Operations Officer Freight Forwarding
Resume:
NAJMUDDIN SHAIKH
Doha - Qatar I Mobile: +974-****-**** I E-mail: ************@*****.*** Career Summary:
Expertise as a Logistics Operations Officer and Expeditor specializes in freight forwarding projects, expediting, and shipping, import and export documentation, Oil and Gas products. Extremely skilled in operations and administrative administration as well as client-focused, client-based relationship management.
Committed to going above and beyond for clients. Preserving productive, solid working relationships with clients to win their respect and trust. Solid rapport built on expertise, professionalism, and honesty with employees, clients, and associates. Transmit information, support the formation of strong team structures, and transform business ambitions into workable, accomplished objectives. Assured targets are met, quality control is maintained, and the best pricing options are obtained.
Professional Experience:
Gulf Warehousing Company (GWC), Doha-Qatar
Period: January 2020 – May 2024
Position: Operations Officer – Freight Forwarding Projects. Project: Q Companies – Oil and Gas (Qatar Petroleum / QatarEnergy) Job Responsibilities:
Handling both Inbound and Outbound Air Freight, Sea Freight, and Road Freight shipments.
Expediting of Purchase Orders released by the client.
Handling post order queries for purchase order in hand.
Working out shipping costs and sending to client for confirmation of the Mode of Transport
(MOT).
Once the Mode of Shipment is confirmed, sourcing out the shipping rates with various agents globally.
Negotiating with the agents for best rates and making sure job file is closed in profit on completion of job.
For ocean freight – handling both LCL shpt and FCL containers shpt according to established procedures.
Checking out both Import and Export documentation as per the customs regulations.
Routing Out-of-Gauge shipments both Sea and Air Freight. Facilitating other government approvals such as EPC approvals for all modes of transport ( special shpt – e.g.: DG shpt )
Coordinating with the customs clearance team to get the shipments cleared on time in order to avoid storage/demurrage charges.
Maintain strong communication between the vendors and make sure the Purchase Orders are delivered to client without slippage in delivery date.
Following up with agents for timely pickup of the consignments and routing them in perfect and safe condition.
Handling emails communication and providing a quick and swift response to the clients. Page 2 of 4
Deugro Qatar LLC, Doha-Qatar
Period: August 2018 to January 2020
Position: Operations Officer – Freight Forwarding Projects Project: Q Companies – Oil and Gas (Qatar Petroleum and Q Shell) Job Responsibilities:
Extensive knowledge of coordinating all the entities involved in a supply chain.
Extensive experience in the strategic planning and transportation of products.
Experience of liaising with forwarders and overseas companies to arrange collections.
Able to negotiate rates with local contractors and international companies.
Planning of procurement, production, inventory control, logistics and distribution.
Expert in providing logistics and supply chain cost-effective solutions
Expertise in cargo movement by air freight and sea freight.
Understanding of complex supply chains
Evaluation and Scrutiny of supply chain models being followed, and modifications required for maximum optimization.
Lozard Trading and contracting, Doha-Qatar
Period: September 2017 to August 2018
Position: Logistics Officer
Job Responsibilities:
Planning and management of logistics, warehouse, transportation and customer service.
Liaising and negotiating with suppliers, contractors etc.
Ensure that all construction projects are carried out efficiently in coordination with all respective parties.
Organize and monitor storage and distribution of resources.
Manage all movements to and from site.
Qatar Aviation Services, Doha- Qatar
Period: November 2011 to July 2017
Position: Cargo Supervisor (Airside)
Job Responsibilities
Planning resources for the shift prior to start of the shift.
Delegating flight to the cargo agents and constant checking and following up on them to make sure work or task is carried out smoothly and in timely manner.
Coordinating on behalf of cargo agents regarding retrieval of transit ULD’S on shift bases.
Dispatching ulds planned for the flight to the bay as per flight departure of the flight.
Supervising the housekeeping for F-2 and ESTS facility.
Looking after the bay issues and solving the issues raised by the LTL or Dispatchers of the flight.
Replying to the e-mail send by internal and external customer. Page 3 of 4
Constants monitoring of special cargo like HUM, AVI, VUN, LHO, DIP and NWP to be dispatched on time to the departure flight.
Carrying out duties as instructed by QAS Duty Manager and QAS Duty Officer. Lufthansa Cargo, Sharjah, UAE
Period: August 2008 to October 2011
Position: Flight Optimizer (Cargo Space Control)
Job Responsibilities:
Optimization of single intra-European flight events (i.e. calculation and adjustment of stowage loss, adjustment of allotments, offer of alternatives routings according to given working instructions)
Optimize the utilization of a defined set of flights according to operational rules and economic guidelines.
Process complex booking request which cannot be confirmed automatically by Lufthansa Cargo reservation system.
Timely and correct processing of queue request.
Work out feedback for offload prevention and parameter settings
Quality control of booking lists and flight transfers to load planning departments at Hubs.
Appropriate reaction of capacity changes (e.g. Equipment Changes)
Replying to the e-mail send by the BCTL (booking controller) for earlier transfer of their shipment urgency.
Work out feedback for the daily shift report
DNATA CARGO Dubai, UAE
Period: November 2006 to July 2008
Position: Cargo Warehouse Operator
Job Responsibilities:
Undertake and involve in cargo build up and break down operations for all major schedule flights and cargo freighters
Specialized and designed staff for Air France, KLM & Qatar cargo builds up.
Identify the use of various documents at cargo build up and based on the load plan from specific airline and briefing from SA carryout build up activities.
Ensure and observe IATA/ ICAO regulations and specific carrier instructions.
Ensure verify the kind of packaging, labels, required addresses, markings on the shipment and checking Embargo restrictions.
Relocating the cargo in the storage units depending on the conditions of the cargo
Co-ordinate with SA and EDP staff in finalization of flight. Page 4 of 4
Education Qualification
Post-Graduation: Master of Business Administration (MBA)- Annamalai University, Chennai- India (2014-2016)
Graduation: Bachelor of Commerce (B. Com) – University of Mumbai – India 2005 Computer Literacy
Microsoft Office™ [Word™, Excel™ PowerPoint™]
Email Handling
Internet Operations
Certification
Cargo Product Knowledge and Documentation Course from Emirates Aviation College at Dubai, UAE.
Dangerous Good handling Course from Emirates Aviation College at Dubai, UAE.
Basic Course for Cargo Sales and Handling Certificates. Lufthansa Cargo at Frankfurt, Germany.
Dangerous Good Handling Course from Lufthansa Cargo at Frankfurt, Germany.
Flight Control Course (FCTL) from Lufthansa Cargo at Frankfurt, Germany.
CAT 6 DGR course from Qatar Airways at Doha, Qatar.
Cargo Warehouse Course from Qatar Airways in Doha, Qatar. PERSONAL DETAILS
Nationality : Indian
Date of Birth : 16
th
October 1983
Passport Number : N0363497
Declaration
I hereby declare that the above-mentioned information is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Najmuddin Shaikh
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