WMS
ALI IMRAN
WAREHOUSE | LOGISTICS | ECOMMERCE
Lahore, Punjab
Summary
Highly capable and innovative logistics and SCM professional with over 15 years of industry experience. Currently serving as the Ecommerce manager at Sapphire Retail Limited, leading a team to ensure efficient operations. Skilled in managing vendor relations, conducting cost analysis, monitoring corporate policies and financial statements, and utilizing ERP and SCM systems. Recognized for strategic planning and problem-solving abilities. Proficient in developing and implementing impactful organizational strategic plans and inventory programs, ensuring timely delivery of time-sensitive materials, and ensuring compliance with industry regulations through thorough audits.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
2009
2009
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages
Work History
Senior Manager E-commerce
Sapphire Retail Limited
07.2023 - Current
- Provided strong leadership to enhance team productivity and morale.
- Managing load of 2,000,000 shipments per annum.
- Established strong relationships with clients and stakeholders, ensuring long-term partnerships and repeat business.
- Implemented and developed operational standards, policies and procedures.
- Held monthly meetings to create business plans and workshops to drive successful business.
- Led cross-functional teams to achieve project milestones and deliver high-quality results.
- Consistently met or exceeded annual performance targets set by senior leadership.
- Collaborated closely with peers from other departments to drive organizational success jointly as one cohesive unit.
- Reduced costs, optimized resource allocation, and improved efficiency in managing projects.
- Managed budgets effectively, achieving financial objectives while maintaining strict control over expenditures.
- Achieved operational excellence by streamlining processes and implementing best practices.
WAREHOUSE AND LOGISTICS MANAGER
Sapphire Retail Limited
02.2021 - 06.2023
- Take care of receiving, warehousing, and distribution operations by initiating, coordinating, and enforcing program, operational, and personnel policies and procedures
- Manage over-all operations of warehouse and maintaining inventory of 30K SKUs
- Keep track and maintain resources for all the stores and their related activities, in direction of company's objectives and set targets
- Issue several reports such as Inventory report, IN/OUT status report, dead stock report, goods age report, consumption report
- Look after to continuously improve & develop warehouse team, and its process, software, infrastructure to contribute towards TQM
- Promote motivation among staff continuously to strive for an efficient store administration
- Maintain accurate and verifiable stocks
- Responsible for future capacity requirements
- Negotiate with the vendors to attain cost-optimization
- Ensure satisfaction for both internal and external customers through timely and quality purchases
- Review agreements in liaison with the contracts team & vendors to finalize the terms & conditions of goods or services being procured
- Share procurement progress reports with management
- Carry out all activities and functions as directed by the senior management
LOGISTICS MANAGER
Khaadi (SMC-Pvt) Limited
03.2019 - 02.2021
- Align Logistics strategies cost effectively to meet current & future growth requirements of business
- Evaluate potential growth plans to assess feasibility and the standards which would meet Khaadi's needs
- Liaise to understand the differences in logistics dynamics of various regions to revise strategies accordingly and analyses plans considering all possible hurdles to ensure smooth timely deliveries
- Coordinated dispatching of 60 retails outlets to accomplish daily delivery requirements.
LOGISTICS MANAGER
Connect Logistics Pakistan
07.2017 - 02.2019
- Company Overview: 3PL
- Responsible for transport operations and ensure delivery of 60 trucks
- Managing warehouse operations on 20k pallet position with narrow aisle racking
- Continually focus to improve business performance
- Oversee the movement, distribution and storage of materials in the organization
- Manages the flow of incoming materials and outgoing finished products to ensure customers receive products on time
- Liaise and negotiate with customers and suppliers
- Communicating with other departments, staff groups and customers
- Overseeing stock control, planning and supervising stock takes
- Allocate and manage staff resources as per change needs
- Use IT systems to manage stock levels, delivery time and transport cost
- Ensure quality and implement health, safety and security procedures
- Meet cost, productivity, accuracy targets
- Plan and manage new project
WAREHOUSE MANAGER
Connect Logistics Pakistan
10.2013 - 06.2017
- Company Overview: 3PL
- Looked after warehouse operations
- Utilization of Human and other resources available in best possible manner and best capacity utilization
- Development of WMS; an in-house inventory management software
- Implemented policies and adhered to the SOPs and developed new as required
