Waseem Ahmed Khan

Motivated Procurement and Logistics Professional bringing a 12 years carrier mix (Tanzania and India ) in Food / Commodities processing companies procurement and Logistics and corporate level management, Highly motivated Unit Head excelling in business recovery and sustainability, Skillfully reverse the direction of declining businesses through carefully analyzing and strategic planning, Uses excellent inter personal communication skills in change management and team building .
As procurement and Logistics Manager in Africa

• Identifying, exploring and finalizing vendors for all categories of material
• Negotiating with vendors for best rates and advantageous terms for procurement
• Procurement planning for all categories annual business plan, quarterly volume allocation and monthly procurement execution
• Process procurement requests of buyer as well as month-on month replenishments
• Defining specifications and quality measures for materials to be procured and drive the same across all vendors; examine existing vendors on the defined measures as well
• Tracking and reporting key procurement metrics to improve service levels and reduce expenses
• Closely coordinate with logistics, expansion and finance to ensure timely procurement and
• vendor payment as well
• Manage procurement risks through proper sourcing allocation and keeping supplier back up
• Analyse market trends to periodically revise procurement strategy in order to remain cost effective and efficient
• Managing overall procurement spend for the company and build a culture of cost consciousness through process improvement in procurement
• Generating all international documents based on country and/or customer specific requirements.
• Maintaining database of export shipments on a daily basis.
• Communicating with Tanzania government departments (Chamber of Commerce, Health Certificates. UV certificates, SGS ... ) to create and issue any required documents.
• Creating insurance certificates for all applicable shipments.
• Issuing Sight Draft documentation to facilitate customer payment.
• Providing assistance to export sales in resolving commodity, freight, accounting, financing, and other documentation issues.