Hina Shahid

• Conducted market and supplier research to identify and finalize the alternate parts for discontinued and NLA items.
• New Part creation and management in system.
• Running weekly DIFOT (Delivered in Full on Time) meetings with major suppliers to identify key issues affecting DIFOT and their resolution.
• Managed and maintained purchase orders and invoices.
• Supported business partners in vendor negotiations and stock availability.
• Analyzed sales and inventory data to determine purchasing needs and reorder points.
• Interacted with vendors, store managers and other stakeholders to maintain on-time deliveries.
• Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships.
• Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions related to product and processes.

• Reviewing and processing purchase order lines suggested by Gains and raising manual orders as and when required.
• Collaborating with Demand planner and discussing forecasts, FACT submissions, historic trends and spikes to ensure validity of purchase quantities.
• Reviewing better buy queries to enhance profit margins for business.
• Collaborating with sales team on ad hoc orders and customer care team to support purchasing queries.
• Addressing supplier’s emails regarding supply issues like pricing, supply disruption, discontinued items and other supply related hick-ups.
• Follow-up with suppliers on overdue purchase order lines, identify reason for delays and action/updating the system accordingly.

Projects and Achievements:

• Volunteered in 5 month project with Accounts Payable team to support them in processing/verification of invoices. KPI was to review 120+ invoices on daily basis and assign action code to them based on their status.

• Collaborating with supplier to resolve supply issues including but not limited to pricing, supply disruption, discontinued items and missing POs.
• Follow-up with suppliers on overdue purchase order lines, identify reason for delays and action/updating the system accordingly
• Identification of NLA products and collaborating with category and customer service team and close the loop to avoid them getting reordered in future.
• Identification and resending of purchase orders which are marked as not received by suppliers in Open Order Report
• Collaborated with supplier for resolution of PO lines which were not being processed at suppliers end due to MOQ and MOV reasons.
• Collaborating with warehouse team to ensure booking of PO lines already received by providing invoice and POD from suppliers.

• Develop relationship with families that will in return support development of new skills and confidence in parents.
• Organize and attend home visits for assigned families.
• Assist HIPPY coordinator with planning of fortnightly group meeting.
• Role-play HIPPY activities during home visits and parent groups to ensure that parents are familiar with how to do activities and are confident to complete activities with their own child.
• Resource and support parents with information as requested and to refer families to coordinator where additional support is required.