Mohamed Zakarya

**** **** **** *****, ******** Junction NJ 08852 ac6kxs@r.postjobfree.com 908-***-****

SUPPLY CHAIN, PURCHASING MANAGER, BUYER AND LOGISTICS

Purchasing manager possessing over 15 multinational experience years. 4 years in sales and over 15 years in purchasing & Inventory experiences between the US retail market and the Egyptian B2B one. Led tactical purchasing team of 7 employees with total spend of $35 -$40M, successfully maintain and improving savings in cost and spending budget between 10-15%. Aligned inter-connected departments to maximize efficiency. Maintained ISO processes; provided monthly analysis and reports. I’m seeking a position in the field of Purchasing or Logistics; that matches my field of experience, that can benefit the Company and better improve my skills and talents, and enrich my career path.

KEY SKILLS

-Major/massive purchasing and project integration

-Retail Purchasing, Sales and inventory Management

-Excellent MS Office user

-Negotiation Skills

-Excellent Customer Service Skills

-Purchasing, inventory and warehousing experiences

-Purchasing Strategy and Procedures

-Leading Teams Mentoring Buyers

-Inventory Optimization Maintaining Supply Base

-ERP systems (Oracle and SAP)

-Supply chain Planning

EMPLOYER SUMMARY

Mechosystems, Springs Window Fashion. Supply Chain Planner, Edison NJ USA 07/17 to 03/2018.

As a Supply Chain Planner, my responsibility is to maximize the service performance while minimizing inventory investment on select product groups and/or product lines. This will be achieved by a combination of detailed planning in association with high level or strategic planning through:

Service (40%)

Ensure materials are available to support customer requirements while minimizing the freight costs.

Monitor material shortages, identify and implement corrective actions

Keep material availability dates updated and accurate

Monitor capacity requirements both short and long term

Work with Forecasting, Sales & Marketing to develop accurate forecasts

Continuously look for service opportunities

Overall product line responsibility for service levels

Manage the backlog by facility to ensure our service objectives are achieved

Inventory (30%)

Work with Purchasing on reducing lead times, minimums and price break quantities.

Provide forecasts to major suppliers.

Follow-up on rejects to ensure they are expeditiously dispositioned

Continuously look for inventory opportunities

Monitor “aged” inventories to identify opportunities to reduce and prevent

Overall product line responsibility for inventory levels

Get all obsolete inventory dispositioned and ultimately consumed, sold or scrapped

Maintenance (20%)

Create work orders and purchase orders in accordance with our service and inventory objectives

Review all ECR’s/ECN’s and take appropriate action

Monitor and ensure all lead times are accurate.

Maintain integrity and accuracy of plan bills.

Work with Product Management to most efficiently and effectively introduce and exit programs

People, Process, Culture (10%)

Review procedures and practices to identify continuous improvement opportunities.

Provide a “Best Experience” to all contacts by consistently following our “Guiding Principles”.

Special projects as assigned

E-FINANCE. (Cairo, EGY) Purchasing & Logistics Manager, 07/09 to 03/17

A leading company specialized in Governmental IT infrastructure, I joined them as a team leader and got promoted 3 times during my 8 years tenure. The company was a fast paced growing company, headcount upon joining was 60 compared to 1000+ after 8 years.

Leading and developing the Purchasing team.

Evaluated and monitored contract performance of items from preferred vendors to ensure compliance with contractual obligations.

Communicated with vendors to develop and maintain relationships as well as ensure the availability of goods for item needs for all departments including the storeroom inventory.

Handled RFPs and FRQs, creating orders on SAP and calculating lead time

Supporting major Projects across the company as required and ensure continuous production within cost control.

Negotiating with external suppliers on prices, terms, and conditions

Ensuring that the business has robust supply agreements researched and technically approved in place with all materials, services and utilities suppliers.

Innovatively sourcing new suppliers of materials, for product needs or more efficient cost effective delivery of products.

Following up and ensuring 100% adherence to SLAs with preferred vendor and suppliers.

Supporting and ensuring, as far as is practicable, that the company’s purchasing operations meet the standards required for current and future accreditations to formal standards.

Working closely with Operations and other members of the Commercial Team

COM STATION (OH, USA) PURCHASING AND INVENTORY MANAGER, 08/05 TO 06/09

Check stock reports and make daily inventory orders.

Negotiate better pricing and services’ offers with vendors.

Advise RM of new products and advise employees when new products are being delivered (indicate the price and the use for it).

Schedule and prepare daily deliveries to stores.

Conduct sales and transfers to sub-dealers.

Manage daily transfers between stores and check inventory records from all locations.

Conduct bi-weekly inventory check for all phones and phone cards against Manage- More (software) and report discrepancies found.

Responsible for the daily deposits collected from all locations and insure receipt to the bank.

CELL U COM (OH, USA) ACCOUNT SALES MANAGER, 01/04 TO 07/05

FALCON TECHNOLOGY (OH, USA) SHIPPING ADMINISTRATOR, 10/03 TO 04/04

PART-TIME AND PREVIOUS JOBS

HOLIDAY INN HOTEL (OHIO, USA) FRONT DESK & COSTUMER SERVICE, 10/02 TO 04/04

UNCLE MAX GAS& FOOD STATION (OHIO, USA) NIGHT SHIFT MANAGER, 09/99 TO 09/02

ORMAN EXPRIMENTAL LANGUAGE SCHOOLS (CAIRO, EGY) MASS MEDIA TEACHER, 09/94 TO 06/99

FORMAL EDUCATION

CAIRO UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF EDUCATION

B.A. of Educational Mass-Media- 1994

ORMAN SECONDARY SCHOOL

Secondary High School Certificate-1990

FREE STUDIES

-Financial Tools In Supply Chain

-Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP Attendance) – Exam window- TBD

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