Mahmoud Askar

Results-driven Logistics & Demand Planning Professional with extensive experience in FMCG supply chain operations at Dabur Egypt and ECC. Specialist in SAP WM/MM and material requirements planning, with a focus on automating warehouse processes and ensuring 100% material availability for high-volume production. Experienced in coordinating with sales and production teams to resolve fulfillment gaps, and streamline transport schedules.

Committed to reducing slow-moving stock and maintaining high inventory accuracy through strategic planning and consistent management reporting.

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.

Bachelor - Accounting - Mansoura University (2019-06)