MUHAMMAD's CV
MUHAMMAD FAISAL BIN SHARBUDIN
Senior Materials Management & Supply Chain Professional
Profile summary
Strategic Senior Materials Management & Supply Chain Professional with 21 years shaping supply chain and inventory outcomes. Known for SAP systems deployment, material master-data governance, and cross-functional leadership. Committed to driving operational efficiency, audit compliance, and continuous improvement across regional operations.
Career highlights
Materials and Inventory Optimization: Managed end-to-end materials and inventory operations across regional sites, improving inventory turnover by 12% and maintaining zero audit non-compliance findings.
SAP Implementation and Systems Deployment: Implemented the SAP Virtual Hub across Asia, restructuring spare-parts storage locations and reducing inventory redundancy by 15%.
Project Management Professional Certification: Held the Project Management Professional credential along with Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and ISO 9001 internal auditor qualifications.
Key skills
Professional experience
Shaped corporate governance and operational workflows, steering internal control reviews across multiple business functions. Defined process improvement strategies to align organizational practices with established performance metrics.
- Directed corporate governance initiatives by reviewing business processes and internal controls across multiple functions.
- Evaluated and selected an HRMS to digitize workforce data, streamline workflows, and improve performance tracking.
- Reviewed and optimized forty plus SOPs, aligning operational workflows with corporate KPIs.
- Improved process consistency and resource utilization through structured workflow alignment.
Defined materials and inventory strategy, steering regional operations across multiple sites to maintain material availability, stock accuracy, and compliance with company policies.
- Directed monthly materials performance reviews and KPI reporting to provide insights into inventory accuracy, cost efficiency, and supply readiness.
- Served as primary focal point for SOX, external financial, and internal process audits, achieving zero audit non-compliance findings.
- Optimized material forecasting and replenishment planning, reducing excess stock levels and improving inventory turnover by 12%.
Managed regional materials plans and performance dashboards while serving as Acting Regional Materials Manager from 2018 to 2019, directing regional inventory performance and control using SAP R/3 and S/4HANA to strengthen stock accuracy, reporting visibility, and audit compliance.
- Implemented the SAP Virtual Hub across Asia, restructuring spare-parts storage locations to improve regional stock visibility and reduce inventory redundancy by 15%.
- Directed SAP capability-building and process standardization for regional teams, improving system adoption and reducing transaction errors.
Managed materials activities across global business units, including Subsea, Wireline and Downhole Video, steering inventory optimization and material movements. Supervised material master-data maintenance, procurement coordination, and delivery tracking to support material availability.
- Developed the Regional Monthly Materials KPI Report for Asia to improve inventory performance visibility.
- Enhanced SAP MM functionalities by building automated billing and inter-plant transaction restrictions.
- Strengthened inventory-record accuracy through audit, reconciliation, and data-validation activities.
- Reduced inventory discrepancies from 150 to fewer than 10-line items through implementation of DDR system.
- Improved MRP report efficiency by introducing standardized valuation adjustment parameters.
- Delivered weekly and monthly financial and project management reports for multi-department operations.
- Ensured accuracy of WBS structures and account coding in SAP for project budget tracking.
- Executed full data migration of regional assets into SAP ahead of schedule, improving reporting accuracy and audit compliance.
- Implemented SAP-based asset tracking and utilization reports, enhancing visibility and accountability of high-value equipment.
- Collaborated with Base Operations and AP teams to reconcile billing discrepancies and streamline monthly revenue tracking.
- Optimized invoice cycle time by introducing standardized digital approval workflows across departments.
- Supported SAP system transition by validating data accuracy and ensuring seamless integration of finance records.
- Coordinated with operations and vendors to improve billing efficiency and maintain compliance with financial policies.
- Developed internal accounting templates that standardized reporting and reduced financial discrepancies.
Projects
Project Governance: Led the end-to-end audit and optimization of 40+ critical Business Processes and SOPs across five core
KPI Synchronization: Aligned departmental procedures with corporate KPIs and strengthened internal controls to mitigate risks related to safety and fraud
System Migration: Spearheaded the transition from manual records to SAP MM for the Booster Compressor product line in
Project Leadership: Managed cross-functional teams using Waterfall methodology to deliver the project within the $1M budget and established performance tracking via Power BI dashboards
Operational Continuity: Directed the seamless relocation of inventory to a newly commissioned facility, ensuring zero unplanned
Process Improvement: Optimized warehouse layout efficiency and material flow, while conducting comprehensive staff training to maintain operational standards post-transition
Data Integrity: Orchestrated the strategic migration of inventory data from legacy D365 systems to SAP MM across merged entities,
Change Management: Managed multiple test migrations and production cutovers to establish a "Single Source of Truth," providing standardized SOPs and reconciliation reports for global sites
System-Driven Planning: Transformed replenishment strategies by replacing manual reorder points with an automated Material
Inventory Optimization: Improved procurement predictability and reduced shortages by defining critical MRP parameters, including lot-sizing rules and safety stock policies
Education
Finance
Accountancy