Curriculum Vitae Shaukat Ali

Personal Information

Name: First: Shaukat Last: Ali

Current Address: 14 Petworth Gardens
London SW20 0UH
Mobile: 07903 691670
Home: 02082413128
e-mail: shaukatpcl@hotmail.com
Date of Birth: 31st Dec 1969
Nationality: Pakistani
Marital Status: Married
Work eligibility: Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP)

Objective

To get a challenging job in an organization that offers a competitive environment,

demands excellence in performance, and provides opportunities for professional growth
based on the individual’s merit, performance and capabilities.

Profile

A Procurement Professional with extensive hands on Industrial Purchasing within

complex, rapidly changing, cost conscious environments. A self motivated
individual with proven ability to work within manufacturing environment, whilst
developing strong relationship with vendors / suppliers in the implementation and
enhancement of outsourcing programmes. Accustomed to managing all levels of
expenditure, utilizing best practice methods, management of negotiations,
monopoly breaking, contract formation, implementation and category
management, vendors/ supplier appraisal schemes, forward scheduling, hands-on
knowledge of spread sheet, Electronic Purchasing System (UK), SAP, Oracle
(SQL, PL/SQL, Developer 6i) and the management of procurement operations.

Current Post

Customer Assistant Checkouts / Assistant W.H (Tesco Stores Limited-UK)

Oct 04 to-date
Duties and Responsibilities
Key responsibilities include:-
Dealing with customers at Customer Service / Floor / Checkouts
Maintaining ECOH
Central warehouses
To supervise Splitting of Mixed Cages
Distribution of materials

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Despatch of all back stock materials

Maintaining promotion ends
Monitoring staff members

Career History

Buyer / Purchasing Assistant (UK) (Texcel Technology / Lee Crossing)

Sep 2007 / Dec
2007
Duties and Responsibilities

• Communication with suppliers, Online competitive purchasing.

• Maintaining of records using spread sheet / database software ensuring accuracy of
all data.
• Co-ordination with stores ensuring material received as per requirement.
• Ensuring availability of material required for a particular project and reporting to
Line Manager
• Fleet / Vehicle management with regard to maintenance, MOT & TAX.

Material Manager (Pioneer Cables Limited-Pakistan)

Feb 02 to April 04
Duties and Responsibilities

• As a departmental Head / key Member of the management team responsible for

procurement of goods related to production, electrical, mechanical, electronics,
packaging, maintenance / service products.
• Responsible for developing and presenting possible changes to policies and
procedures to the organisation’s directorate for approval that would better support
the procurement process.
• Focussing on efficient and cost effective methods.
• Facilitating team meetings, 1 to 1’s as well as participating and taking the lead in
inter-department meetings / meetings with Directors at Head Office.
• Leading the team for ISO and internal Audits.
• Placement of Purchase Requisitions to Head Office and ensuring 100% availability
of all ingredients and packaging to meet production plan, whilst keeping waste to
minimum.
• Ensuring delivery dates on the system are accurate and updated where applicable by
the supply controllers.
• Responsible for providing (in conjunction with production / technical manager)
short and the long term requirements in respect of materials and services.
• Ensuring that material of the required quantity is received on time at optimum total
acquisition cost to the company.
• Resolve any invoice queries with vendors / suppliers ensuring that prompt payments
are made to enable strong customer relation and prompt delivery.
• Maintaining of all operational records and reporting to General Manager / Chief
Executive.

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Considerable Achievements

Implementation of new systematic / methodical strategies with regard to maintaining of

buffer stock of raw material in order to fulfil the requirement of the production
department with the co-ordination of Sales department for achieving targeted
production.

• Introduced new formats / spread sheets for maintaining records for daily basis
consumption of raw material, wastages (particular material / machine) during
production, finished goods in stock as well as for despatch – Reduced wastages of
materials by 25% to 35%.

• Introduced and implement systems with regard to transportation for in-time delivery
of goods to valued customers as well as to utilize full load of vehicle provided by
the transporters – Reduced annual transportation expenses by 25%.

• Introduced new / leading and competitive suppliers for the main costly packing
material in order to break monopoly of the existing supplier as well as to develop
challenging environment for all the suppliers with regard to supply of material of
the best quality on the lowest possible prices – Reduced annual expenses by 35%
to 40%.

• Implementation of proper maintaining of Bin Card system in the engineering store,

computerised monthly inventory report in order to analyse expenses of each
department as well as for ISO and Internal Audits. FIFO System in the raw
material store with regard to produce quality products for the kind satisfaction of
Quality Control Department and to minimise wastages in order to get maximum
percentage of margin of profit.

Career Break June 01 to Jan 02

Studies (first two semesters) Master of Science in Information Technology.

Career History - Continued

Purchase Officer / Manager (Pioneer Cables Limited-Pakistan)

June 94 to May 01
Duties and Responsibilities

• Engaged as a departmental head of the company’s purchasing function to pro-

actively manage the procurement of portfolio of goods and services and the related
procurement activities.
• Responsible for all inventory, supply and control issues arising, to train, mentor and
leading a dynamic team of supply controllers ensuring that they achieve specific
goals with relation to revenue and margin whilst making certain inventory exposure
is minimised thus achieving set bottom line profitability goals.