- Developed and maintained good working environment for better performance
- Achieved set KPIs and continued efforts to improve
- Enhanced and utilized space in rack environment
- 3PL
ASSISTANT MANAGER WAREHOUSE
Sharaf Logistics Pakistan
01.2012 - 09.2013
- Company Overview: 3PL
- Monitor the performance and progress of staff and shifts
- Standardize projects on one window of Multan, Faisalabad and Lahore
- Communication with customers and also resolve the complaints
- Business KPI's review
- Maintaining standards of health, safety and hygiene in the work environment
- Communication with Unilever planning team
- Responsible of continuous improvement
- Conduct safety and development trainings
- Safety coordinator of site
- Communicating with other departments, staff groups and customers
- Overseeing stock control, planning and supervising stock takes
- Delivering and fulfilling objectives and directions as set by management
- Keeping stock control systems up to date and planning future capacity requirements
- Producing regular reports and statistics on a daily, weekly and monthly basis
- Briefing team leaders on the issues for that day
- Visiting customers to monitor the quality of service they are receiving
- Plan and manage new project
- 3PL
PROJEC T INCHARGE - Unilever Pakistan Food Limited
Sharaf Logistics Pakistan
08.2010 - 04.2011
- Taken over Unilever Pakistan Food limited back of factory warehouse operations and achieved set targets within one month
- Responsible for effective day-to-day co-ordination between planner 3P transporters and factory production team
- Responsible for the truck planning, and coordination with 3P transporters
- Responsible for the on time supplies to customer with right quantity and quality
- Ensure vehicle fixed safety standard used in inbound and out bound activities
- Ensure maximum utilization of dedicate fleet to save cost
- Responsible of continuous improvement
- Switch from MFG-Pro to SAP with 100% stock accuracy
- Implement SAP-WM without hitting on the production and sales operations
MANAGEMENT TRAINEE WAREHOUSE
Sharaf Logistics Pakistan
08.2009 - 12.2010
- Monitor the performance and progress of staff and shifts
- Producing, monitoring and updating regular reports and statistics on a daily, weekly and monthly basis
- Briefing team on a daily basis
- Monitoring of supplies and finished goods stocks
- Monitoring the stock levels of the finished goods, RM and PM in warehouse
- Communication with Unilever O2C team on different inventory issues
- System adjustment to customers against damaged/ expired/recall/ refused/return stock
- Coordination with IT team for any WMS related issue and provide feedback for improvement
- Communication with customers and also resolve the complaints logged on CSD help desk by customers
- Customers visit to monitor the quality of service they are receiving
- Maintaining standards of health, safety and hygiene in the work environment
- Coordinate with 3P transport service providers for vehicle arrangements
- Develop the new SoPs and maintaining according to required checks and standards
Education
Bachelors of Science -
The Islamia University of Bahawalpur
Intermediate (Fs.c) - undefined
B.I.S.E Bahawalpur
Matriculation - undefined
B.I.S.E Bahawalpur
Skills
- Strategic Planning & Risk Management
- Supply Chain & Vendor Management
- Budget & Cost analysis
- Leadership
- Performance/KPIs Management
- Process Reengineering and Procedure drafting
- 3PL Management
Accomplishments
- Successful cost avoidance of approx. 30% in logistic operations of Khaadi (SMC-Pvt) Ltd.
- Achieved 99% stock accuracy at Connect Logistics.
- Managed 13% cost reduction in warehouse labor cost at Connect Logistics.
- Optimized space of 2000 pallet position without any major changes structure at Connect Logistics.
- Managed logistics of multiple shipments and deliveries and negotiated rates with vendors to reduce the cost by 6% at Connect Logistics.
- Facility ESA audit compliance of GSK (Glaxo Smith Kline) with green rated done at Connect Logistics.
- Compliance on UPL GWP audit with score of 92% achieved at Sharaf Logistics.
Nic
31303-5447111-3
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 05/19/88
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: Pakistani
- Marital Status: Married
- Religion: Islam
Software
TMS
Microsoft D365
SAP
Ginkgo
Salesforce
Current Status
On Job
Timeline
Senior Manager E-commerce
Sapphire Retail Limited
07.2023 - Current
WAREHOUSE AND LOGISTICS MANAGER
Sapphire Retail Limited
02.2021 - 06.2023
LOGISTICS MANAGER
Khaadi (SMC-Pvt) Limited
03.2019 - 02.2021
LOGISTICS MANAGER
Connect Logistics Pakistan
07.2017 - 02.2019
WAREHOUSE MANAGER
Connect Logistics Pakistan
10.2013 - 06.2017
ASSISTANT MANAGER WAREHOUSE
Sharaf Logistics Pakistan
01.2012 - 09.2013
PROJEC T INCHARGE - Unilever Pakistan Food Limited
Sharaf Logistics Pakistan
08.2010 - 04.2011
MANAGEMENT TRAINEE WAREHOUSE
Sharaf Logistics Pakistan
08.2009 - 12.2010
Intermediate (Fs.c) - undefined
B.I.S.E Bahawalpur
Matriculation - undefined
B.I.S.E Bahawalpur
Bachelors of Science -
The Islamia University of Bahawalpur
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