Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Overseasexperience
Hobbies and Interests
Professional Development
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Mehdi Tamboowala

Summary

To achieve employment within an organization that allows me to utilize my potential and gives me the opportunity to grow and contribute in order to progress in my chosen career and achieve organizational goals.

An extremely conscientious, authoritative and dedicated individual, who enjoys the demands of high level of accuracy and concentration, and flourishes with increased responsibilities. Quick and keen to learn, is diligent and meticulous, thrives in a demanding environment and relishes a technical challenge. Naturally self-motivated with lots of energy and enthusiasm, works well through own initiative and performs effectively under pressure. Personable and assured, possesses excellent interpersonal Skills, can communicate concisely at all levels, and is a strong team builder and a natural leader through being able to encourage disparate personalities to work in a team structure.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

Intermodal Co-ordinator

Maersk Line Australia
12.2020 - Current
  • Dispatch local and long distance intermodal moves by truck, rail and feeder and render assistance to vendors as needed for both import and export units
  • Coordinate with vendors to ensure Warf moves are done as per our requirement and in the most cost effective manner
  • Ensure Vendors meet our standards of service quality and meet our current demand levels
  • Coordinate transhipments for all import and export units to other Australian ports
  • Coordinate movements for OOG and Dangerous goods (DG) units along with all the necessary documentation
  • Use systems like ICS, 1-Stop, Terminal systems (DP World, Patricks, and Flinders) Commerce Plus, Container chain to execute job functions
  • Receipt, processing, reviewing and timely input of Logistics vendor invoice

Intermodal / GLOBE (LOG systems) Master data Administrator

Hamburg Süd Australia Pty Ltd.
07.2017 - 11.2020
  • Dispatch local and long distance intermodal moves by truck, rail and feeder and render assistance to vendors as needed for both import and export units
  • Coordinate with vendors to ensure Warf moves are done as per our requirement and in the most cost effective manner
  • Ensure Vendors meet our standards of service quality and meet our current demand levels
  • Coordinate transhipments for all import and export units to other Australian ports
  • Coordinate movements for OOG and Dangerous goods (DG) units along with all the necessary documentation
  • Use systems like ICS, 1-Stop, Terminal systems (DP World, Patricks, and Flinders) Commerce Plus, Container chain to execute job functions
  • Receipt, processing, reviewing and timely input of Logistics vendor invoices
  • Maintenance and setup of all facilities in all systems and support EDI setup as and when required
  • Setup of Business partners
  • Support all Key users and Australia and New Zealand

Australia & New Zealand GLOBE Supervisor

Hamburg Süd Australia Pty Ltd.
01.2015 - 01.2017
  • Responsible for managing a team of seven plus and also hiring and training of staff for the equipment department
  • Managed the EDI migration of all vendors from Australia and New Zealand from in house ACOS standards to the national EDIFACT standards for the industry
  • Being the focal point and key system tester for the company with regards to all the technical setups for the vendors and certain customer related functions within the IT team
  • I was made the 'Super key user' for the equipment systems in Australia and New Zealand, which also saw me travel to our offices in America and Germany to train the local key users, so that they could then train their local offices

National Equipment Control Supervisor

Hamburg Süd Australia Pty Ltd.
01.2007 - 01.2015
  • Efficiently managed equipment stock levels, whilst ensuring that all loading and discharge activities that are reported by the terminal operator are reconciled with the primary internal systems (DECOS and COMPASS) in order to facilitate business requirements in correlation with standard operating procedures within the designated covered area
  • Managed all computerised and manual transactions to ensure that the in house system is always up to date and correct, whilst ensuring that EDI partnerships are established and maintained
  • Monitored and analysed dwell times of owned and third party equipment and services, including empty sea positions into and out of the managed area in order to minimise costs and ensure optimal utilization of equipment
  • Arranged for any specially instructed Inland empties or trip-lease units to be transported to the requested redelivery location(s) as and when required, as well as managing any programmed off-hire
  • Produced weekly area equipment and overdue unit reports in order to develop and maintain inter area relocation strategies with local offices and the regional logistics manager
  • Managed and liaised with the company employed drivers to ensure that they adhered to the companies standard operating procedures, and maintained the required demand levels for empty unit movements
  • Maintained the purchase order billing process in accordance with the standard operating procedures
  • Review and ensure inland rates are maintained and updated
  • Established and developed procurement policies for the selection and appointment of intermodal contractors, whilst ensuring that there was a coherent and coordinated relationship between the intermodal coordinators and local business units

Equipment Control Coordinator – South west Australia (SWAU)

Hamburg Süd Australia Pty Ltd.
01.2004 - 01.2007
  • Equipment control coordination
  • Managed and optimized the equipment stock levels to ensure container inventories correlated with the current demand in the specific area covered under the standard operating procedures
  • Coordinated and forecasted the minimum working stock levels to ensure high container productivity
  • Maintained an effective control over any unit within the area of control to ensure units are moved in a 'First in, First out' (FIFO) basis
  • Monitored and analysed dwell times of owned and third party equipment and services, including empty sea positions into and out of the managed area in order to minimise costs, and ensure optimal utilization of equipment
  • Coordinated all relevant documentation relating to export container releases with the depots and ensured that the companies’ and the depot systems are updated and reconciled
  • Monitored vendor’s performance in order to discuss/ report any service failures to supervisor

Education

Diploma -

Diploma in Hotel Management and Catering Technology

Higher Secondary School Certificate -

Internal Auditor -

ISO 9001 & 14001 for shipping companies Germanischer Lloyd (Australia) Pty Ltd

LMA (Leadership Management Australia) -

The Performance Edge
11.2010

Skills

  • Team Management
  • Data/EDI Management
  • Project Management
  • Process implementation
  • Vendor management
  • Extremely organized
  • Self-motivated
  • Conflict resolution
  • Fast learner

Overseasexperience

  • P&O Nedlloyd (India), 4 years, Container routing and vessel scheduling
  • Iridium India Ltd (India), 2 years, Satellite communications, service delivery
  • BPL US west (India), 2 years, Mobile communications, service delivery
  • Maredias Hotel (Dubai), 2 years, Front office

Hobbies and Interests

  • Fishing
  • Cooking
  • Listening to music
  • Travelling

Professional Development

  • LMA (Leadership Management Australia) – The Performance Edge, 11/29/10
  • Trained as Internal Auditor ISO 9001 & 14001 for shipping companies Germanischer Lloyd (Australia) Pty Ltd.

Timeline

Intermodal Co-ordinator

Maersk Line Australia
12.2020 - Current

Intermodal / GLOBE (LOG systems) Master data Administrator

Hamburg Süd Australia Pty Ltd.
07.2017 - 11.2020

Australia & New Zealand GLOBE Supervisor

Hamburg Süd Australia Pty Ltd.
01.2015 - 01.2017

National Equipment Control Supervisor

Hamburg Süd Australia Pty Ltd.
01.2007 - 01.2015

Equipment Control Coordinator – South west Australia (SWAU)

Hamburg Süd Australia Pty Ltd.
01.2004 - 01.2007

Diploma -

Diploma in Hotel Management and Catering Technology

Higher Secondary School Certificate -

Internal Auditor -

ISO 9001 & 14001 for shipping companies Germanischer Lloyd (Australia) Pty Ltd

LMA (Leadership Management Australia) -

The Performance Edge
Mehdi Tamboowala