Assistant Manager - Distribution | (Distribution Centre)
Kout Food Group
Total years of experience :14 years, 7 Months
- Lead the Distribution Center Deliveries in compliance with BRCG, ISO 22000 and Franchise Standards (Yum! Brands, Burger King international). Reporting directly to the Associate Director-Business Integration.
- Pioneered an effective routing structure to manage and control fleet miles and maintaining timely customer delivery schedules, with a reduction in the vehicle running cost by 35%.
- Executed "One Truck Two Trips" strategy and reduced the neediness of number of trucks onboard for delivery by 33%.
- Accomplished a cost saving of 32 % in Fleet Repair & Maintenance cost by structuring the whole internal maintenance activities and establishing service contracts with new service providers.
- Downsized overtime cost by implementing “Productivity Based Overtime” for the delivery team. (Outbound Carton| Distance based overtime)
- Introduced the First Multi Temperature Compartmental Truck in Kuwait for the distribution of various food category in a single trip and enhanced Customer Satisfaction and achieved Better Cold Chain Consistency.
- Built and maintained quality relationships with external vendors, negotiating better offers and pricing(up to 20% lower prices than industry peers).
- Lead and manage the activities of 100+ distribution staff on a daily basis, including Supervisors, Team Leads, Drivers and Team Members to achieve/maintain service level commitments via ensuring effective controls are in place and that all staff adhere to the requirements.
- Currently Leading BEEHIVE - SAP S4 HANA Program in Distribution Centre. Liaison between cross-functional teams and project teams to achieve the necessary cross-functional alignment for the development of new business solutions and processes.
- As a designated Change Agent for Distribution Centre, accountable for Identifying and formulating efforts to execute change management across the Distribution Center, including new business processes, technology, and organizational changes.
Managed and coordinated the overall administration activities of the
department. Delivered unique administrative support to the department,
which increased overall efficiency and effectiveness of the division by 20%
Develops and implements policies and procedures to improve operations
and functions of the department.
Created and implemented a highly effective and organized filing &
archiving system for the company, which is simple to understand and
handle, ensures easy and quick reference of records, economical, compact,
facilitates cross reference, etc.
Assist and support to Executives in developing detailed SMART goals and
objectives for Strategic management planning. (Balanced Scorecard, SWOT
Analysis, Gap Planning etc.)
Worked with Human Resource departments for talent management,
manpower planning and job analysis, developing job descriptions and hiring
candidates within the budget for the department.
Supervised the work of employees in supporting roles, including assigning
workload, monitoring employee performance, scheduling leaves etc.
Maintained Project Files and Standard Operating Procedure according to the Project OperatingProcedures (POP) and Army Regulation Information Maintenance System (ARIMS).
Coordinated and directed all office services, such as records and budget preparation, personnel, andhousekeeping in order to aid executive management.
Applied and directed administrative policies and procedures for offices and/or organizations andinterpreted administrative and operating policies and procedures for employees.
Prepared Job Descriptions for each Job Tile and finalized with HR.
Reviewed operating practices and procedures in order to determine whether improvements can bemade in areas such as workflow, reporting procedures, or expenditures.
Filed and retrieved corporate documents, records, and reports according to the AIMS.
Coordinated transportation for Cargo to Airport / Seaport and prepared necessary paper works for shipments and maintained office files, records and reports as per the Army Regulations.
Prepared spreadsheets and charts for the review and reconciliation of higher authorities. Prepared Radio Frequency (RF) Tags for shipment using Automated Manifest System (AMS). Tracked shipments on In Transit Visibility Server (ITV) upon the request US Army customers.
Assisted in material receiving, issuing, and inventory control. Prepared Hand Receipts, Issue or Turnin Documents, Work Orders Requests, Property Movement Request, Requisition of Supplies and organized 100% inventory of US Army properties on a monthly basis for verifying the accuracy of Hand Receipt.
Implemented programs for staff training and development and generated regular reports on training activities, evaluation and maintained records according to ARIMS.
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Controlled documents and forms to assure that only current and approved documents were used. Ensured Creation, review, control and distribution of documents using procedures established by the company and department and conducted self-audits to verify that the most up-to-date SOP and IWI were used.
Supervised retirement, retrieval, retention and destructions of records in RSA (Record Storage Area).Established record retrieval procedures, retention, updating and distribution of records inventory and disposition schedules. Maintained a Key Control Register in accordance with the Army Regulation190-51 to ensure continuous accountability for keys of locks used to secure U.S Government property.
• Received, processed and verified the correctness of the shipment against the purchase order.
• Assisted in maintaining product database, updating product information such as new items, productcosts and other data from supplier invoices.
• Applied computer applications such as spreadsheets, word processing, calendar, e-mail and databasesoftware in performing work assignments.
• Reviewed stock records and recommended or initiated ordering of supplies to maintain adequate stock levels. Maintained control records showing stock on hand; stock on order and stock used during previous periods and assisted with 100% inventory controls. Prepared and submit reports of damages, losses and shrinkage.
Specialization in Applied Human Resource Management
Bachelor of Commerce (B.com)