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Dubai, AE

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Karāchi, Sindh, Pakistan

Led the growth, supply chain and customer experience of an E-commerce platform enabling small medium enterprises in the region to increase the growth by 2x in the region and improved the service level by 10%

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

• Managing a central team to drive supply planning for five business units across MENAP region while owning S&OP processes and cycle via demand review, supply review, Pre-S&OP and final S&OP meetings
• Leading the strategy and operations team for the new city launches in KSA, PAK and UAE to ensure that they are aligned with the outlook and KPIs considering potential changes foreseen
• Scaled up operations in KSA, UAE and PAK to deliver a revenue of $ 20M while building end to end synchronization with the S&OP. Reduced the overall operations cost by 6% and maintained the service level at 95%
• Launched own (dedicated fleet) in transportation to generate savings of 11% in last mile. Improved the vehicle utilization by 10% via introduction of upselling framework and cluster less routing
• Developed and led a whole new vertical of management information systems (MIS) from scratch. Managed the inventory of 5000+ SKUs on a central level across Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan
• Developed the business KPIs and led the BI team to develop automated dashboards for real time reporting. Built strong cadences with stake holders and developed action plans to continuously improve business KPIs

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Led the implementation of ERP across the regions and its integration with internal systems. Collaborated with the third parties, engineering, product, QA, tech team and other stake holders to ensure this integration takes place successfully. Worked on the product road map and process flows from and to system to ensure the integrity of inventory and cash.

United States

• Working as a Virtual Consultant to provide following services to the clients operating in E-Commerce Industry.
• Market based product research using different tools such Jungle Scout, Helium 10, Merchant words and Viral launch
• Product launching and ranking on e-commerce platforms such as Amazon
• Supply chain and operations management
• Sourcing and Logistics
• Listing creation and optimization

Karachi

• Administered two production lines and warehouses with a team consisting of 5 group leaders and 5 team leaders. Worked closely with operations team and supervised them to deliver both global and local KPIs. Mentored.
• Successfully strategized and streamlined operations to launch the production of new model. Designed optimized processes and improved materials flow using lean tools and kaizen techniques. Managed a team of 10 people to.
• Developed and implemented workers’ skill training program to enhance their skill level for new product. Ensured strong retention and their loyalty
• Led the capacity enhancement project for a production line to reduce the gap between demand and production. Identified and revamped bottle necks to decrease the cycle time by 3.7%. Converted strategies into actions by.
• Identified opportunity to improve work in process management of production lines. Led effort to standardize buffer and improved materials flow for every process to achieve just in time strategy. Drove initiatives to.
• Implemented safety PMRS to ensure precautionary measures on safety related issues that can affect the working level and operations.

Pakistan

• Monitored the business, operational and financial metrics on daily basis to identify the anomalies. Dived deep to conduct the root cause analysis and solve the problem once and for all. Review the forecast received.
• Developed lean standards for the shop floor processes to reduce excess consumption of paint per unit. Established the monthly supply plan using advanced excel modelling to control the feeding. Delivered cost savings of.
• Analyzed the excess consumption of direct and indirect consumables per unit. Developed the standards after using kaizen tools to reduce the wastage during production. Restructured their inventory policies to obtain.
• Maintained and improved product quality on medium and long-Range perspective. Achieved quality targets by working on defect occurrence and outflow prevention (QCC and QA Network activity).
• Implemented 5S system in the shop floor for sustainability of processes. Achieved 97% score in 5S audit against the standard of 95%
• Improved the supply system of dollies using lean methodology. Ensured optimal supply utilization and increased the overall productivity and efficiency by 2%

Karāchi, Sindh, Pakistan

• Co-founded a restaurant on small scale in May 2018. Developed the strategy for operations after brainstorming on the needs of customers and understanding the size of market. Translated strategy into detailed execution.
• Designed an optimized supply chain network for the restaurant and implemented it to achieve economies of scale. Setup the logistics and lead the physical distribution process from restaurant to the customers to achieve.
• Forecasted customer demands for every product in portfolio ensuring accuracy measures are met. Analyzed recent trends and promotional volumes to make adjustments to the forecast where appropriate to ensure best supply
• Owned the setup to optimize customer experience, supply growth and performance for improved quality, cost and delivery on time. Grew supply by meeting new supply targets
• Worked on the acquisition of vendors and shortlisted them on the basis of vendor selection criterion. Aligned and managed them to ensure on time and in full delivery (OTIF)
• Recruited, trained and developed on-boarding riders to manage our supply efficiently and thereby meet our company's growth targets.

• Project Engineer at Siddiqsons Energy Limited for coal fired (330 MW) at THAR and Hydel Power Plant (35 MW) at Jagran
• Worked on the technical bids and selected best bids in terms of technical services and cost
• Worked on finalization of EPC and selection of owner's engineer for the site facilitation
• Implemented ISO 9001 (Quality Management Systems) and led the audit of ISO 9001:2015
• Worked on the electricity demand analysis in the near future by using the forecasting techniques and regression analysis to determine the no of power plants needed to meet the demand

Hub Chowki, Balochisan, Pakistan

• Led Team Simplification for elimination of complex and non-value-added work
• Executed Lab Excellence Program for increasing productivity
• Provided Employee services, developed the attendance management system and addressed the problems arising in that period
• Worked on the project of Surveillance Systems for the site

Associate'S Degree, Logistics And Supply Chain Management, 3.78 Cgpa

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Logistics And Supply Chain Management, 3.78 Cgpa

Micromasters (Mitx), Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management, A+

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering, 3.5/4.0 Cgpa