Ambuj Choudhary

AMBUJ KUMAR CHOUDHARY
Permanent Address: 44/1, Vastu Vihar Duplex colony , Baikunthnagar, Mango
Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) 831009.
Phone. No. : 0657 2650120.Mob:7654347445
Current Address: Prince Fawaz Street ,26th Cross ,P.O.Box .279, AL-KHOBAR 31952
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia.
Contact: +966 599913851
Email Id: Ambuj_1976@yahoo.com, Ambuj_1976@hotmail.com
Skype ID : ambujchoudhary01
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TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT ~ OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT ~ FLEET MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL

A motivated and results-focused professional, seeking an opportunity to utilize skills, experience and education to contribute to employer objectives, profitability and success with a company offering potential for challenge and growth
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PROFESSIONAL ABRIDGMENT

 A seasoned professional, offering an experience of 19+ years in delivering sustaining results in the spectrum of Fleet Management and Transport Operations.
 A qualified MBA, currently spearheading efforts as Transport Manager for Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with AIMS INTERNATIONAL –KSA.
 Expertise in maintaining the documentation; astute in determining and reaching the goals with the spirit of ‘Never say die’.
 Self-motivated, hardworking and goal-oriented with a high degree of flexibility, creativity, resourcefulness, commitment and optimism.
 Strong influencing and negotiation skills coupled with excellent time management skills with proven ability to think in and out of the box, generating new solutions and ideas; work accurately and prioritize and consolidate tasks; resilient with a high level of integrity and energy experience.
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PROFICIENCY FORTE

 Proficient in managing logistics, Chemical and Petrochemical Transportation, Hazardous Industrial Gases Transportation, warehousing and fleet management operations.
 Proven acumen in rolling out standard operating procedures and strategic initiatives to streamline entire logistics operations.
 Adept in route planning, Fleet Driver selection, training and deployment, ensuring safety of drivers and fleet.
 Astute in ensuring comprehensive maintenance of fleet with adequate availability of spares en route.
 Dynamic, applies strategic understanding with an attitude of go-getter coupled with multi–tasking abilities in exploring and exploiting fresh business opportunities to capitalize on available market potential.
 Expertise in developing productive relations with key clients to ensure their continued patronage
 Dexterous in mapping business dynamics and realigning strategic and operational drivers to combat competitive forces to stay afloat in competitive business scenario.
 Results-oriented and bears positive attitude, able to balance multiple responsibilities with strong analytical and management skills, consistently delivering results on time.
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LEADERSHIP AND EXPERTISE
Safety KRA:
 Monitor Drivers recruitment procedure, Implementation of Defensive Driving and other safe Driving training schedule, Achieve Safety Vision Zero, Zero Accident, Zero Incident through Training and current alert sharing with all the employee, Route Risk assessment, Implementation of Driving rules and parking rules. Safe and Healthy Workplace
 Ensure that the OHS Policy is available and its provisions are implemented within all areas of operation.
 Comply with legislative OHS requirements.
 Provide resources to implement and support the business OHS Plan (any site/location OHS Plan) with its objectives and targets.
 Ensure that emergency preparedness has been identified, documented and implemented.
 Provide for employee health surveillance to be undertaken where identified.
 Ensure employees and contractors work in accordance with the established OHS procedures and practices of the business
 Ensure that safe work procedures are developed for identified high risk tasks.
 Ensure that hazards are identified and risks are assessed and controlled. Take action to immediately stop any observed unsafe act or condition.

Communication and Consultation
 Ensure that OHS consultation occurs with employees in accordance with legislative and business requirements.
 Ensure that employees and contractors are held accountable to their OHS responsibilities.
 Ensure that relevant OHS reports and audits are communicated within the business and that employees have access to other relevant OHS documentation.
 Ensure that all new and transferred employees receive appropriate induction and are competent to undertake tasks.
 Ensure all employees are appropriately skilled, trained, and competent and, where required, hold the necessary licenses for the safe and efficient operation and use of plant, equipment and substances.
 Inspections and Audits
 Undertake regular OHS inspections to ensure a high standard of hazard management, housekeeping, facilities and work environment are maintained.
 Ensure that inspection, testing and monitoring of the workplace meets the identified OHS requirements.
 Be actively involved with OHS audits and any corrective actions.
 Participate in the investigation of any workplace incident, near miss or injury to ensure causal factors are identified and preventive action taken.

