KAREEM's CV
KAREEM SAAD MOHAMED ALI AGHA
Senior Supply Chain Manager | S&OP | Demand Planning | Logistics | Inventory
Profile summary
Strategic Senior Supply Chain Manager with 20 years of experience shaping supply chain operations, S&OP, and demand planning across the GCC and international markets. Known for directing multi-temperature warehouse networks, cold-chain compliance, and integrated production planning for food and beverage operations. Committed to driving process standardization, inventory optimization, and cross-functional execution.
Career highlights
Regional Supply Chain Strategy: Shaped supply chain strategy across the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Bahrain, steering regional warehouse operations and international freight.
Demand Planning and Operations: Directs supply chain operations including sales and operations planning, demand planning, and integrated production planning across multiple divisions.
Cold Chain Compliance: Maintained cold-chain integrity and HACCP and ISO 22000 compliance while managing audits, reverse logistics, and product-quality risks.
Professional Certifications: Maintains APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional and APICS Certified in Production and Inventory Management credentials.
Key skills
Professional experience
Directs supply chain operations across fresh-cut, juice, and canning divisions, reporting to executive leadership and coordinating cross-functional execution with production, quality, engineering, procurement, and commercial teams. Oversees sales and operations planning, demand planning, supply planning, integrated production planning, inventory policies, procurement governance, cold chain distribution networks, and quality standards. Manages a regional scope involving operations established around 2020, coordinating activities across a team of 10 direct reports.
- Shaped supply and production planning frameworks to align agricultural supply, processing schedules, inventory, and plant capacity across operations.
- Defined raw-material utilization and product allocation strategies across fresh, processed, juice, and canned channels.
- Engineered short- and medium-term capacity plans for processing facilities to support production scheduling during seasonal peaks and product launches.
- Evaluated manufacturing automation and packaging technologies to review throughput, labour productivity, and operating efficiency.
- Drove continuous improvement programs through process standardization, SOP development, KPI reporting, and cross-functional issue resolution.
Reported to regional leadership while directing tri-temperature warehouse operations, S&OP demand planning, and international freight across the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Bahrain. Managed inventory control protocols, cold-chain compliance standards, cross-border logistics, customs clearance, and supplier relationships for food-service and hospitality clients.
- Directed tri-temperature warehouse operations and FEFO and FIFO inventory control practices across thousands of ambient, chilled, and frozen SKUs.
- Managed international inbound freight, customs clearance, health and halal documentation, suppliers, carriers, and port-to-warehouse coordination.
- Maintained cold-chain integrity and HACCP and ISO 22000 compliance while managing audits, reverse logistics, and product-quality risks.
Reported to executive leadership, directing an enterprise supply chain division of 2013 staff. Defined procurement frameworks and inventory policies, governing supplier relationships and enterprise service agreements.
- Managed service, cost, availability, and inventory targets through KPI governance and cross-functional coordination.
- Steered supplier performance evaluations to align procurement execution with food and beverage business requirements.
Guided ocean freight and regional container transportation functions across domestic coastal markets, maintaining carrier coordination schedules and port operations.
- Coordinated ocean freight activities and carrier operations to maintain transit schedules.
- Prepared documentation for global shipments to preserve compliance across international transit.
- Coordinated daily communications between shipping lines, carriers, and customers for transit management.
- Executed ocean freight import and export operations for regional shipments.
- Processed shipping documentation and managed carrier communications.
- Evaluated manufacturing automation and packaging technologies to advance throughput, labor productivity, and process reliability across plant operations.
- Designed cold chain, multi-temperature distribution, and freight consolidation solutions spanning frozen, chilled, and ambient products from origin to customer delivery.
- Directed tri-temperature warehouse operations, inventory control, and FEFO and FIFO practices across thousands of ambient, chilled, and frozen SKUs.
- Led S&OP and demand planning around Ramadan, tourism peaks, major events, promotions, and new customer openings.
- Managed vendor relationships and contract terms to secure pricing consistency for food and beverage inventory.
- Coordinated supply chain logistics across distribution channels to fulfill inventory requirements.
- Coordinated domestic ocean freight movements across major ports.
- Managed carrier logistics schedules to maintain transport efficiency.
- Coordinated ocean freight import and export operations according to client and regulatory standards.
- Managed shipping documentation and shipment follow-up procedures with external carriers.
Education
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management
Business Administration and Management
Certifications
Languages
Arabic · Native
English · Fluent