Country Supply Chain Manager
Ceva Sante Animal
Total years of experience :19 years, 9 Months
Responsible for supporting the business objectives of the subsidiary by managing and improving all supply chain areas in full alignment within the global Ceva strategy and standards.
Member of the Board of Executives.
Manage the forecasting process within the subsidiary.
Manage the GOVES & MOH Approvals.
Manage transport and distribution to meet customer service goals and cost optimization.
Manage the Cold Chain & Liquid Nitrogen platform.
Plan and confirm replenishment plans and place orders for local procurement to ensure availability.
Support replenishment planning for global factories and 3rd party suppliers managed by Corporate Supply Chain.
Identify and support the resolution of potential customer service issues/stock positions.
Provide support to product launch, discontinuations, and tender planning.
Apply the Supply chain rules & best practices in the subsidiary.
Ensure the quality of all the supply chain data and systems in the subsidiary (Forecast : Vanguard / DRP : Nskep / QuickBase Platform / ERP : JDE...)
Develop continuous improvement mindset
• Made Research & Feasibility Study on Acquiring Paramedical Agencies.
o Researched the Market (Prices, Distribution Channels & Competitors).
o Qualified Suppliers from China and shortlisted them to three main suppliers.
o Implemented multiple sourcing Strategies to insure most competitive prices/ payment terms & lead times.
o Onboard Face to face Negotiations for quality inspection and deal conclusion
Senior Supply Chain and Logistics Specialist, Techno Pharm "Delmar & Atalla Pharmacies", 1 June 2012 Till April 2013.
• Responsible for restructuring the department to be able to expand and grow in the future.
• Optimize the Logistics and internal operation to be able to expand and minimize the running cost.
• Optimize the ordering and replenishment process to optimize the inventory levels inside the pharmacies and warehouse.
• Responsible for customer satisfaction by providing more than 10'000 SKU's.
• Managing and controlling the staff to meet the company policies.
• Assessing the whole department performance and take corrective actions.
• Coordinating with other departments like (Pharmacies Administration Dep. & Financial Dep.)
• Understanding the medicine industry nature in less than two weeks. • Detecting the ERP system problems and taking corrective actions. • Optimized the internal operation. • Applied the checking concept in the work floor before dispatching the deliveries. • Reduced our stock level by 43% in my first month without affecting sales. • Applied the Cycle Count System.
Senior Supply Chain and Logistics Specialist, 4energy Egypt Ltd., 1 August 2011 Till 30 April 2012.
As the First person in that position, Created and organized activities of: • Material Requirement Planning. (MRP)
• Sourcing from inside and outside Egypt.
• Procurement from inside and outside Egypt.
• Following up on documents from supplier to clearance.
• Dealing with Banks procedures like (LC's & Forms)
• Inventory Management.
• Coordination with United Kingdom Headquarter.
• BOM cost Reduction. • Finding alternative products. • Applying the JIT method on local manufactured Products. • Optimizing the Space Saving in the Warehouse. • Created the Warehouse Book keeping System.
Logistics Coordinator, Royal El Minya Cement Co., 1 March 2010 Till 1 August 2011.
• Managed the launching marketing activities.
• Dealt with designing companies and chose the better sack design.
• Contributed in choosing the Corporate Identity Manual (CIM)
• Attended negotiations with another Cement Co. and analyzed the Distribution contract issues.
• Organized Ramadan Eftaar ceremony to our agents.
• Chose gifts for local market customers.
• Making the dispatch orders at the beginning period.
• Made the flowchart cycle of sales for the new ERP system (AXAPTA)
• Managed the Export activities like (deals with Foreign customers, making invoices, analyzing LC's and dealing with Banks, dealing with governmental institutions to issue Certificate of origin, dealing with SGS inspection testing and verification services Company, clearance and shipping lines & the packing and dispatch Department)
• Made market research for another business projects.
• Coordinate between the sales team and sales manager concerning the (sales logistics, market prices, making surveys & customer Accounts balance at the beginning period)
• One of the team who introduced the two marketing projects to the Cement Market (because of the difficult competition)
• AXAPTA, ERP system Key User.
• Providing information to customers through calls.
Production activity controller, Metal Industry Salheya (MIS), February 2009 till 11 August 2009.
Control and follow up:
• Daily production & operations of assembly lines.
• Variance between planned materials and the actual issue.
• Shortage of materials in assembly lines & system SAP.
• Closing production orders when they are finished, using SAP system.
• Materials quantity changes issued from the technology department.
• Machines' follow up report.
• Final product warehouse.
• Trucks report.
• Finished and ready-for-delivery products report.
• Issuance of products delivery note permission.
Foreign Purchasing Specialist, Metal Industry Salheya (MIS), Mercedes MCV Sister Company, June 2008 till February 2009.
• Managed procurements for two factories (Egypt-Dubai)
• Created purchasing orders via SAP Program
• Followed up with foreign suppliers
• Monitored the clearance of goods
• Researched the market for more competitive suppliers
• Coordinated with planning and quality assurance departments
• Kept track with forwarders
• Dealt with different banking procedures
• Met foreign suppliers' delegates
•Succeeded at supplying the factory with the shortage materials. •Made suppliers give us a better payment terms. •Made the supplier bare the airfreight costs because of his dispatching delay.
Accountant, Orascom Construction Industries Besix, January 2007 till June 2008.
Resolved and followed up all issues related to: • Accounts payable.\{include the foreign suppliers and contractors\}
• With-holding tax.\{prepare tax form 41\}
• Bank reconciliation.
• Observing changes in affiliated companies balances.
• Preparing customs form 13 report.
•At the beginning of my work and in short time I meet the due date of with-holding tax payment. •Finished a three months back due invoices in less than one month.
Investor, Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchange, January 2003 till December 2005.
• Used small capital in \{U.S dollars, and Egyption pounds\}.
• Borrowed money then returned it with interest.
• Bachelor of Arts, New Cairo Academy (NCA), May 2006. Major: Economics & Foreign Trade. • Grade: Very Good.
• Thanaweya amma: Manor House School, Dokki.
• MBA, Supply Chain: Arab Academy for Science & Technology (Studying)