Operation KRI:
 A sound knowledge of budgeting, financial reporting, costing, tendering and cost analysis. Strong service orientation and related skills.
 Ability to understand and use profit and loss statements to manage the business unit.
 Able to maintain cost effective staffing levels.
 Understanding of the expectations of the Organization vision with an ability to develop and sustain a business unit that is in alignment with the Organization .
 Develop and implement performance measurement criteria (Key Performance Indicators) for customer profitability, and report KPI’s to senior management on a weekly basis By measurement and review, ensure that service levels are met in distribution Conduct regularly scheduled liaison with customers to review distribution productivity levels, to enable ongoing improvement of systems and procedures
 Ensure that contract performance complies with senior management directives, customer policies and statutory regulations at all times.
 Develop and maintain a professional and motivated employee team by conducting weekly communication and regular counseling activities, and applying effective team building and leadership techniques.
 Conduct regular performance appraisals and reviews for all permanent staff as specified by policy and procedures.
 Prepare and update job descriptions as required and ensure all direct reports act in accordance with their specified job description.
 Eliminate down time due to accident, injury or work related illness by ensuring the implementation and maintenance of safe working practices and procedures.
 Conduct regular checks and inspections of workplace equipment and facilities to ensure the highest possible standards of cleanliness, maintenance, housekeeping, and hazard identification and rectification are maintained.

Human Relations
 Strong leadership skills, underpinned by a genuine interest in people
 Strong performance management skills (including coaching and performance improvement)
 Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
 Strong motivation, team building and influencing skills
 Presentation skills
 Strong negotiation skills
 Strong conflict-resolution skills
 Ability to establish and maintain effective empathy and rapport with personnel at all levels, with and external Super Group.
 Ability to promote and facilitate organisation change
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EMPLOYMENT CHRONIC
AIMS International Ltd , SAUDI ARABIA : Jan 2016 to till now as Country Transport Manager – KSA.
Directing transport management & operations function with complete P&L accountability for AIMS INTERNATIONAL, Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia region with a fleet of 350 trailers & tankers with an annual budget/spend of 110 Million; establishing safety programs, setting standards for communication & operation, training team members, improving flexibility and reducing liability & frequency.
Highlights:
Direct and monitor KSA with presence in Jeddah, Rabigh, Yanbu Jubail, Dammam, Qatif , and Abuman Sites Locations.
Increase Revenue by 20% with maximize fleet & Equipment Utilization and Operations excellence.
Direct activities related to dispatching, routing, and tracking transportation vehicles.
Dealing with Client like ARAMCO, Baker Hughes , Hadeed , Exel , etc
Plan, organize and manage the work of subordinate staff to ensure that the work is accomplished in a manner consistent with organizational requirements.
Direct investigations to verify and resolve customer or shipper complaints.
Serve as contact persons for all workers within assigned territories.
Implement schedule and policy changes.
Collaborate with other managers and staff members in order to formulate and implement policies, procedures, goals, and objectives.
Monitor operations to ensure that staff members comply with administrative policies and procedures, safety rules, union contracts, and government regulations.
Promote safe work activities by conducting safety audits, attending company safety meetings, and meeting with individual staff members.
Direct and coordinate, through subordinates, activities of operations department in order to obtain use of equipment, facilities, and human resources.
Direct activities of staff performing repairs and maintenance to equipment, vehicles, and facilities.
Conduct investigations in cooperation with all concern to determine causes of transportation accidents and to improve safety procedures.
Analyze expenditures and other financial information in order to develop plans, policies, and budgets for increasing profits and improving services.
Negotiate and authorize contracts with equipment and materials


Super Group of Company, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania (East Africa) and LUSAKA, Zambia
Operation Head for East, and Southern Africa Since Jan’13 to Jan 2016.

