Madiyan Ahmed

Work History

Senior Buyer

EFI Inc.

10.2016 - Current

Multinational Printer Manufacturing Company, one of the biggest player of the Print Industry.
In the sub-business unit, I lead the sourcing for Sheet metals and Machined parts for the printers.
Executed and implemented corrective measures aimed at improving supplier performance in terms of on-time, lead-time and quality.
Participated and provided in-put to evaluation team during RFP process, review and contract award.
Collaborated with contract representatives and engineers to create purchase requisitions and purchase orders for services and goods within EFI’s SAP system.
Managed and maintained all existing and new vendor information in SAP.
Regulated approved supplier list to reflect active services agreements, work order agreements and purchase orders with vendors.
Successfully helped managed RFP process for vendor consolidation resulting in $200,000 annualized savings in the 2017.
Identify team enhancement opportunity by developing process documentation for all supply chain functions.
Monitored forecasts and quotas, and evaluated vendor and supplier performance to ensure quality and delivery requirements are met; discussed performance metrics, provided feedback, and recommended corrective measures.
Communicated with vendors regarding inventory needs and negotiated prices to maintain profit margins.
Oversaw and streamlined daily operations of purchasing department to maximize productivity and revenue.
Standardized inventory quarterly reporting and analysis and instituted corrective action for close-outs and out-of-stock items to keep inventory records current.
Analyzed inventory usage and assessed trends to provide maximum coverage for each time period.
Collaborated with Spain Purchasing Manager to provide effective transition planning for the production movement to Spain from USA.

Team Lead – Orders Desk

Netlink

05.2015 - 09.2016

With more than 3 years of experience managing Orders, on time deliveries, order processing and rush orders etc.
This position utilized the core competencies and experience that I gained over the years in dealing with day to day challenges to optimize better operations.
To help resolve and assign orders to Buyers which were rejected due to pricing, wrong unit of measure, obsolete products, or any other discrepancy.
To train Suppliers to work on the ERP system for order processing and invoicing.
Resolving accounting concerns with past due invoices for suppliers.
Identifying, analyzing and resolving concerns, issues and dispute between suppliers and end users.
Process implementation and improvisation for better order management.
Persuading negotiation with the vendors over restocking fees while returns, cost saving and other situations where and when required.
Keeping track of the KPI’s and leading the team to focus on the core objective of on time deliveries for all the orders.
To support other teams for process migrations and implementation of the new ERP models.
To help manage rush orders for on time delivery and support team in absence of individual.
To coordinate with suppliers overseas for payment processing, custom broker information and order deliveries.
Handling escalations internally and externally.

Buyer

Netlink

06.2014 - 05.2015

The major focus of this role was helping in transition a new customer and their purchasing process to gain insight and train other people in our team.
This was a transition role, based on Knowledge sharing and ensuring successful smooth transition to the Indian team.
Work as a back-up for both the roles of order processing and order follow-ups.
Order Processing through SAP.
Undertake regular project reviews with all involved in the processes to ensure transfer of knowledge.
Knowledge transition over different activities that vary from order processing to order management.
Category management for a client project by filling in the UNSPC, SKU and other details in Maximo – IBM.
Handle escalations for the team in the interim for different clients as well, whenever requested.
Identifies and selects vendor to procure requisitioned commodities, meeting criteria such as price, quantity, quality and delivery date and places orders.
Special handling for suppliers with high dollar value expense through intricate reports and payment tracking.

Jr. Buyer

Netlink

03.2012 - 05.2014

This position required the use of initiative and independent judgment.
Due to the client being new and the launch fresh, I was exposed to multiple challenges varying from Supplier setups to training and other roles.
Participated and managed the preparation, conception, realization, and Go Live of customer implementation project.
Purchase Materials, Equipment, Supplies and Services of a specialized or complex nature in accordance with prescribed purchasing regulations and procedures.
Reviews and analyzes purchase requisitions, investigates and develops sources of supplies, prepares bid specifications, issues bid requests and reviews quotations.
Interpret purchasing procedures to departments and vendors, as a specialist in assigned material categories, which require a degree of technical knowledge.
Following up and tracking orders with the suppliers to ensure on time deliveries.
Resolves purchasing problems between department and vendor.
Creating reports for On-Time Delivery, KPI and order records for tracking purposes.
Training suppliers on the new ERP model and setting them up under payment terms.
To manage repair requests and finding vendors in the local area for quick deliveries.
To process orders with vendors which were not on payment terms and to be paid via credit card.
To track a report for the orders which were processed through credit card.
To reconcile the monthly credit card statement for the accounts payable and provide them invoices for all the orders by following up with different vendors.

Summary

Overview

Work History

Senior Buyer

Team Lead – Orders Desk

Buyer

Jr. Buyer

Education

Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com - Technological, Logistics, Materials

10+2 - Biology

Skills

Certification

Accomplishments

Software

Timeline

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