Supply Chain Specialist
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A groomed professional with over a decade of experience in Healthcare Supply Chain, Strategy Planning and Development and overall Administration of the Hospital.
Material Management Business Partner November 2020 - Present
Successfully lead the Purchasing and Material Management Management Division with an annual spend of PKR 500 Million ensuring coordinated supply support for Hospital, Institute of Mental Illness, Health
Care Units and Clinical Laboratories.
Ensured efficient supply chain operations, with a special emphasis on inventory planning, warehousing,
logistics, distributions, disposal, and dispatching while taking demand supply gaps and market trends into account.
Increased Inventory Turnover from 2.6 to 3.3 with an overall inventory reduction of 15%.
Renegotiated services' contracts resulting in savings of the monthly payments by 10%. Achieved 8%
savings against the CAPEX budget despite 40% growth in inflationary numbers. Derived optimum savings through continued improvement in procurement processes and strategies.
Created, oversaw, and implemented operational and capital budgets as well as risk mitigation plans.
Finalizing Quarterly and yearly procurement plans in consultation with end users.
Guided the user departments to ensure project & technical requirements translate to clear scope of work against which tenders can be floated and like for like evaluations completed considering commercial,
technical & deployment challenges.
Planned recruitment, training, and reward determination pertaining to supply chain function in consultation with Group and local HR.
Senior Manager - Planning and Development July 2018 - November 2020
Devised Annual Budgets and Manpower Plans for the last three Financial Years (FY 2018-2021)
Quarterly Financial/Operational analysis of Individual Departments against the set targets for the respective Fiscal Year.
Coordinated with Purchase/Material Management Departments in optimized planning of CAPEX/OPEX purchases during the FY in order to avoid cash flow issues.
Formulated a comprehensive 5 Year Strategic Plan in consultation with all Business Units (Hospital,
Medical College, Nursing College and Nur International University).
Decentralised Instituitons within FMS as Independent Business Units responsible for their P&L.
Important contributions in terms of new services included establishing of Neonatology Unit, Fetal
Medicine Unit, Diabetic Clinic, CBCT Diagnosis, Home Collection Sampling and Cath Lab (in process).
Successfully lead a project for Costing of all Healthcare services with reference to the Suo Motu Case taken up by Supreme Court against private medical institutions of Lahore.
Developed policies and procedures in the areas of procurement, inventory controls, receiving, storage and distribution of supplies throughout the facility.
Ensured accurate inventory records in the ERP system, utilizing suitable audited tools such as cycle counts, aging reports, low balance inventory reports and transaction reviews. Responsible for overseeing inventory control integrity for 4 different business units which included a main store in the Hospital and 3 different sub stores in Nur International University, Institute of Allied Health
Sciences and Saeeda Waheed College of Nursing.
lResponsible for staffing, developement, oversight and accountibility of all the emplyees reporting.
As a frontline supervisor, provided reporting and performance monitoring to Senior Management.
Upheld company process standard and compliance which resulted in certification of ISO 9001:2015
certificate.
Assistant Manager - Supply Chain April 2012 - March 2014
l Managed production and supply chain of textile plant from raw material to final shipments.
l Inventory management and release keeping in view the product mix available with production department.
l Planned supply chain schedules in advance in preparation of busy seasonal periods.
l Negotiating with suppliers to minimize raw material and transportation costs.
l Developed Quality Management Systems to meet the specifications of high-end clients and exceed expectations.
l Managed the optimal product mix in manufacturing plant reference to profitability and delivery dates.
l Oversaw packaging, storing and delivery of finished goods.
l Kept in touch with suppliers and logistics companies and maintained cordial relationships with them.
l Obtainined quotes for transportations and prepared cost comparisons for outbound logistics.
l Conducted monthly stock takings as an audit to avoid any discrepencies.