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Name: Ahmed Riyad Zaki Saeed/ Address: Nasr City, Cairo / Military: Exempted

Cellular: +2-010*-*******/ E-mail: adpg74@r.postjobfree.com/ DOB: 1991 LinkedIn Profile: https://eg.linkedin.com/in/ahmed-riyad-51583966 Career Summary:

A Supply Chain professional with 9+ years of experience in Export, Import, Execution, Shipping, Logistics, Chartering& Procurement. worked in many industries/ materials including but not limited to FMCG, Cosmetics, Manufacturing, Electronics, Oil& Gas projects, heavy industries, etc. with the exposure of the foreign and domestic trade& markets.

Key Career Goal:

Currently I am Supply Chain Section Head who is leading a Section of 3 Supply Chain’s employees, where I’ve gained hands-on a promising experience that I am looking forward to expanding it by joining new reputable organizations, that I can add and gain other values. Technical Skills& Expertise:

Logistics Procurement Chartering

Negotiations Purchasing Custom Clearance.

Execution Shipping Import& Export

Planning (Intermediate) Warehousing (Intermediate) Trade Finance (Intermediate) Data Analysis& Reporting

Education& Certifications:

Int. Logistics BA: Arab Academy for Science, Technology& Maritime, (2008-12) Major: Supply Chain.

High School: El- Nozha Language School, 2008

Group procurement certificate from BCG, Athens, Greece, 2016

Supply Chain Diploma: American University in Cairo “Progress on hold Covid-19” Working Experience:

Supply Chain Section Head at Titan Cement Egypt (2018- Present) Leading a section with total supported training hours of 368Hrs, that is covering many Import& export areas e.g. (Solid Fuels, Final products, CAPEX, MROs, Consumables, Chartering, In& outbound Logistics, Export, Customs Clearance& govern. documentations) with annual budged of “EURO 80.0 mil”

Accountabilities:

Cooperation in trading contracts creation aligning with Legal, treasury& insurance Dep., introducing new commercial approaches, e.g., more payment’s facilities, consignment stock, shipping T&Cs, etc.…

Following international INDEX for top spend commodities, tracking price’s trends& speculation.

Annual participating in “Group’s supply chain summit” in Athens as “The Group’s Liaison” exchanging experiences/ data with other Group’s BUs, seeking synergies on group/ global level.

Proactive Liaison with internal and external customers and with Egyptian Customs making sure that operations are handled smoothly, especially during Covid-19 or other crisis. Page 2 of 4

Cooperation in optimizing stock levels aligning with stores& planning teams for breakbulk commodities.

Following up all bulk vessel’s operations from valid NOR’s up until vessel’s safe departure.

Achievements:

Calculating fobbing& plant's gate cost, Incl. all landed cost to get (TCO- Total cost of ownership) per each in/outbound shipment, to make proper comparison between different approaches and structures.

Maintaining the minimum cost/ ton by getting the best Stevedoring and Transp. prices vs. services.

Cooperation in De-Carbonization Group CSR project, by decreasing CO2 emission.

Reaching the minimum demurrage& maximum dispatch, by accurate Lay time’s calculation for charter/ breakbulk vessels after purposeful reviewing SOFs with the shipping agents.

Periodical calculation for transportation cost/ ton/ km, by reviewing all driving factors e.g., maximum truck load utilization, solar/KM, trip’s distance, depreciation& maintenance cost, etc.…

Optimizing the Supply chain different areas by ensuring the best practices applied for each vessel’s characteristics, documentation processes, stevedoring handling, surveyors, etc. Senior Foreign Buyer at Titan Cement Egypt (2015- 2018) Covering several foreign areas (Consumables, Energy, Raw Materials, Paper Bags, CAPEX, MRO)

Accountabilities:

Creation a list of a Key Vendors (Contractors/ Brokers) and having consolidated- long term contracts with them including adherence to the Group’s values, in addition increasing volume leveraging.

Preparing a periodical cash flow forecast (local and hard Currency) required to support the acquisition of section’s needs, in cooperation with treasury department. Besides to following EG. customs refunds

Preparing for an Open Electricity Market in Egypt & sourcing new energies i.e., alternative fuel

Optimizing SLAs with stakeholders in addition to cooperating in budget projection per Quarter.

Globally participating in “UnITe oneERP4All” project organized by TEKA systems& McKinsey with IT teams targeting “Group’s united Digitalization project” i.e., Purchasing E-Portal, SAP’s development& reporting to analyze data for Vendors, virtual stores/ stocks& Prices to Optimize Grp’s Working Capital.

