Muhammad Nakhuda Email & Phone Number

Houston, TX, US

Clark, New Jersey, US

Amsterdam, NL

US

• Advised Business Units on category strategy, contract structure with complex performance base discounts, and unit price adjustment mechanisms tied to commodity indices
• Performed financial risk assessment on top suppliers, highlighting suppliers with weak financial as high risk and developing a plan
• Plan and implement long-term development strategies for product categories
• Build and maintain long-term relationships with vendors

US

• Maintains control over inventories, including physical inventory counts and reconciliations
• Forecasted procurement needs for upstream exploration business unit. Responsible for all aspects of inventory management from forecasting till the installation of equipment
• Stood up the project management of a large-scale data analysis and cleansing of $1.2B of global inventory, increasing global visibility and search material efficiency within SAP by 80%
• Directed Global inventory reduction initiative. Headed monthly calls to review dormant inventory and identify surplus inventory to be scrapped. Reduced Global inventory by $80 million

Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB

• Served as the first point of contact for product line’s procurement needs, developing risk mitigation plans to avoid any material availability delays
• Bolstered the qualified supplier's list by adding new suppliers from low-cost countries. Worked with technical and commercial teams to outsource manufacturing, increasing internal capacity and on-time delivery
• Liaised with the Category Manager to establish a fixed priced agreement for subsea connectors with the supplier, negotiating every aspect of cost structure from raw material, administrative and fixed costs
• Build and maintain long-term relationships with critical suppliers
• Lead transformational activities to build procurement organizational capabilities and improve procurement efficiency
• Implement procurement strategies to maintain the security of supply

Houston, Texas, US

• Planned material demand to meet production needs, using SAP to schedule and load work orders for assembly lines. Published future schedule based on material availability and production capacity
• Analyze and manage MRP, source list, and material masters
• Monitor status of open purchase orders to ensure on-time delivery of all materials, including timely resolution, communication, and mitigation of future potential problems
• Created and implemented a stocking program for pipes resulting in a 22% cost and 6 months lead time reduction
• Coordinate material flows throughout product/BOM changes, obsolescence, and the introduction of new suppliers and/or materials due to new product development
• Manage and resolve issues regarding PO to invoice discrepancies, returns, and quality problems with suppliers

Houston, Texas, US

• Generated KPI metrics to identify procurement improvement opportunities
• Analyze commodities market and delivery trends to develop procurement strategy and processes that support those trends
• Introduced process standardization by consolidating complementary processes and training over 70 buyers on local work instructions across multiple product lines
• Improved spend forecast accuracy to 95% from initial 70% accuracy
• Identified and implemented various tools to support S&OP, as well as the inventory and purchasing functions

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor'S Degree, Supply Chain Mangement And Accouting