Reza Alam

• Supervised a team of 7 supply chain managers and end-to-end supply chain operations to achieve a 95% on-time delivery rate.
• Leveraged effective supply chain planning systems to improve demand, sales and operations planning processes for the distribution network.
• Owned S&OP process by planning demand, supply and logistics in line with organisational strategy.
• Managed 4000 plus TEUs export and cross-trade shipments.
• Secured cost savings of £1.2M on freight through negotiation and optimized transportation route.
• Monitored, analysed and reported freight and carrier management performance against set goals.
• Successfully implemented 3PL operation in Rotterdam, Netherlands and Le Havre, France securing savings of £500K
• Improved shipment clearing process at Onne and Tincan Nigeria for Sun Mark’s biggest distributor and hence reduced cost of demurrage and storage
• Drove Key Performance Indicators (KPI)s and continuous improvements throughout logistics and supplier operations.

• Lead S&OP, manage rolling forecast across multiple categories sourcing affiliates and 3rd party co-manufacturer. Ensure Demand Forecast, Supply Plan, Distributor Inventory Levels and the Financial Planned numbers are aligned to cross-functional business.
• Managing Order to Cash cycle and ensuring shipment targets are met as per LE for the month. Managing production to ensure timely shipments
• Responsible for keeping the optimum level of stock for distributors across MEA region
• Develop and Manage Key Performance Indicators-KPI (OTIF, monthly stock levels at distributor's end, CSL, RDD) to continuously help improve the deliverance of the Supply Chain Team.
• Leading Regional/Global Supply Chain Projects.
• Ensure timely launch of NPD. Collaborate with Sales, Operations, Marketing, Finance, FSQ (Food Safety & Quality), Regulatory and Customer Service teams.
• Managed relationships with the Co-packers, Factories, Suppliers-3PL, and Freight Forwarders.
• Managing local HUB/warehouse operations in Jebel Ali
• Responsible for month-end reports and lead business review meetings with functional and leadership teams.
• Initiated and accomplished value engineering project - contributed VLC savings of US$ 1MM from Freight & Logistics saving projects.
• Led the localization projects bringing savings of US$ 2.5MM and boosting business growth in the region

• Led supply assurance activities with KHC plants, co-packer, procurement, and logistics to identify and resolve short-term supply issues that could impact production.
• Improved Regional S&OP for all BUs. Led KHBM Supply Chain Play Book meeting and SC audits of all operational Supply Chains, ensured full compliance to Kraft Heinz global standards across MEA. Drive improvement actions coming out of audits & drive monthly actions to closure.
• Played a key role in production transition projects within Heinz factories and led New Product Introduction in the market

• Managed end-to-end Demand and Supply planning process, customer service, order processing, documentation, procurement and delivery of products from 30 sources across the region having 72 customers.
• Contributed significant savings from co-pack management and value engineering project
• Led reworking operations project in USA, UK and France bringing efficiency in operations and helping category expansion in the region. Achieved over 300% growth in gross contribution (Kraft Heinz) and cost savings of US$ 300K.

• Managed the entire process in the planning of procurement and supply chain activities, inventory control, logistics and distribution, ensuring effectively functioning processes to avoid costly delays and lost opportunities
• Demand fulfilment, Order Execution, Customer service, responsible for monitoring the stock availability and ensuring optimum stock levels at the distributors' end
• Liaised with third-party suppliers to facilitate shipment of materials, reducing lead times.

Full planning responsibility- encompasses all aspects of the planning and sourcing cycle. Managed the complete logistics department. The department coordinates with Finance and Sales and handles the Imports and Exports while working out the purchasing cycle and maintaining communications with suppliers from Europe, the U.S.A. and India. The role also involved export sales to Russia, CIS countries, Eastern Europe, Africa and Middle East countries