Planning Engineer
Arab Fertilizers & Chemicals Industries Ltd.
Total years of experience :6 years, 1 month
Ensure seamless operations by supervising works, forecasting spare parts consumption, as well as creating daily/weekly maintenance plans, work orders, and tenders. Promote transparency, accountability, and quality within each aspect of work through auditing. Formulate and communicate progress/performance reports with key stakeholders for the decision-making process.
Key Contributions:
▪ Cooperation with improved the Steering of plant expansion project; completed all tasks within time and budget.
▪ Mitigated and controlled operational risks through proactive planning and analysis.
▪ Credited for improving planning process, reducing waste time, and eliminating redundancies either weekly plan, shutdown and turnaround plan (minimize shutdown over time from 14200 hrs to 12100 hrs during year 2018)
Enforced end-to-end controls across delivery and assembly procedures with an aim to achieve zero missing items and minimal returns. Assured unhindered plant operations by overseeing production and maintenance schedules as well as mobilizing human, financial, technical, and operational resources. Discussed and closed both budget and timescale negotiations on favorable terms. Rendered active functional support to GM in the selection, ordering, and purchase of materials.
Key Contributions:
▪ Reviewed costing structures through automated procedures and recommended corrective strategies.
▪ Introduced a daily/weekly/monthly reporting structure to help in the decision support system.
▪ Improved production process through new operational framework, systems, and lean tools. (increase the cabinet production from 1 consignment / 2 months to 2 consignments / 1 month)
▪ Delivered strategic direction for plant operations by defining quality control and key performance indicators for machinery, manpower, material, and time efficiency.
Translated and documented work requirements into action plans for teams to follow to minimize ambiguities and uncertainties. Attained precise price for product line, optimized inventory control, and built a good supply chain thorough database management. Prioritized all activities and orders by generating a weekly master production schedule. Analysed market dynamics and interpreted historical data to comprehensively meet demand requirements and minimize loss. Reduced safety stock holding and associated costs by building a hybrid inventory system.
Key Contributions:
▪ Streamlined process flow by crafting an effective operational framework as well as eliminating redundancies and non-value processes with a focus on enhancing customer experience.
▪ Slashed processing time by steering business re-engineering project using Oracle database with GUI.
▪ Promoted continuous improvement culture through Lean and Kaizen concepts and tools.
▪ Strengthened departmental, inter-company, and external supply chain line.
▪ Decreased quotation closure from 4-5 months to 0.75-1.5 months.
Provided robust engineering support by receiving production order and creating samples. Analysed order time and accordingly devised production schedules based on raw material availability. Ensured efficient working through effective resource allocation and active co-ordination with workers. Identified work requirements and issues raw materials form the store. Conducted detailed audits as well as aligned product production and manufacturing works with set standards and time period. Drafted progress reports to evaluate performance and resolve impeding issues.
Key Contributions:
Augmented production output by utilising various troubleshooting tools.