Supply Chain Manager
Power Line Group
Total years of experience :29 years, 3 Months
• Accountable for developing and implementing the comprehensive strategy of the supply chain management function, including planning, procurement, warehousing, Logistics and overseeing the activities and operations of the business.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to integrate supply chain considerations into the broader framework of business strategies.
• Leading and mentoring the supply chain team, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.
• Supervising both current and long-term sales forecast projections to support the attainment of production and inventory planning objectives.
• Establishing, executing, and maintaining a production planning system to ensure on-time and complete delivery to our customers.
• Proficiently handle inventory levels to mitigate production risks and enhance inventory turnover.
• Implementing inventory control measures to optimize stock levels and reduce holding costs.
• Streamlined logistics and distribution processes to ensure timely and cost-effective delivery.
• Managing successful import operations for diverse items across multiple countries.
• Coordinating international logistics, ensuring compliance with customs documentation for successful and compliant import operations.
• Overseeing the procurement process, including vendor selection, negotiations, and contract management.
• Overseeing relationships with suppliers and establishing partnerships to ensure the efficient utilization of resources and implement effective practices for material and component supply.
• Identifying and promoting the incorporation of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) crucial for attaining success in the Supply Chain, offering valuable insights into Manufacturing KPIs.
• Overseeing premium finished products, warehouses, cold stores, 3PL, fleet management, demand and supply planning, customer service, and procurement.
• Managing a diverse scale, including 1000+ SKU’s, 8 cold stores, 1 warehouse, 13 trucks, 80 employees, 6 business categories (frozen, chilled, and dry goods) and 3 sales channels (retail, HORECA, e-commerce).
• Leading the supply chain functions end-to-end starting from inbound/manufacturing until reaching the end consumer.
• Defining, implementing, and improving the operational policies and guidelines.
• Managing and developing resources to deliver business partner satisfaction and achievement of overall business and financial objectives.
• Establishing and revamping the entire S&OP process, resulting in improving forecasting accuracy from 55% to 75%.
• Managing the installation of a racking system to increase storage capacity and optimize operational efficiency.
• Implementing cold chain best practices to maintain product shelf life and freshness for each product category.
• Enhancing truck utilization in terms of tonnage and value for the best possible rate per case, ensuring financial efficiency.
• Defining and implementing procurement function policies and guidelines, including negotiating favorable contractual terms with suppliers, and building strong supplier relationships.
• Managing daily customer feedback and complaints, with a specific focus on e-commerce solutions.
• Establishing Standard Operating Procedures for all purchasing transactions.
• Serving as the primary point of contact for all suppliers.
• Managing facility maintenance and overall facility management.
• Optimizing stock levels for office supplies, cleaning equipment, and office treats.
• Managing supplier tenders for project expansion.
• Supervising and managing one of the largest ice-cream distribution centers in Egypt.
• Managing physical and technical logistics operations, including employee efficiency and equipment productivity (MHE, trade assets, trucks, and other fixed assets).
• Monitoring day-to-day operations across various functions (Customer Service, Warehousing, Human Resources, Finance, Sales, and others).
• Effectively communicating to establish partnerships and alliances with customers and vendors, ensuring a high level of service.
• Overseeing all procurement-related matters that facilitate the distribution center's daily operations in partnership with the procurement department.
• Ensuring sustainability and consistency in meeting SHE requirements, the CARE Project, and Internal Control/Audit.
• Optimizing distribution costs to align with budget constraints (VDC, FDC costs allocation).
• Ensuring compliance with the Nestle Quality Management System (NQMS).
• Playing a crucial role in implementing Goal Alignment in Ice Cream Logistics through thorough coaching and the deployment of change management initiatives.
• Leading people toward a high-performance culture through fostering capability development.
• Maximizing Sales Vans efficiency by optimizing capacity utilization and improving loading time through the implementation of LEAN Supply Chain methodologies.
• Ensuring that inbound and outbound productivity percentages increase year-over-year to uphold maximum efficiency.
• Minimizing waste levels through the ongoing elimination of non-value-adding activities.
• Guiding a team to achieve significant cost reductions in site electricity consumption by applying problem-solving methodologies.
• Consistently ensuring the site team's compliance with and attainment of ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001 certifications.
• Setting key standard routines across various functions of Supply Chain to drive sustainable performance.
• Playing a crucial role in implementing Goal Alignment in the supply chain through intensive coaching and the deployment of change management programs, resulting in a highly successful gate opening for LEAN foundations.
• Leading and facilitating the everyday problem-solving process using the DMAIC methodology to enhance KPIs by addressing root causes and implementing effective, sustainable solutions.
• Eliminating waste, such as non-value-adding activities, from all demand and supply planning processes through SAP-APO, resulting in improved productivity and exceeding yearly KPIs.
• Overseeing all business excellence initiatives for the demand and supply planning function.
• Providing continuous functional support and training to the demand/supply planning and MRP team, including involvement in special projects.
• Leading the development of SAP functionalities for intermarket supply planning and subcontractor scenarios.
• Successfully implementing significant demand and supply planning projects, including infinite production schedule and APO DRP new functionalities.
• Communicating a precise baseline forecast of demand patterns through statistical methodologies.
• Creating a revised Master Production Schedule (MPS) for all SKUs across the entire production planning period and supervising material requirement planning accordingly.
• Providing mitigation action recommendations to top management based on production planning simulations conducted.
• Implementing management procedures by identifying SKUs falling below the minimum or above the maximum coverage corridor and taking proactive corrective actions accordingly.
• Leading Weekly Production Reviews (WPR) to address exceptions in demand and supply planning, overseeing cross-functional teams from supply planning, logistics, production, and materials planning to ensure business objectives are achieved.
• Coordinating production line investments by conducting thorough analyses to acquire new production lines.
• Successfully overseeing external rentals by providing accurate analysis and simulations that enable efficient decision-making at the right time.
• Guiding the Ice Cream division to meet KPIs including Demand Plan Accuracy, Working Capital, Freshness, and Product Availability through proactive actions and thorough follow-up.
• Establishing corporate policies and strategies concerning stock coverage and inventory management.
• Responsible for leading the SAP implementation project within the Demand and Supply Planning (DSP) function, encompassing Demand Planning (DP), Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP), Master Production Scheduling (MPS), Dynamic Safety Stock Planning (DPS), Material Requirements Planning (MRP), and Intermarket Supply modules.
• Working with business managers to create workout procedures, adapt Globe templates to local requirements, and identify market-specific business process scenarios.
• Launching proposed solutions to address market-specific requirements.
• Leading and participating in end-to-end SAP process integration tests to ensure the execution of market-specific business scenarios.
• Conducting training sessions for super-users and end-users on Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP), Master Production Scheduling (MPS), Detailed Production Scheduling (DPS), and Materials Requirements Planning (MRP).
• Preparing daily, monthly and yearly sales reports, budgeting, expense audits and budgets to assist
management decisions
• Analyzing expenses according to budget and investigating any reasons for data variance
• Supporting Human Resources in workers’ profiles and payroll tracking
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