Country Logistics Manager
British American Tobacco
Total years of experience :18 years, 10 Months
Manage 3PL as per contractual KPIs, responsible for transportation (network design, planning including stochastic armed security transportation planning, OTIF), manage 8 primary warehouses, 7 distribution depots and bonded warehousing (180, 000+ sq.ft.), inventory management, product integrity & traceability in logistics, EHS in logistics, manage a team of 87 people with 2 direct reports in 24x6 environment, imports and clearance, shipment tracking, knowledge of INCOTERMS, import tax stamps and LG management, logistics budget responsibility (Selex, Capex), fiscal forecast and planning, involved with indirect procurement, tenders, bidding and contract negotiation, S&OP, S&I, worked with outsourced manufacturing, involved with NPI, commodity codes and anti-illicit mechanisms understanding.
responsible for factory improvement projects, partly responsible for factory move project, manage tobacco leaf manufacturing into cutrag tobacco, manage filter rod manufacturing, involved in marketing/quality projects.
founder and responsible for the business from business development, sourcing suppliers and products, purchasing, customer accounts and relationship management, sales, and accounting.
Initiative/Achievement: Positioning, entering the market with near zero investment to have a turnover of 300K GBP (3M L.E.). Ability to multitask between demanding responsibilities of the full time MBA studies and the business.
Responsible for adding value by providing consultative and technical solutions (testing, installation, operation, and maintenance) to customers’ problems. Selected by senior management to take accountability of preparing projects after contracts were signed during their lifecycle where projects ranged from 40, 000 GBP to 1 million GBP. Provided consultative sales and account management. Provided in-house customer training as well as after sales support.
Skills: the role required leadership, team skills, technical knowledge, initiative, strong analytical and problem solving abilities, diligence and interpersonal skills, active listening and connecting with different types of people.
Responsible for preparing, coordinating and delivering a number of engineering undergraduate courses, sometimes with over 400 students in a lecture. Helped in designing a number of course structures. Provided tutoring, advice and support to students on a range of issues from academic to personal. Supervised final year graduation projects & mentored students. Contributed to the overall department educational policy. Supervised the performance of Lecturer Assistants.
Skills: Excellent spoken and written communication skills. Confidence presenting seminars to large groups.
Achievements: Lined up a teaching strategy based on skills: co-ordinate, educate and support students.
Responsible for teaching a number of engineering undergraduate coursework. Assisted in labs & course supervisions. Supervised final year graduation projects & mentored students. Monitored students’ progress, and wrote term reports. Delivering technical and non-technical seminars.
Achievements: Carried original research and published papers.
Responsible for day-to-day operation: Project planning, development, and implementation. Successfully managed a team of 5. Issued clear guidance to suppliers. Looked after stock control and rotation. Assisted in consultative sales, support and customer relations. Developed the business plan and operation procedures. Programmed and sold software.
Achievement: Startup financial gearing of 50% debt. Resale Exit Strategy after 1.5 Yrs > 100% ROI.
Dissertation: Based on a REAL case study of providing consultancy to a small system integrator firm: - Applied the research and knowledge learned in courses to identify symptoms of declining performance and real causes of failure apparent in the IT firm. - Strategic planning, with external and internal environment analysis as well as competitor analysis and benchmarking. - Redefinition of product-market mix, marketing strategy, channels, and segmentation. - Organizational structure redefinition, human resource planning for skills required, and T-skills development. - Risk analysis of the operational risks involved in the process. - Finally, providing recommendations to improve the performance of the IT firm including divestment in a big-project. Project Management: focused on workload and resource scheduling, budgeting, risk analysis, work breakdown structure, critical path method, milestones and Gantt chart. Not to leave out, the ability to evaluate projects through NPV and IRR methods. In addition I have knowledge of PRINCE2 and PMP frameworks. Crisis Management: focused on the process of incubation, escalation, impact of vulnerabilities on crisis teams in the operational stage of crisis and wider complex network issues. Creatively identified relation between Control systems engineering and its application to the process of crisis management which is considered as original work. Score: A Operational performance: Strategy, Marketing, and Human Resources. Developed, as a member of a team, a complete business plan for an environmental business with innovative positioning. The competitive advantage gained through positioning resulted from excellent strategic planning, environment and competitor analysis, risk management, marketing strategy to B2B and B2C, and human resource planning. Additionally, I gained an understanding of team dynamics and building to TMSDI standards, and leadership through this role. awarded the Glasgow University Scholarship.
Courses in advanced feedback control theory. Thesis entitled: “Decentralized Model Predictive Control (MPC)” R&D of advanced control systems including the use of Matlab, National Instrument LabView software as well as cRIO hardware for developing a robotic unicycle. Awarded Cambridge University Scholarship
Thesis entitled: "An Intelligent Biometric System for Automatic Identity Verification". R&D in Matlab to develop an automatic biometric identification system. Published papers in conference and proceedings.
Graduation Project focused on using Wonderware Intouch, DCS, PLC PEP-Kontron, Ladder, ST, IL, FBD, SFC to simulate (hardware and software) the great project of Toshka water distribution and lifting in Egypt.