Dina Aboul Fotouh, Regional Supply Planner (Africa and Middle East)

Dina Aboul Fotouh

Regional Supply Planner (Africa and Middle East)

Guardian Industries

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Higher diploma, Total Quality Management in Healthcare Reform
Experience
17 years, 10 Months

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Total years of experience :17 years, 10 Months

Regional Supply Planner (Africa and Middle East) at Guardian Industries
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since June 2021

 Develop an operationally optimized capacity plan that is developed considering customer requirements, inventory levels, available capacity and any dependant demand for 3 plants in 3 different countries with annual revenues of $120 million.
 Evaluate and define S&OP supply scenarios.
 Plan, organize and lead the supply revision meetings to validate/and or adapt operational assumptions.
 Plan, organize and lead the pre S&OP at regional/subregional level.
 Owner of supply Rapid Response Kinaxis IBP.
 Inventory and stock management to support service level expectations.
 Connection with the financial capability to assess the financial impact of long term scenarios.
 Lead the scheduling process and team for execution of plans (different nationalities and locations).
 New product introduction.

Supply Planning Supervisor at Multicare for Pharmaceutical Industries
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • December 2020 to June 2021

 To ensure Finished Goods inventory target levels are maintained and are constantly challenged.
 Ensure excess inventory is within the targeted range.
 Analyze sales demand against production capacity to allocate demand into Production Lines
 Highlight potential future issues from the demand and supply picture.
 Sourcing and supporting new product introduction (NPI) as well as supporting end-of-life (EOL).
 Materials Requirement Planning (MRP).
 Responsible for developing and executing planning and forecasting, and purchasing products.
 Part of implementation team of Oracle JD Edwards ERP system.

Supply Planning Supervisor at Dulexlab Pharmaceuticals
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2020 to December 2020

 Materials Requirement Planning (MRP).
 Responsible for developing and executing planning and forecasting, purchasing products, supporting end-of-life (EOL) and new product introduction (NPI).
 Analyze sales forecast vs. actual demand to support 95% Forecast accuracy goal and help maintain high integrity of all planning ERP outcomes such as Plan PO/WO and MRP exception messages for efficient execution.
 Created and managed production schedule based on product availability and time constraints.
 Partnered with product development team to ensure pre-production test units follow the factory placement schedule.
 Validated lead times and determined push trigger dates for all sources and programs, balancing capacity and demand requirements.
 Project coordinator for DulexLab Machinery Upgrade project and responsible for communication with our machinery external suppliers.
 In charge of receiving different ERP offers and final software choice and shared in the ERP implementation project.

Supply Chain Demand and Supply Planner at Dulexlab Pharmaceuticals
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2019 to December 2019

 Materials Requirement Planning (MRP).
 Responsible for developing and executing planning and forecasting, purchasing products, supporting end-of-life (EOL) and new product introduction (NPI).
 Analyze sales forecast vs. actual demand to support 95% Forecast accuracy goal and help maintain high integrity of all planning ERP outcomes such as Plan PO/WO and MRP exception messages for efficient execution.
 Created and managed production schedule based on product availability and time constraints.
 Partnered with product development team to ensure pre-production test units follow the factory placement schedule.
 Validated lead times and determined push trigger dates for all sources and programs, balancing capacity and demand requirements.
 Project coordinator for DulexLab Machinery Upgrade project and responsible for communication with our machinery external suppliers.
 In charge of receiving different ERP offers and final software choice and shared in the ERP implementation project.

CEO/Scientific Office Manager Assistant at Dulexlab Pharmaceutical
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • April 2018 to December 2018

