About
Jahangir Mirza MCIPS
# 0044 7955 254225
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British/Pakistani citizen. Manchester. UK
PERSONAL PROFILE
I am an experienced Supply Chain Professional with over 20 years’ wide-ranging international background. I am now keen to apply for a senior management / consulting role in Pakistan, relocating for personal reasons. Extensive experience in digital transformation, department steering and overhaul in manufacturing, retail, FMCG and Pharmaceutical industry up and down the value chain. Production Planning, Forecasting, Change Management, strategic ERP sourcing and deployment projects. S&OP management, modernize workstreams, stakeholders’ management. Warehousing and logistics alignment in line with business needs. I am a confident leader capable of overcoming challenges running global projects delivering business growth with technology enhancements. Looking for roles now in Pakistan with high end consultancy and company to employ my skills.
KEY SKILLS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
· MCIPS (UK). Qualified Scrum Master (USA)/ Bachelor of Commerce (Khi)
· Able to assess situations and make difficult trade-offs achieving better results
· Equipped with good time management, forward planning and prioritizing skills
· Strong influencing skills through use of a broad range of indirect, multi-staged strategies
· Highly competent on a range of software applications and operating systems, Blue Print Business Doc
· Design/Build/Configure/UAT/ Deploy/ Hyper care/ Use cases/User Stories/Product Backlog/Regression
· Sprints/Daily scrums/Playback sessions/Dry Run/Training/Gap Analysis vs Future state/ CRP/Go live
WORK EXPERIENCE
Gilead Life Sciences Ireland/California. Jun2018 –
Supply Chain Consultant
· Lead key procurement projects from Assess, Plan, Build, Test to Deploy phase for Global Planning
· Streamline distribution metrics for key lines Ambisome to deliver sales targets for global markets plan
· Work with Site Director, Planning managers and site planners to deliver locked quarterly MPS targets
· Manage EMEA aggregate demand to yield collaboration based on 3PL/4PL planned roll out in S&OPs
· Help developing user stories for tech dev, epics, business case to further refinement of product backlog
· Classify RM sourcing, CMO compliance and FDA SOPs implementation for site QA quality standards
· Work with global IT and Kinaxis team to generate new reports/features for regional network visibility
· Implement new dashboard functionalities and exceptions for upgrade in Global procurement objectives
· Write UAT test plan for Gilead to ensure deployment in HPE ALM instance for Business process users
· Responsible for SAP MM implementation for massive Supply Chain/Cork manufacturing integrating site
Co-op Food Retail Chain, Manchester. Sep2009–Apr2018
Supply Transformation Lead
· Manage £9m buying with suppliers, merchandising and fulfilment on category promotion periods run
· Lead £3m new ERP deployment with Tata Consulting and stakeholders for nationwide supply planning
· Ensure key Supply Chain & Planning KPI positive trending for MPS, OTIF, hard inventory value costing
· Streamline delivery performance process & anticipate crisis with internal and external suppliers’ forum
· Lead seven SC Analysts team to formulate key lines category promotions product availability for estate
· Review EPOS vs. planned sales of 4000+ stores to improve forecast accuracy against sales targets
· Contribute into IT retail operations of regional and national scale to deliver projected business growth
· Led IT project “Lydia” for 3PL suppliers and toll manufacturers XFTs with layout & design workstreams
· Optimize the value of forecasting team skills by regular collaboration and coaching to achieve accuracy
· Manage toll manufacturers for own branding, costing, packaging and promotion negotiations for regions
· Ensure tech dev team understands items in line with Product Backlog to a level needed for delivery
· Ensure all the under selling and part promos incorporated in seasonal cycle and random sales pattern
Liaqat National Hospital, Karachi. Nov2006-Jun2009
Head of Supply Chain
· Guide strategic planning roadmap to LNH Executive Committee aiding supply chain operational readiness
· Steer strategic direction and lead overall global supply systems for planning, implementation and control
· Plan, coordinate and execute evaluation, acquisition, storage and financials of medical, surgical equipment
· Identify cost effective model to support business pattern, resource availability in line with customers’ needs
· Design and implement ERP integrated system for improving operational efficiency and inventory planning
· Plan and organize University wide business continuity, disaster recovery and crisis management plans
· Prepare and monitor procurement operating and capital budget for short, medium and long-term horizons
· Develop strategies for standardizing products and services across the category to address vulnerability
· Comply with quality management system of materials management local and international quality standards
· Devise an interface across Inventory Management, Nursing, Faculty and Medical ancillary stakeholders
Reckitt Benckiser Pakistan. Aug2002-Sep2006
Projects Manager. NPDs
· Strategic production planning, sourcing and supply contract negotiation to support NPD $8m spend
· Strategic production planning, Raw Materials strategic buying negotiations to support NPD $8m spend
· Employ techniques for effective sourcing management and help dev team understand the need
· Construct a feedstock regional buying plan capturing raw and packaging addressing vulnerabilities
· Develop a raw material positioning model on seasonal, cycle & random market demand pattern for SC
· Lead corporate level S&OP for new products for costing and inventory requirements and promotions
· Constantly monitor waste/scrap factor in running BOMs to improve manufacturing processes for QA
· Developed professional services supplier base to support VRP (variety reduction programme) for site
· Led a SC team of 16 strong towards ESI culture to streamline alternates and vulnerability issues
· Annual standard cost negotiation aiding PPV and supplier OTIF performance score cards for budget
· Successfully planned down and launched NPDs Disprin max, Dettol Skincare, Harpic Fresh variant
· Gain assurances around manufacturing capacities & constraints with 3PLs and Toll manufacturers
Metro Business Aviation Ltd - London. May1998-Jun2002
Supply Chain Analyst
· New supplier base development to maintain it to an economic and efficient level aiding buying strategy
· New supplier base development to maintain it to an economic and efficient level for tactical operations
· Reviewing and negotiating contractual terms and evaluating overall performance of suppliers digitally
· Standardizing activity of products and supplies achieving substitute's sources and aiding innovations
· Achieving KPIs through negotiated purchasing and economic inventory management via new metrics
· Set up supply positioning analysis to identify the product and supplier value and criticality to business
QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
· Agile projects management- Scrum Master PSMI. 2019
· MCIPS Post-Grad. Procurement & Supply Chain Management. University Of West London - 2002.
· B.Com. Bachelor of Commerce. University of Karachi - 1994.
Further Information
ERP solutions I have worked on are:
· Visio
· MS Office
· Scrum Master
· Oracle-EBS (e-business suite)
· JDE (JD Edwards)
· JIRA (Performance Tracking Application)
· KINAXIS: (MPS) Production Planning Certified
· KINAXIS: Demand Planning/Statistical Forecasting Certified
· HPE ALM (Application Lifecycle Management)
· SAP MM (Materials Management) P2P Implementation Lead
Education
Masters in Supply Chain. MCIPS
Chartered Institute Of Procurement and Supply
2002 — Present