Supply Chain Director
Admirals Trading LLC
Total des années d'expérience :18 years, 5 Mois
Company Profile:
Admirals Trading LLC is a food manufacturing and distribution company, part of Rashed Al Rashed & Sons Group of companies, a dynamic leading conglomerate in Saudi Arabia. Apart from distribution, Admirals also has manufacturing facilities for Value added Meat products and Pizza.
Supply Chain & Strategies:
Expertise in cost reduction, supply chain development, process enhancement, staff development, cash flow management, documentations, complaints management, team leadership and quality control.
Warehouse management of 60, 000 square feet facility with 4500 pallet position across Dry, Chilled and Frozen.
Handling 140+ brands with 1200+ SKU’s on Demand planning, procurement, storage and distribution.
Managing a fleet size of 40 + with 15, 000 drops per month across 2500+ customers covering retail and food service.
RM and FG management for the production units of Meat and Pizza processing.
Managing 6 departments (Demand Planning, Procurement, Warehousing, Logistics, Quality and Maintenance) with 6 direct reporters and +130 team strength.
Supply chain activities included but not limited to : Annual forecast, budgeting, contract finalization, new product development, new brands and Monitoring sales against manufacturing contracts /Toll packing agreements.
Strategic sourcing of Meat (Australia, South Africa, New Zealand & Brazil) in chilled and frozen format with an annual spent of $ 75Mn.
Local and international sourcing of various specialties covering but not limited to (Non-Meat/Value added /Canned/ Confectionary/French-Fries/Tuna and Noodles) with an annual spent of $ 25Mn.
Report analysis and cost optimization on Sourcing, Warehousing, Distribution, Route Optimization, Market Returns, Slow- Moving/ Non-Moving inventory, Drop size/value evaluation, 3PL revenue analysis, Order fulfilment analysis, Improved TAT and DIO/DPO.
Attainments:
Manage to establish the KSA operation with a first year forecasted procurement of $100 Mn. in Riyadh.
Established a warehousing and distribution center in Abu Dhabi which enable more effective distribution, hence better sales.
Department restructuring within 3 months for a more productive and effective process which in turn assured an annual saving of $435K.
Warehouse optimization with a restructured racking (VNA) which secured 16% more pallet position among 3 storage location.
Feasibility and project execution with a time defined roadmap on KSA facility, Meat portioning, Cheese production which is a $102 Mn. project.
Implement DRP (Distribution requirement planning) Increasing order fulfilment, availability OTIF (84% to 92%)
Implement S& OP processes, improving Demand-supply management. increasing forecast accuracy (47% to 88 %)
Establishing Demand Planning function with custom designed system module, better visibility, and control over inventory.
Company Profile: Del Monte is a global brand with production facilities and offices operating in 48 locations worldwide. This includes 9 main facilities in the Middle East and North African Region that provide a variety of services including sales, ripening, sorting, repacking, fresh cut processing, juice production, vertically integrated poultry business, meat processing and distribution.
Frozen Products : Processed Meat, Shrimps, Vegetables & Ice Cream.
Canned Food Products : Mixed Fruits, Beans, Vegetables, Tuna, Sweet Corn, Mushroom, Pasta, Tomato Ketchup, Canned Juices & Beverages etc.
Procurement, Toll Packing & Supply Chain
Managing procurement and supply chain activities: Forecast, budgeting, contract finalization, new product development and Monitoring sales against manufacturing contracts /Toll packing agreements across Middle East, North Africa and CIS.
Strategic decision maker with a team of 6 operational members with an accountability for an annual spend of $ 200 Million in product development, sourcing, importing the products through Intercompany/3rd party production houses under company private label.
Develop and launch new product categories and SKU’s under Del Monte brand by assuring a growth in business within similar marketing budget. Review and approve all Purchase Orders in SAP system with a releasing authority up to $ 200, 000.
Keep a close track on the seasonal crop and market trends which may affect the demand and prices on commodities. The contracts, finalized at the right time always helps us to secure better prices throughout the year.
Follow upon existing toll packing agreements and renegotiate them for better prices in view of increased sales volume requirement and market trends. Reallocate the forecasted volumes periodically among markets in view of the market response and propose any required promotional activities where the stock liquidation is demanded.
Drive cost optimization by revisiting and analyzing the product specification, source, contingency plan and packaging.
Attending various exhibitions across the globe to assure a competitive global supply without limiting our access to certain region.
Attainments:
Structured a supply chain department to control and monitor the end-to-end process form product development and contracting to delivery and distribution.
Established a successful procurement & strategic sourcing function for our new markets in KSA, Egypt and Algeria with an execution time as minimal as 1 month.
Proposed 4 new product lines to be toll packed, which in turn has contributed a sales value of $3 Million to the business.
Fighter brand concept has been successfully demonstrated and launched under the brand name of “De L’Ora where the sales volume has contributed $19 Million to the business portfolio.
Initiated an online portal for DM where the order placement from distributor and delivery management is monitored with live data.
Initiated toll packing in Iran locally to serve the demands in local market, which is a volume business approximately of 240K cases.
Industry- Food Processing and Manufacturing
1. Perfect Foods Factory LLC, Dubai (Food Processing and Manufacturing)
2. Supreme Foods Processing Company, Riyadh (Food Processing and Manufacturing)
3. Supreme Foods Processing Company, Jeddah (Cooked Meat)
Company Profile: Perfect foods factory is a UAE based business house of Supreme Foods Group within the food and agriculture portfolio of Dabbagh Group Holdings. It is a highly profitable FMCG manufacturing company (Poultry and Meat) having distributorship in 10+ major restaurant chains (Burger King, Texas, Apple Bees, Pizza Hut, Chilies, etc.)
Purchase and Procurement
Managing overall purchase activities; budgeting, Material planning and sourcing of materials for production facilities in Dubai, Riyadh and Jeddah.
Responsible for Purchase management, vendor development, policy setting and to drive cost saving initiatives across the portfolio of packaging and raw materials.
Handling Raw Material stock of more than 600 products which includes Poultry, Meat, Spices, Flavours, and Packaging with a team of 3 with an annual budget of US$ 110 Million.
Establish strategic alliances/tie-ups with financially strong/reliable suppliers; strengthen vendor source & develop alternate source of suppliers; Administer Material Planning, vendor development & Supplier evaluation.
Spearheading working capital improvement through management of indices like days of inventory, safety stocks and lead-time management.
Key user in implementation of SAP ERP with an extensive knowledge in Material Management
Key member in HACCP, ISO and BRC implementation process within the company.
Attainments:
Sourced more than 350 suppliers with 30-90 days credit term during the formation of Dubai facility.
Achieved to get the demurrage claim of value $ 32K in 2011. However, in 2012 and 2013 demurrages were reduced to zero.
Stock-outs reduced by 85%, Expiry problems reduced by more than 95%.
Successfully Implemented ERP System for the company and actively engaged in customizing the Inventory Module for the Procurement & Stores department.
Achieved cost reduction goal through better negotiation, sourcing vendors and through better planning.
Covering overall procurement and demand planning activities including but not limited to Demand forecasting, budgeting, Supply Planning.
Risk assessment in terms of medical and financial records of the client.