1. MUHAMMAD ARIF
Mobile: +971 50 2512326
E-mail: smarif3665@gmail.com
Seeking senior level assignments in Inventory, Logistics,
Audit, Vendor Management with Retail Industry
An astute professional with around 11 years’ of experience in Inventory management &
Auditing, Internal Audit, Logistics & Accounts.
Currently associated with Corys Building Material LLC, Dubai as Inventory Controller.
In Depth understanding of different Business processes in inventory planning & warehousing
with proven success in Electronics industry.
Distinction of driving numerous process improvement initiatives leading to substantial savings
and increased profitability for the organisation.
Strong business acumen with skills to remain on the cutting edge, by conceptualizing strategic
plans for the organization and managing cross functional teams from business development,
logistics, procurement & quality.
Effective communicator with assertive and strong leadership and analytical qualities.
OCCUPATIONAL CONTOUR
SINCE AUGUST’15
CORYS BUILDING MATERIAL LLC, DUBAI [UAE]
INVENTORY CONTROLLER
Corys Building Materials, part of the Green Coast Enterprises Group based in Dubai, UAE,
manages three leading regional construction and building materials businesses with
manufacturing and trading companies in the UAE, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
Key Tasks Handled
1. Monitor and review all financial transactions and controls around the valuation and existence
of inventory in CBM. This includes control and review of all accounting source documentation
in the inventory process, ensuring issued inventory is in line with requested inventory and
ensuring delivered inventory is in line with supplier documents. All this to ensure:
a. Inventory transactions are valid. This would involve ensuring for example :
i. No sub-ledgers are created or populated with data unless it represents valid,
authorized inventory movement
ii. All inventory adjustments are investigated and appropriately escalated before
entry
iii. All work orders are opened and closed in line with Production Operations. WIP
should be as closely monitored as inventory ledgers
b. All appropriate inventory transactions have been recorded including write offs/backs,
damaged inventory write down etc.
c. All inventory transactions are appropriately authorized according to the Authority
Matrix
d. Inventory receipts and shipments are recorded in the correct period
2. e. Inventory is correctly classified in the correct ledger accounts
2. Set up, implement and monitor a system of risk based periodic physical checks of inventory in
CBM entities. The responsibility for supervising physical inventory should be separated from
the Production Management and Inventory movement Management functions. These are
incompatible roles.
3. Confirm that the inventory value being reported in daily, weekly, monthly and annual reports
represents a true reflection of what is physically held by CBM.
4. Monitor inventory ageing and highlight potential problems through the appropriate financial
models.
5. Monitor Inventory provisions.
6. Prepare and present damage reports for authorization according to the Authority Matrix.
7. Prepare and present shortage reports authorization according to the Authority Matrix.
JULY’08 – JULY’15
SHARAF DG LLC, DUBAI [UAE]
SR. INVENTORY & LOGISTICS CONTROLLER
Sharaf DG / Digital L.L.C., is the leading electronics power Retailer with more than 100,000
SKUs. It’s a pioneer retailer of Big Box Concept with 11 Big box store in Dubai, Abu Dhabi,
Alain, Sharjah and 12 convenient stores – Sharaf DG 4u in Dubai, Sharjah, Alain, Abu Dhabi
and Bahrain. It also has 2 niche class stores for Leisure electronics in Dubai with the name
of DG Plus.
Key Tasks Handled
Leading all the Inventory audits across all the 22 outlets in UAE.
Managing the whole inventory of stocks for all the UAE stores.
Formulation of SOPs and internal controls for ISO audit and certification.
Checking compliance of SOPs and company policies of the Inventory Departments.
Planning & development of monthly, quarterly, semi-annually and annually Inventory Audit
statements and disclosures with inventory and receivable collection reports by applying
International Accounting Standards and International Financial Reporting Standards.
Scheduling of Perpetual Inventory Stock Count of all the Showrooms (Department Wise /
Group Wise) on Monthly / Half Yearly / Annually.
Verifying all Purchases of Inventory Stock and Returns on Weekly basis and submit to
Management.
Verifying and making the Schedule for Supplier Reconciliation of Consignment Stock and their
Pending Payments.
Verifying all entries related to Inventory (GRN, Sales and Returns) in the ERP System.
Verifying the Ageing stock in the showroom and making a plane for liquidation or returns.
Work in Liaison with IT department for all ERP related issue.
Provide support to coordinators of all depts.
Prepare annual budget of Inventory Staff for each Store.
Noted contributions
Played a key role in successfully handling the merger of Sharaf digital with Sharaf DG in a
short span of 10 days with 100% accuracy.
Playing a key role through driving innovative process improvement initiatives leading to;
- Increasing storage capacity 10% by standardizing inventory control procedures.
- Reducing inventory discrepancies by 50% annually by developing tracking system.
- Introduced systematic analysis of daily discrepancy reports for continuous improvement in
Inventory handling by directly targeting the problem areas.
- Publishing Stock Aging Analysis & Inventory Status reports on monthly & fortnightly basis,
which helped the HOD’s to manage required stock levels at same time not letting dead
stock accumulate.
- Have been integral part of Inventory Management during Events like GITEX, & Warehouse
sales.
Direct Reporting’s:
9 Inventory executive.
3. JULY 2005 – JUNE 2008
M/S GLOBAL LINK COMMUNICATIONS L.L.C. (AL GHURAIR GROUP )
INTERNAL AUDITOR/ INVENTORY AUDITOR
Global Link Communications is in retail electronics field having 20 showrooms in prime shopping malls
in the brand name of Radio Shack, Telefonika and Alltronix in all over UAE, GLC is the sole distributor
of Radio Shack USA.
Key Tasks Handled
To check the Inventory Stock in all 20 Showrooms of Global Link Communications L.L.C.
Including Two Warehouses (100 % Stock Check).
To Check and Reconcile the Inventory Related Documents of all transfer in and Transfer Out.
To Verify the Petty Cash of the Showroom which were provided by the Head office.
To Verify the System cash of all sales from generating the report from the System.
To look after the staff working under me.
Key member of the team during the implementing the ERP (Navision) in the Company.
Preparation of daily sales report across all the Stores and consolidate.
Preparation of Deduction Report of the Employees in the Showroom on Prorata Basis.
Preparation of Annual Audit report of all the Showrooms along with all mishaps Detail.
Direct Reporting’s:
6 inventory executives
10 Inventory Assistants
ACADEMIA
2003 B.Com Bachelor of Commerce
University of Karachi, Pakistan
2000 DIT Advanced diploma in Information Technology
NCR Institute, Karachi, Pakistan
COMPUTER FORTE’
Currently working on ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) module based on Oracle.
Worked on SAP, Microsoft NAVISION & Inventory Audit module.
Extensive use of Ms-office (especially Excel, Word & Power Point) as tools for designing
of business reports, spread sheets, budgets, general correspondence and presentations.
PERSONAL INFO
Date of Birth : 1st of January 1978
Contact Tel : +971 50 2512326
Gender : Male
Marital Status : Married
Driving Licence : LMV Licence Valid till 2018
Nationality : Pakistani
Passport : No. AE0150921
Linguistic Abilities : English, Urdu
Muhammad Arif