amr abdallah

Operating at a functional lead scope across DRP governance, planning standardization, and system
driven transformation for France, with expanded support scope to Spain. Reporting outcomes to
Distribution Manager, European Cluster Lead, and Europe & Middle East Supply Chain Planning Director.

• Led the end-to-end DRP Run to Standard agenda across 300+ SKUs and 30 distribution
lanes covering 6M+ monthly cases, strengthening governance and improving compliance
from 9% to 66%.

• Coached, trained, and guided 4 planners during R2S deployment, building team capability,
ensuring adoption of standard processes, and supporting business continuity.

• Acted as primary DRP interface with Centers of Excellence (COEs), leading weekly R2S
sessions for France DRP matters and working closely with COEs to drive corrective actions,
enhance planning logic, and resolve structural issues.

• Acted as DRP Key User, governing JDA / Blue Yonder parameter setup, planning logic, and
system stabilization across OT and AFH channels — reducing manual intervention, minimizing
errors, and improving planning reliability.

• Contributed to 98.02% IF performance (99.35% adjusted) while delivering €360K+ in cost
savings through optimized distribution rules, redesigned planning files, and stronger
governance routines.

• Coached and trained 3 planners in OT transformation to roll out the new model and
distribution planning rules, ensuring sustainable adoption and scalability.

• Supported cross-market standardization by scaling Frances successful planning model and
best practices into Spain, working closely with Spanish planning counterparts.

Led planning stabilization, service recovery, and DRP model redesign across key France business
channels (AFH ~2M cases/month and OT ~4M cases/month), focusing on service excellence, planning
accuracy, and operational efficiency.
• Led the Away From Home (AFH) channel transition from French BU to Egypt CBS,
coordinating with 2 PepsiCo France knowledge experts, 2 PepsiCo France Response
Coordinators, and 3 PepsiCo Egypt planners — stabilizing operations and achieving
99.5% service level versus 98% target.
• Delivered 65 annual hours savings through process simplification and improved planning
routines.
• Entrusted to lead the full redesign and optimization of the DRP model for PepsiCo Frances
largest channel (OT), establishing clear ownership, escalation paths, and effective
communication channels across key stakeholders in Egypt and France.
• Improved OT service levels from 90% to 98%+, creating a scalable and sustainable planning
framework.
• Enhanced planning accuracy from 70% to 95% through proactive planning approaches and
stronger exception management.
• Eliminated inefficiencies and improved team productivity, delivering 258+ annual hours of
time savings.
• Acted with full end-to-end ownership, taking accountability for outcomes whether within
formal scope or beyond it to protect overall business performance.
• Strengthened governance through structured monitoring, planning discipline, and issue
escalation management.

Led deployment planning across Egypts national distribution network, optimizing inventory positioning
and ensuring cost-effective distribution across a complex high-volume FMCG environment.
• Operated in an acting managerial capacity for 6 months, leading one direct planner and
overseeing planning continuity, service KPIs, and cross-functional coordination until a
permanent manager was onboarded.
• Sustained Demand Compliance above 98% despite low forecast accuracy and significant
demand fluctuations, through proactive planning and stakeholder coordination.
• Managed daily coordination with Sales Directors, Sales Regional Managers, Sales Unit
Managers, DC Managers, Marketing, Plants, Production Planning, Transportation,
and Logistics Managers — resolving operational challenges and ensuring execution
continuity.
• Managed deployment across 28 DCs, 17 distributors, and 7 large 3PL warehouses,
particularly during peak-season stock prebuilds.
• Managed 5 raw material suppliers as an extended responsibility, tracking their performance,
ensuring continuity of supply, and supporting upstream stability.
• Developed a dynamic daily DC storage utilization tool, improving capacity planning,
reducing truck waiting times, and minimizing plan cancellations.
• Improved forecast validation using real-time sales run rates, reducing stockouts, minimizing
expiry costs, and unlocking additional sales opportunities.

Led end-to-end customer order fulfillment for 17 large-scale distributors across Egypt, acting as Single
Point of Contact across Sales, Manufacturing, Logistics, Customer Support, and Transportation teams.
• Acted as Single Point of Contact for 17 distributor managers, sales teams, customer
support, plants teams, and transportation — resolving daily challenges and ensuring seamless
order execution.
• Led shipping plant allocation optimization, generating approximately ~2M EGP in cost
savings while maintaining strong service performance.
• Analyzed fulfillment KPIs to identify bottlenecks and drive corrective actions, achieving IF on
time delivery above 99%.
• Partnered with deployment teams to proactively monitor stock availability and prevent
stockouts.
• Coordinated daily across multiple stakeholders to improve responsiveness, decision-making
speed, and overall service stability.

Started as Warehouse Specialist and progressively took on shift leadership responsibilities, leading
high-volume FMCG warehouse operations across receiving, storage, picking, packing, loading, and
dispatch — managing manpower, KPIs, safety, and operational excellence.
• After 3 years, took on shift leadership responsibilities on an informal basis — managing daily
allocation and supervision of laborers, operators, and forklift drivers across receiving, put-away,
storage, picking, packing, loading, and dispatch operations.
• Led problem escalation and resolution for daily operational issues including truck delays,
manpower shortages, inventory discrepancies, equipment breakdowns, dock congestion, and
loading errors.
• Reduced truck loading time by 20% through process analysis and Lean methodology
application.
• Increased warehouse capacity by 25% through pallet reconfiguration and space utilization
optimization without additional infrastructure investment.
• Drove daily KPI achievement including Loading Time, Picking Accuracy, Inventory
Accuracy, Truck Turnaround Time, Productivity, OTIF / Service Level, and Damages &
Losses.
• Led, trained, and developed a workforce of 50+ technicians, operators, and forklift
drivers, improving discipline, capability, and productivity.
• Enforced Safety, Food Safety, GMP, OHS, and PPE compliance through safety checks,
toolbox meetings, incident reporting, and team training.
• Managed inventory health through cycle counting, FIFO/FEFO compliance, damaged
items control, stock accuracy, space utilization, and SAP-based reconciliation —
ensuring audit readiness and operational compliance.
• Coordinated daily across Transportation, Planning, Customer Service, Manufacturing,
Quality, and Security teams to ensure seamless warehouse operations.
• Leveraged SAP and Microsoft tools to improve inventory management, storage optimization,
and reporting accuracy.