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Professional Profile
A result oriented senior management professional with over 15 years’ experience in logistics operations, supply chain management, warehousing, material management, and financial management. Expertise in material & inventory management for streamlining overall in-bound logistics operations. Demonstrated capabilities in leading business process improvements and implementing measures to enhance operational efficiency.
Objective
Seeking a challenging role in supply chain/ logistics, in a reputed organization, to attain personal & professional growth and contribute to the organization’s goals & objectives.
Key Skills
| · Logistics Management | · Supply Chain Management | · Operations Management |
| · Leadership Development | · Warehousing | · Materials Management |
| · Strategic Planning
· Time management |
· Change Management
· ERP |
· Team Management
· Financial management |
Career Summary
| 1999 – Present | GENERAL DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL SERVICES – MINISTRY OF DEFENSE |
| 2005 – Present | Department of Logistics & Supply Chain – Acting Department Head |
- Performing all internal and external principal duties.
- Ensuring all operational tasks are being completed efficiently and correctly, managing deliveries and maintaining stock levels.
- Gearing the activities to plan, organize & manage internal procedures and resources to ensure maximum productivity.
- Defining performance standards across all functional areas and periodically reviewing performance with deft application of concurrent management audit procedures.
- Providing decision support to senior management in the creation of business reviews and ad-hoc analysis
- Identifying quality gaps, implementing reporting processes in order to track quality improvements and enhancing current systems
- Conducting detailed root cause analysis for all defects reported and implementing solutions to prevent recurrence
- Constantly monitoring day-to-day operations at micro level, maintaining daily checklists and executing the tasks assigned in accordance with organizational standards
| 2003 – 2005 | Department of Logistics & Supply Chain – Logistics Assistant |
- Responsible for performing regular tasks and administrative duties in the property section of logistics and supply chain department
- Accountable for processing and keeping a record of products purchased and received
- Prepared daily department reports for higher management and liaising with compliance and quality control department
- Efficiently communicated with vendors via phone and email, answered their queries in a professional manner, maintained high standards and customer service
- Worked closely with the company warehouse department and performed duties including verifying the products, checking invoices, etc.
- Liaised with suppliers and customers to ensure products are received in an appropriate and organized manner
| 1999 – 2003 | Department of Financial & Administrative Affairs – Data Entry Clerk |
- Responsible for managing the data entry of various types of credit reports for a large range of clients along with editing and correcting errors on reports
- Prudently audited and processed invoices for the accounts payable department, documented invoices submitted for auditing before final payment
- Successfully solved any discrepancies with vendor’s billing & invoices and processed the data entry
- Maintained vendor files and assisted in month end closing, prepared analysis for special projects utilizing Excel spreadsheets and engaged in data entry
Education and Qualifications
| Masters: | MBA (Operations & Supply Chain Management), Monte Ahuja College of Business, Cleveland State University, USA (Expected to graduate Fall 2014) |
| Bachelor: | Bachelor of Science degree (Organization & Administration Development), faculty of Economics and Administration, King Abdul-Aziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2010 |
| Trainings: | Data Analysis using SAS, 2014
Supply chain Analytics using Excel, 2013 Supply chain management using SAP, 2013 Computer Skills Course, Prince Sultan Medical College, 2010 |
| Memberships: | APICS Association for Operations Management, 2013
AHRMM Association for Healthcare Recourses & Materials, Management, 2013 |
| Activities: | International study program in China and Hong Kong, 2014
North East Ohio Tours to major Logistic Companies, 2013 Participated in the committee of selling disposed items & Medical Equipment’s, 2009 Prince Sultan Camping – Mobile Health Care Center, 2005 |
| Conferences / Workshops: | Driving Corporate Sustainability in the near and far Term with Distinguished Keynote Speaker, Andrew Hoffman – Cleveland, Ohio, 2013
Ohio Conference on Freight: · Prospects for the National and Regional Economy-Muddling Forward · Economic Development Basics of Logistics · Site Selection and Freight Facilities · Case Studies in Logistics Projects |
Key I.T. Skills
- MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel), SAS, SAP, and Internet Applications
Personal Details
| Languages: | English and Arabic |
| Other: | Driver, full clean license, qualified in first aid |
References are available on request
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