senior demand and production planner
gulfmaid
Total years of experience :8 years, 0 Months
SCM - Senior Demand & Production planner
❖ Experienced Senior Demand and Production Planner with expertise in managing production planning, forecasting,
and inventory management. Skilled in optimizing plant capacity and ensure smooth operations through effective
communication with cross-functional teams, mainly sales, production and purchasing teams to prepare a plan with
the best changeover order and sales requirements and in addition to material availability and expected lead time.
➢ Prepared monthly production plans based on current stocks, upcoming forecasts, and market demand, considering
sales requirements and machine changeovers.
➢ Built production plans that optimized plant capacity while ensuring all required raw materials and packaging
materials were available in advance, to avoid delays and ensure smooth operations.
➢ Calculated machine capacity by SKU to ensure each production run was efficient and met required deadlines.
➢ Communicated with cross-functional teams, including sales and production, to ensure alignment and avoid surprises.
➢ Managed changeovers from one SKU to another in the machines to minimize downtime and increase efficiency.
➢ Monitored inventory levels and implemented inventory control measures to minimize waste and excess inventory.
➢ Developed and maintained key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure production efficiency and identify areas
for improvement.
➢ Led continuous improvement initiatives and implemented process improvements to increase efficiency and reduce
costs.
➢ Mentored and trained junior planners to develop their skills and improve team performance.
❖ Couching my team on the business strategy.
➢ Systemizing the PO’s follow up from releasing the PO until the closure.
➢ Engage with the team to learn advance excel skills.
➢ Mentor the team to utilize tools from Oracle like Dataload.
➢ Measure the workload on each member for fair distribution.
❖ Adapt to changes and prepare for the unforeseen circumstances
➢ Ordering based on the back order instead of the end user PO.
➢ Ensure the closure of not needed Open POs from Tamer & the supplier side.
➢ Reducing Operation hidden cost by correcting the stock dimensions.
❖ Mobilizing Supply & Operation planning
➢ Synchronizing the supply & demand by linking the different departments and highlighting the business strategy.
➢ Stimulate the communication early to minimize surprises
SCM - Demand Planning August 2018 - Jan 2022
• Linking the harmonized system codes to the SKU with correct VAT Category.
• Planning the upcoming order based on back order ahead based on the lead time, supplier reliability & safety stock.
• Systemizing the follow up on each order ahead of the deadline in a time frame suitable for Tamer & the supplier.
• Stock analysis & Control.
• Shipments Discrepancies solving.
.Tenders Coordinator
Coordinating between Tamer Company and the Vendors on buying the government tenders, determining the timeline of the work
process for each tender, reviewing the conditions and the offers to prepare the tenders with the required attachments, extending &
discounting offers if possible, attending the Envelopes Opening confirm the delivery and to wright down the prices of the participants.
Projects
• Updating the work system to calculate the value added tax