Supply Chain Planning Manager
Panda Retail Company - Saudi Arabia
Total years of experience :15 years, 10 Months
▪ Spearheading the supply chain planning functions by directly managing and guiding the team members to ensure adherence with the planning procedures and practices. Holding overall accountability for supply chain reporting including weekly reports showing supply chain and planning aspects
▪ Leveraged effective use of cost analysis tools in support of strategic sourcing process, procurement costs, cost reduction metrics and bottom-line performance indicators
▪ Ensuring effective inventory control by steering strategic initiatives along with involvement in demand forecasting and ordering process for Stores and DCs to achieve targeted availability, sales, and inventory.
▪ Resolving supply chain-related systemic issues by adopting a highly holistic approach and driving inventory optimization initiatives in collaboration with the key stakeholders.
▪ Developing proactive risk mitigation plans by analysing demand forecast risks, responsible for monitoring and maintaining optimal inventory position for meeting the category targeted inventory level.
▪ Manage the Supplier Delivery Performance process & anticipate crisis with internal and external suppliers, establish curative action plan for exposed projects
▪ Visualise supply strategies while governing the activities of the concerned department and team to ensure on-time and quality deliverables
▪ Working on processes such as inbound and outbound deliveries, goods receipt, put away, picking and packing, achieving customer satisfaction by ensuring service quality norms.
▪ Managing the entire gamut of people-centric functions along with involvement in coaching and training the team to achieve the objective and improving operational efficiencies.
- Responsible for setting the optimum inventory levels to meet the demand & targeted availability and expiry.
- Prepare supplier scorecard and review supplier performance with the supplier to improve service level.
- Supervise order planning, to ensure product availability by monitoring planning & delivery plans while maintaining stocks at the right levels, avoiding obsolescence. & ensuring best inventory turnover.
- Responsible to design and implement the supply planning policies and procedures that ensure effective & efficient supply planning process.
- Provides accurate and up to date monthly stocking levels, Days of coverage, Availability on branch level and policy deployment related activities.
- Establishes and manages detailed branch distribution and action plans to ensure achievement of the overall distribution, availability and expiry targets while driving continuous improvement.
- Organize all activities & assign jobs accordingly for staff based on capability & skill.
- Ensure properly Inventory report, IN/OUT status report, expiry stock report, Days of coverage, orders in the pipeline.
- Ensure implementation of approved policy and procedures
- Setting target and define KPI’s to monitor activity based performance and efficiency
Highlight:
• Efficiently executed a new methodology for production/material planning.
• Played a key role in augmenting the productivity by 24%
• Instrumental in drafting comprehensive factory evaluation reports to show and fix the gaps in production, quality, maintenance, supply chain and HSE departments.
• Responsible for re-arranging and increasing the storage capacity in production areas by implementing 5S.
Key Responsibilities:
• Responsible for selecting and mentoring the production staff and enabling them to manage diverse facets of production, thereby providing a thrust to knowledge regarding production processes.
• Overseeing the supervision of the production planning system and keeping the senior management updated about developments, work centers re-engineering material and manpower required to ascertain smooth functioning of the operation in an efficient and effective manner.
• Actively involved in managing the operation process and procedures as well as scheduling the production and delivery time plan to ensure smooth execution of workflow.
• Directing, monitoring and coordinating operation processes, procedures, evaluations and plans to guarantee standard running conditions of all utilities and plant, whilst ensuring strict adherence to delivery schedules.
• Fostering effective channels of communication with the operators to increase machine reliability and effectiveness in production, whilst ensuring strict adherence to organizational policies and procedures.
•Carrying out lean manufacturing techniques at the operation processes encompassing 5S, thereafter eradicating the non-adding value from the processes for better functioning.
•Ascertaining that daily/weekly production targets and shipments lead to overall customer satisfaction in line with organizational goals.
• Ensuring compliance with organizational requirements and leading on commercial negotiations with contractors/ suppliers for cost effective purchase of raw materials based on analysis of minimum stock levels (MSL) as well as implementing material resource planning (MRP) to make sure that materials are managed effectively and securely all the time.
• Communicating effectively with the production teams to identify bottlenecks and recommending corrective actions to address non-conformities and resolving any non-conformance issues (NCR) consistent with overall goals and objectives of the organization.
• Designing & implementing preventive maintenance plans and accordingly coordinating with the maintenance staff for preventive maintenance schedules and repair of machines breakdowns to avoid unscheduled production stoppages.
•Interacting with the strategic planning team to ensure efficient delivery of company objectives, thus ensuring that all production lines employees enforce strict obedience to health and safety standards.
•Steering the operations team members and supervisors to accomplish operation targets and performance based on operational standards of the organization.
•Keeping abreast of latest technological advancements and utilizing the potential of the same to respond to the distinctive needs of the organization.
