Akram Khan

• Maintain a friendly and professional relationship with vendors while promoting company initiatives and values. • Research and seek out the most cost-efficient shipment procedures and methods • Organize and oversee inventory by keeping a detailed database of available inventory and expected usage per project • Research partner companies and seek to negotiate best-price contracts to increase business revenue • Plan and implement logistical strategy, ensuring targets are met • Coordination related to Import Shipment with supplier around the globe and forwarders. • Good understanding of shipping incoterms • Opening Letter of Credits and processing all related documentation • Maintaining the shipping log, submitting reports on shipments as required by the management. • Coordinate and follow up with bank on L/C documents and payments to suppliers • Providing shipping instruction to non LC suppliers • Accepting bank intimation of shipping documents with discrepancies if any. • Providing Bank Shipping guarantee to forwarder if the documents are delayed by suppliers. • Ensuring timely receipt of proper documents. • Follow up with suppliers for documents (invoice, packing list, bill of lading, C/O) and providing the same to the clearing department for goods clearance. • Providing expense details of shipment to accounts department to prepare cost sheet and checking the same. • Preparing evaluated freight value report of different forwarders, and nominating the forwarder of lowest rate from different destination. • Preparing division department vise report of shipments as per each month. • Distributing the shipments to three different warehouses in UAE, as per company requirement. Keeping track of the shipment. • Compare and evaluate offers from suppliers • Negotiate contract terms of agreement and pricing • Prepare reports on purchases, including cost analyses • Coordination with transporter related to Import and Export shipments