Muhammad Farhan

Supply Chain Manager

Oct 2024 - Present • 1 yr 9 mos

• Plan and manage inventory distribution of Mobile parts and accessories across 12 branches in South Africa to ensure optimal stock levels. • Ensure timely restocking to minimize lost sales and prevent overstocking. • Forecast product demand using sales history and seasonal trends to maintain balanced inventory across wholesale/ retail locations. • Conduct vendor evaluations and prepare comparative statements to support strategic sourcing, cost efficiency, and reliable supply. • Create and manage purchase orders (POs), ensuring alignment with demand forecasts and budgetary guidelines. • Handle faulty returns and claims with Chinese vendors, including claim documentation, follow-up, and coordination for refunds or replacements. • Prepare monthly stock audit reports for each retail outlet, highlighting dead stock, excess inventory, and gaps for corrective action. • Monitor and report monthly and quarterly sales performance to support business decision-making. • Reconcile branch-wise sales and purchase records to ensure transparency, financial accuracy, and audit compliance. • Process stock adjustments (excess/shortages) identified during physical counts, following management review and approval.

Assistant Manager- Supply Chain

Oct 2022 - Sep 2024 • 1 yr 11 mos

• To handle receiving, storage, and retrieval of all incoming deliveries and their timely issuance. • Taking necessary steps to control and monitor inventory levels & their utilization. • Monitor demand and analyzes data to maintain the minimum stock level and anticipate future inventory needs. • Liaising and coordinating with procurement team to have sufficient and planned stock levels. • Coordinating the logistics for receipt of stock, stock transfers, deliveries, tagging, processing and transferring stock between warehouses • Allocates the day to day activities to store keepers. Keeps them informed of expected deliveries and ensures that all documentation necessary is provided. • Carrying out monthly & Weekly physical audits of stores and warehouse • To ensure proper implementation of system and inventory cycle for accuracy of data. • Preparing stock reconciliations and inventory reports such as slow-moving, unmoved or dead stock reports for decision-making.