 To liaison with other departments, vendors and government departments. 7 To monitor activities of the whole Departments. 8 To look after jobs related to Deputy Manager in their absence. 9 To ensure timely execution of responsibilities related to respective departmental procedures as well as those defined in common procedures. 10 To identify any environmental aspect associated with any product / service and take effective measures for their control.
Sep 2007 - Jun 2011
(4 years)
(4 years)
Manager Procurement (LUMS)
Lahore University of Management Sciences
Higher Education
Lahore University of Management Sciences
Higher Education
MANAGER PROCUREMENT Professionally trained in Procurement, Import, Global/Low-cost Country Sourcing, Materials, Logistics, Warehouse and Supply Chain Management. Experience spans the area of setting-up and restructuring of systems and process designs and implementations, process re-engineering and cost cuttings policies and procedures. Responsibilities: • Full compliance of procurement activities with Institutions own Procurement Policy, PPRA and USAID rules, regulations and strategies. • Facilitation of knowledge building and knowledge sharing with other support and professional teams. • Timely and proper preparation of procurement plans, establishment of the deadlines and monitoring of the project implementation. • Establishment and implementation of proper monitoring system and control of procurement processes including organization of RFQ, EOI or RFP, receipt and evaluation of quotations, bids or proposals, negotiation of certain conditions of contracts in full compliance with PPRA and USAID rules and regulation. • Source / select / approve vendors and their evaluation. • Finalize terms & conditions of buying / services contracts. • Approve quotations, purchase orders, L/C, specification sheet & invoices of all purchases. • Liaison with other departments, vendors and government departments. • Monitor the whole process of Procurement through available assistance. • Guide the assistants in all respect to run the process of procurement smoothly. • Monitor the progress through different reports from the assistants and available computerized system. • Evaluate the efficiency of subordinates and provide benefits/relaxation accordingly. IMPORT: • Managing operations of Imports, L/Cs documentation with Banks, Freight forwarding, Logistics, International Cargo handling and Local transportation, Customs clearance and ensuring proper record keeping for Audit by internal / external, PPRA and USAID Auditors.
Education
1980
Matriculation, Government City Muslim High School (High School)
Science
Science
1983
F. A., Government College University, Faisalabad (High School)
Economics, Geography, Statistics
Economics, Geography, Statistics
1985
Graduation, Government College University, Faisalabad (High School)
Economics, Geography
Economics, Geography
1987
Masters in Economics, Islamia University, Bahawalpur (High School)
Economics
Economics
2008
Workshop, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) (High School)
Supply Chain Management
Supply Chain Management
2009
Diploma, Pakistan Institute of Management (PIM) (High School)
Supply Chain Management
Supply Chain Management
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First Name
Muhammad Saleem
Last Name
+92-323-6600021
Specialities
. Worked with HACCP, ISO9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 17025 certified companies,
. Developed SOPs, Procedures and Manual with best Procurement practices,
. Trained staff,
. Implemented cost cutting policies,
. Excellent skill and knowledge of vendor management and Evaluation procedure,
. Monthly and quarterly presentation to management of total buying,
. Item wise price history record and prices trend analysis,
. Low cost sourcing.
. Developed SOPs, Procedures and Manual with best Procurement practices,
. Trained staff,
. Implemented cost cutting policies,
. Excellent skill and knowledge of vendor management and Evaluation procedure,
. Monthly and quarterly presentation to management of total buying,
. Item wise price history record and prices trend analysis,
. Low cost sourcing.
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