Ashis Kumar Maity

Company Industry: One of the top three Perfume & Cosmetics manufacturer and luxury retailer in Middle East. Globally visible Brands with market presence over 25 countries.

Key Responsibilities:

- Efficient material planning to maintain required inventory level
- Inventory Management assurance through that over stocked and aged product lines are managed in a commercial manner.
- Material planning, demand stream, order forecasting,
- Monitoring product movement and ensure sufficient replenishment

Retail Operations:

- Helps stores to start operation (Selection of products, store lay-out, organization of training programs, and point of sale display material).
- Provide new outlets with guidance on targeted marketing activities, direct mail, flyer distribution etc.
- Evaluate performance of existing and new stores and merchandise programs
- Hire and train sales, clerical, administrative and operating employees as needed.
- Provide timely and accurate flow, storage of materials through receiving and warehouse function.

Landmark Group , Dubai - Retail Industry
www.cplmg.com

Company Industry:
Large format multi brand global retailer deals in fashion, lifestyle, food, home furnishing, leather, electronics, toys etc.
Group having over 950 retail stores globally across ME, Asia, India, China, Spain etc.


Career highlights:

- Start up Project :Establish logistics centre and free zone operations with initial movement of 25 FEU (20000 SKU) per day in 2008, 09
- Negotiator :Initiated various cost cutting measures. Implemented multiple UAE distribution and port operations in 09, resulted operations efficiency and cost savings of over AED 5 millions PA.
- Insurance :Initiated claim filing and procedural changes across group resulted speedy settlement and recovery, added some AED 2 million revenue to the coffer.
- Quality Assurance :Process owner of ISO 9001,14001 and OHSAS (ISO 18001), Quality & process development and Improvement

KRA / Logistics functions:

- Oversee daily logistics operations, warehousing & local transportation operations
- System and control process, improve productivity, quality and operations efficiency.
- Reverse logistics, return of goods, pallet pulling
- Management of freight, periodic review of 3PL's infrastructure and performance
- Contract management of the regional hub & logistics sites,

Warehouse Operations:

- Monitor, manage and audit 3PL performance, contract negotiations by mutually agreed KPI
- Periodical stock-take in stores and warehouses.
- Tracking of stock movement , WMS systems , Inventory of materials
- Space allocation ,transport operations, maintenance of equipment and machinery
- Assist in new Warehouse and store openings

Business strategies:

- Report and assist the Logistics team to challenge ,improve, review and control of operations
- Bridge between the logistics and commercial teams to achieve agreeable services level, cost and target
- Manage the operations budget and P/L account.
- Responsible for hub capacity forecasting and planning,
- Act as the project manager for country specific supply chain implementation activities

Generic Responsibilities:

- Prepare shipment tracking status update for all GCC shipments
- Handle customs declarations for inbound and outbound shipments
- Follow up and renewal of import & export licenses / permits
- Environment, health and safety compliance (EHS), Insurance recovery process
- Recruit and retain talent by providing challenging environment and training programs.