Aimun Varind, Supply Acquisition Manager, SWVL

Aimun Varind

Supply Acquisition Manager, SWVL

SWVL

Location
Pakistan - Karachi
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accounting and finance
Experience
11 years, 1 Months

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Total years of experience :11 years, 1 Months

Supply Acquisition Manager, SWVL at SWVL
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • My current job since August 2021

https://www.linkedin.com/in/aimun-varind-5bb4b078/

● Setting up direct and indirect channels for fleet acquisition like referrals, vendors, street teams and conducting on
ground marketing activities like flyering, onboarding fairs etc
● Setting targets and OKRs for the team and setting up a process to engage with the vendors and suppliers to get
the ground pulse on a regular basis
● Creating offline and online campaigns for creating a strong Top of The Funnel base for smooth acquisition
● Understanding Captain trends and behaviors to discover the best opportunities for growth
● Collaborate with Category teams on building and improving the cost of acquisition and cost or supply on an
ongoing basis
● Vendor Management - manage vendor relationships to retain them on the platform and extract growth
● Driving major OPs metrics Fulfillment, App Adoption & First station reliability

Business Manager at Indus Automobiles Pvt Ltd
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • October 2018 to August 2021

● Responsible for all operations and sales/marketing activities for 4 auto part brands
● Plan & manage logistics, warehouse, transportation, & customer service for 100+ customers nationwide
● Direct, optimize, and coordinate complete order cycle from order received to delivery & after-sales
● Liaise and follow up with 100+ customers to ensure monthly collection targets are met
● Plan & execute monthly visits to different cities to assess and identify new opportunities for growth in current
and prospective markets
● Schedule and mobilize the sales/ marketing team throughout Pakistan for product marketing and payment
collection
● Improved monthly debt to sales ratio by 9% resulting in almost PKR 5 million additional funds in the net working
capital per month
● New business development of an estimated PKR 24-30 million/year
● Develop, review, and improve administrative systems, policies, and procedures
● Ensure the company has adequate resources to complete its activities (e.g. people, materials, etc.)
● Supervise employees and provide feedback/ counsel to improve efficiency and effectiveness

Logistics Manager at Serioplast Pakistan Limited
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • July 2015 to September 2018

Oversee the clearance of all machinery imports and clearance to make available on time.
• Responsible for all indirect activities associated with a new plant startup
• Developing best practice sourcing methodologies in order to negotiate and manage Indirect Procurement programs
that will impact the entire company.
• In charge of the day to day operations of the transport department.
• Efficiently managing a team of drivers and vehicle
• Negotiating supply contracts.
• Development and procurement of packaging material
• Maintain and execute after all non-production spend to support business
• Make use of the MRP and generate Purchase orders & Purchase requisitions to meet requirement.
• Plan and execute procurement of raw materials from global and local suppliers.
• Inventory Management: ensuring conformance to MPS along with meeting Optimized Inventory targets.
• Developing robust, efficient and effective Supply Chain processes.
• Setting up and managing finished goods, raw, and pack material warehouse.
• Co-coordinating with customer and scheduling finished good dispatch.
• Maintain all transactions on SAP

ACHEIVEMENTS AT SERIOPLAST PAKISTAN
• Complete Development of Vendor pool from the start.
• Setting up the material and finished goods warehouse
• Implementation of standard warehousing procedures
• Establishing a smooth distribution network for supply of finished goods to the customer.

Raw Material planner- Health & Hygiene at Reckitt Benckiser
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • June 2014 to July 2015

Make use of the MRP and generate Purchase orders & Purchase requisitions to meet requirement.
• Plan and execute procurement of raw materials from global and local suppliers.
• Maintain strong working relationships and communication with global suppliers to confirm production/shipping
schedules and monitor open purchase orders to ensure on-time deliveries
• Proactively report product and material availability issues
• Inventory Management: ensuring conformance to MPS along with meeting Optimized Inventory targets.
• Participate and contribute to monthly S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning) process
• Ensure timely replenishment of raw materials to keep inventory levels at check.

ACHIEVEMENTS AT RB:
• Project Champion and Super User for Implementation of Master Data Management (sap module).
• Achieved zero Out of stock/distress in the exports department by ensuring zero back orders for 3months.
• Implementing Vendor managed inventory on our biggest supplier for an Inventory Reduction of PKR 30M
• Introducing Just in time inventory management on Soap noodles for an Inventory reduction of PKR 40M.
• Being part of a team that brought down the inventory WOC from 9.8 weeks to 4.1 weeks.

Asst Manager Export at Reckitt Benckiser
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • July 2013 to May 2014

• Accountable for maintaining Export demand report by taking orders through emails from countries.
• Providing supply planners with export demand and ensuring delivery of product to vessel through co-ordination with production, logistics and warehouse teams
• Communicate changes to Procedures to all relevant personnel, maintaining the smooth supply of goods whilst doing so.
• Ensure to raise Performa invoice of export goods and its order processing and relevant documentation
• Escalating any issues related to quality / service of finished goods to exporting country to the concerned. And working together with them towards its resolution.
• Assist in NPD / EPD projects ensuring efficient and timely completion of tasks and ultimate launch of projects. .
• Ensure strict adherence with Quality Management System(s).

Intern at ICI Pakistan
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • July 2013 to September 2013

Finance Intern in the corporate reporting group, responsible for reporting of annual accounts.

Intern at Universal Brush ware Investments
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • June 2013 to July 2013

Accounts intern, made entries and vouchers for daily transactions.

Intern at Hum Securities
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • August 2009 to September 2009

Learned about the trading room environment and was given a project to analyze figures of all industrial
groups of Pakistan.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accounting and finance
  • at Institute of Business Management
  • May 2013
High school or equivalent, Maths, Economics and Accounrts
  • at River Oaks Academy
  • August 2009

Specialties & Skills

SAP Netweaver
Oral Communications
Inventory Controls
Distributions
Supply Chain
Setting Up A Supply Chain
Launch/Startup
Development of a Vendor Pool
Team Management
Operations
Procurement

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Languages

English
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Hobbies

  • Sports and travelling