MENA Senior Vendor Manager - Amazon - Cairo
(2025-09)
Senior team lead (Vendor success program) – Consumer electronics.
- Manage a vendor portfolio of more than 700 vendors with total P&L entitlement exceeding $67M across MENA stores.
- Delivered 12% revenue growth and 4.7% margin improvement through commercial negotiations, business expansion initiatives, and operational optimization strategies
- Increased website selection traffic by 26% YoY through assortment expansion, availability improvements, and customer-focused merchandising strategies.
- Lead business reviews with internal leadership and external vendors, providing strategic recommendations and performance insights to drive category growth.
- Coach and develop high-performing team members through goal setting, performance management, and leadership development initiatives.
Supply Chain Senior Manager - P&G - Cairo
(2024-10 - 2025-08)
North Africa Demand Planning Senior Manager and transformational Leader.
- Led end-to-end demand planning operations across North Africa markets, ensuring high product availability while optimizing inventory and service levels.
- Delivered forecasting accuracy improvements and reduced supply chain risks through data-driven planning and proactive scenario management.
- Drove process improvements and simplification initiatives that enhanced planning efficiency, reduced waste, and improved operational KPIs
- Mentored and developed planning teams while fostering collaboration across regional supply chain functions.
Supply Chain Manager - P&G - Cairo
(2021-04 - 2024-09)
Saudi, Gulf and South Africa Olay & Personal Care Distribution Requirement Planning Manager
- Overcome the recent Red Sea shipping crisis by leading a project to re-route shipments originating from the Far East to arrive at a different port in Saudi, preventing otherwise assured lost revenue of over $1,000,000.
- Attained the lowest level of unproductive inventory in the past five years in P&G Skin Care SA and ZA, leading to cash savings of around $100,000.
- Achieved $50,000 in customs savings to P&G by optimizing the supply network design of P&G Skin Care SA and ZA.
- Implemented risk mitigation strategies to address potential disruptions in the supply chain, minimizing impact on business continuity.
- Increased customer satisfaction levels by ensuring on-time delivery of products through proactive shipment tracking and issue resolution. Closing ahead of target 6 month in a row for the first time in P&G Skin Care SA history.
- Saved 0.5 FTE equivalent to $10,000 annual savings by creating several Power BI dashboards, KNIME workflows and Excel Tools to standardize planning processes and improve forecast accuracy.
- Achieved a 60% reduction in forecasting error indexed vs year by designing specialized statistical models to include different market dynamics into the forecast.
Planning Engineer - Elsewedy Electric PSP - Cairo
(2019-03 - 2021-03)
- Designed and monitored a project schedule to build a $1.5B mega utility project in Africa.
- Evaluated vendor proposals for contract awarding, ensuring compliance with specifications and delivery timelines.
- Reviewed design documents and coordinated revisions as necessary to meet changing client requirements or construction constraints.
- Provided technical support to project team members, ensuring adherence to quality standards and best practices.
- Developed customized reports for stakeholders, presenting key performance indicators that informed decision making.
- Optimized resource utilization by effectively managing manpower, materials, and equipment throughout the project lifecycle.
