Ziad El-Awad, Senior Export Manager

Ziad El-Awad

Senior Export Manager

Rio Jordan WLL

Location
Jordan
Education
Doctorate, Economics And Business
Experience
20 years, 10 Months

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Total years of experience :20 years, 10 Months

Senior Export Manager at Rio Jordan WLL
  • Jordan - Amman
  • My current job since October 2005

- Make sure that customers get the correct order and that it is brought to them in a timely fashion

- Deal with customer complaints about the food or service they receive

- Optimize the Trade-Offs Between Transportation and Warehousing Costs

- Determine Optimal Sourcing Strategy

- Determine Best Distribution Channels

- Develop an Optimal Supply Chain Plan for tenders

- Implement a demand-driven supply chain to prevent excessive inventory resulting from extra safety stock (account for Bullwhip effect).

- Manage the movement of products/materials in and/or out of the country in accordance with organizational policy and procedure, and comply with relevant local, country and international law and process.

- Manage the necessary documentation and online forms for the efficient, cost-effective and lawful execution of all import/export activities.

- Maintain and share with colleagues, as appropriate, personal knowledge of all relevant import/export laws and procedures; tariffs and duties; licenses and restrictions.

- Communicate with export/import and related authorities, and customers and suppliers, in all relevant territories, as necessary to ensure efficient, positive and lawful relations, support and activities.

- Anticipate research and report on future changes in import/export of agri-food products in relevant territories to ensure proper planning for future procurement.

Brand Manager at Time Center (Swatch Group Exclusive Agent)
  • Jordan - Amman
  • March 2003 to September 2004

Managed several brands such as;Tissot, CK, BOSS, OMEGA, Citizen in the duty free of Queen Alia Airport and handled entirely Tissot brand in the domestic market.

Executed a full marketing plan for Tissot and managed to well utilize the designated yearly marketing budget.

Followed up on daily sales and ensured proper replenishment of fast moving models.

Was involved in placing orders and following up on the full import procedures and formalities.

Account Executive at Saatchi & Saatchi
  • Jordan - Amman
  • December 2002 to March 2003

Managed the day-to-day business traffic for Zain (the biggest telecommunication company in Jordan, previously known as Fastlink). Also briefed designers on creative ideas to deliver a proposition that would meet customer's expectations.

Trade Coordinator at Bartercard
  • Jordan - Amman
  • July 2002 to December 2002

Facilitating trading between members

Understanding the trading needs and goals of a member’s business

Educating members in the practice, tools and application of Bartercard in their business

Assisting the member to identify and source trading opportunities that meet their business and personal needs, thereby offsetting cash expenditure

Assisting the member to gain additional business by selling their goods or services through the Bartercard network

Education

Doctorate, Economics And Business
  • at Lund University
  • November 2019
Master's degree, Entrepreneurship
  • at Lund University
  • June 2014
Master's degree, MBA
  • at The University of Lancaster
  • March 2012

The Lancaster MBA is triple accredited. It's ranked in the Top 10 in the UK in the 2012 FT ranking, and 7th in the world in the 2011 Forbes MBA ranking of the best non-US MBA programmes.

Diploma, Chartered Fellow
  • at Chartered Management Institute
  • April 2010

Chartered Manager is the hallmark of a professional manager. It puts a candidate on an equal footing with established professions such as accountants and engineers. Any qualification in management proves that a candidate knows the theory. Yet, the Chartered manager status proves that you are using it on the job and getting results. The Chartered Management Institute is the only body able to award Chartered Manager status in the UK. The Chartered Manager process requires candidates to demonstrate how they have developed as a manager and how they have applied their leadership and change management skills to achieve significant business impact. The Chartered Manager process requires a candidates skills and behaviours as a manager to be assessed via the following steps: A self and peer group appraisal reflecting on their use of essential management skills in day to day work. Submission of their CPD record showing how you have developed your management skills and kept them up to date. A demonstration of how they have applied your leadership and change management skills to achieve significant business impact. A Panel interview

Diploma, Executive Leadership
  • at Cornell University
  • June 2009

Executive Leadership comprises 4 core courses and 2 elective courses, which are offered in sets. Through the elective courses, you may focus on: •Personal Leadership Development •Coaching to Develop and Engage Others •Financial Acumen: Risk/Return and Raising Capital OR •Financial Acumen: Time/Value of Money and Capital Investment.

Master's degree, IT Management, & Organisational Change
  • at The University of Lancaster
  • September 2005

The MSc ITMOC programme is an intensive and challenging one-year full-time Masters programme, designed to give highly motivated graduates of any discipline the knowledge and skills needed to become effective IT managers and consultants. This interdisciplinary programme looks at the development, management, organisation and use of information technology within and between organisations – and will give you both conceptual knowledge and practical skills for managing IT and IT-induced change.

Bachelor's degree, Business Administration - Management
  • at The American University of Beirut
  • June 2002

Specialties & Skills

Supply Chain Management
Supply Chain Risk Management
Materials Sourcing
Food Service Management
Supply Chain
Negotiation
Supply Chain Management
Product Management
Material Sourcing

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Memberships

Chartered Management Institute
  • Fellow
  • March 2008
Cornell University
  • Alumni
  • June 2009
The University of Lancaster
  • Alumni
  • November 2005
The American University of Beirut
  • Alumni
  • June 2002