Regional Supply Chain - Demand Planner
Medica Group
Total years of experience :11 years, 3 Months
I was hired to be Medica Group’s first Demand Planner and reporting to Regional Supply Chain Director. We’re able to change the department’s culture, implemented new SOP’s, provided tools for efficiency, addressed & eliminated bottlenecks, reduced stock holding, streamline processes, applied strategic planning of inbound & outbound shipment, saved huge freight cost, constructed KPI’s, improved warehouse dynamics, applied FIFO/FEFO, identified & corrected variances, swift clearance procedure by opening CDR account, minimized operational cost and achieved milestones.
On my 2nd year, Medica entrusted me to handle new Dental vertical to apply Supply Chain methodology with strategic purchasing plan aligned with company policy and budget.
My key roles are;
Managing Regional purchases of Medical Equipment/Consumables, Cosmetics, Pharmaceuticals & Dental Machines/Consumables from Local and International suppliers.
Leading monthly S&OP meetings that translates to purchase plan.
Monitoring actual sales vs forecast to analyze deviation and apply action plan.
Reviewing supplier agreements vs current inventory to ensure stock holding is within company budget.
Requesting order approval from approving committee. PO generation to inventory posting/receiving. Import/Export documentation generation.
Controlling inter-company inventory movement. Solving stock variances of multiple warehouses.
Tracking shipment ETD/ETA. Monitoring insurance declaration monthly. Adhoc spreadsheets reports.
Regulatory Affairs coordination for MOH & DM related concerns.
Highlighting near expiries, non-moving stocks, used sellable machines to the team & apply action plan.
Reviewing shipping document details to align agreed payment terms.
Obtaining best freight rates w/o compromising ETA.
Supporting colleagues to achieve better future, growth, profitability and sustainability.
*Handling purchase orders locally and international vendors
*8million AED annual local purchased goods
*15million USD annual purchased dairy goods
*400, 000 EUR annual purchased Italian Pasta & Sauces
*1million GBP annual purchase Non-Food packaging goods
*70million AED total annual purchase
*Handling 15 vendors
*Weekly and monthly purchase flow
*Profit, loss, mark up, gross margin data analyst
*Market sourcing
*Inventory management
*Inter-company stock controller & planner
*Pipeline purchase planner
*Demand analyst
*Reports directly to Supply Chain Director
Handles inquiries for Horeca Trade clientele and potential leads. Processing customer order requests sent via email or fax. Outbound call for selling or promoting new SKU’s. Notify appropriate department for price discrepancies, special prices, blocked accounts. Slow moving stock liquidation. Quotations and price updates to all customers. Providing monthly consumption of new customer to Supply Chain. Ensuring deliveries are sent on a timely manner. Reports directly to Telesales Supervisor.