Experience

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  Marcan Pharmaceuticals Inc.

  • Ottawa

  • Sr. Manager - BI and Materials

    • Aug 2014 - Present
    • Ottawa

    • Responsible for inventory performance, SIOP (Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning) process and timely procurement for over 800 SKU for 3 internal sites and 7 customers.• Manage lead times by monitoring escalations from for each stage from planning through component procurement and production to logistics and delivery to customer.• Lead bi-weekly discussions with suppliers\ customer\ internal business units to prioritize, allocate, escalate and communicate.• Manage product costing for existing and proposed products under complex sourcing agreements.• Project Owner for SAP (MM) implementation to integrate sourcing for all internal sites.• Supervise Business Intelligence projects for Sales and Supply chain functions and regular weekly/monthly reporting on KRA matrix for sales and supply chain functions.• Responsible for projects such as Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) with key customers, 3PL warehouse and Suppliers, Demand and Supply Management automations, Document Management related automation to support rapid growth.

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  EduAce Ontario Inc

  • Ottawa, Canada

  • Business Manager

    • Sep 2013 - Jul 2014
    • Ottawa, Canada

    Founded and progressed viable businesses in multiple areas :• Supplementary Education Center• Web design and development business• Designing e-learning portals and training material

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  Acer

  • Taiwan
  • Computer Hardware Manufacturing
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Sector Program Manager - Education - Middle East and Africa

    • Jan 2010 - Jul 2013

    • Worked with cross functional teams to grow a new vertical to US$10+ million in 3 years. • Acted as project manager for a large project involving Networking, LMS, K12 3D simulators, Projectors, Interactive Whiteboards and Tablets 240 classes with 6,000 users.

  • Country Manager-Africa/Pakistan/CIS

    • Mar 2006 - Jan 2010

    • Started as Country Manager for East Africa (2006) and took additional responsibility: 2007 - West and Central Africa; 2008 – Pakistan and Afghanistan; 2009- 7 CIS countries.• Recruited, trained and mentored a team of 8 sales persons and 4 support staff.• Received number of recognitions for helping grow the region from $3.5mto $13m mainly by streamlining and mixing air/sea shipments from China, India, Europe and Middle East to Africa.• Managed subcontractors and certified partners to execute 3 complex projects (over $3m).• Recruited authorised warranty support partners in 13 countries to create a service network.• Managed over $50m in average inventory for finished products and bill of material components.

  • Channel Manager, Middle East and Africa

    • Mar 2004 - Mar 2006

    • Managed requirements reporting and several million $ finished product inventory for over 10 distributors in the region. Planned and implemented monthly ageing inventory liquidation.• Assured adherence to timely reporting and also authorized returns, while staying within budgets.• Managed system analysis, design, development and testing of a CRM and reporting system that was tightly linked to lotus notes mail system.• Supervised an 8-seat call center with French, English, Arabic, Turkish and Russian speaking agents covering sales and technical support for Middle East, Turkey, Africa, CIS and Pakistan countries.

  • Corporate Accounts Manager – UAE

    • Mar 2002 - Mar 2004

    • Managed costing for bid pricing, inventory and aging for corporate partners in the country• Managed Service contracts and customized product order fulfillment process for over several hundred server clusters for 2 large end users Etisalat-Telco and Emirates-National Airlines.• Part of multifunctional team for system analysis, design and development of Acer Global ERP system (now being used worldwide for managing a revenue of over 10 billion $)• Honoured as outstanding contributor for consistently exceeding performance standards

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  Seven Seas Computers

  • Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)

  • Purchase Manager

    • Apr 1999 - Feb 2002
    • Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)

    • Managed vendor relationships, negotiations and purchasing from Hewlett Packard (HP), Microsoft and Epson and key business metrics reporting to both inside and outside stakeholders• Extensive involvement in pricing for large tenders, preparing price-list

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  Apple Industries Ltd

  • Jaipur, Rajasthan State, India

  • Branch Manager

    • Oct 1996 - Dec 1998
    • Jaipur, Rajasthan State, India

    • Organized first Auto show (now an annual event), this resulted in market leadership in first year of operation in the city.• Successfully established 3 branches in the region, with a total of 12 employees.

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  Anagram Finance Limited

  • Udaipur City, Rajasthan State, India

  • Branch Manager

    • Aug 1995 - Oct 1996
    • Udaipur City, Rajasthan State, India

    Performed supervision of accounts, credit process and collections

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  SRF Limited

  • Jaipur City, Rajasthan State, India - SRF Finance Ltd

  • Account Manager

    • Nov 1994 - Aug 1995
    • Jaipur City, Rajasthan State, India - SRF Finance Ltd

    Responsible for sales, credit appraisals, brokers and commission agents.