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Rasim KarakinRK

Rasim Karakin

Supply chain manager

€405/day
London, GB
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Rasim

Supply Chain Management
Sourcing, negotiating, product development and importing from Far East, Europe and USA. Experienced in commodities. Extensive experience in negotiating with suppliers Sourcing re sourcing products to improve quality and price. experienced in mixing containers from multiple suppliers in Far East to consolidate shipments to FCL to save costs.

  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Turkish

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
London (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Handy Limited
    Senior Buyer
    May 2019 - Today (7 years and 1 month)

    • Develop, implement, review and maintain stock levels continuously
    • Ensure that purchase reports are run daily to capture demand on time and raise build up / purchase orders
    • Supplier relationship on ongoing basis – Far East, Europe, USA, UK, etc.
    • Liaising closely with Warehouse regarding stock control, goods in, manufacturing & logistics
    • Follow news globally to fight price increases or ask reduction when the raw materials are down etc.
    • Source new products continuously
    • Switch to new or alternative supplier for existing products to continuously improve costs
    • Negotiate with suppliers to improve price continuously
    • Continuously review and develop problems with suppliers
    • Report supplier any customer complaints and returns and follow up with debit notes etc.
    • Ensure that purchase orders raised and sent to suppliers on time
    • Improve ordering pattern with suppliers to reduce the volume of paperwork and e-mails
    • Chase purchase orders to make sure they are delivered in reasonable time
    • Plan accordingly to fill in containers and consolidate if necessary from Far East
    • Chase suppliers continuously for packing lists to arrange collections
    • Request quotes and arrange shipments for containers with agents
    • Provide all related documents to agent for custom clearance purposes
    • Keep record of payments, invoices
    • Check order acknowledgements and update system for correct promise date, unit cost, etc.
    • Add relevant shipping and custom costs on each order / shipment
    • Send new enquiries to relevant suppliers and communicate pricing, moq & lead times etc.
    • Set up new products on System, Ensure that UOM and specification all included
    • Visit/communicate with suppliers regularly to improve relationship and develop issues
    • Ensure commodity codes are correctly provided to shipping agents + system is correct
    • Ensure all related documents are gathered and in accessible place for imported items
    • Prepare and report KPIs for management meetings
  • IT Luggage
    Buyer
    February 2018 - May 2019 (1 year and 3 months)
    Hertford, UK

     Negotiate with factories in far east for each order
     Study each product/order and plan a strategy for negotiations
     Negotiate the best buying price with Far East factories daily
     Meet daily with management to discuss strategies prior negotiations
     Check draft e-mails for the team prior sending it to China office
     Check product details for each order against actual products and identify changes and feed this information through PO team as well as factories
     Liaison with all departments especially with China office, Sales and design departments
     Report to company owner on daily basis to discuss the strategy of negotiation
     Identify the possible changes of products to cut down the cost where margins are small
     Review team's performance to identify problems and arrange development plans
  • Enfield Safety
    Purchasing Manager
    June 2017 - February 2018 (8 months)
    Standon, Ware SG11, UK

     Employee of the month in October 2017
     Planning on demand
     Buying/purchasing
     Raising orders
     Chasing suppliers
     Ensuring stock availability at all times
     New product setup
     Arranging new Logos and Embroideries to be set up
     Liaison with all departments especially sales, warehouse and accounts departments
     Implementing price changes into the ERP
     Resolving invoice queries
     Stock inventory management
     Stock control - Adjusting stock and booking in deliveries
     Managing and overseeing stock take which is done monthly
     Negotiating with suppliers to reduce spending
     Item weight and Minimum Order Quantity project implementation on ERP from 1,550 suppliers and across 65000 products
     Sourcing special products
     Managing Bill of materials for fire trolleys and components
     Lasing with subcontractors to arrange direct deliveries
     Ensuring that the different procedures and work instructions are followed for certain customer orders
     Attending to meetings
     Representing Purchasing department in board meetings
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Education

  • Higher National Diploma, Computing and Mathematical Science
    London Metropolitan University
    2008
    Higher National Diploma, Computing and Mathematical Science
  • computing maths, Business Statistics
    Eastern Mediterranean University
    2005
    computing maths, Business Statistics

Skill set (7)

Supply chain
Microsoft Excel
Negotiation
Sourcing
Project Management
customer service
Product management

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