Supply Chain Manager

Executive Profile

• A competent management professional with rich experience in

dispensing cost-effective and efficient SCM solutions to enhance business value & achieve organizational goals

• Proven excellence in managing complete Materials Management function entailing procurement, vendor negotiations for Cost price ensuring timely supplies of material stores functions, displayed competence in managing logistics functions for seamless movement of goods

• Demarcated ability to significantly reduce procurement cost by standardizing processes and negotiating favourable terms

• Affluent experience in managing sourcing through identification of cost-effective vendors / suppliers for procurement with an aim of reducing cost while improving quality & reliability

• Tactical in designing business plans, competitors’ profile & monitoring operations at regular intervals with focus and expertise in analysing demand

• Highly strategic in devising adroit logistics management system to ensure delivery of the goods as per scheduled timelines and cost reductions and empowers warehouse management by inventory distribution

• Proficient in maintaining proper inventory levels, ensure stocking, implement purchasing plans and maintaining contact with suppliers to ensure maximum efficiency in meeting sales goals.

• Accomplished in handling High Profile Customers & Senior Management Escalations by skilful strategic planning & retail operations.

• Expertise in building and maintaining supplier relations, rationalizing, upgrading, & justifying suppliers, managing buyer processes, aligning business with suppliers

• Upscaled team knowledge and augmented productivity by effectively training, monitoring, and directing employees in application of best practices and regulatory protocols.

• An effective communicator with excellent presentation, interpersonal, analytical, problem solving & leadership skills Key Impact Areas

Key Skills

Career Timeline

Jul’01 - Nov’11 Dec’11 - Nov’18 Dec’18 - Nov20 Dec’20 - Nov23 Nov’23 - Till date MOSAF SAHA

+965-********, +91-720******* *********@*****.*** https://www.linkedin.com/in/mosaf-saha-oob2731114

A versatile professional having 18+ years of profound experience in Global Supply Chain Management, Cost Controlling Management, Procurement, Merchandise Planning & Strategic processes, Inventory Management, Vendor Management, Key Account Management, Customer Retention and Team Management across any industry in an organization of high repute. Supply Chain

Management

Merchandising

Management

Strategic

Procurement

E-Commerce

Management

Budgeting &

Forecasting

Cost

Management &

Negotiation

Warehouse

Management

Business

Development

People

Management

Vendor

Management

Key

Skills

Landmark Group,

Home Center Brand,

Kuwait

M.H. Alshaya Co. W.l.l.

HFD Division

Landmark Group,

Baby Shop Brand,

Kuwait

Arkan Group -

Mabrook Hotel

Supplies Co. Kuwait

Delivery Express,

E-Com Div. Kuwait

Education & Credentials

• MBA (Supply Chain Management) from Shobhit University, Meerut, UP, India- 2014

• Degree - Political Science (Honors) from UTKAL University, Orissa, India- 1996

• Diploma in Computer Application – 1995

• Software Skillset: BOSS – Back Office Sales System, Oracle 10 G, Gold, Aims Professional Experience

Current Employer

Nov 23 – till Date: Arkan International Group - Mabrook Hotel Supplies Co. Kuwait, as Procurement Manager Mabrook Co. (www.mabrookco.com) – An unique destination of Hotel and Restaurants solutions provider in Kuwait with 1,000+ employees, Dealing with 45 international brands, 40Mn sq. ft. storage facility space

• Deciding product range Dept. & Category wise for new and core lines which are split of 30% & 70%

• Evaluating & negotiating Net Cost Price with Discount strategy from vendors across USA, UK, EUROPE & Far East

• Fixing Retail Sales Price in order to achieve year end targeted margin intact

• Planning dept. & Category wise buying qty.as per the decided OTB (Open to Buy Budget) and in order to meet yearly sales target

• Deciding complete Supply Chain & Freights with cost effective strategic as per stock with mode of shipments

• Responsible for Stock Availability and Stock Holding at Cost as per the targeted budget

• Monitoring category wise sales and margin, clearing slow sellers and Ageing stock

• Daily monitoring port clearance and shipment delivery to DC, in order to have a healthy stock.

• Monitoring team performance helping on their needs and problem solving Highlights

• New Ordering process has been implemented which save 600K $ and reduced 15 % of stock holding at cost.

• Centralised the supply chain & Freight process which saved 150k $ quarterly.

• Stock Reservation made automated in the system.

Previous Employer

Dec’20 – Nov 23: Delivery Express Kuwait, as Supply Chain Manager in E-Commerce division Delivery Express Group (www.delivery-express.com) - A leading E Commerce and 3PL business facility provider in Kuwait with presence in Bahrain & expanding across Middle East with 1,000+ employees, 17 brands, 20Mn sq. ft. storage facility space

• Efficacious in implementing purchase / procurement strategies and ensuring the same align with requirements and accordingly placing the purchase order

• Playing a key role in shaping the transformation of the Buying & Merchandise Planning function to support a vibrant and growing multi-channel and multinational business

• Aided with strategic analysis, planning and operation team required for all e-commerce warehouses and fulfilment centres

• Profoundly managed account and build a productive partnership with new logistics providers and warehouse functioning to improve the platform for business

• Insisted key supply chain KPIs, delegated process bottleneck and applied solutions

• Engineering marketing activation’s and optimizing ROI for spends basis Impressions, market analysis and business development

• Collaborated with other departments for material requirement planning, material procurement & purchase planning, ensuring continuous supply at optimum costs

• Implementing direct dispatch (factory to the distributor) and coordinating with the Sales Team to discuss stock availability against Invoice Plan, Scheme Products and Contest Brands Highlights

• Demonstrated professional credibility in handling international clients like Talabat, Deliveroo, Porter Express across all FMCG Products, Cosmetics, Food, Furniture and House Holds sectors

• Significantly designed and owned methods to analyse, model and simulate inventory and supply chain policies and product flow and ensured 15.6% of an additional revenue to the business in 2021.

