Supply Chain Management

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

-Over ** years of experience in end-to-end international supply chain management, supply chain excellence, project management, supply planning management, leading cost optimization, strategic planning, process development and process improvement

-Highly respected for successful leadership, strategic sourcing, analytical skills, problem solving, collaborative management skill, Customer Service satisfaction, people management, managing multi-faceted programs on a timely manner and meeting all critical deliverables with a "Can Do" attitude

-Extensive experience in Food and Consumer Products

CAREER HISTORY AND ACHIEVEMENTS:

Reckitt Benckiser Canada- Demand Planner Nov 2013 – Present

Contributions:

-Managing forecasting, supply and Inventory planning for Food, PC & Health care products

-Consolidating Sales FCST and review vs. Demand FCST

-Monthly Demand FCST review with Sales and Marketing

-Report gap analysis for S&OP management review

- Weekly OOS/ Distress report to factories

-Cascade business targets to all Supply chain functions

-Developed Inventory Management Tier Report

-Implemented SKU rationalization

-Led excess inventory reduction

-Reduction of slow mover/ non moving items by 80%

-Forecast accuracy: MAD less than 28% and BIAS within +/- 6 %

-Managed Inventory and reduced inventory weeks coverage from 7.5 WOC to 6 WOC

-PFR : 99.3+%

Reckitt Benckiser Middle East – Supply Excellence Manager May 2011 - Nov 2013

Contributions:

-Excelled Supply Chain Operations Management end-to-end processes

-Developed strategic plans for the Middle East operation

-Developed & executed of annual budget and updates

-Managed project resource allocation, Planning and scheduling project timelines

-Led more than 200 successful projects on time as per budgets and success criteria

-Designed and Implemented on line approval system process for each steps of projects

-Supporting business vision NR through supporting business NPD/EPD on time in alignment with all business functions with right quality, cost effectiveness and claims in accordance with applicable regulations

-Supported cost reduction and gross margin (GM) improvement

-Driven departmental results by managing direct reports through setting objectives, monitoring performance, coaching, training

-Reduced supply chain complex by SKU rationalization and accordingly number of SKUs reduced from 1065 in 2011 to 650 by 2013

-Led sourcing analysis and approval

-Saved more than $ 5 million (120 base point gross margin improvement)

-Established and implemented threshold by brand

-Planned and cascaded business NPD-EPD related targets to all business functions

-Set the Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for projects

-Developed global supply chain network

-Negotiated transportation & warehousing contracts and reduced cost by 15%

-Reduced embellishments cost by $ 250 K

-Set the rules and principles that supports business alignment across all function

Reckitt Benckiser Middle East North Africa – Supply Planning Manager May 2007 – Apr 2011

Contributions:

-Led end-to-end successful supply to 17 countries

-Management of staff towards high supply service with PFR of greater than 99%

-Optimized inventory through challenging MOQ, SKU rationalization, reduction of slow moving/nonmoving inventory

-Contingency plan established across all programs, and developed 5 year capacity planning and budgets

-Reduced inventory levels from 9% to 5.9% NR

-Assisted in setting / cascading business targets to all supply chain functions

-Executed LT/ST capacity planning to ensure the business vision targets are met

-Assisted in setting a long term business / sourcing strategy through analyzing market & business environments and budget planning

-Set up, tested and evaluated business contingency plans from the supply perspective to risk management

Scitra –UAE: Production Manager- Dettol and Liquid Plants Jul 2003 – April 2007

Contributions:

-Implemented ISO 90001

-Led Dettol Plant infrastructure in accordance to client requirements

-Implemented weekly, monthly and annual preventive maintenance as per machineries manual

-Enforced of safety practices, maintaining a clean, orderly, compliant and hygienic work environment as per GMP requirements

-Leading 80 people including supervisors, operators, QC technicians and labors

-Scheduling personnel and production based upon projected shipments

-99.3% on time delivery

-Manufacturing and inspection procedures and enforcement of strict quality standards

-On time materials replenishment

RECENT TRAINING PROGRAMS:

ISO 9000 Presentation Skills Customer Care Management

Leadership Skills Finance for Non-Finance First Line Leadership

Project Management Middle Management Leadership P&L Impact Analysis

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Microsoft Office: Microsoft Word / Excel / Power Point/ MS project

ERP System: JDE & SNP & Demand Forecasting : Manugistics

EDUCATION:

B. Eng – Chemical Engineering University of Tehran

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