Hey, I’m Ahmed

I’m a pharmacy graduate turned Supply Chain Specialist. I make medicines easier to source, ship, store and track.

For over six years I’ve bought, shipped, stored and planned pharmaceutical materials and products in the United Kingdom, Kenya and Bangladesh. Today I’m at Xeal Pharma in Birmingham, supporting supply chain operations across CBPM, specials and dispensary.

See what I built My experience
  • MBA, Business & Healthcare Management
  • Bachelor of Pharmacy

Where I’ve worked and studied

  • Xeal Pharma
  • MBE Logistics Worldwide
  • Square Pharmaceuticals
  • York St John University
  • Noakhali Science & Technology University

How can I help your team?

A supply chain is a chain. I work across all four links, so problems don’t fall through the gaps between them. Each link has its own colour across this page. Open a card to see the proof.

Link 1 · Source

Buy well and manage suppliers

Strategic sourcing, supplier qualification, contract negotiation and cost optimisation, with an interest in sustainable and public sector procurement.

Link 2 · Move

Get goods moving across borders

End-to-end shipping, import and export documentation, 3PL coordination and carrier management for domestic and international freight.

Link 3 · Plan & store

Plan stock and storage space

Inventory targets, S&OP, capacity planning and warehouse layout across multi-site and licensed storage operations.

Link 4 · Improve

Make the work visible and repeatable

SAP and Oracle ERP experience, Power BI and Excel dashboards, automated trackers, and SOPs aligned with GMP and GDP.

Results that add up

Tap How? on any number to see the story behind it.

  • 1.7 million US dollars saved on procurement Square Pharmaceuticals Kenya
  • 15% lower operational costs Optimisation project, Kenya
  • 12 people led Supply chain and project team
  • 2,295 chemical reagents planned Square Pharmaceuticals, Dhaka

From Dhaka to Birmingham

Pick a stop to see what I did there. Each place shows its UN/LOCODE, the location code used on shipping documents.

3business areas supported

Supply Chain Specialist

Xeal Pharma · Oct 2025 – now · Hybrid

Warehouse capacity planning, dashboards, SOPs and inbound and outbound coordination for regulated medicines, across CBPM, specials and dispensary.

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Four roles, three countries

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  1. Current role

    – Present

    Birmingham, United Kingdom · Hybrid

    Supply Chain Specialist

    Xeal Pharma

    Supporting end-to-end supply chain operations across CBPM, specials and dispensary, combining operational coordination with planning and analytics.

    What I do

    • Lead warehouse capacity analysis and layout optimisation across multiple licensed storage units.
    • Build dashboards and automated planning tools for consignment visibility, KPIs and inventory flow.
    • Develop SOP frameworks and workflows aligned with GMP and GDP requirements and audit readiness.
    • Coordinate with operations, QA, procurement and commercial teams on inbound and outbound activity, import licence workflows and controlled medicines documentation.
    • Regulated medicines
    • Warehouse planning
    • Supply chain analytics

  2. –

    London, United Kingdom

    Logistics & Shipping Coordinator

    MBE Logistics Worldwide · including procurement responsibilities

    Managed domestic and international shipments, balancing delivery commitments, carrier performance, customer requirements and trade compliance.

    What I did

    • Worked with freight forwarders, couriers and 3PL providers to negotiate rates and coordinate shipment performance.
    • Prepared and reviewed air waybills, bills of lading, invoices, packing lists and certificates of origin for customs clearance.
    • Developed logistics processes and SOPs to improve routing, reduce manual errors and strengthen cross-team communication.
    • International freight
    • Customs documentation
    • Carrier management

  3. –

    Nairobi, Kenya

    Supply Chain Manager & Project Coordinator

    Square Pharmaceuticals Kenya EPZ Ltd.

    Led a 12-person supply chain and project coordination team through pharmaceutical facility setup, process optimisation, validation and full operations.

    1.7 million US dollars in procurement cost savings

    What I did

    • Delivered $1.7 million in procurement savings across operations, packaging, design, processes and logistics.
    • Implemented a supply chain optimisation project that reduced operational costs by 15%.
    • Managed 0–13-week supply planning, weekly capacity balancing, inventory targets and S&OP coordination.
    • Coordinated procurement for pharmaceutical materials, machinery, construction, validation and operational readiness.
    • Oversaw import and export coordination, track-and-trace accuracy, GMP-related deviations and weekly performance reviews with internal teams and service providers.
    • Team leadership
    • Greenfield to operations
    • S&OP
    • Cost optimisation

  4. –

    Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Executive, Supply Chain Management

    Square Pharmaceuticals PLC.

    Managed pharmaceutical supply chain and logistics activities with an emphasis on material availability, regulatory compliance and on-time delivery.

    What I did

    • Served as a lead team member for category planning and end-to-end operations covering 2,295 chemical reagents.
    • Developed logistics strategies to optimise transportation routes and reduce lead times.

    These dates overlap with the Kenya role, which ran during my employment with Square Pharmaceuticals.

Things I’ve built and run

Projects and tools from my day-to-day work. Each one has something you can try: step through the project, run the tracker, filter the dashboard or plan a warehouse.

Leadership project · Nairobi · 2020–2023

A pharmaceutical facility, from setup to full operations

A new pharmaceutical facility needed its supply chain built and running. I led a 12-person team through four phases.

