Elham Gholipour

Elham Gholipour, Regional Demand & Supply Planning Manager at Nestlé

Elham Gholipour is an experienced Supply Chain Leader with over 15 years of experience in the food and beverage industry in the Middle East and North Africa region.1 She currently holds the position of Regional Demand & Supply Planning Manager for the Cereals category (CPW) at Nestlé, where she has been working since April 2021.1

Key Responsibilities and Achievements

• Develops sourcing strategies, drives cost-saving projects, and manages a team covering planning of over 200 products for 19 MENA markets from 10 factories globally, targeting high service levels to customers1
• Responsible for zone and NIM integration, alignment on supply chain strategies and KPIs, and processes and people development by leading the category in a matrix setup1
• Previously worked as Regional Demand & Supply Planning Manager for Nestlé Purina Petcare in the Middle East and North Africa from February 2018 to March 20211
• Served as Market Demand Planning Manager for the Dairy Category at Nestlé Middle East from March 2015 to December 2017, where she successfully implemented statistical forecasting for 10 markets and improved Demand Plan Accuracy by 500 bps reaching DPA M-3 of 75%1

Education and Certifications

• Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Allameh Tabataba'i University1
• Bachelor of Engineering in Food Science and Technology from Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch1
• Holds certifications as a GSTD certified Coach, Nestlé FI lead, and in Project Management1

Languages

• Full professional proficiency in English1
• Native or bilingual proficiency in Persian1
• Elementary proficiency in French and Hindi1