 Completes a broad variety of administrative tasks for the CEO and SOM including: managing an extremely active calendar of appointments; composing and preparing correspondence that is sometimes confidential; arranging complex and detailed travel plans, itineraries, agendas; and compiling documents for travel-related meetings.
 Plans, coordinates and ensures that the CEO and SOM’s schedule is followed and respected.
 Communicates directly, and on behalf of the CEO and SOM.
 Researches, prioritizes, and follows up on incoming issues and concerns addressed to the CEO and SOM including those of a sensitive or confidential nature.
 Determines appropriate course of action, referral, or response.
 Provides a bridge for smooth communication between the CEO and SOM office and internal departments; demonstrating leadership to maintain credibility, trust and support with senior management staff.
 Works closely and effectively with the CEO and SOM to keep him/her well informed of upcoming commitments and responsibilities, following up appropriately.
 Acts as a "barometer, " having a sense for the issues taking place in the environment and keeping the CEO and SOM updated.
 Provides leadership to build relationships crucial to the success of the organization, and manages a variety of special projects for the CEO and SOM, some of which may have organizational impact.
 Successfully completes critical aspects of deliverables with a hands-on approach, including drafting acknowledgement letters, personal correspondence, and other tasks that facilitate the CEO and SOM’s ability to effectively lead the company.
 Prioritizes conflicting needs; handles matters expeditiously, proactively, and follows-through on projects to successful completion, often with deadline pressures.
 Revises all the packaging details, brochures, flyers etc… for any grammatical, spelling or structural mistake.

Operations Manager for Dubai office at V-ia Technology International
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • August 2014 to May 2017

 Defining policies and procedures for all the operations in the company (Egypt and Dubai).
 Managing directly four accounts.
 Ensuring the delivery of data in a timely manner (quality and turnaround time).
 Responding to client feedback through professional e-mails.
 Completely responsible for training of new medical transcriptionists.
 Responsible for training and evaluation of newly hired transcriptionists.
 Directly managing and handling team of different nationalities in Dubai including Filipinos and Indians (attendance, technical work, salaries, etc).
 Revising random reports from team members to ensure adherence to standards.
 Sending monthly productivity reports of team to top management.
 Finalizing data before sending back to client to ensure the highest quality.
 Helping the software development team in updating the company softwares, fixing error and finding areas of improvement.

Quality Deputy Manager at V-ia Technology International
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • May 2012 to August 2014

 Creating SOPs for all departments (software, documentation and administration).
 Finding areas of weaknesses and finding solutions through quality methods.
 Ensuring the validity of the process by doing QC and QA for end to end process.
 Communicate quality measurement results to the top management.
 Initiating the ISO.
 Completely responsible for training of new medical transcriptionists (preparing material, instructor and candidate

Quality Enhancement Leader at V-ia Technology International
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • June 2009 to May 2012

 Revising random data for each employee to give the average quality percentage produced by each on a monthly basis.
 Finding means and methods to correct the repeated mistakes.
 Giving quality feedback to the team.
 Completely responsible for training of new medical transcriptionists (preparing material, instructor and candidate final assessments).

MT Operations Team Leader/Senior QA at V-ia Technology International
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • August 2008 to May 2009

 Finalization of the data before sending back to client to ensure the highest quality.
 Following the turnaround time of reports.
 Giving feedback to the team.
 Participating in training of new medical transcriptionists.

MT Operations Team Leader/Junior QA at Allied Information Technology Services
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • May 2007 to July 2008

 Managing a team of 12 medical transcriptionists and QCs.
 Ensuring timely delivery of data with required quality.
 Finalizing data before sending back to client.

MT Quality Controller at Allied Information Technology Services
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • May 2006 to May 2007

 Complete revision of data produced by junior and senior medical transcriptionists.
 Participating in training of new medical transcriptionists.

Senior MT (Medical Transcriptionist) at Allied Information Technology Services
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • October 2005 to May 2006

Responsible for converting voice-recorded reports as dictated by physicians or other healthcare professionals, into text format (specific daily and monthly quota).

Education

Higher diploma, Total Quality Management in Healthcare Reform
  • at American University in Cairo
  • November 2011

This is a management system for a customer-focused organization that involves all employees in continual improvement. It uses strategy, data, and effective communications to integrate the quality discipline into the culture and activities of the organization.

Bachelor's degree, Biochemistry/Microbiology
  • at Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University
  • June 2005

Specialties & Skills

Demand Planning
Supply Chain
Training
Critical Thinking
Team Handling
Microsoft Office
Analytical thinking
People Management
Touch typing

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert
French
Beginner

Training and Certifications

CPIM part 1 preparatory course (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2021
Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2012