TAHA AKHTAR

Supply Chain Professional
Contact # 0343-2118498                [email protected]                 Block 22 Federal B Area, Karachi
Professional Summary
An enthusiastic result driven supply chain management professional with expertise in managing of work force that allows production at optimize level. Reputation for innovative problem solving with the ability of process improvements & employing best business practice that results in increase production efficiency, reduction of operational cost & value addition realizing substantial cost saving and increased profitability.

Area of Expertise
EIF / WEBOC Management
Inbound/ Outbound Logistic
Contract & LC administration
Material planning
Vendor evaluation
Procurement/ Purchasing
KPIs’ evaluation
Process re-engineering
Warehouse process
Supplier management
Cost Control & optimization
Inventory  management
 

Professional Experience
Procter & Gamble Pvt. Ltd (Supply Network Operations – Supply Chain personal)                                                      (2016-2019)
(Assigned by HRSG, P&G’s Pakistan Operation Partner)
Areas of Operations:
·         Day to day custom clearance of both raw material & spare parts.

·         Managing bank contracts / LCs & communicating with the bank in related issues.

·         Ensuring smooth material operation for both Fabric & Hair care plant, managing of raw material.

·         Managing of complete shipping documentation, handle communication with clearing agent.

·         Daily coordination with suppliers regarding day to day material/ import concerns.

·         In authority for communication between bank & treasury for the suppliers payments & for payments relating to custom clearance.

·         Planning of inventory and store recourses.

·         Coordinating plant logistics with regards to material arrival.

Achievement:
·         Reducing custom clearance duration by involving the concern departments & devising an approach of pre-active processing that result in lessening of clearance time from 5 to 1 day.

·         Recovery of stuck payments (unused clearing expenses) by working with the bank and concerned authorities & continuous follow-ups resulting in approx. 23 million received back in to P&G account.

·         Warehouse process value addition & establishing a complete SOP for warehouse workers for optimum performance, also performing inventory audits results in less inventory wastage.

Pak Suzuki Pvt Ltd (Supply Chain department – Management Trainee)                                                                 (2015)

Areas of Operations:

·         Handling inventory (optimum to hold 3-7 day stocks).

·         Vendor’s costing and preparation of cost break-ups (supplier pricing &optimum vendor selection).

·         Supplier management. (KPIs’ performance management).

·         Handling and management of buffer stock.

·         Vendor follow-up setting up meetings.

·         Working on improvement projects. (Business process re-engineering results in saving up-to 570000 partially a year, reducing of safety stock/ Just in time project with catalytic converter in 800 cc-1000cc cars).

Education
Master’s in Business Administration                                                                                                                                            (2015)

Iqra University – Major in Supply Chain Management

Iqra University – Bi-Major in Marketing.

Bachelor’s in Commerce                                                                                                                                                 (2011)

University of Karachi

Trainings & Certifications
·         SIX SIGMA YELLOW BELT.

·         SIX SIGMA GREEN BELT (IN PROCESS).

·         SAP MM & Quality module.

·         WEBOC process management    (P&G)

·         FORM-M management       (P&G)

·         Warehouse Process management (P&G)

·         Supplier Management (P&G)

·         Risk Assessment & Work Place Safety (P&G)

·         HACCP in-house training (P&G)

Professional Projects
·         Deliver to demand clearance by using JIT system for optimum inventory resulting in less inventory holding & warehouse cost reduction.

·         Warehouse workforce capability improvement by assessing day to day training needs, advising SOP for optimum warehouse operations.

·         Warehouse re-designing by re-engineering the handling process, pallet usage optimization resulted in cost cutting in pallet usage & more space for inventory.

Reference
Available upon request.