Aftab Umer

After taking on wider responsibility of the region, by effective stake holder management (Internal/External), strategic & tactical planning through precise Market Insights, achieved benchmark results from Design to Value & enormous focus on Cost Transformation/ Value Stream to stay ahead of the game in Market during commodity price surge. Some key tasks & accomplishments:

• Packaging Engineering & Development:
Huggies®, first time from GCC. Kleenex® FT softpacks first time from GCC. Entire Kotex® portfolio facelift & many others.

• Projects Management:
~50 projects/yr, OTIF execution & commercial launches

• Cost Savings:
Exceeded targets of YoY CT delivery for 6 years ($6.5 MM)

• Developmental Procurement:
Handling localization of packaging materials (Supplier Audits, Technical recommendations, Trials & specs signoff). Have maintained great working relations with all suppliers specifically ones based in KSA/Gulf to gain edge on technological developments.

• Supply Chain & Logistics:
Using advanced software like CAD/TOPs & techniques to optimize the packaging space through out the supply chain by performing Static (Storage) & Dynamic (Transit) testing to ensure products & people safety.

• Sustainability:
Pro-actively enabling spread of circular economy in GCC with Post Consumer Recycle/Plastic footprint reduction.

• Coach & SME:
Member of EMEA Packaging SME team, coaching & Supporting other mills, most recently packaging development and rollover of $70 MM startup of Huggies plant in Lagos, Nigeria.

• Risks Assessment / Mitigation:
Qualification of backup material suppliers to support supply planning & procurement to ensure business continuity.

• Good Practices Development & Deployment:
Generated numerous SOPs for various processes i.e., Factory Acceptance Testing, Specs System Adherence etc.

As first ever Packaging Engineer in GCC, managed E2E packaging development with Innovation/Renovation of New & Existing business segments produced from Bahrain & was given tremendous opportunity for EMEA wide travel, exposure & learning.

Established a baseline for the Packaging R&D function and received recognition from cross functional teams for effective development of new processes and streamlining of existing, before moving to a senior GCC wide responsibility.

Managed manufacturing operations & maintenance in Packing with 300+ SKUs, 8 manufacturing lines in Health, Household & Personal Care categories with annual production worth $80 MM. Did 6 months assignment in Warehouse operations (RPM & FG) & helped reduce process gaps

23% increase in production capacity delivered on Veet® lines, $7 MM YoY

Helped drive 16%+ in OEE vs 2014 (6%- in manufacturing cost)

2 direct reports to deliver CI & material usage variance reduction targets

Supervised Dettol® wet wipes line installation & CQV, in stretched timeline of 20 days, along ensuring operators hands-on training with OEM onsite.

Managed & updated Dept KPI matrices while reporting to EMEA

Delivered ERP (JD Edwards) installation & generated all relevant SOPs.

Headed smooth shift operations of Production, compiling & presenting production KPIs on Dept. Activity Boards for PQCDSM, PDCA, BOS, OFS

Adhered production plans, safety guidelines & enforced GMP on the operation floor as area owner.

Ensured, availability of right material at right place, while maintaining area 5S

Monitored the MUV (Material Usage Variance), reconciled at month closure & reported in EEMEA.

Supported teams as SAP KU to avoid any ERP DT & smooth IDOC flow.

Ensured solutions are in place, incase of any tech issues

Ensured adherence of CIL, defect handling, reliability report, centerlines tracking, OPLs, Kaizens, while implementing FI (Problem Solving) techniques

Fortunate to get selected for cross border assignments to learn new skills to be able to implement later in Greenfield & impart knowledge across teams

Learned VAT-CQV (IQ/OQ/PQ) of multiline packing mahines iArgentina & successfully implemented for greenfield vertical startup worth $90 MM

Took lead of ERP Implenetation after getting qualified as SAP PE KU in Cariro & TT&T in Turkey.

Did complete Mapping & Matching, SITs, BATs for new site

Achieved successful Go Live after integration of SAP & RTCIS at VSU

Boot camp in P&G Egypt, largest EMEA manufacturing facility for ARIEL®

Completed Technology Transfer & Training course with IWS methodology & tools/techniques, designed to facilitate Greenfield plant startup in Pakistan

Learned key packing technologies/operations while completing AM Levels (4)