Submitting more applications increases your chances of landing a job.

Here’s how busy the average job seeker was last month:

Opportunities viewed

Applications submitted

Keep exploring and applying to maximize your chances!

Looking for employers with a proven track record of hiring women?

Click here to explore opportunities now!
We Value Your Feedback

You are invited to participate in a survey designed to help researchers understand how best to match workers to the types of jobs they are searching for

Would You Be Likely to Participate?

If selected, we will contact you via email with further instructions and details about your participation.

You will receive a $7 payout for answering the survey.


User unblocked successfully
Thank you. Your report has been submitted and will be reviewed shortly.
Alia Al-Turk, Supply and Planning Manager

Alia Al-Turk

Supply and Planning Manager·Essity Hygiene and Health,

United Arab Emirates

Master's degree, Management And Industrial Engineering

Work experience

Total years of experience: 18 years, 11 months

Supply and Planning Manager

January 2023 - Present

Essity Hygiene and Health,

Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hybrid

January 2023 - Present

• The supply and demand planning speaking partner for initiatives in assigned markets
and sites, projects and mid/long term planning topics.
• Lead the regional S&OPs balancing demand and capacity of semi-finished and finished
products within the region and proactively managing botlenecks in connection with the
continental S&OP,
• Coordinates PIPOs supporting initiatives and supply planning teams.
• Owns continuous improvement and follow up of supply planning KPIs related to the
market.
• Reports and analysing the manufacturing contracts KPIs.
• Looking for creating mutual and competitive advantage that can be commercialized and
help the brands to win with consumers & shoppers.
• Coordinate closely with operations teams to ensure seamless integration between
project planning stages and actual implementation activities.
• Reduce costs through efficient resource allocation and strategic negotiations with
suppliers.
• Successfully managed budgets and allocated resources to maximize productivity and
profitability.
• Create new methodologies to improve planning processes and results.,
• Leading & coaching the supply planning team to deliver operational targets &
improvements projects.
• Align the monthly buying volume with purchasing through the MRP process control.
• Working with the sales and marketing teams to create timely, cost-effective
import/export supply chains and responsible for forecasting demand for the products
and managing their supply to the customer including all new productions and
promotions.

Company industry:
FMCG

Regional Supply Chain Supervisor

April 2013 - December 2022

Essity Hygiene and Health

Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hybrid

April 2013 - December 2022

Lead, steer, plan, support and follow up the operations and the development of the distribution organization within the area.
Implemented advanced demand planning tools to improve forecast accuracy and enhance overall supply chain responsiveness.
Implemented effective cost control measures across the entire supply chain, resulting in significant savings without compromising quality or service levels.

Company industry:
FMCG

Regional Operations Officer

September 2012 - October 2013

Nuqul Group / Fine SCA

Amman, Jordan

September 2012 - October 2013

•Ensure daily planning and procurement requirements are met, as per weekly schedule.
•Ensuring resource wastages are kept at a minimum or eliminated.
•Drive process improvements, and effectively use the IDEAL methodology
•Drive a better partnership with both businesses, RM, Branches
•Create and implement harmonized initiatives for global material planning, procurement and inventory management.

Company industry:
FMCG
Job role:
Engineering

Supply Chain Officer

January 2011 - September 2012

Nuqul Group

Amman, Jordan

January 2011 - September 2012

- Coordinate and monitor the inter-company finished goods transaction between different business units.
- Responsible for communicating the Inter Company Transaction KPI’s to BU’s and supply chain executives.
- Handle the process of PO’s creation and follow up.
- Update ICT status sheet with PO’s status and calculate the related KPI’s (fulfillment rate and on time delivery) and provide the evaluation report on quarterly basis.
- Participates in the implementation of supply chain departments’ strategies and operational plans.
- Participate in the projects related to supply chain to improve performance and cut cost.
- Analyses the past performance and provide required critical data/information to the own department manager for preparation of contingency plans.
-Create and implement harmonized initiatives for global material planning, procurement and inventory management.
-Work with the other areas of operations management to develop and implement strategic and operating plans and work with local and international contract manufacturer and logistics teams to ensure the consistent delivery of finished goods to meet the forecasted product requirements.
-Ensure daily planning and procurement requirements are met, as per weekly schedule.
-Create integrated processes among Operations, Purchasing, Logistics, and outside suppliers to execute the planning/replenishment process.
-Lead reengineering efforts as it relates to supply chain planning and execution systems.
-Regular reviews to ensure correct resources status to support production plan and associated schedules.
-Co-ordinate activities to minimize downtime due to; supply chain shortage, improper planning, and market fluctuations.
-Manage the unit budget, and
-Identify opportunities for, drive cost efficiencies
-Ensuring resource wastages are kept at a minimum or eliminated.
-Drive process improvements, and effectively use the IDEAL methodology
-Drive a better partnership with both businesses, RM, Branches

