Tamer Hegazi

Achievements:

• Total cost save of $2.3M USD on all inbound/ outbound National and international Logistics.
• SAP WMS, MRP, IBP and APO forecasting model implementation with less than 5% delta in forecast.
• USD $20M RFT with Australia Post in reducing outbound freight spend by 20%.
• 30% savings on all global sea-freight.
• SAP configuration of WMS, MRP, representative master-data, transformation to digital processes from manual.
• Free freight threshold cost loss Mitigation from $3M to $1M USD.
• Re-negotiated SLA’s and pricing with top 25 supplier by spend saving $400K USD
• 15% cost save via paper RFT/offering alternative to historical structures.
• Paper rationalisation project saving 10%.
• Reduction of landfill waste by 50%.
• 30% cost decrease across all corrugated spend via RFQ’s
• Reduced total inventory value from $17M USD to $3.4M USD via reformed procurement processes and vendor agreements
• Reduced average days on hand from 370 to 85 on all imported categories via Vendor negotiations and renewed contracts
• Transformation of Procurement and Supply Chain to create avenues to new markets (Dubai, Japan, Singapore, New Zealand) forecasting increasing total revenue by 15%.

Responsibilities:

• Global Supply chain, Procurement and Logistics Transformation/Improvement planning (Plan/ manage tenders, aligning projects with category and BU managers, preparing RFT’s/RFQ’s strategic supply chain restructure.
• Contract negotiations of all global sea freight, line hauls, National freight and Logistics, 3rd and 4th party logistics), rebuild/restructure of all three Procurement, Supply Chain and Logistics divisions (Mentored People, Designed Processes and implemented Systems), seamless change management.
• Ensuring All material/freight/operational costs are within planned budget
• Identifying gaps in supplier and stakeholder relationships and strategically addressing them and by extension transforming ways of working
• SAP master data, MRP cleanse/re-build and transform, Procurement process transformation/optimisation
• Procurement, Supply Chain and Logistics team re-build, facilitate global best practice training in systems, processes and CI
• E-Kanban project to establish accurate data pertaining to consumption/demand and by extension P2P and Vendor agreements
• Category Strategic planning (creating a category procurement strategy to include industry analysis, BU requirements, risk assessments, stakeholder mapping, P2P transformation)
• Supplier Relationship engagements and rebuild/ re-establishment of relationship dynamics/synergies
• New revenue + Business Continuity + Sustainability & CSR via process, vendor relationship and system transformation
• Point of escalation and final resolution with all Vendors across all functions (Energy, materials, IT, software, systems, QA, Manufacturing)
• P&L ownership.
• 150 total direct and indirect reports. 6 Direct reports, 150 indirect via two dotted line production managers.
• GRC process ownership and transformation, Procurement Systems ( SAP, SIEVO, JIRA, COUPA) ownership and Continuous Improvement

Achievements:

• Establishing an RFT/RFQ process to execute on the top 5 categories by spend. 16% cost save with Beef supply.
• Transforming procurement processes to align with the National vision business for growth.
• (Processes, systems, NPD, contingency planning, forecasting tools, GRC system implementation, P2P, data/market analysis
• Establishing a Procurement and Supply Chain structures and processes creating stability of supply via National contingency set up (QA new facilities, new products, etc) GRC process implementation
• NPD (Establishing alternative products to increase market foot print and supply chain stability.

Responsibilities:

• Managing our 3PL (Superior Foods) on all transactions
• PEG ownership
• Supporting all franchisees and all National QA and Supply Chain functions (GMP Audits, QA Audits, P2P process establishment) to ensure an uninterrupted supply chain
• Managing, adjusting and creating recipes in crunch time
• Creating a manual 52 week forecasting tool to mitigate reactive measures taken Nationally to reduce the impact of supply chain events
• Menu Performance tracking
• Liaising with National Marketing and Ops teams to ensure internal alignment facilitating LTO's
• Align and balance all franchisees to a National Supply Chain strategy and vision.
• Ensuring end to end Supply Chain stability.

Achievements:

• Maintaining a positive trend in EBITDA
• Executing Operational and Supply Chain cost save of $700,000 P.A via a global and National SC and Logistics restructure
• SAP WMS, APO, MRP implementation, transforming operations from paper base/MS suite to SAP processes.
• Developing national S&OP's for Procurement, global Supply chain and National Logistics( GRC, ESG, CI, Data design transformation)
• Consolidation of 15 global freight and national logistics distribution vendors to 2 national vendors reducing national distribution cost by 30%.
• GRC project CI
• Implementing a national DIFOT & COF on our Procurement and Supply Chain, Logistics and internal sales teams to elevate SLA's by 40% and DIFOT from 67 to 98 within 6 months.
• Implementing a regional, metro across ANZ Digital Supply Chain via WMS and MRP activations in SAP, Procurement automation (P2P, GRC, ESG)
• Establishing a nationally aligned unit of measure across 15000 skus (SKU Masterdata rationalization)
• Creating a master data cleanse SOP
• Installing an end to end digital supply chain and logistics structure, full digital visibility on all international shipments, GR/GI SAP processes, SAP WM structure, SAP MRP structure, SAP AOP/IBP project
• Procurement process Automation
• Change management, transformation/rebuild of both Procurement and Supply Chain teams and processes.

