Shahriar Khan CSCM™
Twosuns Bangladesh Ltd.
Dhaka
19
years of professional experience
As the Country Operations Director at TWOSUNS Bangladesh Ltd., I lead the company's operations in Bangladesh, ensuring effective planning and timely execution of projects. With over 15 years of experience in supply chain management, I have a proven track record of implementing and managing projects, controlling costs of goods sold (COGS), and negotiating with suppliers. I also hold a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in HRM & Finance from Daffodil International University-DIU and a Post Graduate Diploma in Supply Chain Management from ISCEA, USA. My goal is to drive sustainable bottom line growth and supply assurance for the top line growth, while maintaining world-class manufacturing standards.
Work History
Country Operations Director
4 Years 7 Months- Role ensuring a visible business growth through effective planning and timely executions. Prime responsibility is to implement and manage the project effectively in BD, COGS control, to ensure sustainable bottom line growth and supply assurance for the top line growth, sourcing machineries, making contracts & negotiating with suppliers, Installing and commissioning the plant by maintaining world class manufacturing standards. Establishing the end to end Supply Chain along with a 'Product Development' and 'Sales' team that best delivers the customer’s requirements most efficiently under the agreed lead time. Use to lead the following functions along with a team of 29 members.
- Demand planning, Inventory planning, Production planning and Supply planning.
- Strategic Sourcing, Vendor Development, Inbound Logistics and end to end category management.
- Maintaining a span of more than 300 Raw materials and more than 25 Packaging materials at SKU level and managing more than 200 vendors local and foreign.
- Managing SnOP platform.
- Managing Logistics and Customer Services.
- New Product Development through value engineering.
- Indirect Procurement for Sales Lead items, Admin Buying, IT Buying and Factory buying etc.
- Penetrating the overall functions of the factory by introducing new strategies.
- Propose, implement and report on the strategic direction of the business.
- Develop the long-term strategies , Sales & Marketing Strategies , Supply Chain and Finance strategies for TSB.
- Introduction of Multitable ERP modules across TSB in all of its sales, supply chain and finance operations. Focused Areas:
- People Management
- International Logistics
- Customer Service
- Customer Satisfaction
- Supply Chain Optimization
- Twosuns Bangladesh Ltd. is one of the fastest growing RMG backward linkages in BD.
- Area of Expertise: Supply Chain Management (4.1 yrs)
AGM, Supply Chain & Commercial
8 Months- Supervising the below Teams: 1. Demand Planning. 2. Import. 3. Procurement. 4. Inventory & Warehouse. 5. Export. 6. Dispatch. 7. Bond
- Achievements: 1. Sourced RM at optimized price, specially yarn. 2. Managed Out of Stock issue towards tolerance. 3. Managed warehouse space efficiently, ensured FIFO. 4. Optimized import practices through different intelligent strategies. 5. Ensured EOQ in demand planning. 6. Reduced Port demurrage up to 90%. 7. Reduced Non moving inventory significantly discussing with production through applying Value engineering.
- Area of Expertise: Supply Chain Management (8 months)
Head of Supply Chain
9 Months- Supervising the below Teams: 1. Demand Planning. 2. Import. 3. Procurement (Local & Foreign). 4. Inventory & Warehouse.
- Significant changes that I made up-to now after joining Swisstex Group: 1. Established Monthly demand planning aiming to lean the inventory level. 2. Reduced monthly procurement budget by sourcing alternative better price suppliers. 3. Applied couple of value engineering to significantly reduce the monthly procurement cost. 4. Increased credit period to 90 days of high valued suppliers earlier which was 30/60 days. 5. Converted FCL shipments to LCL and thus significantly reduced port demurrage. 6. Improved inventory turns from 4.5 to 7. 7. Established effective supplier negotiation. 8. Established measurable supplier evaluation.
- Area of Expertise: Cost optimization (9 months), Negotiation (9 months), Sourcing (9 months)
Supply Chain Manager
8 Years 7 Months- Supervising the below teams: 1. Demand Planning. 2. Import. 3. Procurement. 4. Inventory & Warehouse. 5. Dispatch.
