Kal Singh

Kal Singh

Logistics Planner SE

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  • About me

    UK Project Manager at Everythings 13

  • Education

    • Kingston University

      2004 - 2007
      Bachelor of Arts (BA) Accounting and Business/Management 2:2
  • Experience

    • CEMEX

      Oct 2007 - Jun 2010
      Logistics Planner SE

      • Manage key accounts within South East region• Watch over critical issues or orders and effectively liaise with internal and external departments to ensure smooth running of daily operations• Plan delivery schedules of vehicles for entire South East region• Maximise cost effectiveness of delivery using own fleet, primary hauliers and secondary (external) hauliers• Enquiry management and sales, such as advising clients technical information and advise them on different market prices• Liaise with the technical team and sales team to provide customer with a workable product Show less

    • Imtech ICT

      Jul 2010 - Dec 2013
      Project Office Coordinator

      Key Roles & Responsibilities:• Identify and track any perceived project risks, escalate to Project Manager and whereappropriate, solve the issue• Track project changes and raise issues to relevant parties, across multiple projects• Ensure projects are running to schedule by planning, engaging and scheduling various aspects of the project; purchasing, resource planning, migration issues, third party consultancy• Ensure any pre-requisites and technical information requests are completed• Liaise with relevant third parties to ensure work is scheduled and completed to specificationand on time• Hold weekly reviews with aligned Sales Account Managers to discuss any issues with current and historic transactions and assess likely demands in forecast transactions• Build and maintain open and honest relationships with customers, ensuring they have a constant line of communication throughout the Project timelineAchievements:• Played large role in the delivery, implementation, administration and project resource on a record breaking deal for Imtech ICT; £7m in Sept. 2011• Worked through several large deals in Quarter 4 of 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. Deals varied in revenue from £50k - £500k. These deals were processed simultaneously and varied in nature of requirement for end user• Handled a prerequisite licence issue in where IBM inventory was incorrect. After clearing the licence issue, we won a deal for £100k Show less

    • CSI Ltd (Computer Systems Integration Ltd)

      Dec 2013 - Dec 2014
      Procurement Officer

      Key Roles & Responsibilities:• Work with Account Managers and Project Managers ensuring all orders comply with internal controls, external pricing agreements and other specific documentation as may be required• Establish and maintain excellent customer relationships to facilitate the projects and managecustomer expectations• Purchasing hardware/ software, either for internal use or as part of external project• Negotiate with key suppliers to ensure maximum profit is achieved on each project/ deal• Processing Sales Orders for customers. Generate Purchase Orders, Sales Orders and Sales Invoices • Maintaining all orders conform to audit procedures • Managing the logistics regarding products delivered into the end userAchievements:• Negotiated the purchase of 25 Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Tablets for the Sales Division• Since June 2014, was responsible for 95% of internal purchases• Built and maintained new relationships with new key suppliers Show less

    • Everythings 13

      Dec 2015 - now
      UK Project Manager

      • Member of Senior Management Teams in UK, Canada and Australia• Managing between 7 and 12 team members across four departments• Management of internal and external stakeholder relationships during the project lifecycle• Ensuring that every project is managed within financial budgets and on time• Project governance in the form of facilitated, periodic conference calls and project meetings• Providing timely milestone documents in the form of project plans and/or reports (standard and customised)• Support transition – responsible for the smooth transition from project into BAU departments• Lessons learned log – a critical deliverable on any project• Experience in creating comprehensive statements of work for all elements of the project• Project Forecasting and WIP (work in progress) review • Documentation governance – responsible for ensuring high quality standards and consistency across the Charity • Logistics, including event management• Third Party / Consultancy Management• Quarterly Employee Reviews Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • PRINCE2 Practitioner & Foundation

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Events Assistant

      Issued by Everythings 13 on Jul 2012
      Everythings 13Associated with Kal Singh