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Perth, Wa, Au

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Team Lead Procurement/Planning & Customer service (2021 to Date)Responsible for Procurement for Food & Packaging Category for 3 main QSR accounts & Serviceso Participated in Contract Development discussion & Managing contract for Suppliers.o Assessing risks & maintaining checklist for Potential risk of WA Suppliers and reporting on all operational, commercial and supply chain risk for the managed categoryo Assisting Finance Director in the supervision of Planning, Purchasing, Accounts Payable & Account receivable o Direct Implement of Policies, policies and procedures and recommend changes to board of Directors. Responsible for the Customer Relation Ship Management o Provide Operational & Analytical support to management by reporting KPIs, Including DIFOT, cycle count accuracy, warehouse damages, inventory write-offs etc. & participate in weekly / monthly meetings.Totally responsible for Planning & for Customers including Hungry Jacks/KFC/Globalo Developing Planning tool using advanced excel functions.o Define stocking policies to maximize the Inventory availability/ customer service & optimize the Inventory positioning & develop and implement strategies to improve supplier lead times, minimize total inventory and maximize cash flow.

Perth, Australia

Responsible for Procurement for Food & Packaging Category o Raising Purchase orders accurately on a timely manner by analyzing forecasts, supplier lead time & MOQso Responsible for verifying invoices and processing payments to Suppliers with an annual value of $40 Mio.o Liaise with freight forwarders /transport companies & ensure timely delivery of products according to delivery schedules & Maintain accurate Shipments records & monitor bother local, international shipments.Responsible for Customer Service & Management Reporting o Process sales orders & provide Professional, timely Support & information to Sands Customers by responding to Telephone calls & emails.o Coordinate with customers regarding QA & other related complaints. Also maintained the customer query log including customer service KPIs & process the customer or Supplier Credits Totally responsible for Planning & for Customers including Hungry Jacks/KFC/Globalo Reflect demand changes to ensure high accuracy of forecast needs, accuracy in inventory records, item usage history and forecasting files.o Maintaining the material master data, item & BOM creation in both Sands & customer MMX system

Perth, Australia

Responsible for the Inventory Controlling & Logistics for Customers including Hungry Jacks/KFC/Globalo Managing & controlling inventory worth of $60 Mio & provide weekly Inventory reporting which includes SOH weeks, Turn over ratios, Sales returns & damages.o Ensure that the cycle counts/monthly stock counts are conducted and conducting Spot Audits. Analyze/Investigate the discrepancies and close the process gaps.o Highlight and action any stock issues and identify and reduce excess, obsolete and aged inventory & maintain the stock damage registers.o Develop process maps, SOPS & ensure the Procedures are being followed by Monitoring the KPIso Work with other departments to ensure effective management of stocks, inbound goods, transfers, and inventory queries

 Fully responsibility Service Procurement & Freight Forwarding functions related to Imports & exports Logistics.o Involve with negotiation with 3PL service Providers including Transport & warehousingo Member of the Nestle Global Procurement team for Ocean Transport and involve in the annual tender for selecting carriers and Negotiating with local Freight forwarders /Transporterso control and management of the budget for Physical Logistics (cost budget for Physical Logistics and new investment requirements) by tracking the logistic spendo Responsibility and processing of payments paid to 3rd party including shipping/custom duty/Ware house and transport payments with annual value of $ 5-6 million by proper cost allocationo Full involvement of export & export custom clearance & delivery by coordinating with Shipping Lines, customs, Government authorities & transporters to ensure smooth delivery of all import /Export Shipments. Fully responsibility Inventory Controlling functions for Neste o Responsibility for inventory at Nestle and lead the monthly /Annual stock count at Nestleo Participate or Conduct in Monthly Audits on the Stocks & reverse Logistics Procedure Responsibility in Ware House & Logistic functions including transportationo Coordinating the projects in implementing Sap Transport Module for Domestic and Export transportation by playing a key roleo Wok with Customer Service in order to continuously improve service and cost by delivering the right quantity, at right place and by meeting ad-hoc customer requirements or deal with unexpected Supply Chain disruptions o Plan the Deliveries by Working with Transport service providers & Monitor the performance of transporters to ensure timely deliveries of all shipments.o Monitor the KPIs related to Cost and drive cost saving initiatives to improve performance and cost of the warehouse & transport operations

Srilanka

 Played the role of Head of Supply Chain in the Company by heading the Procurement Planning divisiono Demand Forecasting & Production Planning by Running a Manual Material Resource Planning o Ensure purchases comply with cost & quality in timely manner and provide direction to the procurement department to develop, implements and maintains procurement policies o Negotiate with Vendors Strategically for Operational requirements and Raising PR/PO and Finalize Contract Played the role of Head of Supply Chain in the Company by heading Material stores and finished goods stores including logistics functions. o Managing the Imports and Local transportation and providing transparent & cost effective solutionso Inventory management, stock controls for FG/ RM & PM, pick/pack operations, and order processing for shipping and receiving operations

Sri Lanka

 Involved in procurement process & played the Engineering procurement role o Lead the procurement function at DTI and oversees all aspects of purchasing, negotiations, strategy, tool and process implementation for procurement related to goods and services o including prequalification, Tender coordination, negotiations & evaluations , finalizing contracts for DTI Procurement and follow up from PR raising to GRNo Coordinating with overseas suppliers and Shipping agents/Custom Brokers to deliver consignments

Sri Lanka

 Involved in procurement process & played the Key Role in procuring Fabric & Accessorieso As the Merchandiser for the VS Pink, I was responsible for obtaining orders, preparing the Bill of Material, procuring materials and follow up the order until it is dispatched.o As the Management Trainee, the total responsibility was given from order taking up to delivery after 6 month in house training program. Especially I was responsible for the production process from cutting the fabrics to final shipment.Management Trainee programme at Brandix College

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Electrical And Power Transmission Installation/Installer, General

Education record

Activities and Societies: Maths Society

Mba, Finance And Accountancy