Walaa Maher

General Manager Supply Chain & EHS at RAK Ceramics

• United Arab Emirates - Ras Al Khaimah
• My current job since December 2017

RAK Ceramics(www.rakceramics.com) is the 1st Tile producer in MENA region and 3rd Globally with annual revenue of 2.3 BILLION AED, 2018 Winner for 4 Brand of the Year for the 4th year. Diverse Business model including Tiles, Sanitary Products, Kludi Brand JV & Tableware.

• Leading Global Supply Network:
→ 18 Factories and >25 Distribution Center across MENA and AP regions
→ Serving Customers in 160 Countries & 165 K SKUs every year.
• Leading Diverse 6 work streams with of 1, 200 employees, 54 nationalities
• TLD: Fleet Management, Logistics (Inbound& outbound).
• DSD: Direct store delivery, Physical Distribution, 3PL Management, Warehouse.
• E2E Tactical Planning: Material, Production Planning, and SAP Master Data.
• Strategic Planning: S&OP/IBP, Demand Planning.
• EHS (Environment, Health and Safety)
• Operation Support workshops.
Top line & Bottom-line P&L and KPIs contribution:
• 5% Reduction in TLD cost in UAE 2018
• 80% Reduction in DC Costs in Saudi. In less than 7 Month
• 7% FTE Productivity improvement.
• 98.5% OTIF for 100% of branches.

Regional Supply Chain Director GCC-Arabian Peninsula at Kimberly-Clark

• Bahrain - Manama
• My current job since January 2014

End to End Supply Chain Director for GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council -Arabian Peninsula)
@ Olayan Kimberly-Clark
• Leading the End-to-End Supply Network Operations within 2 factories in Dammam, Saudi and Bahrain, 3 Sales offices and 7 Warehouses.
• Leading the Sales of tissue hard rolls in the gulf countries.
• Proudly Leading Diverse team of 130 employees, 27 nationalities & 12 locations (Bahrain, Jeddah, Riyadh &Dammam) within 6 Work-streams:
o TLD: Transportation & inbound Logistics, Import & Export, DSD Physical Distribution, 3PL Management, Warehouse.
o Planning: S&OP, IBP, Demand Planning, Material Planning, Tactical & Strategic Production Planning, and SAP Master Data.
o Order-to-Cash OTC: Customer Service, Customer Management & Product Pricing.
o Procurement and Accounts Payable (P2P).

Selected Accomplishments
• Leading Biggest ever Reverse logistics Project in KC EMEA within 8 countries in 2016/17.
• Leading Sales team for Tissue Hard Rolls sales with top-line growth >200% since 2014.
• Driving the Nationalization in SC local work force in Saudi from <5% to 65%, and in Bahrain from 0% to 80% in 6 month. And Improving Diversity in workplace from 2% to 50%
• Leading "Steady the Ship" project for both "Supply Chain and Manufacturing" Operations for controls and compliance.
• Leading SAP Migration plan 4 Different Joint Venture Company legal entities in 2014.

Top-line & Bottom-line P&L and KPIs contribution:
• >10% yearly improvement in DIO (Days Inventory outstanding), while improving the DPO (day payment outstanding) by >20%.
• Annual 10% TDC (Total Delivered Cost) and Productivity improvement while increasing SAMBC from <75% to 98% (Service as measured by Customer)

Awards Received During 2014-Present
 " 3 KC global Crystal Eagle" HS&E (Health, Safety and Environmental Compliance) Annual award since 2014 for Zero Safety events/RI to all employee in SC including casual labor.
 "Apics Award" for GCC Planning and Procurement team in 2014 -Highest KC Award for employees in EMEA-
 "Best Account Payable and P2P Cycle in EMEA" 2016

CEE MEA Regions Supply Operations Manager for Fabrics & Home Care at Procter & Gamble

• Egypt - Cairo
• January 2003 to January 2014

2. CEE & MEA Supply Chain Operations Manager for Fabrics & Home Care
@ Procter & Gamble Supply Network Operations … (2010-2014)
 Managed >700 Inbound Supply Chains for 11 Countries (> 1.5$ Billion spend pool).
 Led end-2-end Supply Chain Projects with Suppliers, Customers & 3PL DCs.
 “Grow Africa Supply Network” Project Manager, in Nigeria.
Selected Accomplishments
 Led >35 M$ SC Loss Elimination projects.
 Driven 24% Cash/Inventory reduction.
 17% Productivity Improvement in team.
 Raw Materials Supply Network Design for Nigeria.
 Won “2013 Best Trainer” for P&G for Training (>800 Trainee/370 Hours in 1 Year)
 Nigeria: Introduced Supplier Financing Project to P&G Ibadan

Country Material Supply Management Leader at Procter & Gamble

• Nigeria
• August 2012 to December 2013

 Leading the RPM Supply Management for the 2 sites in Nigeria ( Detergents, Fem Care, Baby Care Products. )
 Lead ERP teams, Logistics Planners, Logistics Control tower -DHL - for Ensuring availability while maintaining the targeted stocks and the required cash improvement plans .
Selected Accomplishments
 Delivered 2.5 MM$ Cost Reduction in RPM Logistics spending.
 Eliminated Losses of 2 MM$ from High Level Loss Analysis with Suppliers.
 Reduced 20% of Inventory with a steady Production volume increases.
 Led Analysis >10 Supply Chains, reducing E2E Supply Time to Shelf by 20%.

Country Material Supply Management Leader Egypt at Procter and Gamble

• Egypt - Cairo
• July 2005 to March 2010

3. Country Material Supply Management Leader @ P&G Cairo (July 2005 to March 2010 )
 Leading the RPM Supply Management for the 2 sites in Egypt ( Detergents, Personal Beauty Care, Fem Care, Baby Care Products. ) of total spend round 0.5 Billion$
 Lead ERP teams, Logistics Planners, Logistics Control tower -DHL - for Ensuring availability while maintaining the targeted stocks and the required cash improvement plans .
Selected Accomplishments
 Delivered 1.5 MM$ Cost Reduction in RPM Logistics spending.
 Eliminated Losses of 2 million$ from High Level Loss Analysis with Suppliers.
 Reduced 23% of Inventory with a steady Production volume increases.
 Led Analysis >40 Supply Chains, reducing E2E Supply Time to Shelf by 30%.
 Introduced “Deliver To Demand” Concept with secondary Packaging Suppliers

Recruiting Admin @ British Council Egypt at British Council

• Egypt - Cairo
• September 2000 to October 2003