Ahmed Mansour

Develop and maintain supply chain strategies involving coordinating and
overseeing manufacturing operations in order to forecast orders and meet
customer demands.
 Conducting monthly capacity and performance analyses to ensure
forecasts and schedules are aligned.
 Determine key supply chain KPIs.
 Work with finance, sales and manufacturing team to determine best
vendors and distributers.
 Assist logistics process for the development of new products, inventory
maintenance, manufacturing, shipment and delivery

Obtain, analyze and interpret supply chain relevant data
Perform analyses with this data using SQL or R-Language
Use analysis results to improve supply chain processes and work on reducing costs
Use related tools and internal data to generate the needed reports on various platforms like Incorta, Power BI and Tableau

Developing procurement strategies that are inventive and cost-effective
Switching over 60% of procurement from local vendors to foreign manufacturers leading to 22% cost reduction in end product
Sourcing and engaging reliable suppliers and vendors as well as negotiating with suppliers to secure advantageous terms
Approving purchase orders and organizing and confirming delivery of goods and services
Controlling the procurement budget and promoting a culture of long-term saving on procurement costs

Ensure the continual development and embedding of a performance culture throughout the organization
Managing the development and presentation of performance reports and benchmarking activities, and coordinating the corporate performance management framework and ensuring robust data quality arrangements
Plan, scope and deliver a range of individual projects in line with key corporate and service improvement plan objectives, to continually improve service efficiency, outcomes, delivery and performance
To collate, undertake analysis and report on progress against action plans and performance measures to the top management

Develop and maintain supply chain strategies involving coordinating and overseeing manufacturing operations in order to forecast orders and meet customer demands
Conducting monthly capacity and performance analyses to ensure forecasts and schedules are aligned
Determine key supply chain KPIs
Work with finance, sales and manufacturing team to determine best vendors and distributers
Assist logistics process for the development of new products, inventory maintenance, manufacturing, shipment and delivery
Managing team of 8 employees resulting in increase of department’s productivity and surpassing our KPI at a 120%
Negotiating and closing contracts for purchasing raw materials saving the company 1.3 million USD in 2018

Negotiate with suppliers on lead time, cost and quality so as to obtain maximum benefit for the company
Manage suppliers to meet objectives related to cost, delivery performance, schedule and quality
Determine and plan needs as well as developing purchasing strategies based on portfolio analysis and supplier preferencing study
Implementing the 5Rs
Increased sourcing of suppliers from 6 vendors to over 20 and minimizing spot-based purchasing to minimal numbers and replaced by formula based quarterly and/or yearly contracts
Used six sigma methodologies to analyze and reduce scrap in the plant by 28%
Led cost reduction projects to successfully obtain company driven out cost out goals of 20% to remain competitive within competing market space

Gathered and analyzed supplier, inventory and distribution data to assess area in need of improvement
Negotiated prices and terms with shipping companies and vendors
First hand involvement in implementing ERP system, including gathering company’s Master data and BOMs

Understand plant operations in finished goods converting, equipment manufacturing and customer fulfillment of those finished goods
Learn the division KPIs and how to retrieve and consolidate the data into information for daily reports
Learn to use planning and production software to analyze daily information and trends and report out to the plants or division manufacturing staff

Extensive training in the non-metallurgical department
Sample preparation
Light microscope usage
Zeta potential and viscosity measurement in Alumina
Development and laser fusing of BaTiO3 granules
Slip casting of porcelain