Balal's CV
Balal Sher
A Supply Chain Professional
Profile summary
Strategic supply chain professional with 12 years of experience shaping inventory management, procurement, and international logistics outcomes across GCC and international markets. Trilingual in English, Hindi, and Urdu, driving cross-cultural team leadership and operational planning across complex supply chains. Committed to optimizing inventory accuracy, vendor negotiations, and fulfillment processes while maintaining strict regulatory compliance.
Career highlights
Inventory and Asset Management: Managed an inventory of 1,041 line items worth 500K while steering MEP and civil supply chain operations for Dubai Properties and Emaar.
Cost Reduction and Sourcing: Reduced unit cost by more than 20% by sourcing a new supplier and negotiating key contracts during supply chain spend operations at British Telecom.
Key skills
Professional experience
Manages MEP and civil supply chain operations for Dubai Properties and Emaar. Controls a total inventory of 1,041 line items valued at 500. Aligns procurement activities with site requirements and engineering demands.
- Analyzes material requests from engineers, providing rectification and conducting technical and commercial evaluations of RFQs to award purchase orders.
- Monitors supplier key performance indicators based on delivery timelines, material availability, and post-sales service to maintain operational flow.
- Tracks purchase requisitions, purchase orders, approvals, supplier performances, receipt logs, and costs to ensure compliance with company guidelines.
- Collaborates with procurement, site managers, engineers, and store managers to purchase and maintain required inventory levels for site operations in 2025.
Directed supply chain execution for consumer goods and fulfillment processes for major hypermarkets, guiding warehouse operations, inventory management, and compliance standards across purchasing, shipping, and quality assurance workflows.
- Directed twenty staff and laborers in daily warehouse operations while tracking monthly attendance to maximize workspace productivity.
- Executed cross-docking procedures to minimize inventory storage, optimizing space and volume for category deliveries.
- Managed purchase order processing from initiation to final payment, maintaining accuracy and compliance.
Guided supply chain services category spend operations, directing international logistics and contract administration for diverse stakeholders while reporting to regional leadership. Steered a procurement function overseeing external vendor engagements and SAP Ariba platform activities.
- Reduced unit cost by 20% by sourcing a new supplier and negotiating key contracts.
- Managed the full procurement cycle from planning through closeout while overseeing supplier onboarding.
- Administered international logistics for import and export operations, maintaining compliance with customs regulations.
Steered procurement, packaging sourcing, and international logistics operations. Managed contract portfolios, vendor audits, freight procurement, and inventory levels while partnering with sales, production, quality, legal, and export departments to maintain product flow and order execution through Oracle.
- Oversaw packaging production and coordinated across teams on schedules to lower client order lead times.
- Procured freight services, built cost analyses, and reviewed logistics providers through routine audits.
- Tracked purchase orders, shipping documents, and customs compliance while aligning activities with buyers and carriers.
Education
International Business | Jamia Millia Islamia - New Delhi, India
Languages
English · Professional
Hindi · Professional
Urdu · Intermediate