SYED ARSHAD

· A result oriented professional offering 15 years of vast experience in Supply Chain Management.

· Carry multi-industry experience mainly in Telecommunications, 3PL, Consumer Electronics, Fashion / E-Commerce & Construction.

· Develop Annual Supply Chain Strategy to support Revenue growth and profitability.

· Expertise to develop the Operations Business Unit budgets & manage to meet the CPS & CPU.

· Strategic procurement planning for long-term supply with a fixed-term rate card and generated 10% profit in a committed volume

· Collaborate with senior management to assist in business revenue growth & strategic growth and maintain compliance with all government regulations as well as company policy and procedures.

· Experience to set-up, upgrading, customize SAP MM R/3, Oracle & MS-Dynamics ERP modules as per business operation model. Developed Bar-coding & RFID for Inventory & Fixed Assets.

· Design performance dash boards to show case the operational health / KPI Performance for BU operations and staff.

· Expertise to conduct the internal audits on Inventory, Process, Operations & Facility HSE to improve the efficiency

Attract, hire, and retain a diverse team of top talent to achieve organizational objectives / goals

Expansion & Strategic Planning

• Design Fulfilment & Distribution Centres expansion planning with detail scope of activities
• Develop Capex & Opex budgets on Revenue Forecasting Plan with SnOP & Finance signoff
• Review ERP systems based on the operational model and recommended enhancement in the process of operational cycle and develop reports on operational visibility for decision making
• Hiring plan with HR and align in line with annual budget
• Internal stake holders meeting with facilities, IT, HR, Security & Product team on the readiness and conclude with UAT sign-off
• Leading & finalizing the legal agreements / rate cards with Service Partners on strategic level

Fulfilment (Warehouse) & 3PL Management

§ Gained experience to manage largest fulfilment centres over and above +30,000 square meters with a team size of +400 and with inventory value of $70ml worth.

§ Set-up 3PL partners for short-term and long-term strategy to meets the festival sales to support the targets

§ Established first and last mile fleet operations with all sizes of loads and specialized to build the CPU and CPS options based on the business models.

§ Oversee all commercial and statutory documents and ensure their renewal on time to ensure legal issues with government bodies.

§ Vendor Management – Close co-ordination with vendors on the services. Grading the vendors and defined the systems on categorizing various parameters of quality & cost & lead time.

§ Improved the Seller & Vendor experience by classifying the various methods in operational quality.

§ Annual Maintenance Contracts with Equipment Servicing Partners to ensure the MHE and Operational Assets are performing productively

· Communication – Effective communication with internal & external customers on the Operational Matters. Meeting the Key Customers to resolve the logistics & operational level issues.

· Periodic operational reviews with Sales & Marketing team.

· Develop Health, Safety & Environment in Warehouses to for safety of people & inventory/Assets.

· Evaluate warehouses on Process, Inventory & Commercial audits at warehouses and ensure the operational metrics are met.

· Define Hot-Zone Concept to cut-down the human movement for fast-selling categories within the facility to enhance the productivity per man hour.

Supply Chain & Inventory Modelling

· Triggering on Shelf-life of categories and liquidation priorities with Sales & marketing teams to reduce the carrying and operational costs.

· Leading the inventory and maintaining minimum level by applying the auto triggering tools to the operations team.

· Classification of inventory groups – quarterly grading the items into FM, SM & NM which indicates the movement of inventory at Corporate and Branch level.

· Refurbishing, Re-Inventorization of market returns & liquidation plan for Non-moving, dead & defect inventory to reduce the operating cost.

· Forecasting & Demand Planning – to achieve the sales shipping plan by 80% of forecast. Capacity utilization measure with accurate production planning & control method which maximizes the optimal utilization of machines and manpower.

· Capacity building on product categories - & aging analysis, liquidation, refurbishment, replacements. Conducting regular PSTs & analyse on the variances and taking appropriate actions.

Procurement & Purchase Planning

· Strategic procurement deal for RM from Petro Chemical Suppliers across Asia & Europe

· Negotiations on price points / rate contracting, lead times & payment terms to improve the business financials. Expediting rate contracts & agreements on purchasing terms & payment terms.

· Monitoring all purchase orders & contracts orders with progress with deadlines for products and services. Periodic closure review on the open purchase orders.

· Periodic Supplier evaluation on the defined metrics on cost, quality and supply lead time

· Development of procurement strategy in-line with business strategy & sales plan for the calendar year as per the allocated budget.

· Procurement – monthly sourcing plan from Asia, Europe, and MEA & private labelling for projects requirement to fulfil the prestigious projects across Middle East.

· Strategic purchasing Plan – FG, SFG, RM & consumables, packaging materials with defined lead-times to create the availability for Production / assembly.

· Supplier development plans – Joint ventures & Private labelling. Travel plan to create the options for procurement for optimal products & services.

· Oversee & lead all Import & Export shipments – Liaoning with Customs departments for inspection & shipment clearance. Alignment of freight forwarders for logistics & delivery.

· Supplier / Vendor performance evaluation on the delivery, price & lead time, creation of competency within suppliers to improve the SLA.