Omar Mohamed Youssef
Demand Planner & S&Op Manager
Cairo
Summary
Determined Supply Chain & planning manager with commitment to excellence and more than 7 years of experience. Known for great efficiency and detail-oriented work & business acumen
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
14
14
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages
Work History
Demand Planning, Supply Planning & S&Op Lead
Beiersdorf
Cairo
04.2020 - Current
- Preparing & managing forecasts for Egypt market through modelling & forecast sessions.
- Reviewing historical sales trends, researching demand drivers & preparing forecast data to develop statistical forecast models & evaluate forecast results.
- Responsible for Forecast Accuracy & Bias targets & Customer Service Level.
- Managing S&OP cycle from DRMs, SRM, to executive S&OP meetings.
- Integrating financial & operation plans with strategic objectives to deliver improved operational & financial results to boost customer satisfaction, profitability & working capital.
- Establishing vision & master plan for regional supply chain end-to-end structure, sourcing & delivery.
- Negotiated Vendors & local suppliers, 3PMs regarding contracts, policies & deadlines.
- Managing Stocks at Distributors & in-house stocks through ABC modelling of FGs.
- Supervising a supply planner for local production plans & importation plans for imported goods.
- Maintaining master data of more than 200 SKUs.
- Leading material saving project to save 300K euros per year from COGS.
- Establishing inventory targets, stock level & risk mitigation targets & managed flexibility strategy to optimize inventory.
- Identifying excess inventory & developing sales plans to sell inventory, reducing inventory costs 15%.
- Working closely with project managers on relaunch projects.
Central Planning Manager, Algeria Laundry Care
Henkel
Cairo
10.2018 - 04.2020
- Managed largest market in region (NES and inventory) in terms of planning.
- Planned local & imported finished goods to meet plans and managed stocks at sourcing unit sites.
- Monitored & maintained optimum FG stock levels to ensure customer service level is maintained.
- Modeled stocks and ABC classification for FGs.
- Reduced inventory by 20% over 6 months through improving safety stock modelling.
- Created and maintained Master Data for SAP MRP/APO.
- Ensured minimal business waste (obsoletes, write offs, slow moving stocks).
- Conducted mid-long term capacity planning for two factories.
- Maintained optimized order quantities, and safety stock parameters and production frequencies.
- Undertook continuous process optimization between planners, production sites and suppliers.
Market Supply Planner, Egypt, Libya & Sudan
MARS Wrigley
Cairo
07.2017 - 10.2018
- Planned local and imported Finished Goods (FG’s) to meet sales plan and managed stocks for Egypt, Libya & Sudan from different Sourcing units.
- Monitored and maintained optimum FG stock levels to ensure CSL was maintained.
- Planned & executed around 15 co-packing activities per month for Egypt market.
- Handled supply planning, warehousing and RTM aspects of gum project launch in Egypt.
- Ensured minimal NQC & business waste.
- Determined optimized order quantities, safety stock parameters.
- Maintained Supply Planning KPIs.
- Such as DFGO, Casefill, Freshness, Stock covers.
- Tracked imported shipments and released process to minimize costs and maintain freshness.
Supply Chain MARS Academy Associate
MARS Wrigley
Cairo
07.2016 - 07.2017
- Prepared & managed forecasts for Egyptian market – Demand Planning (June 2017).
- Supply Planning Rotation (January 2017 - March 2017).
- Launched Galaxy white and Dark. – Activity Management (October 2016 – December 2016).
Technical Support Engineer
HILTI
Dubai
06.2015 - 07.2016
- Designed & supplied all sorts of design reports for Anchors, FS, Rebar & installation applications.
- Prepared submittals and BOQ for tenders.
- Managed 10 customers as a Sales Engineer for the last 3 months of the assignment.
Intern MPD Department
Cairo Technology Center, Procter and Gamble
Cairo
07.2012 - 09.2012
- Optimized and standardized some dry detergent Secondary packaging mechanisms.
- Updated densification factor of CEEMEA and improved packaging efficiency.
- Developed a program to select the best packaging for dry powder detergent through user input.
Education
MBA - Strategic Planning
Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh Business School (EBS)
Edinburgh, Scotland 06.2016 - 06.2018
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering (Power & Design, Business Administration
The American University in Cairo (AUC)
Cairo, Egypt 09.2009 - 06.2014
Minor of Business -
The American University in Cairo (AUC)
Cairo, Egypt 09.2009 - 06.2014
IGCSE, Score 135% -
St. Fatima Language School
Cairo, Egypt 09.2006 - 06.2009
Extracurricular Activities
Certified open water diver (PADI Advanced), Sharm El Sheikh, August 2014
• 20 open water dives in the red sea.
Squash player, AUC team, September 2011 – June 2013
Public relations head, Microsoft Student Partners (MSP), AUC, March 2011- January 2012
• Organized 3 successful events related to Microsoft development programs at university.
Outgoing Exchange project Manager, AIESEC student org, AUC, March 2011- August 2011
• Helped Students from Egypt to exchange and find internships in AIESEC participating countries.
Real Life project catering head, Student Union, AUC, January 2010-June 2011
• Organized career advising events for graduate students and catering the event.
Business Workshops
2nd place, AUC business plan competition, AUC, Fall 2013.
• Did a business plan for starting a human powered vehicles business in Egypt.
Bain and Company “Be a Bainie” case competition workshop, AUC, 13 October 2013.
• Chosen from 200 to attend the completion with other 30 students.
• Simulated a day at Bain by cracking a business case.
Participant in AIESEC International Conference, Summer 2011.
• Represented AUC AIESEC community in AIESEC international annual conference in Turkey.
Timeline
Demand Planning, Supply Planning & S&Op Lead
Beiersdorf
04.2020 - Current
Central Planning Manager, Algeria Laundry Care
Henkel
10.2018 - 04.2020
Market Supply Planner, Egypt, Libya & Sudan
MARS Wrigley
07.2017 - 10.2018
Supply Chain MARS Academy Associate
MARS Wrigley
07.2016 - 07.2017
MBA - Strategic Planning
Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh Business School (EBS)
06.2016 - 06.2018
Technical Support Engineer
HILTI
06.2015 - 07.2016
Intern MPD Department
Cairo Technology Center, Procter and Gamble
07.2012 - 09.2012
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering (Power & Design, Business Administration
The American University in Cairo (AUC)
09.2009 - 06.2014
Minor of Business -
The American University in Cairo (AUC)
09.2009 - 06.2014
IGCSE, Score 135% -
St. Fatima Language School
09.2006 - 06.2009