Ahmed Shaker, Purchasing Manager

Ahmed Shaker

Purchasing Manager

New Modern Plast

Location
Egypt
Education
Bachelor's degree, Business Administration And Computer Science
Experience
25 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :25 years, 0 Months

Purchasing Manager at New Modern Plast
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since July 2022

-Leveraged planning knowledge to drive supply chain activities through the creation, modification, and implementation of production plans.
- Create and update capacity-planning models for 12 lines daily.
- Develop RAW Materials forecasts and best practice with the Procurement.
- Implementing systems to avoid situations like over-stocking or out-off stock, which cause production and financial losses.
- Created and launched supplier scorecard and supplier survey.
- Reduced costs in inventory and piece part price by 21% by identifying unnecessary tooling.
- Increased supply efficiency by 19% through process improvement design and implementation.
- Reduced direct material costs 8% on formed metal products by collaborating with CNC operators on a scrap-reduction program.

Group Purchasing Manager at SILO Food
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • April 2020 to May 2022

- Leading the Sales and Operation (S&OP) meetings.
- Managing & Set the Inventory Target for all Stock Keeping Units (SKU).
- Managing inventory risk & Setting an Inventory Management strategy.
- Set Sourcing Plan to procurement dep. to support supplier’s assessment systems.
- Leverage the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) system to optimize supply/demand planning and inventory. Evaluate potential scenarios and strategies in the medium to long term, including economics.
- Utilize the Enterprise Inventory Optimization (EIO) tool to reduce inventory working capital and supply chain costs by developing optimal inventory targets.
- Lead the Operations Planning portion of the Sales and Operations Planning process.

Senior Supply Chain Technical Professional at Halliburton
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • February 2010 to March 2020

-Evaluating stock levels and reorder points by compiling and analyzing utilizing statistics; advises management of significant transactions and trends.
- Managed 10 direct reports in 4 functional departments: demand planning, materials management, Warehousing/transportation, and customer service.
- Reduced days of inventory by 40% over two years. Success is attributed to improved controls, leveraging the ERP (SAP) system and implementing a new S&OP process.
- Conducted transportation/warehousing network optimization initiative eliminating 7 warehouses while reducing transportation costs. The initiative resulted in 11% savings on a $25M spend.
- Negotiated prices, terms of sales, and service agreements.

Logistics & Procurement Senior Supervisor at Nestle Water
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • November 2007 to January 2010

- Planning for goods manufacturing forecast quarterly & achieving the required needs monthly.
- Securing the production needs at the plant.
- Negotiation with the local suppliers & contracted vendors.
- Securing new product needs such as Raw, Packing & new design materials.
- Ensuring the achievements of the production plan at our plant.
- Managing 20 Personal at Warehousing, Logistics & Procurement divisions.
- 1500 Boxes for Daily Average handling concerning Warehousing &Transportation.
- Maximized revenues in several programs by implementing creative sales training techniques.

Procurement & Logistics Supervisor at Henkel
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • July 2004 to October 2007

- Planning for the sales forecast quarterly & achieving the needs of the sales monthly.
- Reduced total inventory value by $380K in the Country by implementing inventory management tools.
- Reduced obsolete inventory by 40% in the last 5 years.
- Led and mentored 35 individuals in Supply Chain, Maintenance, Co-workers, and Distribution operations.
- Ensuring the achievements of the production plan at our plant & the Tolls.
- Participated in Implementing SAP software "Distribution Module" for Cosmetics & Detergent Goods Logistics with full staff training.
- Upgrading the working system procedures and management quality in the cosmetics business regarding the SAP Program.
- Handling Packing & Raw Materials for 132 SKUs.
- 50 Tunes for Daily Average handling concerning Warehousing &Transportation.
-Enhance the Packing Materials design & usage with a cost deduction of up to 12%.

Customer Life Cycle Management Rep. at Vodafone - Egypt
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • April 1999 to June 2004

• Execute outbound marketing campaigns to educate customers, decrease churn, increase customer loyalty, foster the adoption of new products and services, as well as increase usage and ARPU (Average Revenue per User). Profile Resolution of customer complaints regarding billing, coverage, and network quality.
• Working with other related departments (Technical Support, Activation, collection, Operation support, Corporate
• Customer Care) in special projects.
• Create and promote an environment that fosters both individual and team development to ensure the outstanding delivery of the work and the service provided.
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
• Created alternative business plans to improve customer relationships.
• Organized focus groups to design the best marketing strategy for product offerings.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Business Administration And Computer Science
  • at Modern Academy
  • March 1999

Coursework in Management and Business Administration. Coursework in Business Administration and Management.

Specialties & Skills

Customer Service
Sales and Marketing
Business Development
Completion
Supply Chain Management
BUSINESS PLANS
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
NETWORKING
PROCUREMENT
SUPPLY CHAIN

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Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Supply Chain Management (Training)
Training Institute:
LTC
Date Attended:
June 2009
Duration:
34 hours

Hobbies

  • Fixing Cars