Ragy Hany Tawadros

Supply Chain SpecialistFull Time

• Job Details:• Negotiating trade terms for imported products with overseas principals. Negotiations span payment terms, payment methods, delivery terms/International Commercial Terms (Incoterms), modes of transport, free time, selecting ports of discharge (PODs) and other delivery locations, necessary documentation, as well as pre-carriage requirements (stickering, packing, special palletization/containerization requirements, etc.). • Negotiating sea freight and air freight rates, transit times, and free time with freight forwarders. • Reviewing consignments’ documents produced by exporters/shippers, third party inspection companies, freight forwarders/carriers, etc. to ensure compliance with local customs’ and other inspection bodies’ requirements. • Handling regulatory affairs for products falling under regulatory frameworks of Ministry of Health (MoH), Egyptian Drug Authority (EDA), and other regulatory bodies. Function includes preparing submissions for obtaining importation approvals and medical clearance approvals from EDA; security approvals from competent security bodies required for select Harmonized System (HS) Codes; as well as telecommunication authorities’ approvals for others. • Commissioning and overseeing third parties for registration and renewal of cosmetic and pharmaceutical products. • Inspecting causes of demurrage and detention (D&D) and storage charges; and allocating costs to responsible parties. • Arranging post-clearance MoH release. • Handling trade financing matters with banks including applying for and monitoring tenors and conditions of documentary credit documents, submitting consignments’ documents to banks when necessary for obtaining pre-clearance payment assurance, and approving wire transfers to exporters. • Commissioning clearance agents for clearing consignments; and maintaining daily monitoring that guarantees strict adherence to conclusion of clearance process within schedule. • Binding freight forwarders and clearance agents with predetermined budgets, and reviewing invoices produced by said parties. Review process includes challenging any unjustified costs and ensuring adherence to budgets prior to approving fees’ disbursement. • Advising pricing team as regards logistics costs during execution of pricing exercises and price reviews. • Preparing forecasted replenishment orders based on daily sales and inventory levels monitoring. • Analyzing logistics costs after clearance of each individual consignment and comparing results to budgeted figures and percentages in price structures to determine cost and operational efficiency. • Responding to Requests for Proposals (RfPs) by preparing capability statements at the onset of contracting with new principals.

Marketing and Business Development OfficerFull Time

• Job Details:I joined Matouk Bassiouny at a time during which the firm was expanding regionally, inaugurating presence in Dubai, UAE, and Khartoum, Sudan; as well as satellite presence in other parts of North Africa. As such, my apprenticeship was significantly enhanced given the completion of the below tasks for three offices at the same time, providing me with an edge of handling business development matters for regional law firms. I also wish to highlight that my current apprenticeship requires me to strike a balance between seeking supervision from management and senior attorneys, and leading/delegating assistants and administrative team members into completion of a given task. At the time of writing, the highlights of my tasks are: • Reviewing Request for Proposals (RfPs), and preparing pitches, capability statements and fee offers for clients with coordinating technical aspects with attorneys as required from start to finish. • Attending to clients’ emails, queries, and follow-up correspondences on offers. • Drafting engagement letters detailing the agreed-upon work scope. • Drafting firm’s submissions to international legal guides. • Maintaining communications with press and media outlets to highlight firm’s successes and achievements. • Designing and maintaining an extensive matter tracking protocol to ensure firm’s engagements are kept in record and are easily accessible for marketing literature, as well as billing purposes. • Drafting and continuously updating firm’s literature, including capability statements, white papers, and briefings. • Maintaining a comprehensive database of contacts, and managing all mass emailing directed at said contacts including updates, newsletters and seasonal greetings.

Public Relations and Marketing OfficerFull Time

• Job Details:Established the marketing and PR efforts in the firm; and retained responsibility for setting and executing all related strategies, constantly measuring deliverables against objectives. Themes of the work rendered included business development and brand management; and tasks included - but were not limited to – the following: • Drafted proposals as requested by Senior Partners, Partners, and Associate-level attorneys. • Drafted law firm’s submissions to international legal guides. • Created content for the firm's website and performing regular updates. • Managed the firm’s presence on social media accounts. • Coordinating the firm's participation in conferences and industry-related events. In addition to the above, I was responsible for the firm’s procurement matters, human resources matters, as well as IT matters.