Mohamed Galal
Supply Chain Management
Luxembourg
Summary
16+ years of strategic end-to-end supply chain management experience. Innovative and self motivated. Successfully led and coordinated 20+ strategic technical and non technical projects through understanding business requirements, cross-functional teams engagement to keep everyone working towards a single goal, managing changes, removing roadblocks and communicating broadly with multiple functional groups and stakeholders. Expert in demand planning and forecasting, ordering and inventory management, supply chain network optimization and developing tools and technology solutions. Results-oriented team leader with expertise in maintaining partnerships internally and externally to effectively enable revenue growth by streamlining operations, improving customer service levels and reducing operating costs.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages
Work History
Head of Product Management (EU)
Gopuff
Luxembourg
09.2021 - Current
- Set supply chain products vision and roadmap across stakeholders and drive it though strategy, design and execution milestones
- Own existing and new supply chain products from ideation, through development, to launch, growth and maintenance
- Launched Oracle and O9 software solutions starting from gathering business requirements, evaluating system capabilities, coming to consensus, to deployment with Engineering team
- Led API integration with top retailers in the UK: Morrisons and Blakemore
- Led tech team to deliver EU supply chain product roadmap from scratch by launching tools for catalog management, forecasting and supply planning and order management, achieving forecast accuracy at 85%, availability at 95%, unhealthy inventory at 12% and waste at 4%
Senior Program Manager, EU Last Mile Delivery
Amazon
Luxembourg
04.2019 - 08.2021
- Manage EU last mile operations to ensure orders delivery with on time speed and accuracy
- Establish short and long term capacity planning for delivery stations labor and drivers with future real estate design and demand density to develop future expansion strategies
- Established contracts with 3PL carriers to improve overall performance across EU
- Develop and scale last mile planning processes and tools to plug and play global model
Senior Manager, EU Supply Chain
Amazon
Luxembourg
12.2017 - 03.2019
- Manage end-to-end supply chain to deliver maximum operational results and partner with global operations and transportation teams to improve product availability and reduce operation cost
- Developed new features in Amazon IPC/EFN tools (Inventory Planning & Control) with tech team to improve inventory placement, order fulfillment, customer experience and deliver key metrics such as vendor import share, out of stock rate and vendor operation metrics
- Reduced out of stock service level from 8% to 2%, non performing inventory by $13MM and improved customer Fast Track Order Delivery service level from 74% to 92%
- Led FC supply network redesign projects delivering $7MM cost saving
- Led vendors contract negotiation with $9MM cost reduction and $5MM inventory reduction
Physical Distribution Capability Manager (IMEA)
Procter & Gamble
Egypt
07.2017 - 11.2017
- Own adoption for PD Transportation & Warehousing global work processes in IMEA
- Own PD Supply Network Design, Capacity Planning, Loss Analysis, Business Continuity and 3PL Governance
- Led IMEA PD Capability as member of Global P&G PD Change Board
- Improved PD skill level from 65% to 92% and global work processes adoption from 88% to 95%
- Led IMEA TMS implementation projects
Supply Chain Manager (MEA Region - Baby Care)
Procter & Gamble
Egypt
09.2015 - 06.2017
- Lead team of 35, managing end-to-end supply chain planning and supply network resource planning to deliver service, cost and cash
- Create rough cut capacity plans with what if scenarios to identify capacity gaps and propose actions including supply network redesign and integrating regional initiative master plans
- Improved case fill rate from 95.5% to 98.7%, reduced inventory by $14MM (15% YoY) and operational cost by $35MM (5% YoY)
- Led and delivered several procurement projects/negotiations delivering $9MM inventory reduction and $5MM cost reduction
Physical Distribution Transportation Manager (SEA)
Procter & Gamble
Egypt
11.2013 - 08.2015
- Manage finished product transportation planning optimization, loss analysis, supplier selection and contract negotiations to meet customer needs in terms of service, speed and cost
- Lead process improvement with 3PL carriers
- Improved On Time Delivery from 95% to 98.4% and Case Fill Rate% from 92% to 98%
- Reduced transport budget by $7MM (-24%) through supply chain redesign projects and improved vehicle fill rate from 96% to 99.2%
- Led MEA TMS deployment project
Market Planning Manager (MEA Region - Home Care)
Procter & Gamble
Egypt
06.2011 - 10.2013
- Create market operating strategies and manage inventory distribution planning to ensure customer satisfaction and products availability across MEA
- Lead supply network design, inventory parameters reviews, and lead time reduction projects to balance cost, cash and service
- Improved Case Fill Rate level from 89% to 98.9%, On Time Delivery to customers from 94% to 98%, while reducing inventory cost by $22MM and operational cost by $10MM
- Led and implemented SAP APO deployment project across MEA region
Production Planning & Warehouse Manager
Saint-Gobain
Egypt
10.2009 - 05.2011
- Manage demand planning, production planning and inventory management to balance service, cash and cost measures
- Led 50 warehouse associates managing warehouse operations, inbound/outbound transportation and T&W costs
- Redesign supply network distribution enabling $11MM export business, improved warehouse productivity from 73% to 94% and reduced transportation cost by $8MM
- Reduced inventory by $3MM while increasing service level from 94% to 97.7%
- Led SAP R3 PP & MM implementation
Demand & Production Planner
BMW
Egypt
01.2008 - 09.2009
Production & Process Engineer
BMW
Egypt
09.2006 - 12.2007
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Production Engineering
Helwan University
Cairo, Egypt 09.2001 - 06.2006
Certified Production & Inventory Management (CPIM) - Supply Chain Management
APICS
Cairo, Egypt 01.2010 - 01.2011
Lean Six Sigma (Yellow Belt) - Quality Management
Technische Universität München (TUM)
Munich, Germany 07.2019 - 07.2020
MicroMasters - Supply Chain Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Cambridge, USA 06.2022 - Current
Skills
Ideation & Scope Management
Agile/Scrum Technology Development
Project Management
Demand Planning & Forecasting
Inventory & Order Management
SC Network Design & Optimization
SAP R3/APO - Oracle - TMS - ORTEC
SQL - Tableau - Power BI - Looker
Lean Six Sigma/Value Stream Mapping
Strategic Communication Skills
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Innovation Thinking
Managing Cross-Functional Teams
Decision Making
Business Writing
Self Motivation
Time Management
Customer Needs Analysis
Integrity
Timeline
MicroMasters - Supply Chain Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
06.2022 - Current
Head of Product Management (EU)
Gopuff
09.2021 - Current
Lean Six Sigma (Yellow Belt) - Quality Management
Technische Universität München (TUM)
07.2019 - 07.2020
Senior Program Manager, EU Last Mile Delivery
Amazon
04.2019 - 08.2021
Senior Manager, EU Supply Chain
Amazon
12.2017 - 03.2019
Physical Distribution Capability Manager (IMEA)
Procter & Gamble
07.2017 - 11.2017
Supply Chain Manager (MEA Region - Baby Care)
Procter & Gamble
09.2015 - 06.2017
Physical Distribution Transportation Manager (SEA)
Procter & Gamble
11.2013 - 08.2015
Market Planning Manager (MEA Region - Home Care)
Procter & Gamble
06.2011 - 10.2013
Certified Production & Inventory Management (CPIM) - Supply Chain Management
APICS
01.2010 - 01.2011
Production Planning & Warehouse Manager
Saint-Gobain
10.2009 - 05.2011
Demand & Production Planner
BMW
01.2008 - 09.2009
Production & Process Engineer
BMW
09.2006 - 12.2007
Bachelor of Engineering - Production Engineering
Helwan University
09.2001 - 06.2006