Ashir Foolchand

I have over 10 years of experience in Procurement and Sourcing locally and internationally from within Africa, Asia and Europe. I have worked foremost in the FMCG environment specializing in Nutrition and Pharmaceuticals. I have in-depth experience in negotiations and project management.

I have worked on categories within Zimbabwe, Kenya, Ethiopia and Namibia and South Africa. My experience includes sourcing raw materials and packaging materials from approved suppliers within BEE regulations and ensuring that all suppliers are compliant as per Government regulations for food and pharma care regarding regulations for sourcing safe materials for human consumption for food and pharma and regulations for safe sourcing regarding the environment. My experience includes managing teams and inter departmental administration were necessary.

The largest spend 240 million Rand per annum.

ASSISTANT PROCUREMENT MANAGER May 2023 - Oct 2023

Unilever, Durban

Managing the procurement category for South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Ethiopia

Support Procurement Manager in developing and executing supplier strategy for Folding Cartons.

Assess supply market and adapt strategy according to market conditions.

Assess supplier capability and suitability through regular site visits and reporting back on findings.

Develop and improve supplier cost models to drive increase in transparency of cost drivers

Unlock cash and cost value through setting up and execution of benchmarking, RFQs, E-tenders. Support delivery of savings and creditor extension programme for portfolio

Support and occasionally lead supplier negotiations

Provide market intelligence to portfolio manager and business leaders to assist in strategic decision making.

Connect with site engineering and regional engineering teams and other business partners as well as with suppliers, to understand future technology and capability roadmap that supports value delivery and USLP.

Allocate new services to suppliers to deliver best cost/service/quality in line with supply strategy.

Lead on-boarding of new suppliers by driving full quality and responsible sourcing compliance

Ensure 100% contractual compliance through signing of Unilever

Purchasing Agreements and Commercial Term Contracts as well as

Special Term Contracts

Agree annual budgets with suppliers. Implement into new CTC.

Communicate/process changes in pricing as required

Regularly connect with global counterparts to ensure the Africa portfolio is link with the global strategy.

Successful implement global strategic plans in Africa

Manage relationships with Supply chain and other business partners, to leverage and land strategic plans.

Good understanding of the portfolio cost models as well as the indices link to the material types.

Operations Supervisor Oct 2022 - Jan 2023

Pepkor Logistics, Durban The management of Warehouse activities in terms of receiving, dispatch,

picking and storage and ensuring the efficient process to maximize warehouse productivity, including team leaders and various warehouse staff

Planning and booking transport and labour with third party contractors

Ensuring planned vehicles vs floor status is correct The management of the floor status vs FIFO requirements and inventory status

Investigation and resolution of all exceptions regarding manifests relating to receiving and dispatch

Preparing hourly interval report to manage and tack staff productivity to ensure the daily forecast is met ensuring damages are repacked efficiently with a quick turn around time.

Ensuring all linehaul and shuttle vehicles are debriefed correctly and vehicle check list is correct

Ensuring all manifests for linehaul and shuttle services are correct

Ensuring all documentation for over boarder vehicles are processed correctly

Ensuring breakdowns of equipment are attended to timously by the engineering department

Ensuring SHEQ and health and safety standards are always adhered to by staff

Procurement Manager Dec 2020 - Jun 2021

Nutrapharm Manufacturing Industries, Durban

Managing the Procurement, Supply, Logistics and Inventory Control for

Raw Materials and Packaging for Pharmaceutical Products

Review and Place Purchase Orders with Local and International Suppliers

Follow up on outstanding Purchase Orders Liaise with Suppliers on stock availability, lead times, order quantities and pricing Manage and Monitor product pricing, Negotiate Pricing Rates Planning and Forecasting as per

Demand

Source new alternate products for out of stocks and new products as per requirements Source and evaluate new vendors, local and international

Maintain vendor database

Maintain product database Maintain and update master data

Communicate with Customs, Process Appropriate Documentation for

Customs for International Orders

Follow up on deliveries Inventory control Investigate stock shortages

Prepare stock control reports

Arrange sample materials and packaging Manage procurement clerks and receiving clerks

Procurement and Stock Controller Jan 2017 - Nov 2020

Mediclinic, Durban

PROCUREMENT

Management of the re-order program in terms of lead times, targets and order schedule Managing demand orders and urgent orders created on system

Placing orders with verified suppliers and adhering with supplier agreements

Following up on outstanding orders with suppliers

Replacing failed inventory with suppliers

Maintaining Master Data

Conduct Market Research

Proactively Finding Suppliers and Alternative Sourcing Concepts

Maintaining Supply Availability

Forecasting and demand planning

Controlling stock schedules, managing backorders and the replenishment of alternates thereof

Contributing to Supplier Assessments, Supplier Audits and Implementation and Improvements

Identifying and Supporting the Category in Developing and Executing

Sourcing Strategies

Management of SLA's with new and existing suppliers

Stock transfers between the different hospitals in the group

INVENTORY CONTROL

Receipt of inventory procured and managing it through stock locations

Managing stores clerks, in terms of picking, packing and distribution of inventory for each stock location

Ensuring that the stock locations do not have any short delivered or undelivered inventory

Booking stock in and Ensure POD endorsed correctly

Ensure store stock and shelf locations are correct Ensuring store cleanliness Adhering to '27 Day' stock days rule

Management of supplier credits from trade Aged stock review, internal sales of stock not moving and write off of expired stock

Managing stock systems Managing and analysing reports: stock sales to business, urgent orders, new product requests, pricing discrepancies, stock adjustment and pricing reports Booking of courier services or company driver for stock sales / transfers

Monthly Cycle counts

Biannual Stock Takes

Processing GRN's for all invoices relating to all orders Processing supplier returns Identifying pricing discrepancies, and processing credit notes thereof Meeting with sales representatives and negotiating better deals

Certificates

Inventory Management

Supply Chain and Business

Operations

Jul 2022

Currently completing my B. Com degree