Abdul Shahid

• Leads purchasing activities with manufacturing and engineering departments to maintain inventory at planned levels.
• Manages activities of the purchasing group in the manager’s absence. Manages projects for purchasing; as required, monitors the cost, schedule and scope of assigned projects. Oversees workload distribution among Buyers; trains and audits activities of lower level personnel.
• Managing contracts as a part of legal documentation of forging work relationships with customers, vendors, or even partners.
• Negotiating the terms and conditions in contracts
• ity products.
• Certifying compliance with the terms and conditions
• Documenting and agreeing on any changes by both the parties.
• Consolidation of demand, analyzing of sales trends, procurement of stocks & maintenance of inventory
• Co-ordination with plant, vendors and contact manufacturers for on-time receipt & delivery of material
• Identifying, negotiating & networking with reliable vendors and transporters for procuring qualImplementing just in time inventory to reduce the blocked working capital for the organization
• Setting and implementing benchmarks for vendor feedback parameters to reduce through put time
• Monitoring inventory level, implementing Just-in-Time Inventory practices, freezing demand after analyzing forecast & trend, achieving customer service benchmarks from order receipt to delivery
• Conducting vendor audits, evaluation and rating of vendor performance on a yearly basis
• Developing Vendors for new & existing components.

· Worked with LAM Research India Managing supply base including Supply chain Operations, business reviews & development of strategies for ongoing improvements in business performance.

· Managing projects, negotiations, contracts for long range business coordinating & executing of projects

independently or Team, effectively cross functionally interface with finance & business units.

· Expertise in Supply Chain functions including Procurement, Inventory Control, etc. and suggesting ways for efficiency improvement.

· Proficiency in planning effective Procurement schedules to meet the day-to-day requirements; track record of driving strategies to achieve cost savings activities, alternate sourcing, re-negotiations.

· Floating RFI & RFQ to suppliers based on the new & alternate source requirements, getting quotations, analysing supplier’s detailed costing & making decision to award supply contracts to most beneficial suppliers.

· Skilled in developing long-term partnerships with vendors, negotiating prices & managing day-to-day vendor performance to ensure meeting of quality, cost & delivery norms

· Managed Single & Multi source suppliers for various commodities based on the product & organization requirement.

· Technical expertise in working on ERP Systems for Materials Management including modules like PO Creation, Info Record Creation, SL, Material Master Creation, Vendor Master.

· Gained significant exposure to SCM Tools like SAP, BI, BO, Ariba, IQMAS, My Lam in generating reports using the same; skilled in updating the Global Project Tracker Tool to capture the spend and savings

· A Multi-Dimensional Professional with skills in negotiating contractual agreements, tendering support and developing innovative Sourcing approaches to achieve positive outcomes

· An Effective Team member with strong analytical, team building & problem-solving skills; ability to provide guidance & motivation to teams for ensuring optimum performance

• Communicated with vendors regarding inventory needs and negotiated prices to maintain profit margins.
• Tracked inventory shipments and prepared spreadsheets detailing item information.
• Maintained complete documentation and records of all purchasing activities.
• Maintained key item stock levels and wrote or expedited purchase orders.
• Developed and improved account relationships.
• Designed and implemented process improvements to streamline purchasing process.
• Negotiated contracts with vendors for cost-effective purchasing terms.
• Evaluated product quality and vendor performance to maintain quality standards.
• Created hands-on training program for newly hired employees to acclimate each person to company policies and procedures and individual job duties.
• Sourced new vendors in effort to boost range of products offered in store locations while reducing costs through strategic contract negotiations.

• Collaborated with team to define business requirements for organizational processes, achieve productivity standards, and adhere to accuracy standards.
• Partnered with cross-functional teams to conduct thorough discovery and due diligence on existing processes.
• Identified and resolved process issues to drive optimal workflow and business growth.
• Performed quality assurance checks on transactions and account actions to assess compliance with state and federal regulations.
• Supervised processes to eliminate weak points or bottlenecks in business operations.