Raees Lakhani Email & Phone Number

Harlow, England, Gb

AboutSOP International Ltd is a leading importer and distributor of Oriental and Asian Foods throughout Europe. We import and distribute food products from China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, India and Pakistan as well as products from Europe. We distribute on a wholesale capacity to cash and carry groups, large and mid sized supermarkets, retail shops, Food service and food manufacturers on an Industrial capacity. SOP is one of the UK's largest Oil Packer's with a world class factory located in Runcorn Cheshire near Manchester, producing and packing Rapeseed, Soy, Corn and Sunflower cooking Oils. We also own and are the leading Butter & Vegetable Ghee manufacturer in Europe under our world class Khanum Brand. SOP and its founding family are the oldest importers and distributors of Asian and Oriental products in Europe and was originally founded in 1931 under BE International Ltd which was purchased by Groupe Danone in 1996.Other companies in the Group include Liroy BV and ML Rice

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Dual listed and the premier name in telematics, MiX offers fleet management, driver safety and vehicle tracking solutions as SaaS to customers in 120+ countries. Working with the Executive Board to transform the company’s global Finance and Supply Chain business processes

London, England, Gb

Leading a professional services company specialising in providing Project / Interim / Short Term cost effective, experienced talent for clients that include FTSE100 and Fortune 250 companies. The interim managers are specialists in generating financial and operational improvement and cost savings / reduction by undertaking the delivery of projects that focus on:Financial Management - transformations, internal audit, programme / project assurance and management, acquisition integration, back office restructuring, PMO etc. End to End Supply Chain and Operations Transformations including strategic sourcing, direct and indirect procurement, SRM, contract management, spend consolidation, category management, SRM and supplier rationalisation, TCO, warehousing, logistics and distribution, PMO etc

Worldwide, Oo

Part of the Finance Operations & Support Team working on the CFO Agenda of large and medium sized corporates including business transformations, finance optimisation, functional improvements, target operating models, associate / interim recruitment, etc

London, Gb

Assumed Board level responsibility for the worldwide physical Sugar operations of this multi-billion-dollar global commodity trading house which entailed contracting, procuring, chartering, transporting, clearing, warehousing and distribution of 10MMT of Sugar across the globeo Mandated by the Head of Sugar to transform the global operations, developed and implemented a strategic plan resulting in a 60% reduction of the initial global cost base (within a team of more than 400 employees) over three years coupled with increased efficiencies and by introducing world class processes, systems and ways of workingo Executed numerous sensitive, high-profile special projects for the company including due diligence for acquisitions of global commodity businesses followed up by their post acquisition integration ED & F Man was established in 1783. Today the company is one of the leading providers of sugar, molasses, animal feed, tropical oils, bio fuels, coffee and financial services. They provide a comprehensive range of supply chain services in commodities from origination, production, sourcing, storage and delivery to risk management solutions.The company is employee owned with approximately 5,000 employees working in 59 countries around the world.

Irvine, Ca, Us

Launched a new UK supply chain offering for this global consultancy from a standing start and within 15 months built a practice with an annual run rate of over $5 million - to acclaim from the global CEO. Also further developed a Finance and Accounting and IM Portfolio with an enviable base of blue chip clients. Generated leads and converted these into large consultancy projects and led their delivery. Implemented world class procedures and systems around the end to end supply chain for global multinationalso Recruited the pool of Supply Chain talent needed to service numerous complex client projects o Largest programme was with a major oil and gas player with 15 Consultants – ongoing for over 12 months – project related to the redesign of the company’s P2P processo Managed a team of over 25 Consultants active on projects and another 50 on the network

Stoke Gifford, Bristol, Gb

Executive Board member of this plc and successfully developed and implemented its strategy of moving away from UK manufacturing to global procurement. Part of the executive team of 3 that helped move the share price from 30p to £1.50 in 6 years. Grew gross profits in a deflationary environment - to press acclaim. Created a supply chain division and spearheaded all aspects of the supply chain including forecasting, strategic sourcing, procurement, manufacturing, logistics, warehousing, distribution and quality.

Gb

15 years with the firm starting as an auditor with Price Waterhouse and leaving as a Business Advisory Partner with the European firm of Price Waterhouse and then PricewaterhouseCoopers. Worked in the UK, Canada and Francophone Africa. Deep grounding in internal and external audit, mergers and acquisitions and transaction services