HOUSE 45, STREET 3-EDEN PALACE VILLAS

LAHORE, PAKISTAN

IRFAN AHMAD
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Cell: +923008732606 Skype: irfan2606
E-mail: irfanom@gmail.com Zoom: urfi4you@gmail.com

OBJECTIVE
To leverage my 20 years of experience in supply chain, logistics, and distribution to obtain a
leadership role that utilizes my expertise in optimizing operational efficiency, managing inventory,
and developing strategies to drive business growth. I aim to collaborate with cross-functional teams
to identify opportunities to reduce costs, increase productivity, and enhance the overall
performance of the organization.
ACHIEVEMENTS
1. 65 vans upgraded at Dawn Bread to ship more volume at 15% low cost.
2. Reduced maintenance cost by 3% at Dawn Bread for a fleet of 300 plus vehicles.
3. Developed new vendors for the procurement of flour at 10% reduced cost.
4. Developed 3 cross docking hubs leading to saving of approx. Rs. 1.5 million per month.
5. Lead end to end implementation of SAP Material Management at Abudawood Pakistan along
with leading its phase 2 for new modules.
6. Launched Just in time (JIT) inventory model for Procter & Gamble / IBL resulting in reduced
inventory down from 78 Days to 35 & with increased availability. 61% to 90%.
7. Revamped ordering & inventory management process leading to over 90% order fulfilment
(OFR) – objective over delivered by 18%
8. Plugged in all gaps at BigBird Foods leading to savings in inventory losses, frauds, pilferage etc. –
on an average saving 1 million per month.
9. Effective storage planning at Big Bird Foods helped save 4 Million / month on 3PL cold storage.
10. Moved biggest warehouse of Abudawood in Lahore in upgraded facility at reduced cost without
compromising distribution operations.

EXPERTISE
Distribution Operations
Project Management
Facility Management
Budgeting & Cost Control
SAP Material Management
Value Stream Mapping Inventory Management.
Logistics Planning Capacity Planning
Objection handling. Vendor Management
Supply Planning. Business Continuity Planning.
ERP implementation Sales Execution

EXPERIENCE
Regional Head Supply Chain Operations – Burque Corporation
February 2022 to present
 Leading supply chain operations of Burque Corporation for Shan Foods, Loreal, Ismail
Industries, Shell Pakistan, Food Valley and Fine Corp. from order to delivery of finished
products at retail shelf of highly diversified portfolio.
 Leading operations across Punjab and KPK through 14 different branches.
 Leading new business SC side for new companies like Pepsi, Kolson, 3M, IFFCO etc.

Entrepreneur – Malik Cattle & Dairy Farms

October 20221 to present
 Founded company which specializes in livestock to meet growing demands of milk and
meat.
 Conducted a business plan and strategy, developed business model and participated in all
aspects of the business development.
 Recruited and trained all new personnel to ensure they are able to handle day to day
operational requirements. Generated employment for the local people.

Head of Supply Chain Management – Dawn Bread

February 2020 to September 2021
 Leading outbound supply chain of Dawn Bread from production floor to delivery of
finished products at retail shelf of highly perishable portfolio with 5 days shelf life.
 Leading Logistics operations managed with over 400 vehicle dedicated multiple size fleet
spread at 23 distribution centers across Pakistan.
 Planning, management, coordination and evaluation of all logistics activities related to
process management in the logistics chain
 Developed new vendors for flour sourcing resulting in better availability and reduced cost.

Head of Supply Chain Management – Interwood Mobel

February 2019 to December 2019
 Lead end to end supply chain for Interwood Mobel from sourcing of raw material, to
delivery of finished products to clients.
 Lead departments like 1. Supply Chain Planning 2. Material requirement Planning MRP. 3.
Order Management 4. Stores and Warehouse including custom bonds. 5. Inventory &
Logistics Management.
 Lead organization changeover from manual ordering to SAP MRP driven ordering for over
1200 finished goods and over 6000 raw items both from in house production to imports.
 Lead supply side of e-commerce at Interwood.

Head of Supply Chain Pakistan – BigBird Foods

June 2017 to February 2019
 Lead end to end supply chain for BigBird foods from sourcing of ingredients, packaging raw
material, finished goods cold stores, cold chain, 3rd party facilities and ensuring delivery to
end customer of a temperature sensitive frozen & chilled products.
 Lead supplies to customers like McDonalds, KFC, Pizaz Hut in Pakistan.
 Lead organization for new facilities, fleet, systems and human resources deployment to
handle ever changing business environment to be ready to support growing business.
 Lead process revamping to identify and remove inefficiencies

ABUDAWOOD PAKISTAN (www.pk.abudawood.com)

