أحمد Subeih

· Lead a team of planning specialists to manage end-to-end supply chain planning across demand,
supply, production, capacity, and inventory functions.
· Own and drive the S&OP process, aligning forecasted demand with capacity, inventory strategy, and
production capabilities.
· Manage forecasting processes by integrating market insights, sales trends, and statistical analysis to
build accurate demand plans.
· Develop and execute strategic and tactical supply plans, ensuring material availability and production
continuity.
· Lead capacity planning efforts, balancing production resources with forecasted demand, and
identifying constraints to optimize utilization.
· Oversee inventory management, including stock aging control, FEFO implementation, and parameter
optimization to reduce holding costs.
· Design and maintain production scheduling models that ensure adherence to plans while accounting
for operational flexibility.
· Foster continuous improvement through the development of policies and procedures, planning tools,
KPIs, and cross-functional planning alignment.
· Train and coach the planning team, while collaborating with Sales, Production, Procurement, and
Customer Service for full E2E visibility.

• Developing a 12-18 months Demand Plan based on consensus with Sales, Marketing, Finance and Business Plan;
• Leading monthly Sales and Operations Meeting (S&OP), ensure meeting targeted outcomes;
• Supervised the day-to-day activities of the assigned Demand & Supply Planning Team Members pertaining to the development of strategic and operational Supply Chain deliverable, while being responsible for its actual implementation;
• Monitor Abudawood Projects Procurement activities, including the establishment of procurement strategies for the ordering, tracking and receiving the required supplies & materials from our principals;
• Foster a collaborative environment between the demand side and supply side and other departments and divisions to effectively manage and achieve DP objectives;
• Achieved and exceeded the best-in-class benchmarks in overseeing the development, delivery and implementation of Demand Planning best practices;
• Daily, weekly and monthly monitoring sales performance versus the agreed demand plan, and ensuring supplying the optimal stocks levels. Taking the right decisions and actions as per the S&OP outcomes.

Key Achievements
• Improved forecast accuracy by 25%, to be at 68% on item level and 85% on family level by applying new quantitative and qualitative forecasting methods and conducting monthly S&OP meetings.
• Improved customer service level by 2%, to be at 96% while maintaining an optimum inventory level with high inventory turnover rate.

Key Responsibilities:

•Designing and generating statistical forecast reports on SKU and channel level with capability of roll up/down.
•Continuously improving forecasting techniques, method, and approach.
•Relating and measuring the impact of forecast accuracy.
•Evolving and maintaining documentation and standard operating procedures for demand planning processes and systems.
•Conduct current and future forecasting analysis, insuring forecasting processes and methods are followed.
•Conduct collaboration meetings with Sales Team on monthly basis.
•Assemble and analyse all data pertinent to creating the sales forecast (historical sales, market trends, seasonality, promotions, and POS data).
•Establish and utilize best methods (statistical models and software tools) in creating forecasts and respective inventory targets with respect to data cleaning.
•Make adjustments on forecast and inventory targets based on changes in demand and market trends in consensus with related functions.
•Leading forecast and inventory planning meetings with Marketing Managers, reviewing recommended sales forecasts and inventory goals (emphasis on brand transitions, new product introduction, and promotions).
•Creating and leading the Building Blocks.
•Forecasting new launches and keeps on reviewing Sales vs Forecast and speedily transfers the signals to Supply Team.
•Compute, report, and communicate the KPIs to the management along with root causing and action plans. (Forecast Accuracy, WAPE, Bias, SP1 Reliability and SP1 Compliance).
•Monitor SKU levels and recommend SKU rationalization initiatives in the future.


Key Achievements:
•Applied the same capabilities of best-in-class companies.
•FC accuracy has been improved from 23% to 65% on SKU level and to 82% on family level, to be part of the best-in-class.
•Service Level of 96.8%.
•Inventory value has been reduced by 37%.

Key Responsibilities:
•Running and control the pipeline management to ensure having the right products at the right time at the right place.
•Aligning and approving all initiatives circulars, ensure their availability based on the company initiatives master plan, and control and report the initiatives remnants liquidation.
•Contributing in the pipeline management role in the supply chain improvement action plans to continuously improve product availability and customer service at a minimum possible working capital, and achieve the objective of delivering the right product at the right time at a minimum cost.

Key Achievements:
•New Product Availability Tool -KPI.
•New Ordering System.
•New Warehouse Shifting.

Key Responsibilities:
•Inventory Management and Control.
•Liquidating the non-performing inventory.
•Make Shortage Report of the projects in the system.

Key Responsibilities:
•Logistics coordinator.
•New markets or new business feasibility analysis.

Improve all stages in supply chain and all tasks for more better status