Suranga Chamara Welagedara
Assistant Manager -Warehouse Operations at Ali Bin Ali Logistics- Claim this Profile
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English Full professional proficiency
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Sinhala Native or bilingual proficiency
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Hindi Limited working proficiency
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Experience
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ALI BIN ALI
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Qatar
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Retail
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700 & Above Employee
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Assistant Manager -Warehouse Operations
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Jul 2011 - Present
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NMK Holdings Private Limited
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Sri Lanka
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Food and Beverage Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Operations Manager
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Oct 2010 - Jun 2011
Highlights : Ensure that products are produced on time and are of good quality and maintaining efficiency and effectiveness of human resources and materials. Upgraded the productivity and minimized labor cost by 5% of the workforce by analyzing figures and trends over strategic workforce planning, performance management, to benefits administration. Monitoring the production processes and adjusting schedules as needed and being responsible for the selection and maintenance of equipment Monitoring product standards and implementing quality-control programmes and building solid relationship and liaising among different departments Scheduling employees, truck drivers, arranging drop offs and deliveries and collecting of Acknowledgement copies. Evaluating existing distribution procedures and reducing costs by implementing modern methods and strategies to streamline distribution processes Motivating/Team Building and providing required Feed Back and allocating them correct development programmes to staff according to PMS goals. Negotiated with carriers, warehouse operators and insurance company representatives for services and preferential rates to control the departmental budget Focus on continuous improvement (KAIZEN) and implementing/practicing, productivity and quality management tools (TQM -5S, HK) to improve overall performance levels. Direct Reports to Factory Manager and dot reporting to Group General Manager Team : +150 Show less
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Coastline Hardware
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Maldives
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Stores & Workshop Manager
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Jan 2010 - Aug 2010
Highlights : Analyzed and interpreted store trends to facilitate planning and create weekly and monthly reports and presentations for management team. Overlooked 5 Hardware warehouse (10000 sqft x 5) and 3 retail stores in terms of inventory control, cash control and store opening and closing procedures to controlled stock loss and enforcing clear security policies. Initiated workflow processes, monitored/evaluated daily productivity and implemented modifications to increased overall performance of personnel. Fulfilling objectives and achieving set goals of the company and controlling the operational cost and stick to agreed budget. Responding to and dealing with customer communication by email and telephone. Also scheduling meeting with customers to analyze, improve the service level. Create, develop and monitor SOPs, SOIs to improve the productivity and quality of the operation as well as easy understanding for the co workers. Communicated corporate objectives across divisions through regular correspondence and scheduled status updates and managed store employees successfully in fast-paced environment. Controlled over 30000 SKUs in different type of business (Hardware/l/Tiles and Sanitary items) Producing regular reports and statistics on a weekly and monthly basis; briefing and updating team leaders and the team on a daily/weekly basis. Direct Reports to Group General Manager, dot reporting to Group Director Team :+250 Show less
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The Hayleys Group (Hayleys PLC)
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Sri Lanka
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Wholesale Import and Export
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300 - 400 Employee
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Executive Operations
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Dec 2004 - Dec 2009
Highlights : Plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the operations of the 3PL organization Set operations policies and standards, including determination of safety procedures for the handling of dangerous goods, and ensure compliance with transport regulations Built and strengthened relationships across functional leadership areas to keep revenue development and operational plans interconnected and effective. Applied innovations to develop organization process and strategic implementation skills to lead and support all areas of operations. Supervised cross-functional and logistics solutions team to drive team engagement and keep members on course to achieve demanding company targets. Organized records of vehicles, schedules and completed orders and researched distance, traffic patterns and other aspects to determine cost-effective and productive routes for deliveries. Controlled over 20000 SKUs in different type of business (FMCG/Non FMCG/Lubricant/Project Cargo) Maintaining standards of health and safety, hygiene and security in the work environment to sustain quality standards and monitoring there documentation process. Checking, verifying procurement/purchasing records and handling quotations and meeting new suppliers to create strong supplier source for the organization. Supervising, training and hiring of employees to work in the warehouse either as laborers, MHE operators, clerks or inventory control personnel. Direct Reports to Head of Strategic Business Unit Team : +115 Show less
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Education
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Birmingham City University
Master's degree -
International University of Integration of Latin America
Master’s Degree -
Westford School of Management
Post Graduate Diploma -
Universidad 'San Juan de la Cruz'
Bachelor’s Degree -
National Institute of Business Management
Advanced Diploma in Logistics Management -
National Institute of Business Management
Diploma in Supplies & Materials Management -
Technical Educational Institute of Sri Lanka
Certificate in Building Construction & Architectural Daraughtmanship -
Technical Educational Institute of Sri Lanka
Diploma in Computer Programming -
Carey College Colombo
High School -
Sir Baron Jayathilaka Vidyalaya
G.C.E. Ordinary Level