Mahmoud Askar

Demand Planning Officer - Egyptian Company for cosmetics (ECC)

(2025-11)

Packaging Material Availability: Analyzed customer forecasts to calculate packaging requirements, issuing Purchase Requests to ensure 100% material availability for scheduled production runs.
Procurement & Production Alignment: coordinated with the Purchasing team to track packaging arrivals, proactively scheduling production as soon as materials arrives.
Order Gap Management: Managed pending orders and resolved supply chain gaps through cross-functional communication, ensuring all necessary packaging was staged for smooth, uninterrupted operations.
Integrated Sister Company Planning: coordinated closely with Infinity Team to analyze demand forecasts, calculating the exact packaging components required to issue Purchase Requests and strategically scheduling monthly production runs to meet specific stock requirements.
Inventory Health & Reporting: Monitored and mitigated slow-moving packaging materials to reduce waste; delivered weekly comprehensive reports to management on stock health, order status, and production readiness.

Logistics Officer - Dabur Egypt LTD

(2021-06 - 2025-10)

Order Fulfillment & Sales Coordination: Partnered with the Sales team to track customer orders against available Finished Goods (FG), providing accurate Estimated Time of Arrival updates and ensuring timely delivery to distributors across Egypt.
Freight & Production Coordination: synchronized with Production Planning to match transport schedules with factory output; managed freight companies to secure vehicle availability and oversee the timely pickup of finished goods.
SAP Functional Workflow: Managed SAP WM/MM processes for goods receipt, labeling, and dispatch, ensuring the system accurately reflected physical stock movements for finished goods.
Put-away Automation: Supervised a project to automate the Put-away Process by implementing system-driven logic for bin locations, effectively reducing manual entry errors and inventory discrepancies.
Inventory & Layout Optimization: Applied Lean techniques to reorganize warehouse layouts, improving space utilization and streamlining the flow of goods to handle high-volume FMCG turnover.
WMS Process Standardization: Established standardized warehousing practices for internal hubs and 3PL providers, ensuring all operations remained consistent with Dabur's requirements.

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