Responsibilities:

• Leading our state managers (prior to Specialties restructure) in lean supply chain and operations optimization
• HSE/OH&S management including the roll out of COVID-19 protocols
• Drafting Capex/Opex
• Managing the Supply Chain and Distribution P&L
• Talent acquisition/ recruitment
• Overseeing LALTRIFR, TRIFR & LTI uploads into VISY vault
• Remodelling budgets and P&L's to plan through COVID-19 pandemic effects rather than plan around it leading our National teams through the challenge
• Relationship and contract ownership of all vendors
• Management of National lease agreements
• Overseeing regional site consolidations
• Team Leadership, development.
• Establishing and aligning with internal stakeholders and relationships within VISY
• 8 direct reports, 50 indirect.

Achievements:

• Steadily increasing COF from (AU 20 to 98)(NZ 70 to 98) by ramp up/ restructure of global Supply chain, global and National Logistics to accommodate a 200% spike in demand.
• Implementing a system guided WH ( inventory Auto release/Auto replenish).
• SAP WMS reconfiguration to optimize supply chain operations.
• Annual cost save on export restructure project of $200,000 NZD P.A
• Pallet optimization project cost save of $10,000 USD P.A.
• GSTD & RCA analysis resulting in increasing top load strength of corrugated cases by over 20%, reduced damages of exported product by 95%.

Responsibilities:

• Promoting a “focus to succeed” culture within the procurement and supply chain division.
• Oversee/initiate the intake of an extra 60 SKUs (Distribution/Co-packing management), no CAPEX required
• SAP Implementation/automation of p2p processes, upgraded technologies and a shift in mindset to drive a successful modern and lean procurement/supply chain
• AGV project, TCS $4M USD
• Global Logistics and Supply Chain Vendor Consolidation and risk mitigation strategies
• Lead the daily procurement, manufacturing operations and Supply Chain functions
• Leadership of 6 direct, 10 indirect.
• Owning P&L.
• Ensuring Production plans accommodate for a steady and successful increase in COF.
• Relationship management of all Vendors.
• Annual RFQs.
• Initiating/implementing System guided WH project site specific enabling a paperless DC
• DC operations optimization
• Ensuring a timely supply of Materials (Raw/Pack)
• Procurement of transport, 3PL and material categories.
• Roster restructure to accommodate for an overnight 200% uplift in demand.
• Management of GMP/CTF/HSE/SHE compliance audits.

Achievements:

• 40,000 square meter DC set up project, a $7M project completed within 18 months.
• SAP and voice pick implementation and training, WMS implementation, MRP and master data reset project implementation.
• Talent acquisition of up to 90 personnel in 2 months, from interviewing, assessments, and medicals to initiating contracts.
• Increasing the DC's GMP audit score from 80 to 96.
• Increasing the DC's output efficiency by 40%
• Reducing inventory variances by $15%.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the daily operations and logistics of the DC, outbound freight and inbound sea freight
• Structure staffing levels as a POC with HR to ensure maximum productivity and efficiency cost wise for IDL’s across all three shifts ranging anywhere between 90 to150 operators directly and indirectly reporting to me
• Ownership of all MHE maintenance, invoicing, and lease plans and contracts.
• Conducting biannual performance reviews.
• Negotiating contracts (RFT/RFQ's) with all vendors.
• Ensuring an uninterrupted global supply of up to 900 tonnes of product, equating to 170,000 cases, within a 24-hour delivery model.
• Overseeing all inventory production, FIFO practices are adhered to.
• Manage full stocktakes, and investigate stock variances by tracing system transactions across CVC and Manufacturing.
• Manage and drive export and import between Asahi, 3PL, off shore, domestic and international operations.
• Developing service level agreements between CVC and Production
• Configure and manage all stock into containers for export or 3PL destinations
• All freight vendor relationship ownership.
• Handled departmental scheduling to maintain proper staffing for shifts.

Achievements:

• Successfully formulating biodiesel production utilizing used cooking oils as stock feed.
• Eliminating the winterization of biofuel.
• Installing titanium heat exchangers project eliminates 25% of the carbon footprint.
• Creating production and certificate of analysis S&OP's
• Steadily increasing annual EBITDA by 4.95% annually.
• Establishing and Operating a petroleum refinery with annual production volumes of 20,000 metric tonne

Responsibilities:

• Installing a pressure leaf filtration system.
• Overseeing all production.
• Biofuels derived by transesterification.
• Team Leadership, 7 direct reports.
• Relationship ownership of all vendors
• Implementing OH&S, and continuous improvement principles.
• Overseeing all engineering maintenance.
• Complying with HACCP practices.
• EPA, work safe and AFP relationship management.

• Coordinating Lab construction
• Complete all verification's and Lab demonstrations for clients
• Supervise/run production.
• Surfactants and polymers both in the plant and in lab simulations
• Certificate of Analysis issued on all products manufactured
• Creating a database for retained samples
• Investigating manufacturing incidents
• Establishing sample analysis aligned to client's specifications

• Production management of day shift.
• Overseeing all production outputs and yields.
• 5 direct reports (shift managers)
• Ensure all SAP automated processes are functioning to optimal plant capacity.
• Ensuring all QA/HSE/compliance and BP regulations are adhered.
• Oversee all product life cycle ensuring customer fulfillments are met.

• Optimize production line tooling systems.
• Optimize inventory flow
• Optimize the flow of production in the final assembly line, body shop and QC.
• Collaborate with all stakeholders to ensure HSE in manufacturing is compliant.
• Optimize operator well being during execution of their function.