Regional Manager – (June 2008 – June 2016)
 Lead Sales delivery operations, capacity, and capability, new initiatives for for inception of
new businesses, structure, warehousing methodology, fleet and human resources.
 Value Creation: Effective sourcing, negotiations, substitution of vendors and working
capital savings to maximize profitability. Overall savings of Rs.15m – delivered in 2015-16.
 Vendor Management: Vendor introduction, audits, compliance to terms & conditions.
 Operations cost reduced in Lahore region by 9% - in absolute term it was less than last FY.
 Sales Administration: Back-end order processing and invoicing activities, including posting
customer discounts and incentives. Overall value of transactions amounting to Rs.10 bn
 Logistics: Managing receipt of materials from suppliers/ principals and dispatch to 12,000
customers regionally, through an effective network of suppliers, transporters, Contractors.
 Warehousing: Maintaining 09 warehouses compliant with HSE standards. Monitoring stock
levels, warehousing processes and activities (FIFO, stock issue, receipt and dispatch, stock
returns, damage claims, IRAs, Cycle Counts)
 Identified, finalized and negotiated new warehouse for Lahore at 10% less cost and moved
from old concrete structure to a modern pre-fab modular & racked facility.
  Improved product availability across region by 3% with strategic inventory planning.
 Budgeting: Responsible for all budgeting activities for the region with allocation of
resources for every cost center including variance analysis.
 Improved global customer like Metro and Carrefour service level by 4%.
 Led successful implementation of SAP material management and production planning
modules
 Leading SAP new module development including transportation management, warehouse
management etc.

IBL Regional Operations Manager (Procter & Gamble) (Feb 02-June08)

 Double Headed Multan and North Operations from August 2007, June 2008.
 Responsible for all aspects of operations and supply management in the region.
 Responsible to implement Integrated Distributor System (IDS) in the region, which helped
reduce out of stocks throughout the distribution chain.
 Adjusting inventory targets to cater for supply constraints on any particular product.
 Responsible to assign target inventory days for different location and maintenance of safety
stocks to avert any potential Out of stocks.
 Responsible for Order planning and development of delivery processes for the designated
areas.

Pepsi Cola Bottlers - Naubahar Bottling Company Gujranwala ( Oct 2000 – July 2001)
 Responsible for Competitive Market positioning and analysis of Market trends.
 Defining New opportunities for growth
 Identifying threats which company may face in future and providing recommendation to
minimize impact.
PROJECTS

Team Leader – SAP Phase 2.

February 2013 Lead multi-function team of professionals for addition of multiple modules like WMS, TPVM
etc. With specific focus on growing business needs.
March 2013 Business Disaster Recovery and Continuity Planning (BCP & DR)
Working as Supply Chain team lead on this project which include
 Developed contingency plans to minimize impact in “not a business as usual situation”.
 Inventory of business critical processes
 Definition of business interruption limit & RTO (recovery time order) for each process
 Risk assessment for each process
 Business continuity plans for each process
 Emergency alternate procedure
 Defining unmitigated business risk

SAP Implementation in Pakistan

Nov 2008 - Dec
2009 Worked as business process owner (BPO) for MM & PP in Istanbul – Turkey (November 08-
May 09) with Elsys Technologies for the implementation of SAP in Abudawood Pakistan.
Identified CWPs and defined their work flows. Tested System to fit into business process & help
corporate procurement in setting authorization matrix.
Trained Organization on New ERP. ( May 09 – August 09)
SAP GO Live September 2009 ( Had been nominated by SAP to be a Global Success Story)
Capacity Expansion at IBL with Year 2010 business in Focus
October 2006
Worked on development of a new Distribution Center for north business along with integration
of Gillette integration into the current structure. Developing company business contingency plan
until commissioning of new facility. Had also planned the expansion of regional distribution
setups in South. With a Focus on the Logistics revamping in the country to facilitate growing
business and to ensure 100% delivery reliability.
June 2003 – Project Renaissance – Distributor Revamping and Process Re-Engineering
Worked as part of project team which brought revolution in the way IBL-P&G were operating.
December 2004
Basic business model was changed and concept of zero day inventory was implemented. New
Standard Operating processes were deployed. This helped reduce national inventory by 78
million. In terms of Inventory days it brought down national inventory from 78 days cover to 35
days cover with really positive impact on availability which soared to 93% from 72%. It also
contributed positively to overall financial liquidity of the organization hence having a positive
impact on profitability.

EDUCATION
1998 – 2000 MBA Marketing
Islamia University Bahawalpur

1995 - 1997 B.A History and Economics

Govt. College Multan

TRAININGS
 Lean Warehousing and Distribution Operations by Marcus Evans – Dubai ( January
20-21, 2014)
 Procter & Gamble Quality Assurance Key Elements Certified Professional.
 Professional training on Business Continuity Management System BS 25999.
 Attended Abudawood Coaching School – Building Organization by coaching teams
on building soft & Functional / Technical skills to Gold Standard.
 Attended Technical training on Supply Chain Core Operations Reference Model
 Attended technical training on Project Management, System Design, Blue Printing & SAP
system by Elsys Technologies at Istanbul Turkey
 Training on Supply chain management Fundamentals at PIMS.
 Training on Building Customer Relations.
 Attended Procter and Gamble Operations Manager Colleges 1 & 2
 Training on Organizational Change Management (OCM) by SAP Turkey @ Istanbul.