Jorge Salazar, Director Supply chainDominos Pizza MENA

Jorge Salazar

Director Supply chainDominos Pizza MENA

Alamar foods

Location
Saudi Arabia
Education
High school or equivalent,
Experience
9 years, 7 Months

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Total years of experience :9 years, 7 Months

Director Supply chainDominos Pizza MENA at Alamar foods
  • Saudi Arabia
  • September 2016 to January 2019

Alamar runs QSR brand Dominos Pizza in the MENAP region as well as having a food manufacturing business unit in Saudi Arabia under Premier Foods brand (protein factory)
•Strategic corporate role leading our Global supply chain for the group. Responsible for mix direct spend of ($85m) with indirect and CAPEX spend of ($100m).
•Creation of central governance covering operations in the GCC and MENAP region. (9 direct reports & 89 indirect)
•Continuous improvement across all areas of the supply chain and locations model assessment Insource vs Outsourced.
•Designing strategies for key areas of spend, supplier relationship management, market volatility and risk of key ingredients.
•Implemented Quality standards and S&OP department within head of office supply chain team.
•Project managing the design, construction and commissioning of a new distribution centre in KSA for 2020 opening.
Achievements:
•Team development and creation of central governance for Procurement and supply chain across 11 markets. Delivering YOY cost savings of around $3m, product and quality standardization.
•Warehousing capacity enhancement and Full Logistic Telematics systems with full GPS, traceability and sensors details. 2018 warehouse capacity increase by 20% (over $250k cost reduction)
•Quality certification system implemented in 2018 HAACP.
•Direct and Indirect procurement YOY savings target achieved (around 5% on spend).
•Supplier Risk management implementation by strategic category design and sourcing review. Product risk enhanced.
•Creation of S&OP function designing business road map. Moving from a plain replenishment role to a broad scope of strategic demand planning with a S&OP department. Service level accuracy of 99.8% implementing S&OP for maximizing profits by 1.5%.
•Implementation of Business Interruption Continuity plan with a clear process across production lines, infrastructure warehousing/logistics and operations locations.
•Active contribution as senior member in the Dominos Pizza Global Supply Chain Council driven by USA and other master franchisees around the world. Participated on key Global RFP.

Procurement Director at Surya foods
  • United Arab Emirates
  • June 2016 to August 2016

Interim Project role for Procurement process implementation and department restructuring.
•World foods categories strategy building: South Asian, Oriental, Mexican, West-African, Caribbean, Polish & European with an approximate purchase turnover of £55m per annum.

Senior Buyer
  • United Arab Emirates
  • September 2014 to April 2014

Strategic management of global key suppliers. Day to day management with on-going development of direct reports (2).
•Category management for all European brands within Global Wessanen: bread replacements, spreads and organic groceries with an approximate purchase turnover of €85m per annum.
•Effective price risk management strategies in conjunction with business leads & stakeholders. Commodities market analysis and strategy implementation to determine present and future material availability/price.
Achievements:
•Supply chain risk management aligned with production capabilities. (Resulting on an improved service level with 5 supplier’s for 1 category).
•Strategy development through category reviews/benchmarks, improving market information and influencing stakeholders. (Resulting on 12 months cost savings ~£1.8m )
•Increased category team proactivity by integrating tasks and increased involvement of junior members with important key daily tasks and projects. (Resulting on team development and proactivity)
•Achieved new product launches into retail (branded), such as new sweets snacks and spreads, cooking ingredients. (Resulting innovation and keeping deadlines, increase sales turnover and profit ~£3.5m for the first year

supply chain manager at DO & CO Event & Airline Catering Ltd
  • United Arab Emirates
  • July 2010 to November 2011
Senior Buyer at Leathams Ltd
  • United Arab Emirates
  • November 2011 to June 2011

Sourcing for the leading category for F&V and groceries with an approximate spend of £30 million per year.
•Managing 3 direct reports for supply chain and procurement.
•Supplier product development (visiting agricultural and processing plants) and product engineering, benchmark, trial runs and open book costing.
•Market analysis information implementation to determine present and future material availability/price & internal distribution to key stakeholders using market analysis reports.
•Preparing and reviewing contracts, tenders, bids, proposals, and vendor agreements for legal correctness, price, and acceptability of items to specifications.
Achievements:
•Achieved prompt Implementation for an effective supplier performance rating system and reporting.
•Strategy development through category reviews/benchmarks, improving market information and influencing stakeholders. (Resulting on 12 months cost savings ~£950k )
•Increased category team proactivity by integrating tasks and increased involvement of junior members with important key daily tasks and projects. (Resulting on team development and proactivity)
•Achieved new product launches into retail (branded and OL lines), such as various peppers and antipasti, dried mushrooms and ready to eat grains. (Resulting innovation and keeping deadlines, increase sales turnover and profit ~£700k for the first year)
•Achieved within 2 years a better supplier base for the category with flexibility, contingency, long term relationships (Resulting on savings worth ~£300k per year

cost control supervisor at Corrett restaurants Ltd. T/A Big Easy
  • United Arab Emirates
  • May 2009 to July 2010

Have created a leading buying country unit outside of the head office central buying with great ingredient global sourcing (rice, salmon and groceries. (Resulting in Innovation, stock stability and cost savings ~£550k for the London unit)
•Achieved an improved number of suppliers over rider contracts worth ~£100k per year.
•Secured long term relationship with fresh sources (F&V, meat & poultry). (Resulting on stable market prices for 12 months, savings ~£330k

Cost controller at Morgan’s Hotel Group 5 star hotel properties
  • United Arab Emirates
  • January 2007 to April 2009
Purchasing Supervisor at The Savoy, Fairmont Hotel & Resorts. 5 star hotel
  • United Arab Emirates
  • January 2005 to January 2007

Education

High school or equivalent,
  • at London Business School – LBS2015 CIPS
  • March 2014

courses: Nov 2018 High performance people skills for Leaders

High school or equivalent, Business & Administration
  • at Madrid
  • September 2002

Bachelor's degree, Business and Administration
  • at Jose Maria Vargas University
  • May 1999

Specialties & Skills

Food Service Management
People Skills
Financials
Negotiation
Supplier Management
ADOBE PREMIERE
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
COST CONTROL
COUNCIL
LEADERSHIP
LOGISTICS
MANAGEMENT
MARKETING

Languages

English
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Italian
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Polish
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Spanish
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