- Achievements: 1. Improved inventory turns from 4.23 to 7.65 2. Sourced RM at optimized price. 3. Managed Out of Stock issue towards tolerance. 4. Managed Reserve inventory volume towards tolerance. 5. Managed warehouse space efficiently, ensured FIFO. 6. Considering BD warehousing space constraint, significantly managed few High MOQ Chinese RM by hiring a bonded warehouse in Shenzhen. 7. Optimized import practices through different intelligent strategies. 8. Ensured EOQ in demand planning. 9. Reduced Port demurrage up to 85%.
- Significant changes that I successfully made in Checkpoint: 1. I started with 31 suppliers when I joined in 2011, I used to source 750+ significant suppliers more during my 8.6 years service in CKP. 2. Initially most of the supplier was in advance payment mode. I have successfully converted more than 90% supplier to 30 to 60 days credit. 3. I paid official visit to China, Hong Kong & India to visit different supplier’s factory/office to enrich my experience and to ensure beneficial deal for my company. 4. Reduced Port demurrages up-to 85% by splitting shipments.
- Area of Expertise: Logistic (8.6 yrs), Purchase/ Procurement (8.6 yrs), Supply Chain Management (8.6 yrs)
Asst. Supply Chain Manager
10 Months- 1. Demand planning for scheduling local/foreign purchases. 2. Market Investigating & Sourcing Suppliers. 3. Directly involved in purchasing garments, accessories, electrical items, Hardware, chemical items, Stationery, needles, IT items, printing items etc. 4. Vendor Management & Evaluation. 5. Documentation & Generating monthly report.
- Area of Expertise: Logistics Management (10 months), Sourcing (10 months), Strategic Planning (10 months)
Senior Procurement Officer
1 Year 8 Months- 1. Preparing Purchasing Plans & Schedules for Local Purchases. 2. Market Surveying & Investigating. 3. Sourcing Suppliers. 4. Directly involved in purchasing Garments Accessories, Electrical, Hardware, Chemical, Stationery, Needle, IT items, Printing items etc. 5. Vendor Management. 6. Vendor Evaluation. 7. Documentation. 8. Generating monthly procurement report.
- Area of Expertise: Commercial (1.6 yrs), Purchase/ Procurement (1.6 yrs), Supply Chain Management (1.6 yrs)
Material Control Officer
2 Years 3 Months- 1. Preparing Purchase Plan for Raw Material, Sub-Material, Spare Parts (Monthly). 2. Preparing Daily Procurement Schedule.
- Area of Expertise: Commercial (2.3 yrs), Purchase/ Procurement (2.3 yrs), Supply Chain Management (2.3 yrs)
Education
Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) - Supply Chain Management
- Duration: 1 Year
- GPA: First Division/Class
Master of Business Administration (MBA) - HRM & Finance
- Duration: 2.5 Year
- GPA: 3.2 out of 4
B.A (Hons.) - English
- Duration: 4 Year
- GPA: Second Division/Class
HSC - Science
- Duration: 2 Year
- GPA: First Division/Class
SSC - Science
- Duration: 10 Year
- GPA: First Division/Class
Skills
Supply Chain Management: Strong & focused leadership. Experienced in leading a big team. Skilled in analytical approach
follow-up
priority basis task scheduling
can work under pressure and is skilled in generating report.
Data Management
Report Writing
Computer Literacy:
Advanced user of MS Office (MSWord
MSExcel
MSPowePoint
MSOutlook).
Advanced Internet User (Browse
Mail etc).
Basic hardware Installation
Networking.
Timeline
Country Operations Director
Twosuns Bangladesh Ltd.
03.2022 - CurrentRead More
AGM, Supply Chain & Commercial
Maheen Dizayn Etiket BD Ltd.
06.2021 - 02.2022Read More
Head of Supply Chain
SWISS TEX GROUP
08.2020 - 05.2021Read More
Supply Chain Manager
Checkpoint Systems Bangladesh Ltd.
12.2011 - 07.2020Read More
Asst. Supply Chain Manager
Graphics Textiles Ltd.
12.2010 - 10.2011Read More
Senior Procurement Officer
DEKKO Group
04.2009 - 12.2010Read More
Material Control Officer
YKK Bangladesh Pte Ltd.
01.2007 - 04.2009Read More
B.A.F Shaheen College, Kurmitola, Dhaka
SSC from Science
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B.A.F Shaheen College, Kurmitola, Dhaka
HSC from Science
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University of Rajshahi
B.A (Hons.) from English
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Daffodil International University (DIU)
Master of Business Administration (MBA) from HRM & Finance
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ISCEA, USA
Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) from Supply Chain Management
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