Salma El Araby

Markets’ Responsibility: Turkey, North-Africa (French Speaking) Markets, SSA Markets (English Speaking African Markets)- for 3 months only: South Africa- Levant, Sudan, Libya, Yemen, Iraq and Iran.

-Working closely with the commercial teams and supply sites to ensure smooth of supply.
-Closely Monitoring stock levels of our distribution centers especially for VMI SKU’s to ensure stock levels are within the max/ min parameters and matching with the forecasted figures.
- Avoid any stockout due to forecast or if due to supply issues, try to set corrective actions to minimize risks, prioritizing demand whenever possible.
- For the third party customers (where orders are sent directly to), ensuring orders are placed as per the Quoted lead-time of SKU’s and in line with the rolled out forecasted figures- addressing any historical biases to adjust future orders.
-Running/ taking part in S&OP meetings.
- Identifying any market insight that impact any demand changes through the S&OP meeting to take the right actions with regards to future CMI orders.
-Running a pre-S&OP meeting for some markets to analyze historical sales vs. forecasts and validating future forecasts accordingly.
-Ensuring forecast accuracy of 85% is maintained throughout the S&OP meetings and analyzing any gaps.
- Taking the ownership of new launches and ensuring launch on time and all regulations are finalized within the agreed timelines with close follow up with the relevant counter parts.
-Maintaining correct master data for new/ updated SKU’s.
-Working closely with regulatory team to ensure any changes/ updates of SKU’s are smoothly transitioned and as per each country’s regulations.

-Own and manage the client relationship: resolving calls efficiently and effectively.

- Ensure service level agreements are met and maintained.

The role was to coordinate the end-to end supply chain activities through acting as the main interface between the supply sites and commercial teams or customers: This involves reviewing orders for placement by the supply sites, reviewing shipping documents and all legalization are taken care of in line of each country’s regulations which eventually lead to shipment on time.
-To provide excellent support to Market Companies to enable them to achieve their commercial objectives that was through achieving a customer service metrix (Delivery on Time Indicator) of not less than 95% within the month.
-Ensuring adherence to inventory targets. Address any operational issues, or trends, with the supply sites through S&OP meetings
-Monitoring demand, challenges & understand any forecast changes, and communicate changed assumptions into the supply chain.
- Ensure that supply sites are able to carry out effective capacity planning, with appropriate demand data & intelligence, from Market Companies.

Reviewing and approving purchase order placement of purchasing assistants and buyers for accuracy and optimum delivery and pricing.
• Reviewing purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy.
• Developing and implementing purchasing and contract management instructions, policies, and procedures.
• Contacting vendors to negotiate improved pricing, product quality, and delivery.