Shravan Shetty A independent Career Coach interviews Nazir M , Supply Chain Management professional working in the Middle East Region . Nazir began his career in sales and than through effort and self motivation explored Supply Chain and made his foray and has progressively built his career

1. Senior Logistics Manager -
Gulf & Levant
( FMCG Company )
Shravan Shetty ( Career
Coach)
The Career
Interview 02

2. Lets Explore Careers
Nazir M is A Supply Chain Professional with a
Diversified experience of 15+ years in
Demand/Supply Planning & operation MGT as well
as Individual contributor In
FMCG,Packaging/Logistics & Export MGT.
Experience - Demand & Supply Planning, Inventory
Management, S&OP,Customer Service(Order to
Cash, Logistics & distributor),Contract Management
, SAP&ERP, Project MGT & Productivity.
Expertise -Designing & Implementing Supply Chain
Process/SAP Implementation/ISCP/Supply Chain
Analytics.

3. Current Designation
Senior Logistics Manager - Gulf
& Levant

4. What are your main
responsibilities towards your
job?
Logistics
Distribution & Transportation

5. What is a typical day (or week) like
for you?
5 days of work +
2 days on the weekend
with family

6. What do you like most
about your work?
Diversity &
Freedom

7. What do you like least about
your work?
VPN connectivity &
system usage

8. What kinds of problems do you deal
with?
All kind of Mainly to related
freight , product availability

9. What kinds of decisions
do you make?
Cost , Demand
compliance & SKU
rationalization

10. How does your position fit within the
organization/career field/industry?
Experienced supply chain
professionals with Expertise in
LD&T

11. How does your job affect your general
lifestyle?
No impact as PepsiCo has
greater work life balance plan

12. What current issues and trends in the
field should I know about/be aware of?
Demand volatility due to
COVID19 & Economic slow down

13. What are some common career paths in
this field?
Digitization , ISCP &
RPA

14. What kinds of accomplishments
tend to be valued and rewarded in
this field?
Productivity ,Environment
sustainability & BIC service
level to customer

15. What related fields do you think
I should consider looking into?
Supply & Demand
planning , Logistics

16. How did you become interested
in this field?
Passion & everyday new
challenges

17. How did you begin your career?
Sales Administration

18. How do most people get into
this field? What are common
entry-level jobs?
Logistic officer , Store keeper
& Material controller etc

19. What steps would you
recommend I take to
prepare to enter this field?
Supply Chain studies &
news

20. How relevant to your work
is your undergraduate
major?
3 ( on a scale of 1 to 5)

21. What kind of education,
training, or background
does your job require?
Supply chain
professional

22. What skills, abilities, and
personal attributes are
essential to success in your
job/this field?
Reaction to market
trend & mainly
proactive approach

23. What is the profile of the
person most recently hired at
your level?
Graduate with 10 plus years
experience

24. What are the most effective
strategies for seeking a
position in this field?
Best in class service level
by arranging right product
at right time @ right place
with right quality

25. Can you recommend trade
journals, magazines or
professional associations
which would be helpful for
my professional
development?
Supply chain
management/ISCP /

26. If you could do it all over
again, would you choose the
same path for yourself? If not,
what would you change?
Supply chain always but
any other career path
then may be finance

27. What would be the
salary at the entry level
in this career line?
$45000 per year

28. What advice would you give
someone who is considering
this type of job (or field)?
Excellent career path &
future CEO’s are expected
to be from Supply Chain.

29. https://www.linkedin.com/in/nazir-m-76080b9

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31. Thank You