Kareem Ali, Senior Supply Chain Manager

Kareem Ali

Senior Supply Chain Manager

Silal Food & Technology

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Master's degree, Master of Business Administration - MBA, Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management
Experience
16 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 11 Months

Senior Supply Chain Manager at Silal Food & Technology
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • January 2021 to March 2023

“Silal” is part of ADQ, one of the region’s largest holding companies with a broad portfolio of major enterprises spanning key sectors of ABU Dhabi’s diversified economy. Silal’s mandates include managing procurement programs & strategic stocks of foodstuffs. The company also executes specialized knowledge transfer programs on desert farming techniques & devises research & development projects.
Outline
My role demanded being responsible for implementing and monitoring the overall supply chain strategy to maximize efficiency and productivity in material & production planning and material flow processes. Focus on customers’ needs in terms of innovation, flexibility, capacity, and costs. Me being the interface between other functions and external logistics partners. Also leading the Purchasing activities to secure the right supplier base and focus on continuous development and improvement of relations with suppliers.

Supply Chain Manager at Bidfood Middle East
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2017 to September 2020

“Bidfood middle east” currently operates in 5 markets - UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, & Jordan. Bidfood middle east collaborates with major brands such as Pacific West, illy, san Pellegrino Waters, Monin, lamb Weston, sweet street, bridor, Ferrero, Anchor, & much more! the operators of the food service channel: hotels, QSR, fsr, casual dining, cafés, catering, airlines, & institutions.
Outline
My role demanded the ability to enhance the working capital & stock optimization as well as sourcing and vendor relationship management to serve all the food service operators & develop the reporting systems to the C level of all the supply chain activities think strategically & plan for the overall supply chain activities projects & developments by reporting to the CEO.

Supply chain manager at Premiere Food Services
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • November 2013 to December 2016

"Premiere Food Services is a company that specializes in supplying the food service and retail industry with food solutions, exceptional ingredients, and quality brands. With the focus on bringing the Egyptian consumers market more healthy and high-quality food products, our portfolio now exceeds 300 products, sourced from Grade A certified manufacturers predominantly in Western Europe. " Premiere Food Services " currently partners with the most innovative and top-of-the-line players in the market including high-end hotels, fine-dining restaurants, and well-known quality franchises for dining & cafes, next to most of the retailers in the Egyptian Market. outline My role was to establish a supply chain department with identified KPIs & to implement all the needed end-to-end supply chain activities handling several categories (Seafood, beverages, dairy, frozen crops & bakery) and business lines in this role I was reporting to the CEO key responsibilities
•Develop end-to-end supply chain department, including warehousing, operations, & supply efficiency.
•Migrating outsourced warehousing to a fully integrated internal warehouse system.
•Led sourcing activities and maintain positive relationships with suppliers across several countries & Categories
•Managing stocks to limit liquidations & product write-offs across the portfolio.
•Full leadership of the company's demand & supply processes for distribution & food production.
•Controlling all the costing of the BOM for produced SKUs.
•Identifying bottlenecks & implementing solutions for debottling.

Logistics manager at United presidents line inc.
  • December 2007 to September 2013
NVOCC export/import documentation
  • December 2007 to July 2009
Sea freight operation specialist at INTERLOG International Logistics
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • December 2005 to October 2007

Education

Master's degree, Master of Business Administration - MBA, Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management
  • at California State University
  • October 2012

Bachelor's degree, Bachelor of Business Administration
  • at Modern Academy Maadi
  • June 2005

Specialties & Skills

Supplier Management
Operations Management
Procurement
Forecasting
Supply Chain
MANAGEMENT
SOURCING
STOCKS (INVENTORY)
PURCHASING
OPERATIONS
SUPPLY CHAIN
FARMING
FOOD SERVICES
INNOVATION
COLLABORATION

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Training and Certifications

CSCP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2013
Maritime and logistics Diploma (Training)
Training Institute:
California University of Long Beach
Date Attended:
January 2012

Hobbies

  • Reading, Traveling, Music, Football, taekwondo
    taekwondo Egypt's National Team 2 times World's Champion For Youth Under 21