Logistics Director
Algeria Qatari Steel
Total years of experience :21 years, 4 Months
• Consultancies and advising local and international clients to implement and manage Global logistics, 3PL suppliers, supply chain structures, Import/Export operations, legal logistics issues, official regulations in addition to negotiation of contracts.
• Providing Audit, Diagnosis and supporting organizations to face crisis, to solve critical problems, to allow them to improve their strategies, to implement the best practices and to improve significantly their profitability and performance.
• Conducting surveys, detecting issues, analyzing data and investigating the best ways to provide the optimum security from risks by working on implementation of smart procedures and risk assessment tool.
• Supporting clients in their projects linked to Customs administration like preparation of legal documents for green corridors, establishment of dry ports in additions to customs clearance operations for all kind of goods and shipments.
• Holds overall duties for Logistics and supplying functions insuring the feeding of projects with materials and services. (Cement plant construction and Home appliances plant project).
• Planed and synchronized inbound /outbound logistics operations according to SOP’s and projects schedule deadlines.
• Managed transports and negotiated the best cargos grouping, LCL, FCL and booking of vessels.
• Coordinated movements of shipments between dry ports/ports and warehouses.
• Supervised the inventories and deliveries of about 480 MUSD of value of materials and goods.
• Insured the issuing of special authorizations and permits for good acquisition/importation, customs clearance and road transport.
• Maintained metrics and analyze input data to assess performance, KPI’’s and implement rapid improvements.
• Implement risks assessment for logistics process, anticipate obstacles and resolve any arising problems.
• Implemented the performance measurement system and procedures to monitor day-to-day procurement, transport and inventories operations that streamlined efficiency and provided visibility into business progress.
• Issued written and oral instructions to guaranty flows of goods from ports and to improve efficiency of subordinates.
• Contributed in taking strategic decisions within the management board and giving orders of mobilization of resources.
• Insured the safety of all transportations of goods by roads and the continuity of the good running of OBC tracking systems.
• Insured the continuity of supplying of raw materials and packaging via strategic plan of inventory, procurement and sourcing.
• Insured the distribution of final products (bitumen-Lubricants) to clients from different distributions centers and managed returns.
• Negotiated contract conditions and reached the reduction of the global freight cost of bulk and containers by 8, 4% annually.
• Called for head management meeting to debate solution in case of dysfunction of transversal collaboration or in case of quality issues.
• Managed logistics operations insuring the handling and the deliveries of 580 M USD value of materials and goods for a strategic Gas-Pipeline EPC Project owned by SONATRACH in Algeria.
• Monitored day-to-day warehousing and insured the inventory accuracy of all types of goods including dangerous and specifics colis.
• Promoted safety under Saipem LIHS program guidelines and Insured the respect of legislative regulations during logistics operations.
• Supervised Customs clearance duties and insured the issue at time of special permits and authorizations by official authorities.
• Managed the case of shortages and damages on goods at any level and tacked the legal actions with experts and insurances.
• Coordinated with forwarders the return for containers limiting demurrage expenses and reported to head project management.
• Release of payments by the approval of bills of performance and invoices according to contracts and internal SOPs.
• Coached the logistics teams and staffs of stockholders involved in projects.
• Managed end-to-end logistics chain of projects, customs clearance including commercial and financing related issues.
• Implemented SOP’s for managing transport of dangerous goods and over-sized colis accordantly to laws and safety rules.
• Supervised the issues by official’s special permits and authorizations for customs clearance, transport and storage of specific goods.
• Evaluated overall logistics activity’s performance by gathering, analyzing and interpreting KPI’’s, data and metrics.
• Collaborated with internal and external constituents, including vendors and 3PL suppliers to resolve conflicting issues.
• Insured the performance operations according to quality plan QMP, safety policy and official laws.
• Managed multidisciplinary staffs on sites and reported progress to top head project management locally and in Germany
• Analyzed the day-to-day reports and data of production of water, maintenance of hydraulics facilities and power substations.
• Insured and coordinated with involved functional departments that all performed tasks are of best quality.
• Supported operations director in establishing the employees work schedules and assigning their daily tasks.
• Contributed in the decision-taking for the daily activities such as production of water and the allocation of necessary sources.
• Contributed in calculation of OPEX and CAPEX budgets and insured that the expenses will not exceed the budgets.
• Insured that procedures and company policies regarding safety and quality are well followed by staffs.
• Planned the technical audit of facilities and insured reporting to head management.