mohamad chaar, Supply Chain Director

mohamad chaar

Supply Chain Director

Al Maha

Location
Iraq - Erbil
Education
Master's degree, Business And Entrepreneurship
Experience
18 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :18 years, 6 Months

Supply Chain Director at Al Maha
  • Iraq - Erbil
  • My current job since November 2015

▪ Leading a supply chain strategic roadmap for the organization, a top quartile distributor of multi-diversified portfolio of food and non-food products such as:

▪ Nestle (Nido - Maggi - Nesquik - Nescafe - Purina)
▪ Colgate
▪ SC Johnson (Raid-Glade-Mr Muscle-Windex)
▪ Vatika
▪ Kimberly Clark (Huggies-Kotex)
▪ Private Label (Rice- Pulses - Olive oil - Seafood)

▪ Managing the supply chain of $ 150 million turnover, this involves taking responsibility for 9 national operating warehouses equipped with 200 trucks,
▪ Leading a team of 180 employees with 7 direct reporting line,
▪ Partnering as a senior leadership team to design and drive business improvement strategy,
▪ Managing the relationship with suppliers to enhance operation and cost efficiently, improve logistics and supply chain plans through Continuous Excellency Program “CEP”
▪ Driving a digital transformation journey while providing supply chain optimization solution through ERP/WMS “ORACLE fusion” cloud base - 6 models:
▪ Central Planning (CP)
▪ Procure 2 Pay (P2P)
▪ Order Management (OM)
▪ Inventory Management (IV)
▪ Landed Cost Management
▪ Warehouse Management System (WMS)
▪ Associating with Executive Committee members to develop business transformation strategies and plans in line with business objectives.

Supply Chain Project Lead at Good Food Distribution
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • September 2014 to October 2015

▪ Reengineering the end to end supply chain for the project,
▪ Designing the distribution network optimization for the organization,
▪ Contributing in the budget set up & Operation master plan KPI, for quality deliverable targets, Sep 2014 - Oct 2015 Bahrain
▪ Conducting on-site visits to oversee the compliance of the operational team with the procedures & the regulations.
▪ Developing and Maintaining business relationship with the stakeholders,
▪ Attending C-level management meetings to manage the overall project risk exposure & performance.
▪ Reporting to the Managing Director

Regional Supply Chain Manager at Al Ashrafiya for food products
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • August 2007 to August 2014

▪ Managing a team of 30 employees, being responsible for the regional supply chain activity of the company.
▪ Managing a regional annual procurement budget of 80 million $,
▪ Setting up the regional procurement projections based on the sales forecast of each country,
▪ Develop relationships with suppliers, shippers and Clearance companies,
▪ Negotiating weekly, monthly & seasonal contract prices with suppliers,
▪ Managing inventory of purchased product to ensure proper cycle of the stock,
▪ Resolve any shipping or delivery claims in a timely and efficient manner,
▪ Identify new sourcing opportunities & product/packaging development,
▪ Assuring product quality and quantity as per the company standards,
▪ Review, Modify the supply chain procedures to maintain economy and efficiency of the end to end regional activity,

Operational Cost Controller at CMA-CGM
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • November 2005 to July 2007

▪ Assigned Ports- Chittagong, East and South India ports, Bangladesh & EAS

▪ Controlling the compliance of the agreement signed between the Headquarter and the agent,

Education

Master's degree, Business And Entrepreneurship
  • at Saint Joseph University Of Beirut
  • August 2004

Specialties & Skills

Supply Chain Management
Strategic Design
People Management
Coaching
Servant Leadership
supply chain management
warehousing operations
logistics management
purchasing management
logistics
purchasing

Languages

English
Expert
French
Expert
Arabic
Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

Leadership and Organization Change (Training)
Training Institute:
MIT
Duration:
150 hours

Hobbies

  • Basketball
    several tournaments on national level