Assistant Purchase Manager

Akzo Nobel Pakistan

June 2010 to Actually working here

Reporting to Head of Supply Chain. Accountable for planning, directing and controlling all purchasing & inventory control activities relating to the portfolio. Assess supply/inventory options to determine best resourcing solutions and interacts extensively with the internal & external customers to ensure best services. Major Responsibilities include: ? Sourcing and negotiating pricing for 160 articles. ? Ensuring timely delivery of merchandise through consistent communication and follow-up. ? Reduce dependence on single source providers and diversifying the sources. ? Assertively negotiate and manage commercial supplier relationships to deliver significant cost savings. ? Monitoring of key drivers affecting materials and focus on cyclical/seasonal trends of prices. ? Sourcing goods and services from suitable and qualified suppliers recognizing life cycle costing and optimizing the right mix in terms of price, delivery, service levels and quality. ? Establish & maintain ?VRM? to receive the best possible services, quality & pricing. ? Identify process improvement opportunities, and promoting procurement best practices. ? Commercial savings through cost push back and alternate sourcing. ? Developed KPI/System of monitoring and measuring supplier effectiveness. ? Work closely with internal customers in order to develop a clear understanding about their requirements. ? Responsible to identify gaps between demand & supply and possible process improvement.

Marketing Officer

Akzo Nobel Pakistan

January 2007 to June 2010

Conducting A&P management, development & execution of BTL activities, procurement of marketing stuff for BTL activities, market analysis, brand activation through third party vendors. Major responsibilities include: ? Coordination with media & advertising agencies. ? Led activations with activation agencies. ? Developed benchmark & monitor Brand visibility at point-of-sale, Product display, in-shop signage & Glow Signs. ? Ensured alignment between sales and marketing activities. ? Procurement of all marketing and Sales related stuff. ? Managed ?Trade Spend? efficiently & effectively to get tangible returns. ? Provided customer, competitor, and market intelligence relating to proposals being undertaken by the organization. ? Supported Key Account Team for trading terms negotiation with customers based on P&L analysis of each channel to ensure company profits. ? Coordination internally with other functions to ensure and unify the best customer management. ? Improved customer satisfaction scores by 7% ? Ensured complete liaison between marketing, sales and the dealer network to ensure proper branding, right pricing, product availability on this channel.

Ex.MBA

2008 to 2010

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