• Substantially maintained outstanding store condition and visual merchandising standards and reported on buying trends, customer needs and profits and resulted in 46% sales growth and 92% cost savings

• Meeting international clients like Talabat, Deliveroo, Porter Express and offering various schemes on storage charges and deliveries, which results an annual growth of 14%

• Empowers warehouse management and successful in setting up 3PL/2PL warehouses of 25k sqft. each from scratch

• Adept in International Delivery system liaising with 3rd party carrier, DHL, FEDEX and ARAMEX.

Previous Employer

Dec’18-Nov20’: Landmark group Kuwait (Home Centre Brand), as Merchandise Planning Manager Landmark Group (www.homecentre.com) - A leading mass retailer in Kuwait with an enormous presence in the Middle East & India, with 55,000+ employees, 15 brands, 2,300 stores and 30Mn sq. ft. retail space.

• Played a pivotal role as business partner to the buyers and others to store wise Range plan, forecast OTB and evaluate financial data to support and implement profitable merchandise strategies.

• Demarcated abilities in developing Core and Seasonal merchandise plans with team to maximize opportunities and minimize risk.

• Proficient in forecast and validate projections to ensure sales, gross margin and inventory objectives are being met.

• Efficiently analysed and maintained individual store inventory levels to maximize sales and profits, while working closely with teammates to coordinate the flow of information in a timely manner to deliver product against deadline.

• Collaborated with merchant and planning partners to develop yearly sales, margin and product turn plans and recommend divisional and departmental sales growth to drive business strategies.

• Expertise in driving Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) across the organization to have better planning and reduce the mismatch between demand and supply.

• Proven excellence in managing the operations of all Experience stores to ensure profitability and high ROI

• Instrumental in managing day-to-day retail operations, analyse store budgets, and maintain inventory to keep stores well-stocked

Highlights

• Responsible for 6 retail stores Business Operation in Kuwait, each store avg. of 47.7k sqft. with 213,909$ daily avg. sales and ensured revenue growth of 13% vs. LY.

• Successfully introduced complete set up of Ecommerce business in Kuwait in July 2020, resulted at 105 % of sales growth vs. budget.

• Significantly handled assortment planning, product ranging and buying decisions for 65,000+ SKUs.

• Highly successful in Ecommerce business launch with click and collect option during pandemic and introduced Easy Payment System on High Value products in collaborated with Gulf bank.

Previous Employer

Dec’11-Nov’18: M.H. Alshaya Co. W.l.l, as Senior Supply Chain Planning Analyst for Home Furnishing Division M. H. Alshaya Co.(www.alshaya.com) #1 retailer in Kuwait and one of the top in the Middle East, is a leading international franchise operator, with 90+ of the world’s most recognized brands in the portfolio. presence across the Middle East & North Africa, Russia, Turkey, Europe and beyond through 4,500+ stores, 60,000+ employees and 15Mn sq. ft retail space

• Dynamically handled inventory flow of imports and export globally with stakeholders such Maersk line, Damco, Agility, Allport, Ceva and Deal with effective cost saving negotiation

• Adroit in dealing with 16K+ SKU in each brand for complete PO management process, Reordering stocks and maintain healthy stock cover across Middle East

• Substantially managed receiving, storage, and dispatch & logistics arrangements, ensuring proper & safe storage of goods and effective space utilization

• Worked closely with the sales team to have the better planning and reduce the mismatch between demand and supply which helps to decide stock consolidation between the countries (ICT) to have better availability

• Keep track of inventory, anticipate demand, and suggest purchases to ensure production continuity.

• Excellence in devising annual plans for Logistics to understand the storage capacity for forthcoming shipments with inbound and outbound volume

• Developed and implemented safety guidelines in all aspects of the supply chain and ensured supply chain processes meet legal requirements and standards

Highlights

• Accomplished savings of 400k kwd annually in shipping of all brands ICT stocks together in FCL mode

• Played a vital role in switching 45000 sqft. warehouse in UAE market – 2014

• Successfully implemented Invoice Scanning Solution through OMNI Flow – 2015

Previous Employer

Jul’01-Nov’11: Landmark Group, Kuwait (Baby shop brand) as Merchandise Manager Landmark Group (www.babyshop.com) - A leading mass retailer in Kuwait with an enormous presence in the Middle East

& India, with 55,000+ employees, 15 brands, 2,300 stores and 30Mn sq. ft. retail space

• Oversaw the buying process, forecasting inventory demands and trends, and negotiating with suppliers

• Developed and ensured compliance to budget for all merchandising process

• Skillful in identifying trends, monitoring supply & demand and tracking inventory movement and systematically introducing promotions, sales, price changes, etc.

• Adept in forecasting, price setting, and negotiating quantities with buyers, suppliers, and distributors and preparing annual and quarterly budgets and presenting them to the relevant stakeholders

• Handled Local & GCC buying for FMCG products as per market requirement Personal Details

DOB: 26th Apr 1976

Address: Kuwait

Languages Known: English, Hindi, Urdu, Oriya, Tamil, Bengali and Arabic Kuwait Driving License: Valid for Middle East until 2025, D/L No -276*********

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