Karim Bakir, Supply Chain Planning Senior Officer

Karim Bakir

Supply Chain Planning Senior Officer

Abyat

Location
Kuwait - Al Kuwait
Education
Bachelor's degree, BAS - Honours in Management Science
Experience
16 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 6 Months

Supply Chain Planning Senior Officer at Abyat
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since January 2013

 Head a team of three procurement officers, whereby I train, supervise and evaluate KPIs
 Assemble and analyze all pertinent data to help establish and execute accurate forecasts
 Manage inventory targets for a total of 60, 000+articles
 Oversee and approve monthly purchases of approximately $1.3 million for two stores
 Facilitate, on-time, product availability through all related departments
 Create documentation of standard operating procedures for procurement and supply chain planning processes
 Create article master data in SAP to reflect accurate information
 Prepare weekly and monthly reports for CEO, upper management and other departments in regards to store expansions in the Middle East, forecasts, inventory, sales, purchasing, budget, margin, availability, accuracy, and shipment status
 Applied practical academic projects to improve upon existing forecasting method

Promoter / Talent Broker at The Rize Group
  • Canada
  • October 2007 to December 2012

The Rize Group, Toronto, ON
Promoter / Talent Broker (on a project basis) Oct 2007 - Dec 2012
• Utilized social media to promote themed events at venues in the downtown Toronto area
• Built rapport and maintained relationships with regular customers to ensure client satisfaction
• Arranged for celebrity artist appearances and performances at venues in downtown Toronto

Upon Request: Worked in other jobs demonstrating fearlessness, integrity, social skills and determination

Education

Bachelor's degree, BAS - Honours in Management Science
  • at York University
  • October 2012

Bachelor of Administrative Studies with Honours (additional 30 credits in concentration and higher GPA requirement) B.A.S. Concentration – Management Science (A branch of industrial engineering focusing on the areas of supply chain, operations and logistics management using quantitative and qualitative methods.) Practical Academic Projects:  Operations Management: Developed a queuing model based on case studies to be utilized by airports, banks and retail shops in order to minimize wait time of customers and reduce extra overhead by determining optimal number of servers. Equations, in conjunction with network diagrams and crash tables, were used to arrive at optimal values (reducing cost, wait times, and number of servers).  Logistics Management: Forecasted the demand of a portfolio of products and developed an ordering schedule in order to minimize excess resources while meeting demand requirements utilizing an EOQ model KARIM SAMI BAKIR and a master production schedule. Led to maintaining a desirable safety stock level and avoiding costly inventory stockouts or overstock associated with procurement processes.  Supply Chain Management: Utilized regression analysis software (LINDO) to calculate the most effective distribution facility expansion opportunities for reducing the lead-time, ensuring customer satisfaction and cost efficient delivery of product.  Systems Thinking & Modeling for Management: Designed a simulation model using Powersim to demonstrate the supply and demand of electricity in Ontario, Canada using stock and flow parameters. Casual loop diagrams were created in the software to accurately reflect and simulate the real-life usage of electricity in Ontario.

High school or equivalent,
  • at American School of Kuwait
  • June 2005
High school or equivalent,
  • at Riverside Military Academy
  • June 2004

Riverside Military Academy, Gainesville, GA Sept 2003 - Jun 2004

Specialties & Skills

Logistics Management
Microsoft Office
Operations Management
Supply Chain Management
BUYING/PROCUREMENT
DOCUMENTATION
FORECASTING
FORECASTS
INVENTORY
Microsoft Office

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert
French
Beginner

Memberships

APICS
  • Member
  • August 2013
ASQ
  • Member
  • August 2013

Hobbies

  • Swimming
    2004 Georgia Varsity State Champion
  • Music Production