AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• ·        International Logistics
• ·        Buying/ Purchasing
• ·        Expediting
• ·        Vendor negotiations
• ·        Contracts administration
• ·        Organising Shipments
• ·        Sales Order administration
• ·        Letters of Credit handling
• ·        Customer Service
• ·        Sales Support
• ·        Operations
• ·        Invoicing

JOB ROLES
Lead Expeditor* (Weatherford Oil Tool Middle East Ltd., Dubai)

Weatherford is one of the largest global providers of products and services that span the drilling, evaluation, completion, production and intervention cycles of oil and natural gas wells.

1.      First Commercial Production (“FCP”) Garraf Field Development Project for Petronas Carigali SB (PCSB). Location- Iraq

2.      Zubair Project for ENI Iraq B.V. Dubai Branch. Location- Iraq

Key deliverables – Expediting processes and procedures, continuous follow up with internal employees, vendors, fabricators, logistics companies and Site Engineers

·  Single Expeditor for the First Commercial Production Garraf Field Development Project.

·  Continuous and constant follow-up with approximately 50-60 Suppliers on Weekly basis to assess their progress.

·  Assistance to the Document Control Department for follow-up on engineering documents, drawings and Manufacturing Data Record Books.

·  Weekly reporting on the overall Project Progress on the basis of which Planning Department outlines the future course of actions.

·  Assistance to Iraq site maintenance office for updates as well any other site deployments (equipment oriented)

·  Maintain schedules and track for progress of equipment and site progress on a regular basis.

·  Arrange and liaise with vendors for kick-off meetings and further meetings during the construction and shipping phase, as and when the need arises.

·  Support to Planning Department

·  Single point of contact – Follow up with engineers, vendors, inspectors, planners and QA/ QC. The job leaves the table only once the QA/QC releases the equipment for shipping

·  Liaise with Logistics Department to expedite and speed up the movement of Equipment ready and further organise and ensure delivery to site

·  Handle logistics procedures for shipping to Iraq

·  Cater to any requirements of the project on an Ad-hoc basis.

·  Cater to any requirements of the Client on an Ad-hoc basis.

·  Reporting hierarchy – Project Manager and Supply Chain Manager.

*Joined as Senior Expeditor in Jan 2012 and was promoted as Lead Expeditor in June 2013

Sr. Sales Administrator (ION International S.à r.l., Jebel Ali Free Zone, Dubai)

ION is a leading technology-focused seismic solutions company. Its family of companies provides advanced acquisition equipment, software and planning and seismic processing services to the global oil & gas industry.

Key deliverables – Sales Support, Contracts administration, Internal Purchases, Logistics, Invoicing, Customer satisfaction, after sales service

·  Handling the entire sales process of “Land & Marine Imaging Systems Division”(LISD and MISD).

·  Receiving enquiries from customers and providing them with quotes after consultation with Sales Manager and the relevant technical team in the US (working with multiple teams depending on product lines).

·  Administering contracts in terms of financial analysis, terms & conditions, signatures from authorized signatories and follow up with customer.

·  Liaising with the legal department to ensure contracts are “clean”.

·  Ensuring order placement and timely delivery to customer.

·  Liaise with freight forwarders for shipping cargo to end user.

·  Preparation of shipping documents for hassle free movement of goods.

·  Handling LC  shipments and documentation.

·  Invoice the customer upon delivery of goods or as per terms in the contract.

·  After sales service follow-up.

·  Timely and apt support to the sales personnel functioning across in India, Russia, China, Pakistan and Europe (work multiple time zones)

·  Reporting to US Accounts teams on monthly sales and revenue

·  Reporting hierarchy – Sales Support Manager and Global Finance Manager

Order Administrator ( Invensys Middle East, Jebel Ali Free Zone, Dubai)

Invensys is an MNC specialising in global industrial automation, controls and transportation. Basically it deals with engineering and automation related activities and support.

Foxboro, line of products, is the world’s most innovative automation and process control systems, instrumentation and service solutions. Customers rely on Foxboro for lasting resource productivity improvements and dramatic cost reductions.

Key deliverables – Purchase, negotiation, timely delivery, logistics, Invoicing, MEP, LC handling

·  Handling all Purchase and logistics activities pertaining to “Foxboro” Unit of GCC single handed.

·  Placing orders / Purchasing on-line on US Factory & also on local suppliers.(On an average 75-80 orders per month)

·  Negotiating with suppliers for better deals in terms of price, delivery & payment terms.

·  Vendor management – new and existing.

·  Handling LC shipments & LC documentation.

·  Continuous follow up with suppliers for timely delivery/ expedited delivery.

·  Raising invoices on customers .(On an average 50-60 invoices per month)

·  Liaison with U.S. Team for MEP purchases and exchanges.

·  Preparation of shipping documents for hassle free movement of material.

·  Close liaison with Project Engineers & Lead Engineers to extend full support for timely completion of projects.

·  Purchase and invoice support to offices in Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain

·  Reporting hierarchy – Supply Chain Manager & Finance Department on sales & revenue.