ammar aljefri, Product Manager

ammar aljefri

Product Manager

Tabadul

Location
Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
Education
Bachelor's degree, Business Administration
Experience
13 years, 11 Months

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Total years of experience :13 years, 11 Months

Product Manager at Tabadul
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since November 2019

* Ideation and concept creation of new products and services.
* Ensure products and services are aligned with the organization strategy.
* Benchmarking of existing similar products and services.
* Conduct a value based pricing for the services.
* Creation of business cases and present it to the CEO for review and approval.
* Supervise the documentation by business analysts.
* Supervise the development and delivery of the products and services.
* Lead the training of the operation teams for the product and services.
* Supervise the rollout processes and ensure product and services stability.
* Post launch evaluation of the products and services.
* P&L ownership of the products and services.

Acting Head of Operations at Logipoint
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • February 2019 to November 2019

+ Managing 4 sections, Custom Inspection Yard, Container Yard, Transportation and warehousing sections.
+ Creation and implementation of operational SOP’s.
+ P&L responsibilities.
+ Optimization of fleet, equipment, space and resources utilization.
+ Managing all aspects of transportation services and resources for bonded zone clients as well as port to door clients by our fleet (30 trucks and 2 dyanas) and transportation suppliers.
+ Managing all aspects of warehousing services and resources for bonded zone clients (40, 000sqm warehouses).
+ Managing value added services (co-packing, labeling and assembling).
+ Managing all aspects of container yard services and resources (cross-stuffing, cross-docking, vehicles lashing inside of containers and unlashing from containers, maintaining full and empty container storage report).
+ Lead the transformation plan for the bonded zone operations.
+ Lead the automation project.
+ Alignment of operations with the company strategy.
+ Design and implement cost saving initiatives.
+ Design and implement performance enhancement solutions.
+ Build investment business cases and present it to the board.
+ Design and implement cold-chain physical and process flow.
+ Manage all aspects of the supplier relations (performance, invoicing and billing).

Business Manager at Kuehne - Nagel
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • March 2018 to February 2019

+ Manage the implementation, operations and P&L building for the logistics account of Apple Saudi Arabia
+ Work on the financial proposal of the brokerage and distibution business
+ Create SOP's for 3PL's
+ Manage 3PL’s performance and compliance
+ Ensuring operational SLA's with the customer are met
+ Running root cause analysis for missed SLA’s and create corrective action plans and share it with the customer
+ Maintain and circulate daily operational reports for shipping, custom clearance, cross-docking and transportation
+ Participate in 2 daily conference calls with the customer, with the regional customs manager and the regional logistics manager
+ Participate in a weekly conference call with the customer’s supply chain department heads (CRM, SRM, Logistics, Customs and global projects manager)
+ Maintain and circulate weekly financial reports, weekly duty/VAT forecast and weekly reconiliation report
+ Design cost saving initiatives
+ Design performance enhancement solutions and align it with the customer
+ Create implementation project plans for the designed initiatives
+ Create and implement a procedure for the reverse logistics from the customer to DXB-DC
+ Manage the invoicing and billing of the customer and the suppliers

Solution Dev. and Implementation Manager at Kuehne + Nagel
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • September 2017 to March 2018

* Run gap analysis on customer's supply chain operation.
* Design supply chain optimization solutions.
* Design and propose organization structure for the supply chain.
* Run man-minute analysis to estimate effort and
quantify man power needed.
* Analyse supply chain costing and identify cost saving opportunities.
* Create implementation plan for the designed solution.
* Create business cases and present them to the customers.

Team Leader at Kuehne & Nagel
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • February 2017 to September 2017

Supervise logistics team.
Redesign processes.
Capacity optimization.
Implement continuous improvement projects.

Senior Destination Planner at EXEL Saudi Arabia - DHL Supply Chain
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • July 2012 to January 2017

• Managing all aspects of logistics by coordinating with Vendor Management Team, Financial Team, Warehouse Team and end users.
• Coordinating and monitoring transportation operations for local shipments and foreign shipments from the port to the warehouse.
• Ensuring appropriate, safe and accurate receiving of goods in warehouse.
• Minimizing demurrage and detention charges by ensuring all orders issued have a valid import permit to prevent any delays may occur at the customs.
• Insuring all Import Exemptions are intact and valid.
• Work out and check as per the requirements all documents for the shipments and follow up the shipping from the supplier and shippers as per the schedule and plan as well.
• Follow up with our broker for all shipments under Custom Clearance for smooth clearing process.
• Follow up with Petro Rabigh marine team for direct discharge shipments coming to Rabigh port prior to the vessel arrival to prevent any unnecessary demurrage charges.
• Handling Reverse Logistics by ensuring the spent chemicals are sent back for regeneration or sending the damaged spare part for repair and return.
• Filled in Destination Management Dept. supervisor place (acting supervisor).
• Produce daily, monthly and the annual reports for the management in details.
• Implementing a KPI system for the outsourced services (customs clearance, transportation, shipping and storage).

Logistic Specialist at Al-Assemah Steel Billet factory
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • June 2010 to July 2012

Logistic Specialist:
* Managing all aspects of logistics by coordinating with purchasing dept, financial dept, warehouse dept and production dept.
* Find out the comparative price and perfect agreement with excellent facility from the Marine Agent to minimize the cost and for harmonious work activity and transactions for shipping.
* Negotiation with shipping lines, freight forwarders, custom and local authority.
* Work out and check as per the requirements all documents for the shipments and follow up the shipping from the supplier and shippers as per the schedule and plan as well.
* Follow up and control shipments under clearance with the clearance agent & transporter in order to clear the shipments on time and to avoid any unlikely extra charges.
* Ensuring appropriate, safe and accurate receiving of goods in warehouse.
* Ensuring all process for all shipments as per the company policy to avoid any delay / detention / Demurrages and follow up and communicate with causative until we cover all extra payment
* A high contribution in Managing of financial flow by checking the invoices and follow up for the final payment.
* Work and control a team as Team leader at sea port for off loading the bulk shipments such material as (Scrap, Hbi, Dri etc)
• Produce daily, monthly and the annual reports for the management in details.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Business Administration
  • at King Faisal University
  • May 2019
High school or equivalent, Natural science
  • at Medical College
  • January 2003

* Graduated from Natural science high School with 96.7%. * Studied in Medical College in KAU (King Abdulaziz Univ.) for 3 years.

Specialties & Skills

Strategising
Supply Chain
Planning
Resource Management
Customer Service
Business Development
Supply Chain Management
Freight Forwarding
Logistics Management
Quoting
Team Leading
Budgeting
Planning
Forecasting
Project Planning
Project Management
Financials

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Value Based Selling (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2020
Product Management Master Class (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2019
International Freight Forwarding License (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2018
Leadership Program I (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2018
Preparation Course for PMP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2018
Certified Supply Chain Professional CSCP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2018

Hobbies

  • Video Games
    Qualified for the World Championship of the game FIFA 13.