Additional Duties:
• Handling the entire gamut of the operations department, ensuring smooth execution of work within the given timeframe and budget.
• Identifying new market/ business opportunities and designing operational/ business strategies for expansion and growth to achieve organizational goals and objectives.
• Managing an array of maintenance & supply chain operations to ensure smooth execution of the workflow within the given time and cost constraints.
• Submitting periodical reports to management, highlighting possible anomalies, underlying causes and recommendations to circumvent supply chain bottlenecks.
Inducted as Production Supervisor and worked up the hierarchy to merit promotion to the position of HSE Engineer.
Designation Chronology:
• April 2011- May 2013: HSE Engineer
• June 2008 - April 2011: Production Supervisor
Highlights:
• Played a pivotal role in obtaining ISO 14001 & PME certificates.
• Successfully managed and monitored Industrial Electrical upgrade project in Saudi Arabia factories in compliance with Saudi and British regulations.
• Played a cardinal role in devising and executing new safe guards and covers for the machinery to circumvent the risk of accident and accordingly published and implemented in FOSROC Groups worldwide.
• Effectively tailored the recycle system and drainage for the production area to reduce the consumption of water in accordance with 14001 and PME regulations.
Key Responsibilities:
• Devised and implemented annual HSE and operational plan for onsite projects to ascertain adherence to established targets and organizational objectives/ standards.
• Conducted and implemented risk assessments and job safety analysis for hazardous/ high-risk operations to identify, evaluate and control hazards in the workplace and mitigate risk factors.
• Maintained Health and Safety Management System in compliance with HSE standards, safety aspects and supported the continuous development and implementation of HSE procedures on site.
•Reviewed and assured the implementation of new electrical standards, thus prepared safety audit plans and provided corrective measures to assure compliance with regulatory industry standards.
• Implemented and maintained HSE policies and quality management systems as well as ensured that the standards are observed in line with organizational vision/policies.
• Led and trained new/existing personnel on HSE guidelines and occupational safety issues to maintain a safe working environment.
• Carried out inspections and safety assessments of all work areas, facilities and personnel to determine substandard work practices and conditions.
• Investigated and analyzed non compliance safety issues and mitigated gaps through effective resolutions to prevent recurrence in adherence to applicable legislation and corporate policies.
• Provided assistance during the preparation of health, safety and environment budget proposals and monitored the financial performance of the safety group.
• Monitored critical safety parameters during project execution, performed periodic HSE audit and loss prevention and tracked all accident/ incident/ near misses to implement corrective actions.
•Conducted follow up with the third party to acquire PME certificate in compliance with regulatory industry standards.
•Streamlined the preparation of quarterly internal HSE audit (ISO 9001/2008), (ISO 14001/2004) & 5S, simultaneously drafted detailed reports and roll out plans charting road maps for seamless integration of the HSE program in conformance with established safety guidelines.
Highlights:
• Played a pivotal role in obtaining ISO 9001.
• Efficiently executed a new methodology for production/material planning.
• Bestowed with an award for preparing powder leakage study.
• Chosen as key user/trainer for launching ERP Microsoft Dynamic AX based on the test/evaluation conducted by Microsoft Agency
• Proficiently prepared a monthly performance indicator in four prospective pertaining to productivity, quality, maintenance and HSE for production teams.
Key Responsibilities:
• Handled all aspects of production activities and achieved established production targets through weekly, monthly and quarterly plans by significantly improving productivity.
•Assumed responsibility for managing and monitoring day to day activities of the employees and employee hours to ensure efficiencies and minimal overtime as well as to determine the correctness of pay scale within the organization.
• Monitored inventory of raw materials, audited usage and accordingly authorized orders to ensure continual supply with minimal idle stock.
• Arranged regular meetings with the maintenance team to keep them updated of all production activities of the company. Ensured procedural adherence and resolved unexpected problems in production procedures and provided appropriate recommendation for resolving them.
• Foresaw the management of maintenance work as essential by conducting periodic maintenance check of all production equipment and devised plans for smooth execution of production processes in accordance with daily/monthly production plans and schedule.
• Closely reviewed production procedures to assure that optimum efficiency is being achieved with the objective of reducing overall operating costs.
• Assisted the Production Manager in devising production targets and formulated effective strategies for achieving them, while complying with organizational standards.
• Prepared, reviewed and analyzed production reports on a daily basis, thus initiated corrective actions and spearheaded programs for quality improvement and manpower planning.
• Restructured all SSOP (Standard Safe Operating Procedure) and achieved deliverable results that affected the bottom-line of the organization.
•Evaluated latest/most innovative technologies to help organization achieve established goals in an efficient and effective manner.
Internship:
• June 2006 - September 2006: Production Planning - Intern with Halwani Bros Company, Jeddah - Saudi Arabia
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