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• Commodity management of a portfolio of products and services. Database of

product, vendors / supplier and market information to meet the objective.
• Building strong internal and external working relationship.
• Supplier Selection, evaluation and development to ensure the current and future
needs of the company are cost effectively achieved.
• Manage the interface between supplier and the supply chain project and
manufacturing management team to ensure that all deliverables are to schedule,
within cost and acceptable for purpose.
• Adherence to a sample request system, negotiate request for quotations and
purchase orders with the vendors / suppliers ensuring business ethics are maintain at
all times.
• To manage the return of product / stock due to rejection.
• Ensure that all technical and commercial contractual obligations are met in
accordance with customer and company objectives.
• Coordination with sales department regarding the availability and delivery dates of
stock items in order to maximise sales potential.
• Travel to a supplier site either as schedules or when circumstances dictate.
• Communication / meetings with engineers, plant manager as well as general
manager.
• Maintaining of all operational records and reporting to General Manger / Chief
Executive.

Considerable Achievements

• Implement / introduced Self Processing System for off-set, Screen, Block, etc
printing of 200 to 250 printing products– Reduced annual expenses by 100% to
400%.

• Direct purchasing of material (M.S, S.S, C.I, Fibre, Teflon, Nylon, etc) for
fabrication jobs to get authentic quality product within required time period, to
minimise the cost and to avoid loss of production due to late / inferior quality
material supply on higher prices – Reduced annual expenses by 100% to 150%.

• Development of market credits, build up and maintaining of company’s goodwill in

order to get maximum amount of supply on credit basis with time period (60 days)
and to avoid cash payments that may cause any incident. .

• Introduction of leading suppliers of competitors in order to break monopoly of the

existing supplier for getting quality materials on competitive prices. Monitoring
supplier services– Reduced annual expenses by 20% to 40%.

Purchase Officer (Bawany Metals Limited-Pakistan)

April 91 to April 94
Duties and Responsibilities

• As a Purchase Officer with Bawany Metals Limited (Sister Concern Company of

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Pioneer Cables Limited) responsible for managing a diverse range of goods and
services related to production, electrical, mechanical, electronics, general and
packaging departments.
• Focussing on efficient and cost effective methods, defining (in conjunction with
manger coordination / director) the short and long term requirements for the plant.
• Building strong mutual relationship with vendors / suppliers and the production
team.
• Regular and scheduled reviews with vendors / suppliers by telephone or in face to
face meetings either at company’s site, the supplier’s site or other agreed location.
• Meetings with engineers, selection & evaluation of vendors / suppliers, negotiations
for competitive prices, placement of purchase orders, expediting of critical
requirements and ensuring 100% in time deliveries of all ingredients at plant.
• Communication with the engineers, plant manager and reporting to the Director.
• Maintaining of records ensuring accuracy of all data.

• Considerable Achievements

• Successfully introduced and develop best practice purchasing processes and

procedures based on the organisation’s audit and internal policies.
• Implement / introduced Self Processing System for off-set printing of 25 to 50
printing products– Reduced annual expenses by 100% to 150%.
Reduce rogue buying by 50% and low value ordering by 25%.
Direct purchasing of material for fabrication jobs to get authentic quality products as
well as to ensure in time deliveries-Reduced annual expenses by 100% to 150%.

Purchase Officer (Stereo Electronics-Pakistan)

Feb 89 to March
91
Duties and Responsibilities

As a Purchase Officer with Stereo Electronics (An Indenting Company) responsible for
purchasing all materials with regard to electrical / electronics components for
manufacturing of PCB’s and electrical / electronic products at most competitive prices
and are of the required quality. Review of supplier terms and conditions, ensuring
payments are met against supply of materials. Coordination with operational staff to
correct any errors identified.

Considerable Achievements
• Maintain stock levels and ensure accuracy of stock.
• No loss of production due to unavailability of the required material.
• Proper record keeping of all the receipt and issue of material.

Education and Qualifications

Oxford College of Management Studies (UK) 2004 - 2005
Diploma in Business Administration

ORASOFT Training Institute (Pakistan) 2003 - 2004

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O.C.P. (SQL, PL /SQL, DEVELOPER 6i)

Sage Line 100 , MRP

Preston Institute of Management Science and Technology (Pakistan) 2001 - 2003

Master of Science in Information Technology

University of Karachi (Pakistan) 1988 -

1990
Bachelor of Commerce

Premier College Karachi (Pakistan) 1986 - 1987

Higher Secondary Certificate (Commerce)

Bright Future School (Pakistan) 1984 - 1985

Secondary School Certificate (Science)

Membership

The Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply

NOTE: ALL QUALIFICATIONS ARE VERIFIED BY UK NARIC

Linguistic Capabilities
Can speak, read and write English fluently. (IELTS – 7 band, 2004)

Personal Interests

Enjoy travelling and different cultures, listening music, playing drums.

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