Key Deliverables:
 Shouldering the responsibility of handling Direct Fleet of 220 Trucks and Trailers hauling Food grade, Petro chemical, Industrial non-hazardous and hazardous Materials.
 Liable for handling Client Total Tanzania, Total Uganda and Total Zambia with achieving Zero accident, Zero Fatality and Zero Incident with Implement Near Miss Reporting System and Tool Box meetings.
 Managing the spectrum of Plan Operations and inventory control of their warehouse for Transportations-related function of pick & pack, temporary holding and material transfer, provide break-bulk and cross-stock services.
 Responsible for setting defined goals and success factors and the ability to measure same post implementation.
 Regularly overview customer(s) contract performance and forecast against initial budgets, and devise strategies to improve performance extensive knowledge and significantly improve efficiency of deliveries by 35%, effectiveness of manpower by 25%, and accuracy to 95%.
 Develop and implement performance measurement criteria (Key Performance Indicators) for customer profitability, and report KPI’s to senior management on a Monthly Basis.
 By measurement and review, ensure that service levels are met in distribution.
 Conduct regularly scheduled liaison with customers to review distribution productivity levels, to enable ongoing improvement of systems and procedures.
 Ensure that contract performance complies with senior management directives, customer policies and statutory regulations at all times
 Supervise or conduct inventory reviews, audits and stock takes (as applicable).


Toll Global Logistics based in JAMSHEDPUR Dec’10 – Dec’12
Asst. General Manager, India
Key Account Manager
Site Manager

An Australian MNC accredited as the biggest Logistics service provider in Australia as well as in Asia pacific with 110 Vehicles currently earmarked for India operations. Pan India presence with 45 DCs and 115 transport branches. Over 450 full time employees and 1,990 contract employees. Six logistics centres and 39 stand alone facilities totalling 1.7+ million sq. ft. of warehouse space Winner of Pinnacle award from P&G and Shoppers Stop.
Winner of the Voice of Customer award from Frost & Sullivan in 2005 & 2007

Key Deliverables:
 Develop business in India for Own Fleet Transport, Warehousing & Allied Activities
 Develop strategies for the Distribution, Multimodal transport, Port activities, Transformational deals.
 Build Transport backbone thru business associates & partners.
 Establishing corporate goals, short term and long term budgets and developing business plans.
 Establishing corporate goals, short term and long term budgets and developing business plans.
 Reviewing existing systems and business requirements and facilitating the implementation of new systems/ processes, in line with the overall business goal and objectives.
 Identifying & developing channel partners for achieving business volumes consistently and profitably.
 Building and maintaining healthy business relations.
 Managing the distribution operation within agreed contractual parameters to deliver quality customer service.
 Handled Client BOC of Linde Group (Industrial Gases Manufacturer),Tata Steel, Tata Motors and Coca Cola.
 Increase and maintain the profitability of the Business Unit by controlling day to day operating costs and maximising revenue through development of improved efficiencies.
 Analyse weekly profit & loss statement; identify errors and/or abnormal/unacceptable cost or significant variations from budget, and direct/initiate remedial action.
 Regularly overview customer(s) contract performance and forecast against initial budgets, and devise strategies to improve performance.
 Develop and implement performance measurement criteria (Key Performance Indicators) for customer profitability, and report KPI’s to senior management on a weekly basis.
 By measurement and review, ensure that service levels are met in distribution.
 Conduct regularly scheduled liaison with customers to review distribution productivity levels, to enable ongoing improvement of systems and procedures.
 Ensure that contract performance complies with senior management directives, customer policies and statutory regulations at all times
 Supervise or conduct inventory reviews, audits and stock takes (as applicable)
 Ensure all instances of service failure, loss or damage to goods are investigated, and develop and instigate remedial action to prevent recurrence. In the event of serious damage, loss or theft, notify the customer and General Manager, {enter sector}, immediately (providing both written and verbal reports).
 Ensure that all operations are conducted in accordance with relevant policies, procedures and legislative requirements, to ensure safety to staff, the community and the environment.
 Develop and maintain a professional and motivated employee team by conducting weekly communication and regular counselling activities, and applying effective team building and leadership techniques.
 Conduct regular performance appraisals and reviews for all permanent staff as specified by Toll policy and procedures.
 Prepare and update job descriptions as required and ensure all direct reports act in accordance with their specified job description.
 Eliminate down time due to accident, injury or work related illness by ensuring the implementation and maintenance of safe working practices and procedures.
 Conduct regular checks and inspections of workplace equipment and facilities to ensure the highest possible standards of cleanliness, maintenance, housekeeping, and hazard identification and rectification are maintained