Resp. for bulk vessels discharging stevedore, environmental& governmental approvals, and clearance.

Achievements:

Adapting new stock approaches; replacing Prev. maintenance by breakdown maintenance for some parts

Remarkable synergies between all parties “Suppliers, Plants, Treasury, Custom Broker, etc.”

Approaching Ex-work strategies for Bulk (Charter)/ containers (liner), reducing freight cost.

Dully apply tariff codes at Egyptian customs, considering different origins/ agreements e.g., Eur1

Achieving strategic partnership benefits with vendors by intensive focus on their issues. Project’s buyer at Schneider Electric System (2013-2015) Responsible for Oil& Gas project’s automation in Egypt “Turnkey Projects”

Accountabilities:

Conducting new suppliers and evaluate existing suppliers, (Supplier’s score cards)

Issue & formulating foreign/ Local purchase orders after validating commercial terms& Conditions. Page 3 of 4

In-transit shipments reporting, to arrange for on time import declaration at the free zone “Staging Area.”

Arranging for Repair & Return “RMAs” Shipping forms& declaration” besides to deliveries follow up.

Following factory’s arrival (Goods Received Notes)

Arranging with treasury for any LCs, LGs, IBC, or any other international trade finance transactions.

Reviewing& Initializing indirect contracts e.g., sanitary& A/C maintenance, disinfection services

Creating Shopping carts on SRM application for Non- Projects “OPEX” materials.

Attending the Kickoff meeting held before any project’s commencement with sales, proposal& technical teams to set the procurement’s registration per each project so that all parties can be aligned together.

Ensuring that each project is moving according to its procurement registration that agreed during the kickoff meetings held with Technical, sales& proposal teams, before each project commencement.

Achievements:

Handling mega projects i.e., Talkha& West Khilala projects, exceeding the planned savings by >5.5%

Negotiated more credit facilities which positively affected our cash flow and bank’s interest returns.

Sourcing new suppliers and switching some foreign items into Local market with the same quality.

Reducing Customs cost by providing all necessary procedures, stamps& certifications required, and to ensure all required markings and labeling are properly placed on all incoming shipments. Foreign purchasing Specialist at EG. German for Industrial Constructions “EGIC” (2012-2013)

Accountabilities:

Formulate Purchase Orders in alignment with planning& sales team’s schedules.

Monthly In-Transit Sheet for incoming shipments and following up its shipping documentations.

Monthly updated cash flow& insuring on time payment’s affection.

Checking Arrival to the Factories (Goods Received Note) and over SAP.

Arrange for LC’s draft online creation, and LG’s validation to be through 1st class EG. Banks.

Collect different shipping’s offers from our contracted freight forwarder (Local& global)

Achievements:

Initiating new systematic payment processes, which led to on time Cheques& transfers affections.

Initiate an integrated tracker report to meet on time deliveries for end users& fulfilling sales forecast. Operation assistant at Abdeen transport Service “Freight Forwarder” (2010-2012)- Part time

Accountabilities:

Handling specific type of materials e.g. Food and beverage, Medical supplies, FMCG& Cosmetics.

Following up customer’s accounts and handling their issues at customs (Sea; LCL& FCL), & Air Ships.

Getting shipping lines and Air lines daily monthly updated rates.

Arranging for House& Master; B/L& AWB issuance and other shipping documents required for Import& Export e.g. Commercial invoice, packing list, Certificate of origin, etc.

Preparing for relinquish letters for imported shipments and for booking’s declarations, confirmations, etc. for exported shipments.

Dealing with local transport brokerage for inland transportation from/ to customers& ports. Page 4 of 4

Workshops& Trainings:

Leading People& Results Advanced presentation Skills Training Negotiation Skills Workshop Communication Skills Workshop Finance for Non-financials Workshop Positive mindset 6 months’ program Spend Analysis and Prioritization Workshop Category Strategy Implementation Workshop Summer’s university training at EDC company at the supply chain department. Language Skills

English: Fluent command both spoken and written. Computer Skills

System experience and proficiency in Operating Systems (Windows)

SAP 8 Years’ experience (MM& SRM Modules)

MS Office 10 Years’ experience (Full Package)

ERP- oracle system.

E-Portal “E-Tenders, Auctions”

SRM- Supplier relationship management.

References furnished upon request.

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