Logistics Manager

LACHMAN RELWANI

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SUMMARY: Experienced Logistics Manager with 30+ years of progressive management and business administration expertise. Specific areas of expertise include:

• General Management • International Business • Intellectual Property Management • Logistics • Procurement • Business Development / Sales/Marketing

• Import & Export • Food & Drug Administration • Customs Compliance

EDUCATION: Bachelor of Arts – Economics, Public Administration & English, Rajasthan College, Jaipur, India.

COMPUTER SKILLS * MS Word 95/97/2000 * MS PowerPoint 95/97/2000 * MS Excel 95/97/2000 • Microsoft Outlook 95/97/2000 • Windows 95/98/2000/XP/Vista

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Logistics Manager, Kayem Industries Ltd., Lagos, Nigeria, 02/09-04/09.

* Managing logistics including import/export, clearing/transportation of containerized and bulk cargo imported from overseas.

* Managing banking, letters of credit, advance pre-shipment customs tariff declarations (HTS Codes) for inspection agents.

* Ensuring timely clearing of goods from port to protect payment of demurrage and rent and overseeing warehouses.

* Ensuring goods are correctly classified under right HS Code and appropriate customs duties paid on goods imported.

* Managing and receiving daily reports on progress of goods under clearance at sea/air ports from licensed Customs brokers.

Operations/Area Manager, Dana Group, Lagos, Nigeria, 06/07-01/09.

* Managing all end to end administrative and personnel matters for company product lines: Dana Motors Ltd. (Kia

Automobiles - Sole Importation/Distribution/Servicing), Noodles (Sun-Yum) Manufacturing, Milk Powder (Danaco)

Manufacturing, Bottled Water (Aquadana) Manufacturing, and administrative related matters for Dana Group’s four

largest business units.

* Managing multiple teams of junior and senior admin officials representing all company employees (including expatriates).

* Enforcing company’s human resource policies and disciplinary measures and overseeing performance evaluations.

• Receiving daily status and activity reports from admin managers.

• Providing weekly consolidated reports to the Chairman.

• Communicating and coordinating with various government agencies to resolve environmental, security, and town

planning affairs under Lagos State Governor’s office and complying with EPA, OSHA, DOT regulations for Dana Motors.

* Acquiring approvals from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to establish businesses for the food manufacturing

industry.

* Securing approvals from the Federal Inspector General of Police for allocating armed police men for personal security of

company Chairman and various company locations.

• Procuring infrastructure materials for company’s operations.

• Managing all aspects of transportation (including Vehicle Inspection Reports/drivers), facilities repairs and maintenance.

• Managing and maintaining security for eight major business locations.

* Overseeing clearing of automobile spare parts by Customs Brokers shipped by air.

Business Development Manager, Dana Services Ltd., Lagos, Nigeria, 11/05-06/07.

* Setting up new line of business (UK Visa Application Center) and establishing multiple visa application centers across

Nigeria as a visa service provider for United Kingdom visa authorized by the UK Embassy in partnership with VFS.

* Managing multiple teams and centers across the country for operating the business.

* Rendering leadership support and assigning resources to troubleshoot issues across all application centers.

• Establishing UK Visa application processes in alignment with the UK Embassy’s strict regulations and guidelines.

• Recruiting teams with various levels of expertise (including managers and expatriates) to run the visa centers across

the country.

• Arranging and providing high level of security for all UK visa application centers nationwide.

• Procuring and implementing secure systems to support the visa application process.

• Managing processing of over 30,000 visa applications each month nation-wide.

• Appointing courier agency to securely transport applicant passports to the UK Consulate as per embassy guidelines.

* Delegating project management responsibilities to center managers across the country.

* Managing administrative tasks associated with running all the centers and ensuring high level of customer care services.

* Frequenting visits to all application centers to ensure successful operations.

Managing Director, Doulatram’s Ltd., Lagos, Nigeria, 03/85-11/05.

• Managing all aspects of full product life cycle sole importation ranging from introducing new product lines to wholesale

distributorship, based on detailed market analysis, research and findings on products such as Automobiles (Mazda),

Baking Powder, Milk Powder, Evaporated and UHT Milk, Monosodium Glutamate (Manpo), Canned Fish -

Mackerel and Pilchards (Geisha from Japan and Thailand), Yeast, Tomato Paste, China Green Tea, Beer (Becks and

Lowenbrau), SMA Baby Food, Rice, Sugar, Corned Beef, Radio Cassette Recorders, Televisions, Air-Conditioners, Office

Stationeries, Building Materials, Hardware, Pharmaceutical Products (Medicated Oil and Balm), Automobile Tires and

Tubes, Sports Goods (Table Tennis (Ping Pong) Bats & Balls, Rubber Balls or Footballs), Ready-made Garments, Industrial

Raw Materials (chemicals, plastics, fiber and yarn), Generators (PETBOW Brand).

