Samy Affo

Samy joins the Grainger Center with five years of industry work experience in supply chain management. After graduating from the Ohio State University in 2003 with a bachelor’s degree in finance and MIS, he joined the Kimberly-Clark Corporation as a bilingual customer logistics analyst. In his role, he coordinated customer order fulfillment for U.S. and Canadian accounts and troubleshot issues arising in the process. This role enabled him to interact with different functions of the supply chain such as distribution, operations, planning, and transportation. In his next role, Samy managed inventory levels for Family Care Brands within the North America distribution centers network. He led projects to increase rail utilization for finished-good transfers and to improve forecast accuracy. He also contributed to cost savings and cost avoidance initiatives.

Samy has been exposed to several functions of supply chain management and is particularly interested in lean manufacturing and global outsourcing.