Ahmed Sobhy

Experience

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  EGYPTAIR

  Jan 2015 - Feb 2015

  Trainee

  Training in ground services

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  VA TECH WABAG

  Jul 2017 - Nov 2017

  Procurement Logistics - trainee

  • Receive the order from the technical office• Prepare purchase orders (P.O) and issue it from (technical office manager, the sector head, financial manager, and chief executive officer)• Send the purchase orders to supplier to confirm the request • Receive the conformation from the supplier and know the final shipping date (ETD, ETA) that the shipment will be ready at supplier side• Receiving invoices from the suppliers, submit it to the financial department and follow-up suppliers payments.• Provide the Financial Department with any changes in the prices of foreign materials.• Receive packing list from supplier and make a booking confirmation with the shipping company • Handles all logistics activities with freight forwarders and customs brokers• Follow up documentation of each shipment and ensure their correctness• Coordinate with Warehousing Section to ensure receiving the foreign purchased materials from the suppliers. Show less

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  FedEx Express

  Feb 2018 - Aug 2018

  Customer Service Representative

  • Respond to customer inquiries and provide support via phone. • Tracking the shipment (international and domestic).• Opening trace for any shipment that may need to add info or correct the info. And if the shipment Destroyed or lost and in the case that the shipment faced delays (international).• Offer a quote for all outgoing shipment (international).• Make order for all international and domestic shipment. • Convince customers to open an account in the company.

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  German Lebanese Company for Paints (GLC)

  Oct 2018 - Sept 2019

  Logistics Specialist

  ➢ Handling all the local / foreign orders with the suppliers starting from receiving the purchase orders, and ending with receiving the goods to our warehouses;• Following up the supply/shipping advices/details.• Revising shipping documents to avoid any mistakes will cause any clearance delays.• Handling Banks’ procedures of releasing the original documents.• Working with Custom Brokers on clearing the shipments and receiving the goods to our warehouses.• Settling all invoices (Advance, Settlements and Sight).• Working on releasing Samples sent from our potential vendors forwarding them to Lab Dept. for feedback. Show less

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  PepsiCo

  Sept 2019 - Sept 2021

  Supply chain Export Planner

  Planning Perspective:•Set daily and weekly pack material (PM) plans and develop delivery schedules of packaging materials.•Set balanced need of material requirements to meet the production plan in order to fulfill export markets demand and enable achieving export sales AOP & SOP targets.•Compare daily export material’s opening stock Vs the requirements according to the production plan and develop the material plans based on AOP then share it with the sourcing team (GP).•Review & govern RM stocks in partnership with manufacturing team, sales forecast figures and FG stocks.•Issue purchase orders and create new items on SAP & Create return PO’s & review PO’s status Weekly & monthly basis, update the POs and close the redundant ones.•Assist and coordinate with Marketing Department in launching new products.•Send delivery schedules to suppliers & RMWH team and follow up on suppliers to deliver based on the production plan and the available storage capacity.Logistics Perspective:•Coordinate and ensure the export shipping process implementation in effective and efficient way.•Follow up loading process day by day with warehouses team & 3PL warehouses.•Follow up all laws and New regulations on export and inspection arrangements to make sure we can export our products easily.•Issuing of all shipments related documents including BL, Invoice, packing list, CO, EUR 1, health certificate (HC) and all other documents.•Cooperation with the finance department to resolve any accounts issues.•Follow up with the finance department to update clients balance in order to release SAP orders.•Communicate with government agencies such as: National Food Safety Authority (NFSA)•Dealing with international freight forwarder and different shipping lines in coordinating our shipments including get rates, bookings, shipping docs. & shipping bookings declaration, and the process of Telex release.•Revising and receiving export freight forwarders invoices. Show less

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  ELSEWEDY ELECTRIC

  Oct 2021 - now

  Senior Foreign Purchasing & Logistics Specialist

  Handling all foreign purchasing cycle with all foreign suppliers through the following:•Review monthly forecast on Weekly & monthly basis.•Searching and Sourcing for new suppliers according the company requirements for both ( raw material and spare parts).•Receive offers from suppliers and negotiate with them to get best terms as “lowest prices, quality, delivery, payment terms & credit facility.•Issuing purchase orders ( POs ) and Negotiating agreements according to organization requirements.•Request and follow up Funds transfers for raw material and spare parts according to finance department process.•Handling all procedures related to the new customs regulations NAFZA, ACID & Cargo X platform.Communicating and Setting the required documentations for goods clearance with the suppliers to receive the drafts shipping documents to be revised and confirmed before legalization .•Prepare all the necessary documentation, customs Forms (form 4, 5, 6, Value Dec) and any required delegations and official letters to start the clearance process on time and full set of the shipping documents to the customs brokers before the shipment arrival at POD.•Ensuring timely deliveries and resolving any supply issues or discrepancies.•Evaluating products and Monitoring supplier’s performance according to key business criteria.•Follow up on a daily basis all customs clearance process for all shipments to achieve the max cost saving point and avoid any demurrage.•Select freight forwarding agents, shipping companies for customs clearance to bring best rates.•Obtain quotations for shipping and choose the appropriate provider according to needed cost, quality and delivery times•Arrange insurance for the spare parts with insurance companies.Review and submit all invoices submitted from Freight Forwarder and Customs Clearance.•Create weekly and daily tracking reports, outline/schedule for All Open Shipments & Pos.•Manage all inbound transactions on oracle system. Show less