Key Deliverables: Site Manager
 Ensuring completion of all Statuary Documentations of the Fleet and arranging renewals well in time. Monitoring vehicle turn around in adherence to the defined transit schedule.
 Drawing route plan and judiciously managing fleet movement to optimise overall operational efficiency.
 Recruiting, selecting and engaging qualified drivers and providing monitoring and motivational inputs to extract highest productivity out of their deployment.
 Defining code of conduct for drivers to ensure safety of the fleet and the drivers. Arranging adequate insurance coverage to cover the risk elements. Ensuring timely invoicing on customers and realisation of payments as per service contract.
 Training drivers and the fleet staff on en-route Maintenance and lodging repairs/replacement claims with the dealers as per warrantee clause.
 Arranged procurement of vehicles and finalised Trailer manufacture schedule with the supplier.
 Ensured timely registration of Vehicles and put in place proper Driver management systems including Drivers Safety Training.
 Providing leadership to a team comprising - 3 Fleet executives, 2 trip settlement executives Drivers Trainer, 1 Safety trainer, 2 MIS executives, 2 Accounts/Billing Executives ,and 4 Loading coordinator and one procurement assistant.
 Laid down standard operating procedures and KPI for the team members and monitoring their performance regularly to ensure realization of highest productivity levels.


Praxair India Pvt. Ltd. India, Jamshedpur / Pune ,Mumbai. Manager Distribution Jun’09 – Dec’10
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Key Deliverables:
 Successfully managed distribution process consistently surpassing operational efficiency targets.
 Streamlined fleet movement with effective rout plan, enforcement of operating procedures and vehicular turn around within time schedule while ensuring total safety of drivers and the property.
 Achieved Zero Roll over with No Accident and No incidences of Injury to Drivers.
 Outsourced Drivers through renowned agencies and introduced On Route Safety Observer Contractor.
 Ensured availability of drivers and spares for uninterrupted movement of fleet.
 Evaluated service delivery by the Drivers and contractors. Implemented monthly Reward scheme for the drivers for efficiency and observing Safety rules. Frozen On- route Expenses with Transit reward across Various Route of India.
 Reduced monthly Truck Maintenances hours from 90 to 48 Hours.
 Efficiently worked on LMS (Logistics Management System) for vehicle Monitoring using GPS (Global Position System).

Linfox Logistics India, Jamshedpur and Pune Site Manager May’ 07 - May’ 09

Key Deliverables:
 Effectively managed Fleet operations, Warehousing and Secondary Distribution system.
 Arranged/renewed all Statuary Documentation of the trucks.
 Maintained productive business relations with key clients TATA Steel, TATA Motors, TATA Toyo and retained their continued patronage with superior service delivery.
 Achieved targeted operational efficiency with judicious route planning, expense control, defining transit time and ensuring scheduled turn around.
 Managed on site safety with proper vigilance and implementation of safety measures.
 Delivered services with record of No Driver or 3rd party Fatality.
 Arranged Driver Training Under Smith System (Defensive Driver Training) monitored their performance.

Key Achievements:
 Successfully introduced FMS and SAP system.
 Recorded substantial reduction in operating cost and surpasses revenue and service delivery targets.

Saizar Enterprise Pvt. Ltd., Jamshedpur Nov’ 97- Apr’ 07
Growth Path:
Area Manager South India, Bangalore/Chennai (A.P, T.N, Karnataka & Kerala) Apr’04 - May’07
Area Manager North India, Delhi (Haryana, UP., Punjab, Uttaranchal, Rajasthan, J&K, Rajasthan) Feb’ 01-Apr’04
Executive Nov’97-Feb’01

Key Deliverables:
 Driven operations in the allotted region with final accountability to maintain Fleet and generate targeted revenue.
 Ensured cost effective and superior service delivery to total satisfaction of clients.
 Successfully managed FTL and 3PL Logistics.
 Recorded an increase of 30% in revenue in northern region within 6 month.
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ACADEMIA

2009 MBA (Transport Management and Supply Chain: Distance Learning), National Institute of Management (NIM) Mumbai
1997 B.Com. (Hons.), Coperative College ,Jamshedpur, Ranchi University,


Additional Courses:
 3 Months Short Terms Course in Programming Language CEE from STG InfoTech.
 Certificate Course in Typing (English)

IT Skills
Well versed with Windows, Ms Office and Internet Application
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PERSONAL DOSSIER

DOB: 10th Jan, 1976;
Gender: Male;
Marital Status: Married;
Languages known: English and Hindi (Fluent); Punjabi and Bengali (Basic);
Current Salary : 5000.00 USD; ( Net Savings Only)
Passport Details: J 8331308; Valid till 03rd Jan 2023;
Nationality: Indian;
References: Available on request