Ahsan Karim

Experience

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  Wi-tribe Pakistan

  Jan 2010 - Apr 2010

  Procurement Officer

  • Procurement of all goods and services for IT, Technical, Marketing & General Procurement domain throughout Pakistan operation.• To collect relevant information for updating list of vendors. • Preparation of comparative Statements (QES and NTF) for supplier evaluation and award of purchase order/contract. • Invoice Management and Payment follow-ups with payable department to ensure smooth payment transaction to vendors. • To communicate, manage and prepare various status reports such as PR status report, PO status report. Show less

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  Jazz

  Dec 2011 - Mar 2014

  My job is a mix of various activities which include but are not limited to market analysis, procurement of professional services,security ,admin. Conduct market research to identify potential vendors.Generating comprehensive RFQ/RFP in coordination with Technical & Commercial Teams & floating RFQ/RFP to prospect/approved vendor base.Obtaining quotes & making comprehensive & meaningful comparisons/scorings with initial RFQ/RFP in coordination with various internal stakeholders.Preparing logical Quotation Evaluation statements adhering to the SOPs w.r.t Technical & Commercial aspects.Negotiating with suppliers for quoted rates, making industry analysis to reach best available prices and ensure to lock in the most cost effective offers.Vendor management & Vendor Induction.Create & analyse data including market analysis as well as department and individual KPIs to represent operational performance.Responsible for raising and approving Purchase Orders under Purchasing Module of Oracle Financial.Design and maintain dashboards and various forms of visuals to ensure real time visibility for all employees about performance and status of issues and projects.Development / updating of annual procurement plan of PMCL based on approved annual budget.Responsible for all departmental reports to Parent Company and Internal Stakeholders.Hands On:Oracle FinancialMs Office Show less Preparation of procurement plan for the capital and operating expenditure related to all user departments of PMCL based on approved annual budget.Revisions to procurement plan based on forecasts and / or any other substantial circumstantial changes.Prepare procurement strategy for key supply chain domains.Conduct supplier portfolio management (comprehensive evaluation system) with the help of relevant technical and supply chain functions.Efficient, effective and economical procurement process for PMCL (objective of 10% savings annually is set).Benefit of economies of scale and create room for favorable negotiations.Employing least possible resources and arranging delivery of required goods and services in time for smooth and timely execution of the budgeted activities.Vendor management & development. Prepare vendor induction process for PMCLPayment authorization forms verifications (including all evidence in it).Preparation of annual /monthly dashboard of supply chain functions. Prepare SCM policy & procedures for PMCL.KP-I's development and monitoring .Performance measurement of supply chain domains. Show less Preparation of procurement plan for the capital and operating expenditure related to all user departments of PMCL based on approved annual budget.Revisions to procurement plan based on forecasts and / or any other substantial circumstantial changes.Prepare procurement strategy for key supply chain domains.Conduct supplier portfolio management (comprehensive evaluation system) with the help of relevant technical and supply chain functions.Efficient, effective and economical procurement process for PMCL (objective of 10% savings annually is set).Benefit of economies of scale and create room for favourable negotiations.Employing least possible resources and arranging delivery of required goods and services in time for smooth and timely execution of the budgeted activities.Vendor management & development. Prepare vendor induction process for PMCLPayment authorisation forms verifications (including all evidence in it).Preparation of annual /monthly dashboard of supply chain functions. Prepare SCM policy & procedures for PMCL. Show less

  • Procurement Executive -Supply Chain General Procurement

    Oct 2013 - Mar 2014

  • Executive Supply chain Planning & Development Finance

    Mar 2012 - Oct 2013

  • Associate (Planning & development)

    Dec 2011 - Mar 2012
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  Beaconhouse

  Mar 2014 - Mar 2019

  Assistant Manager Procurement

  To implement and execute procurement processes as per the company procurement policies & procedures. This includes the execution of procurement processes & various analysis includes spend analysis, extrapolate data from various systems and summarize it. Beside all these I am looking after the procurement of IT, Furniture, Printing stationary, Library Books & Vehicles, vendor management & vendor inductions of all sub-domains. Major projects & responsibilities:1: ELE/ETAC 2014-20152: New student furniture 2014-20153: Hyperion implementation 4: Scholarships 2014-20155: Printing stationary 2014-2015Operational responsibilities:Responsible for purchasing/procurement of IT, Furniture, Printing stationary, Library books & Vehicles nationwide.Reengineering of existing policies/procedures & Implementation of Procurement Policy/Procedures.Cost effective procurement of IT, Library, admin & security related items & timely completion of the projects.Negotiate Contracts related to the services required by IT, Administration and Security department.Responsible for developing purchasing/ procurement reports for key management reporting in order to track and manage goals.Responsible for item creation in oracle. Show less

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  Bullwhip Concepts

  Mar 2019 - now

  Managing Partner
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  Gallery One | Retail | Home Art

  May 2021 - Oct 2022

  GM Supply Chain
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  Artenirs

  Oct 2022 - now

  Co-Founder