Rafiqul Islam

Rafiqul Islam is currently the Manager, Head of Procurement at Star Ceramics. Prior to this, they were with International Beverages Pvt. Ltd. (a subsidiary of The Coca-Cola Company) from July 2013 to November 2018, where they served as Assistant Manager-Procurement. In this role, they led project procurement (capital machineries, Consumable & all necessary materials) of Coca-Cola's first ever production facility in Bangladesh (Valuka, Mymensingh), a 100% foreign investment. Rafiqul also developed backward (RM/PM) & forward linkage (Logistics/Service/Distribution) for the new facility.

During their time with International Beverages Pvt. Ltd., Rafiqul Islam was responsible for handling the entire process of Import and closely coordinating with suppliers & carrying out overall LC opening activities through intense interaction with overseas exporters and local banks. Rafiqul also coordinated with overseas parties, banks, insurance companies, C & F agents, transporters, third party inspection companies, NBR, BOI, CCI&E- for smooth and timely supply of all import’s materials. In addition, they performed 'shadow-costing' through parallel cost benchmarking to arrive at most competitive finished goods pricing by analyzing duty structure, international market price of RM & other controlling factors.

Some of Rafiqul Islam's major achievements include leading the total sourcing, purchase & procurement of electro-mechanical items during new project work, as well as providing total Import & local purchase support during green field to factory set up.

Rafiqul Islam has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from American International University-Bangladesh and a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) from Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology.

They work with and Shahanur Rahman - Assistant General Manager, Head of Accounts & Finance. Rafiqul Islam reports to Muhammad Khaliduzzaman, GM, HR & Admin.