• Strategic planning, management, overseeing domestic and international marketing, and overall growth and

operations of the company.

• Overseeing inventory control and replenishment.

• Independently handling all company affairs at the Nigeria branch and reporting directly to the Chairman (company

Headquarters located in Hong Kong).

• Managing logistics, all insurances, accounts, sales, HR and administrative teams through various heads of departments.

• Arranging financing and overdraft facilities with banks for the importation of goods for wholesale distributions.

• Managing Customs Brokers on import/export and liaising with Customs officials to ensure correct duties are paid.

• Updating new product viability based on annual review of customs tariffs rates (Harmonized Tariff Schedule).

• Developing and promoting brands for new products and new food items and registering the brands with the trademark

registry to claim sole ownership and securing Product Registration Certificate for new food items registered with FDA.

• Leading weekly meetings with managers to review and approve proposed plans and budgets.

• Primary point of contact and communications on official matters with government agencies such as Customs, FDA,

Standards Organization of Nigeria, Ministry of Finance, Nigeria Police Force, Nigerian Immigration Service, EPA, DA.

• Procuring imports and negotiating pricing and contracts with international suppliers from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong ,

Thailand, United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, France, Belgium. Attended World Import and Export Trade Fair in China.

• Rendering logistics support to sister textiles manufacturing (GDM Textiles), yarn manufacturing (Mayfair Industries),

plastics manufacturing (KGM Industries),chemicals manufacturing (Seydel Industries) on all Customs and HTS matters.

Logistics Manager, Doulatram’s Ltd., Lagos, Nigeria, 12/80-03/85.

• Overseeing the direction of staff and the execution of order management, transportation, shipping, receiving, import,

export and inventory management processes.

• Managing warehouse managers to ensure inventories are kept in order and conduct periodic physical inventory checks.

• Responsible for marine insurance of all goods imported and filing claims with insurers and overseas recovery agents.

• Securing discrepancy/short-landing certificates from carriers/steamship agents and port authority.

• Managing refinancing of import bills with Central Bank of Nigeria (Reserve Bank) due to scarcity of foreign exchange.

• Managing banking for opening of letters of credit and bills for collection to facilitate importation of goods.

• Securing 21 days free demurrage concession from steamship companies due to documentation delays beyond control.

• Resolving issues that may arise with Customs relating to disparities in tariff matters and interfacing EPA, FDA.

• Following up timely shipment of goods by suppliers ordered from overseas.

• Ensuring timely clearing of goods from port to avoid payments of demurrages and rents – both bulk and containerized.

• Ensuring goods are properly classified and correct Customs duties are paid on imported goods under appropriate HTS Code.

• Managing Customs brokers on all freight forwarding activities on import/export for all companies within the group, namely

import of finished products (including food items), manufacturing of textiles, yarn, plastics products and chemicals.

• Maintaining good relationship with Customs, FDA and all regulatory authorities.

• Generating and submitting weekly status reports to the Chairman.

• Responsible for securing import licenses from Federal Ministry of Trade.

Marketing Manager, Doulatram’s Ltd., Lagos, Nigeria, 05/78-12/80 and 06/74-05/77.

* Managing company’s overall marketing and strategic planning programs and communications with overseas suppliers.

* Managing marketing team delegated to conduct market surveys and gather requirements.

* Managing and coordinating all marketing activities with distributors nation-wide.

* Conducting market research to determine market requirements as per demand for existing and future products.

* Analyzing data derived from customer research, current market conditions and competitor information.

• Monitoring, reviewing and reporting on all marketing activities and results.

• Overseeing business development activities.

Branch Manager, Doulatram’s Ltd., Kano, Nigeria, 05/77-05/78.

* Directing procurement, wholesale & retail sales of goods imported into the country, and administrative functions of the

Company’s Northern branch. Main items including radio cassette recorders and televisions from China and Hong Kong.

* Overseeing maintenance of proper inventory and distribution of goods to customers.

* Identifying appropriate products required for the Northern market based on periodic market surveys.

* Preparing various upper management sales reports.

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