SAP
AMAL SYED
Inventory Specialist
Dubai
Summary
Dedicated inventory professional with history of meeting company goals utilizing consistent and organized practices. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Languages
Work History
Stock Assurance Supervisor
GMG
Dubai
05.2017 - Current
- Supervise inventory control operations and teams according to established policies.
- Follow standard procedures that maximize inventory management efficiency.
- Plan, schedule, forecast and control inventory operations.
- Utilize inventory tools and systems for tracking, analyzing, auditing and reporting.
- Collaborate with cross functional teams and stake holders to implement and support initiatives to optimize inventory capabilities using best inventory management practices.
- Resolving discrepancies in stock movement & Co-ordinate with operations, brand team, distribution centers and audit team to maintain stock accuracy.
- Co-ordinate with all stake holders for reverse logistics from stores after end of season etc. to ensure a correct inventory update.
- Looking after the stocks available in UAE as well as GCC countries (warehouse and showroom level).
- Responsible for Inter branch transfer in showrooms and also transfers from Warehouses.
- Solving the product costing with the correct retail price and Qty with proper size and barcodes.
- Co-ordinate with the showroom staff for solving their system issue and stock availability.
- Co-ordinate with brand team regarding transfers and product costing issue and helping out to delete and confirming demand notes and sales order.
- Confirming GIT (Goods In transit) for LPO's (local purchase order) after getting the proper invoice from brand with correct quantity and values.
- Solving the variance issues in system for the discrepancy found during transfers.
- Generating stock, sales, GR and transfer reports from the system.
- Exceeded goals through effective task prioritization and great work ethic.
- Kept documentation and records accurate and up-to-date with latest data to prevent errors in processing or delivery.
- Utilized SAP to prepare and maintain records and reports of inventories, price lists, shortages, shipments and expenditures.
Internal Auditor
Sun and Sand Sports
Dubai
11.2009 - 05.2017
- Supervise the Operational Assurance / Audit Review - Worked on developing guideline / SOP document for conducting stock counts across Sports business.
- Prepare the Stock Reconciliations Statement and Publish the Results to Management (NIKE & SSS, CB and FOL)
- Responsible to cover 130 store locations and 10 Warehouse locations for cycle count in Sports Division
- Conduct Investigation, Prepare MIS, Conduct business discussion with the Operations Managers / Area Managers for the improvement on the shrinkage ratios
- Conduct Store Audit’s Implement review of the quality parameters across the stores during the store’s visits Identify key non-compliance in the standard process being followed Publish the Risk Results of the Stores in the form of a Report to the Audit Head and Operations Head
- Performed internal audits of financial and departmental operations, developing risk assessments and conducting process walkthrough for compliance with documented processes.
- Produced and reviewed audit reports for submission to inspector general and advised on audit recommendations and internal controls.
- Documented auditing information utilizing corporate system.
- Investigated discrepancies discovered during auditing process.
Customer Service Executive
Emirates Oil Refining Co.
Sharjah
06.2007 - 11.2009
- Employed comprehensive benchmarks to establish and monitor customer service standards.
- Provided primary customer support to internal and external customers.
- Maintained customer satisfaction with forward-thinking strategies focused on addressing customer needs and resolving concerns.
- Asked open-ended questions and researched issues in system to resolve various customer billing errors.
- Facilitate and maintain relationships between the organization and vendors/partners, negotiating contracts, creating standards for the vendors, and finding the best available vendors.
- Handle the processing of information for new vendors and integrate them into vendor system (BAAN).
- Identify possible areas of vendor risk and work to minimize that risk.
- Manage company relations with vendors and ensure they meet contract requirements
- Creating purchasing orders, arranging containers, sending BL draft and commercial invoice to shipping line (MAERSK)
Education
BBA - Business Administration
Mahatma Gandhi University
Dubai 06.2006 - 07.2009
PG Diploma - Retail Marketing
MIT Distance Learning
India 01.2019 - 02.2020
Skills
Fraud investigations
Regulations and compliance
Oral and written communications
Report preparation
Complaint resolution
Order picking and processing
Inventory counts
Order management
Database Management
Audit processes
Systems and software programs
Shipping and receiving
Stock management
Accomplishments
- Collaborated with team of Process Improvement in the atomization of excel reports.
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
- Conducted total 150 number of the stock counts reconciliations (every year)
- Prepared 100 number of the investigations / incident reports a year
- Reconciled stock count results of over AED 1.72 billion for sports market every year from 2017
Software
MS Office
Interests
Cooking
Travelling
Timeline
PG Diploma - Retail Marketing
MIT Distance Learning
01.2019 - 02.2020
Stock Assurance Supervisor
GMG
05.2017 - Current
Internal Auditor
Sun and Sand Sports
11.2009 - 05.2017
Customer Service Executive
Emirates Oil Refining Co.
06.2007 - 11.2009
BBA - Business Administration
Mahatma Gandhi University
06.2006 - 07.2009