  • $1.7m saved on procurement
  • 15% lower operational costs

Facility setup

Coordinated procurement for pharmaceutical materials, machinery and construction for the new facility.

Phase 1 of 4

Workflow automation

Connected delivery tracker

Shipment information sat in 12 separate source sheets. I built a Google Sheets and Apps Script tracker that pulls them together, updates automatically, spots changes and emails a summary.

  1. 12 source sheets with shipment data
  2. Apps Script merges them and spots changes
  3. One consolidated view updates
  4. An email summary goes to the team

  • Google Sheets
  • Apps Script
  • Automation

Operational intelligence

Supply chain dashboards

I build delivery and item dashboards in Looker Studio and Power BI, so shipment status, delivery performance and priorities sit in one view. Try a small version: select a status.

Example consignments
RefRoute and goodsStatus
CN-2401Rotterdam → BirminghamRaw materialsDelivered
CN-2402Birmingham → LondonDispensary stockDelivered
CN-2403Lisbon → BirminghamPackagingDelayed
CN-2404Birmingham → ManchesterSpecialsDelivered
CN-2405Copenhagen → BirminghamRaw materialsIn transit
CN-2406Birmingham → LeedsSpecialsDelivered
CN-2407Hamburg → BirminghamPackagingDelayed
CN-2408Birmingham → BristolDispensary stockIn transit

Example data for this demo, not real company figures.

  • Power BI
  • Looker Studio
  • Excel

Capacity and process design

Warehouse and process planning

Licensed storage space is limited, so every pallet position has to be planned. I build storage capacity models, pallet and box calculations and occupancy scenarios, alongside SOPs for procurement, warehousing, inventory and supplier qualification.

Try it: how full is this store?

Demo with example numbers

This simplified version uses a standard UK pallet (1.2 m × 1.0 m) plus 10% clearance. Drag a slider or type a number.

The rest is aisles and working space.

Pallet positions
150
How full
93%
Free positions
10

Floor plan55% racking · 45% aisles

Occupancy93%

The black line marks 85%, a common working limit for storage.

TightAbove the 85% working limit. Plan overflow space or move slow-moving stock.

  • Capacity planning
  • Storage planning
  • Process design

Business perspective, scientific foundation

An MBA and a pharmacy degree connect commercial decisions with the demands of pharmaceutical supply chains.

2023 – 2024 · London

Master of Business Administration

Business & Healthcare Management · York St John University

Thesis: Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Carbon Emissions in the United Kingdom and South Asia.

  • Student Ambassador
  • YSJ Research Club

2014 – 2019 · Bangladesh

Bachelor of Pharmacy

Noakhali Science & Technology University

Distinctions and Dean Awards. Pharma Club President and cricket team captain.

  • University Journalists Association

Courses and certifications

  • 97%

    Logistics & Supply Chain Management

    Rutgers University via Coursera · 2020

  • 93%

    Foundations of Project Management

    Google · 2021 · Scholarship recipient

  • Supply Analytics

    LinkedIn Learning · 2023 · Completed

  • CIPS development

    Level 3 studies and ethics training · In progress

Beyond the day job

My interest in sustainable procurement runs from academic research to community work and team leadership.

Leadership

  • Sustainable supply chainsFounding member of Net Zero Supply Chain, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • Recognised for cutting costsTwo-time Cost Cutting Boss winner, FY20 and FY21.
  • Team and communitySCM Cultural Club President at Square Pharmaceuticals Bangladesh, and university cricket team captain.

Toolkit

ERP systems

  • SAP ERP
  • Oracle

Analysis and reporting

  • Excel
  • Power BI
  • Looker Studio

Automation and teamwork

  • Google Sheets
  • Apps Script
  • SharePoint

Languages

Select a language to hear me say “nice to meet you”.

Supply chain terms, in plain English

Supply chain work uses a lot of shorthand. Search for a term, or open Accessibility at the top and turn on Explain jargon to see short meanings inside the text.

3PL
Third-party logistics. A company paid to store, pack or move goods for another business.
Air waybill, bill of lading
Transport documents. They record what is being carried and for whom: an air waybill for air freight, a bill of lading for sea freight.
CBPM
Cannabis-based products for medicinal use. Prescription-only medicines made from cannabis, tightly regulated in the UK.
CIPS
Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply. The professional body for buyers and supply chain managers.
ERP
Enterprise resource planning. Business software, such as SAP or Oracle, that links buying, stock, finance and production.
GDP
Good Distribution Practice. Rules that keep medicines safe and traceable while they are stored and transported.
GMP
Good Manufacturing Practice. Rules that make sure medicines are made consistently to the right quality.
Greenfield
A brand-new site. A project built from scratch rather than on an existing operation.
KPI
Key performance indicator. A number used to check whether work is on target, such as on-time delivery.
Procure-to-pay
The buying process end to end. From requesting goods to paying the supplier.
QA
Quality assurance. The team that checks that processes and products meet the required standards.
S&OP
Sales and operations planning. A regular process that matches what will be sold with what can be made and supplied.
SOP
Standard operating procedure. Written, step-by-step instructions so a task is done the same way every time.
Specials
Unlicensed medicines made to order. Made for an individual patient when no licensed medicine meets their clinical need.
UN/LOCODE
United Nations location code. A five-character code for places used in trade and transport, such as GB BHM for Birmingham.

Good operations start with a conversation

Get in touch about supply chain leadership, procurement and planning opportunities, or to talk about improving operational performance.

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