Supply Chain Management

Curriculum Vitae

Rashida Anvash Simawala

**A, Syed Amir Ali Avenue, Shakuntala Bhavan

Beside Quest Mall, Kolkata 700017

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Profile

A successful Personal Assistant working for a Leading Global Organisation

with considerable experience as PA at Managing Director level. Currently PA

to the Head Of Supply Chain for the Metals Technology Division of Siemens,

involved in various aspects of Supply Chain Compliance and Administration.

Used to operating under pressure, with the highest integrity and involved

in highly confidential contracts and business documentation

Key areas of expertise include but are not limited to:

. All Secretarial Functions

. Shorthand

. Management Reporting

. Data collection and creation

. Supply Chain Compliance, including supplier credential evaluation,

supplier systems creation and security

clearance.

. Management of training matrix and training programmes

. Functional co-ordination between different departments of an

organisations

. Travel Co-ordination

. Senior level communication, both internal and external

Educational Qualification:

. Passed Class X and XII from Calcutta Girls' High School, Kolkata

. Completed Graduation in B.Com from Shri Shikshayatan College, Kolkata

Career History

Current Situation: Personal Assistant to Head OF Supply Chain and

Team Administrator

Jan. 09 - Jan. 14 Siemens PLC VAI Metals Technologies Division

Nature of Business: Iron & Steel Manufacturing Solutions Division

Position: Personal Assistant to Head OF Supply Chain and Team

Administrator

Reporting to Head of SCM Department

. Assisting the Head of Dept. and all Sr. Managers in

respect to all Supply Chain administrative and

secretarial functions,

. Management Reporting,

. Travel organisation and claims management

. Attending to problems faced by SCM Team of 120 Employees

(Both Kolkata and Mumbai) in respect to Time Sheet

Reporting, Travel and Claims

. Responsible for Time Sheet Management of the Department

in a Project Management business

. Maintaining Reports on Man-hours used / available for

different On-going Projects

. Making PCMs and Interacting with the Project Department

for getting extra Man-hours for Projects where required

Achievements:

. Managing Time Sheet Reporting single Handed for the full

Department

. Installed the Time Sheet Reporting system within Supply

Chain

. Resolved problems and installed solutions for queries of

SCM Employees

. Established strong links between Supply Chain and other

departments

. Supported the first ever "Supplier Days" held by Siemens

in Kolkata with over 70 Suppliers in attendance at ITC

. Created, installed and maintained various Management

Reports

Dec. 05 - Mar. 07 Industrial Hardware Stores, Pondicherry (family

business)

Dealers of All Types of Hardware Materials

Handled overall office work like:

. Correspondence

. Ordering & Stock Taking

. Invoice Clearance and reconciliation

. Meeting with suppliers and negotiating contracts

. Raising purchase orders and progressing deliveries

. Maintaining inventory levels ensuring cash flow

optimisation

. Maintaining Accounts and Petty Cash

Achievements:

. Learned many aspects of handling business and dealing with

Suppliers

. Installed stock and ordering systems to ensure no out of

stocks

. Developed systems for on time payment of suppliers

. Successfully maintained accounts in accordance with

accounting conventions

Mar. 99 - Nov. 05 VAI Engineering & Automation (P) Ltd.

Nature of Business: Iron & Steel Manufacturing Solutions Division

Position: Senior Secretary

Reporting to Managing Director responsibilities included:

. All Secretarial Functions

. Management Reporting

Achievements:

. Good Speed of Typing

. Making Power point Presentations

. Good command over Word and Excel

. Shorthand capability

Apr. 93 - Mar. 97 Jetair Private Limited

Nature of Business: GSA for Gulf Air, Air Canada and Kuwait Airways

Position: Secretary

Reporting to the Branch Manager

Achievements:

0. First exposure of working with a Corporate Company

Feb. 91 - Mar. 93 Star Knit Fashions (P) Ltd.

Nature of Business: Garment Exporting Company

Position: Secretary

Reporting to Director

Achievements:

. All Secretarial Functions

. Management Reporting

. Preparing Export Documents

. Writing day to day Correspondence

Personal Details

DOB : 5th October 1967

Sex : Female

Marital Status : Married

Languages Known : English, Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati

References Available on Request: Mr Francis Barnish UK Mr Kunal

Sil India Kolkata

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