Zahirudin Mohammed Zaini

Zahirudin Mohammed Zaini

GM - Logistics & Distribution in QSR Brands Holdings (M) Sdn Bhd

Bandar Enstek, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
Current:QSR Brands Holdings (M) Sdn Bhd
Past:JP Logistics Sdn Bhd
Education:Master of Logistics Management

Job Experience

GM - Logistics & Distribution

QSR Brands Holdings (M) Sdn Bhd

May 2016 to Actually working here

Heading the Logistics activities for the Upstream business division. Ensure the steady supply of live birds from the farm to the fork.

Head - Port & Supply Chain Services

JP Logistics Sdn Bhd

August 2014 to April 2016

Functioned as an In-charge of the company's overall Port & Supply Chain business, in particular management development and strategic planning.

GM Logistics

Minamas Plantation

November 2008 to October 2013

Director Of Operations

SnT Global Logistics Sdn Bhd

November 2007 to October 2008

Notable Milestones Ensured improvement of inventory accuracy for CNI & ECS via Weekly Cycle Count and realignment of pick phase to gain piece picking efficiency. Managed the reshuffling of manpower to gain cost efficiency and productivity. Instrumentally involved in introducing Barcode Scanning for outbound delivery to improve picking (piece pick) accuracy. Minimised the dwelling time at MFM plant from average 7 hours to 3 hours. Mapped overall strategic leadership and management of the clients' supply chain organisations, entailing software manufacturing, inventory & forecasting, fleet & facilities, distribution and project management. Devised and documented best practices across clients? supply chain process. Steered pre-sales, solutions design and implementation processes for selected customers, i.e. CNI, Malayan Flour Mills, Malayan Newsprint Industries and ECS Distribution.

Director of Operations

SNT Global

November 2007 to October 2008

Director of Admin & Operations

ACI Logistics Sdn Bhd

June 2005 to September 2007

Notable Milestones Functioned as an In-charge of the company?s overall Warehousing & Distributions business, in particular management development and strategic planning. Successfully bagged: Contract with IBM through BAX Global on Warehousing worth RM500,000.00 for two years. Warehousing & Distributions contract of Yellow Pages from POS Logistiks worth RM1.5 million. Deal with POS Logistiks to become their Third Party Service Provider for warehousing & distributions services. Contributed in enhancing the company?s turnover by 30% as on 31st Dec?06 as well as launched the company website. Successfully implemented the Delivery Tracking via SMS ? delivery status online checking by customer. Focussed on overall global commodities to meet local sourcing requirements and maintained healthy supplier relationships (Including scorecards, internal metrics and inventory control). Steered the performance improvement programs throughout the supply chain using overall leadership experience. Play a vital role during the implementation of continuous improvement techniques throughout the organization. Mapped strategic relationships with a targeted global supplier base in Asia, integrating both across the business and other business units. Supervised the supply chain design initiatives for customers IBM & POS Logistiks.

Head of FMCG

MISC Integrated Logistics

October 2004 to May 2005

Notable Milestones Spearheaded the company?s Consumer Products Division, in particular Key Account Management and expanded the FMCG base business for ASEAN region. Effectively introduced and implemented the weekly & monthly KPI reporting in order to measure the performance of the Affiliate, working with MISC thereby ensuring the delivery-on-time achievement at highest level. Improvised the delivery-on-time index from 82% average achieved in 2004 to 95% as of Mar?05 for P&G. Instrumentally involved in introducing: Single slot-time arrival at P&G Distribution Centre for LCL shipment and as a result the KPI for slot-time arrival has improved from 90% in 2004 to 100% at the end of Mar?05. Weekly Float of RM 200,000.00 to Forwarding Agent in Bukit Kayu Hitam to expedite the Cargo Clearance at Custom Checkpoint. Monthly KPI Review Meeting with P&G. Successfully implemented the container inspection services and no rejection of container has been done since the conception of this in Nov?04. Mapped the proposal for setting up of a Central Region Distribution Centre.

Warehouse & Distribution Manager

L'Oréal (M) Sdn Bhd

June 2003 to October 2004

Notable Milestones As Warehouse & Distributions Manager: Spearheaded the company?s warehouse & distributions with highest level of efficiency as per the guidelines and within a specified budget. Stock management of more than 14,000 active SKUs? over 3 Product Divisions. Successfully introduced & implemented: Anti-Diversion Project for both LPD & PPD. KPI to the transporter working with L?Oreal to ensure the on time delivery at highest level. Barcode scanning for inbound and outbound checking. Warehouse Management System (WMS) for enhancing efficiency & accuracy, reducing overhead cost and overall reduce Sales Logistics Cost. Enhanced the picking accuracy (piece pick) and less complaint for short or over supply as well as minimised the transportation cost by 20%. Efficiently initiated the scheduling delivery and combine delivery for FG + POS. Increased the inventory accuracy from 95% to 99% and SKU accuracy from 62% to 87% during the stock-take through daily location sampling & monthly cycle-count for fast-moving SKU. Minimised the delivery lead-time from 48 to 24 hours in Central region. The rest of Peninsular Malaysia reduced from 72 to 48 hours. Effectively handled the storage by product ABC classification and quarterly review the pick-phase to attain higher order line fill rate. Carried out stock destruction on a quarterly basis for removal of obsolete products as well as worked in close coordination with procurement team to attain lower stock days.

Customer Service Manager

L'Oreal (M) Sdn Bhd

June 2002 to June 2003

As Customer Service Manager: Successfully handled the customer service staff with direct oversight of all order processing, credit control and collections process. Implemented the Order Status Tracking Report in order to provide detail regarding delivery. Introduced the Proof of Delivery Tracking (POD) report as well as scanned order project to minimise the activity of manual order processing. Efficiently reduced the AR days from 120 days to 60 days in the first year in charge. Steered the overall improvement of collections from 65% to 85%. Acquired lines of credit and initiated effective collections processes.

Education

Master of Logistics Management

[Otra]Rochville University (Malasia)

January 2004 to January 2005

Advance Diploma in Accountancy

[Otra]Universiti Teknologi MARA (Malasia)

January 1993 to January 1995

Advance Diploma in Accountancy

[Otra]Universiti Teknologi MARA (Malasia)

January 1988 to January 1995

Diploma in Accountancy

[Otra]University Teknologi MARA (Malasia)

January 1988 to January 1991

Accounting

UiTM

Currently studying

Languages

English

Advanced

IT skills

warehouse management sysytem

Experto

Word, Excel, Powerpoint, SAP

Other Skills

Vendor Managed Inventory Inventory Management WMS Implementations Fleet Management Inventory Control Trucking Supply Management LTL Supply Ocean Freight Materials Management Distribution Center Operations Air Freight Distribution Strategies Forwarding Freight Operations Management Transportation Procurement Import/Export WMS Supply Chain Operations Supply Chain Consulting Logistics Customs Clearance Supply Chain Reverse Logistics Ocean Warehouse Management Supply Chain Optimization Supply Chain Management Transportation Management Warehousing Logistics Management International Logistics Freight Forwarding Global Logistics 3PL Administration

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Career Goals

Excell in whatever entrusted

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Availability to travel and work outside the city

Yes

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