Monisha F

Experienced senior procurement Head with the demonstrated history of 12. Years working in the logistics Domestic & International (exports) Industry. Customer focused, creating action/implementation plans & effectively coordinating with cross functionality to achieve objectives. Reducing cost, improving logistics & completing projects on time within budget.

• Coordinate in/outbound freight, request quotes and negotiate rates from carriers
• Managed Air Rate platform
• Support the Management team with strategic pricing for high cargo volume
• Support the sales team with high volume spot quotations
• Act as first escalation contact person and resolve air procurement issues with carriers
• Maintain supplier database and make cost analysis
• Assesses total costs of company purchases
• Analyze & Plan FTL/LTL costing
• Identify cost reduction opportunities to achieve financial goals
• Aptitude in decision-making and working with numbers
• Analyze market and delivery trends so as to develop procurement technologies and processes that support those trends
• Reports to the chief officer
• Prepare daily, weekly and monthly procurement reports
• Drive continuous cost and service improvement efforts with airlines.

• Develop business by gaining new contracts, analyzing logistical problems and producing new solutions
• Negotiate spot rates with airlines
• Negotiate third party contracts and rates
• Coordinate with Airlines for space confirmation for special & general cargo on day to day
• Coordinate all shipments for all locations day to day reporting to senior management
• Review and analyze budgets, expenditures, and operations
• Analyze financial impact of logistics changes, routing, shipping modes, etc
• Help research and resolve operational problems
• Keep track of quality, quantity, stock levels, delivery times, transport costs and efficiency to evaluate performance and quality and to plan improvements
• Liaise and negotiate with customers and suppliers
• Monitoring Inbound & Outgoing deliveries
• Ensure all shipments adhere to laws
• Knowledge on IATA guidelines
• Implement health and safety procedures
• Plan and manage projects
• Motivate other members of the team.

• Analyze & enter data into different computer databases, manage and maintain effective records
• Prepare day to day report (Daily sales, tonnage, and revenue)
• Maintaining & updating all airlines rate list in tariff database & sharing to the clients within time limits
• Direct & Sub -agent stock record maintence
• Initiate airline claim process for damaged and lost cargo as needed
• Manage reverse logistics (return to vendor and returned product)
• Provides spot quotations and closes contract
• Recommend cost savings and / or service improvements in support of the logistics
• Create MAWB, HAWB, for air shipments & other modes for our branch and our Region as well
• Prepare quotes for current and new customers, assist with sales as needed
• Build and maintain relationships with airlines and clients
• Responsible for monitoring deliveries, ensuring customer satisfaction and maintaining accurate logs of all transportation and goods
• Continually reviews freight costs, transportation rates, to keep costs down where possible
• First point of contact for destination offices and will resolve any issues/problems timely to avoid delays to customer
• Assists with ensuring that payable and receivable documents are completed accurately and forwarded within time constraints
• Assists the day-to-day operations of the export department to ensure that customer requirements are met
• Ensure that quality assurance checks are completed and maintained
• Roles & Responsibilities on accounting & taxation
• Preparing receivables, payables, invoicing, and billing Fn wise / Monthly
• Prepare and fact-check invoices before sending them to clients
• Handling audit and liasoning with auditors
• Prepare monthly GST reports
• Assist marketing and sales team in collecting payments from customers
• Assist with pursuing overdue debtors
• Accounts receivable (enforce credit control)
• Bank Reconciliation (BRS) & Vendor Reconciliation (VRS)
• Assist in the processing of balance sheets, income statements and other financial statements, According to legal and company accounting and financial guidelines
• Managing incoming payments from accounts receivable and outgoing payments from accounts
• Payable
• Perform book -keeping, general ledger functions.