WAEL MOSTAFA ABUZEID
Summary
Logistics Director with more than 30 years of experience in many multinational companies in the fields of global logistics, marine operations, ships’ classification, international transportation, shipping lines, freight forwarding, export & import operations in addition to the relevant administration, public relations and financial functions.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
Work History
Logistics Director
DELTA SPECIALTIES
01.2017 - Current
- Manage staff as well as participating in setting measurable objectives and KPIs for the dept
- Ensure that customer satisfaction is met and that all customer complaints are handled promptly and appropriately
- Continuous assessment and evaluation of staff and operation performance of the dept
- Review and approving the export & import documents to assure its compliance with the agreed terms
- Supervise the logistics executives to ensure perfect compliance and timely deliveries while maintain reliable relationships with the transportation and shipping solutions suppliers
- Prepare shipping policies and procedures for export, import & cross business consignments
- Provide with proposals and recommendations needed for job requirements
- Prepare the budget of the department and follow up the implementation according it
- Review the contracts of the carriers & service providers
- Follow up the shipping process until delivering import & export shipments
- Arrange PO’s priorities in cooperation with the sales and production departments’ schedules and arrange the shipping schedules accordingly
- Contacting Clients & Suppliers announcing them with the shipping market news and new governmental regulations
- Prepare the regular statistics for the department activities
- Prepare the regular supply chain reports to the company management
- Cooperate with the marketing department in preparing the pricing policy of the company products
- Review and maintain the documentation system
- ACHIEVEMENTS
- Contribute in establishing ERP system
- Design a complete export & import documentation system
- Design shipping system in compliance with IMDG & ICAO Code
Senior Operations Manager
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA SHIPPING LINE, NYK
01.2006 - 01.2017
- Follow up and supervising the line office’s team, assuring that the regulations of the company is complying together with principals’ standing instruction
- Supervise vessels’ & cargos’ operations, assuring provision of services to reach the customers satisfaction
- Follow up data flow between the shipping line and the concerned container terminals, ports & the Suez Canal Authority
- Follow up the commercial section functions and solve the customer problems
- Review all expenses/invoices during the serving of the vessels
- Follow up renewal of L/G’s for ports, container terminals, customs & governmental authorities
- Follow up the line accounts (transfers & balance) in cooperation with the financial department on monthly basis
- Making sure that scheduled tasks being carried out in time and accurate manner
- Responsible for office marine reports and ships traffic
- Carry out administration requirements
- Review office staff qualifications
- Maintain good relations with all authorities
- Prepare monthly reports to the line regional manager
- ACHIEVEMENTS
- Re-format the contracting manner between the shipping line and the governmental parties such as the container terminals, Suez Canal Authority & other shipping lines in the shipping alliances
- Contribute in designing the full relational database system.
Marketing Manager
COSCO SHIPPING LINES, COSCO
01.2004 - 01.2006
- Finding new clients, and maintaining the existing ones
- Prepare logistics services offers including (Ocean freight, Custom clearance, inland transportation, documentation, warehousing)
- Follow up clients’ accounts
- Support the sales team dealing with big customers
- Contact service providers (transportation, custom clearance, stevedoring)
- Coordinate with the different companies in the port such as the container terminal, custom warehouses, and customs authorities
- ACHIEVEMENTS
- Establish the customer database for the Egyptian market
- Contribute in preparing the pricing policy
Ocean Freight Manager
EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL, EI
01.2000 - 01.2003
- DUTIES
- Contacting clients & preparing quotations
- Following up the daily operations with ports offices
- Follow up booking procedures with the shipping lines
- Prepare contracts with shipping lines and shipping agents
- Handle the shipping market survey
- Prepare a weekly report to the ocean manager
- ACHIEVEMENTS
- Establish the port offices (Port Said & Alexandria)
- Establish a service contracts with the shipping line instead of working by regular quotations.
Operations Supervisor
AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINE
01.1995 - 01.1999
- Preparing the load & discharge plans in coordination with the commercial & documentation departments of the shipping line and the container terminals
- Following up the recording of import shipment into ERP system
- Following up the preparation of shipping documents (B/L, D/O & cargo manifest)
- Review the financial statements & the relevant invoices of the container terminal & follow up the relative settlements
- Contacting clients & solve their documentation issues
- Reporting regularly to the shipping line marine operations
- ACHIEVEMENTS
- Create a split shipment solution in order to solve the duty payment issues of the customers.
Marine Division Coordinator
LLOYDS REGISTER, LR
01.1990 - 01.1995
- Contact clients (shipping lines, ship’s owners, shipyards & shipping agents) and follow up their accounts
- Surveys schedule follow up
- Issuing certificates & preparing the technical reports
- Prepare the monthly reports to LR Head Quarter about office’s activities
- ACHIEVEMENTS
- Activate the electronic system used for the issuance of the technical reports
Education
Certified Manager (CM) -
The Institute of Certified Professional Managers (ICPM), James Madison University
Bachelors’ Degree - Business Administration, Marine Transport Economics & Management
Suez Canal University
Accomplishments
- Logistics Management and Strategy, American Chamber of Commerce, Cairo
- Human Resources Management & Planning, Campus Training & Consulting, Cairo
- English Language (Intermediate Level), the American University in Cairo (AUC)
- Global Maritime Shipping Course, the Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO)
- TOEIC, AMIDEAST
- Ocean Export, Expeditors International
- Ocean Import, Expeditors International
- Logistics & Supply Chain Management, Expeditors International
- Exp
- Managers Skills Development Program, the Egyptian Exp
- Promotion Centre
- Negotiation Skills Development, Middle East Advisory group (MEAG)
- Communication Skills Development, Middle East Advisory group (MEAG)
- Principles of Management, Middle East Advisory group (MEAG).
Timeline
Logistics Director
DELTA SPECIALTIES
01.2017 - Current
Senior Operations Manager
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA SHIPPING LINE, NYK
01.2006 - 01.2017
Marketing Manager
COSCO SHIPPING LINES, COSCO
01.2004 - 01.2006
Ocean Freight Manager
EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL, EI
01.2000 - 01.2003
Operations Supervisor
AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINE
01.1995 - 01.1999
Marine Division Coordinator
LLOYDS REGISTER, LR
01.1990 - 01.1995
Certified Manager (CM) -
The Institute of Certified Professional Managers (ICPM), James Madison University
Bachelors’ Degree - Business Administration, Marine Transport Economics & Management
Suez Canal University
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