Mohammed Bala

Experience

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  Operational department Port of Casablanca

  Mar 2010 - Jun 2010

  Internship Loading and Unloading Supervisor
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  Comanav Ferry Tangier

  Sept 2010 - Mar 2012

  Shipping operation Officer

  In this role, I navigated the ship by supervising the course and speed by pre-planned routes. I used radar and other navigational aids to determine the position, ensuring safety regulations were strictly observed and effectively coordinated with port authorities. I performed various duties including coordinating loading and unloading operations of all cargo, supervising crew members, organising safety drills and maintaining daily records in the logbook of weather conditions and interpreted charts. Show less

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  Information and Communications Technology Unit

  Mar 2013 - Feb 2014

  Information and Communications Technology Analyst
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  NASCO Group

  May 2014 - Feb 2016

  Senior Supervisor Inventory/Warehouse and Planning

  I oversaw all warehouse activities and ensured efficient processes, maximised warehouse productivity, supervised employees, and coordinated logistical activities, including receipt, storage and timely delivery, of materials, as the senior supervisor for inventory and planning. Utilising effective coordination with suppliers, I ordered supplies and maintained suitable inventory levels, ensuring adherence to basic maintenance standards and strict compliance with health and safety protocols.Key Achievements:•Established a strategic import trade and foreign supplier management with a substantial reduction in the volume of safety stock being held, with over £400,000 in cost savings.•Developed and implemented a new transportation network that enables the company to improve delivery time by 15%, increase monthly orders by 10% and improve customer satisfaction by 10%.•Leveraged existing networks and expanded others, boosting on-time delivery average by 20%.•Maintained consistent competitiveness, continually monitoring trends in the logistics market to determine rates. Show less

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  NASCO Group of Companies, No. 1 Old Airport Road Jos, Plateau State

  Mar 2016 - Jun 2021

  As the assistant procurement manager, I implemented principles and strategies for efficient, effective and sustainable supply management operations. I defined the requirements and mitigated the challenges of sourcing and procuring materials globally whilst assessing the performance of supplier management operations using standard metrics. I ensured alignment of the relative costs and benefits associated with different procurement & supply management decisions with the overall value creation strategy of the business. I maintained a state-of-the-art procurement process in acquiring the best resources while competing on cost, quality, and innovation. In addition, I ensured the uninterrupted flow of appropriate quality input most effectively and efficiently while supporting the business to achieve its overall goal. Furthermore, I determined the value required from the supplier base in terms of capabilities to provide the desired end customer value. I also identified areas for improvement to continually drive performance and business results whilst ensuring supply chain resilience and mitigating disruption in the import procurement value chain of critical inputs.Key Achievements:•Secured the approval of offshore Import Finance clean confirmation lines during dwindling FX liquidity and further streamlined the entire import procurement, international trade, and corporate financing value chain, reducing the landed cost by around 20%.•Mitigated supply risks identified by comparing stock forecasts with actual usage.•Reduced total purchasing costs through collating reliable cost-effective suppliers and efficient procurement processes implementing necessary service improvements.•Reduced total purchasing costs by 10% through collating reliable cost-effective suppliers and an efficient procurement process.•Ensured cost-effective and timely importation of equipment and machinery and raw material items via air and ocean with savings of more than 15% in the total cost. Show less To fulfil my duties and responsibilities as the procurement officer for imports and exports, I prepared and processed import and export documentation according to customs regulations, laws, or procedures. I also prepared, reviewed, and submitted documentation to regulatory agencies and departments to facilitate smooth cargo movements, reducing turn- around time by 10%. Moreover, I tracked shipments processing through customs and other agencies and obtained quick clearances with a 10% reduction in total landed cost Show less

  • Assistant Procurement Manager

    Jan 2019 - Jun 2021

  • Procurement Import-Export Officer

    Mar 2016 - Jan 2019
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  NASCO Group

  Jun 2021 - now

  Import & Treasury Manager

  As the import and treasury manager for Nasco Group of Companies, I initiate and set criteria about which value-adding project should receive investment funding and whether to finance that investment with equity or debt capital. I source appropriate, cost-effective financing instruments that best fit the company's business needs and projects and monitor and ensure effective disbursements and repayments of fixed asset capital and working-capital funding. I also manage and supervise timely project delivery, demonstrating sophisticated schedule management and reporting skills whilst negotiating and securing financing despite the company’s high debt leverage ratios. Additionally, I produce, review and submit documentation to the relevant department to facilitate smooth cargo movements. Moreover, I serve as the expert point-of-contact for internal and external questions and issues dealing with import and financing to drive consistent communication whilst administering expenditure and preventing budget overages with successful control strategies.Key Achievements:•Expertly coordinated sourcing of funding and execution of large-scale cereal expansion project worth over£9,500,000, saving the company more than £800,000 in the project cost.•Secured the approval of offshore Import Finance clean confirmation lines during dwindling FX liquidity and further streamlined the import, international trade, and corporate financing value chain, reducing the landed cost by around 20%.•Escalated and resolved an arbitrary decision by the MSC Shipping line to drop a critical shipment of 8-40ft containers at another port of call due to congestion at the final port of call, which would have translated to a massive delay in the project timeline with huge costs implication.•Effectively convinced the installation and commissioning team of a project to come to Nigeria despite the general media narration of the high insecurity level of the country. Show less