Company industry:
Management Consulting
Job role:
Engineering

Production Planning Engineer

August 2007 - January 2011

Nuqul Group

Amman, Jordan

August 2007 - January 2011

- Working on ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system to enter actual man-hours and compare it with estimated man-hours to reduce labor cost.
- Working on iScala Epicor ERP System as Material Production Control MPC
- Working on Material Requirement Planning MRP and scheduling and ordering the needed raw material based on the Sales Department Orders Expectations in addition to the Master Production Schedule MPS.
- Preparing the Monthly and yearly Budget that shows all the on-hand and upcoming orders in addition to the WIP and Sold Orders as Quantity and JD amount.
- Working on Choosing an ERP System Project and Gap Analysis.
- Making Cost Studies and pricing requests to price the new and current products (items) taking into consideration minimizing the cost to the customer.

Company industry:
Industrial Production
Job role:
Engineering

Education

University of Jordan

February 2014

February 2014

Master's degree, Management And Industrial Engineering

Jordan

GPA (rating): Very good

GPA (rating): Very good

University of Jordan

February 2014

February 2014

Master's degree, Engineering Management

Jordan

The Hashemite University

July 2007

July 2007

Bachelor's degree, Industrial Engineering

Jordan

Skills

Supply Chain Management

Expert

Inventory Management

Expert

Demand Planning

Expert

Logistics

Expert

MRP

Expert

PLANNING

Expert

SALES

Expert

SUPPLY CHAIN

Expert

FORECASTING

Expert

HYGIENE

Expert

MANAGEMENT

Expert

ACCOUNTING

Intermediate

INFRASTRUCTURE

Intermediate

MARKETING INTELLIGENCE

Intermediate

PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS

Expert

Ms Office

Expert

AutoCAD

Intermediate

Aggregate Inventory Management

Expert

S&OP Implementation

Expert

Logistics

Expert

CSCP

Expert

Supply Planning

Expert

Risk Management

Intermediate

Demand Planning

Expert

Quality Assurance

Intermediate

Quality Control

Expert

Six Sigma

Intermediate

Business Development

Expert

Supply Chain Management

Expert

Inventory Management

Expert

MRP

Expert

DEMAND PLANNING

Intermediate

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

Intermediate

JOB COSTING

Intermediate

MANAGEMENT

Intermediate

OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY

Intermediate

PRICING STRATEGIES

Intermediate

PROCUREMENT

Intermediate

STRATEGIC PLANNING

Intermediate

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Intermediate

SUPPLY MANAGEMENT

Intermediate

Languages

Arabic

Expert

English

Expert

Training and Certifications

Certifications
Marketing Intelligence Analysis
Six Sigma and Lean Management
Certified in Supply Chain Professional (CSCP)
Certified in Logistics, Transportation and Distribution (CLTD)
Net Revenue Management Fundamentals
CAPEX Guidelines and Valuations
Certified Logistics, Transportation and Distribution(CLTD)
Dec 2020

Training
Supply Chain Professionals Certificate
CSCP (Certificate of Supply Chain Professionals)
Nov 2013
Supply Chain Management
Supply Chain Management
Apr 2012
Marketing Intelligence
Marketing Intelligence
Sep 2007
Six Sigma Green Belt Certification
Six Sigma Green Belt
Aug 2010

Hobbies and interests

Fantasy Sports
Internet Research
Reading