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Ahmad Abou Salama, Operations Director

Ahmad Abou Salama

Operations Director·Orient Group For Food Industries

Egypt

High school or equivalent, Production

Work experience

Total years of experience: 17 years, 5 months

Operations Director

July 2017 - Present

Orient Group For Food Industries

Alexandria, Egypt

July 2017 - Present

To ensure that targets in all departments are accomplished within
financial budgets, to ensure business operates within company
mission and vision, to work with department heads to get the best
performance from staff, to review and approve equipment needs, to
work with legal authorities to any matters that occur, to supervise
building new factory in Borg ELArab with all activities of medium
voltage, water station, boiler, cable trays, compressor and air
pipelines.
Updated May 2018 Page 4
Achievements:
* Increasing productivity for all the group by 15 %.
* Building a new factory in Borg ELArab from construction mode till full
production mode including certificates like ISO 22000/2005 AND BRC
certificate.
* Making cost savings for more than 6.8 million Egyptian pounds from the
budget of new factory, by making in-house installation of pipelines, fire
fighting, cable trays and steam pipe lines.
* Dealing with legal authorities to have license of operation.
* Making huge project to develop suppliers of raw materials by helping them in
pre-harvest and post-harvest activities with delivering bonus for committed
suppliers.
Updated May 2018 Page 5
ProfessionalExperience
Company industry:
Food & Beverage Production
Job role:
Management

Manager

November 2015 - July 2015

NewGiza Real Estate Company

November 2015 - July 2015

To manage and operate TWO Brick & Interlock Factories plus One
carpentry Factory plus Aluminum Factory plus marble & HVAC
workshops at proper quality levels to meet the needs of the whole
Construction project which is 1500 Acres and to ensure production
resources, i.e. Machinery, raw materials, packing materials, Health &
Safety Systems in coordination with the Project Director..
Achievements:
* Increasing productivity of Brick Factories by 60 % without extra
investments with same number of workers within 6 months.
* Increasing Cost Savings of Factories by 100%.
Job role:
Management

Project Manager

November 2013 - November 2013

November 2013 - November 2013

for a green land project of with the
responsibility of project budgets including steel structure, concrete
building plus fire fighting, air line, medium voltage buildings and
installation, commissioning of state of the art machines in the field of
glass processing.
* Then as Plant Manager has the responsibility of Engineering department,
Supply Chain ( warehouse - purchasing - Logistics ) and working as
production manager also with the help of 1 planner and 3 junior
production engineers.
(Plant workforce is 250 workers in 3 shifts.)
Updated May 2018 Page 6
Achievements:
* Make Time planning and budget for the project which is 19000 square mt,
receiving the land as desert till production mode in less than 6 months
working, plus making all pipe lines, cable trays & civil work with our staff
(not contractors) for cost saving.
* Lead the training of production staff for applying Lean manufacturing
methodology (as I'm TOT certified) to achieve smooth start-up and run of
the plant.
Job role:
Management

Production Manager

January 2008 - May 2009

Egypt & Middle Eas

January 2008 - May 2009

Updated May 2018 Page 8
Company: Alexandria Automotive Castings
(is considered the biggest and best foundry
Company industry:
Industrial Production
Job role:
Management

Shift Leader

August 2005 - January 2008

Alexandria Automotive Castings

August 2005 - January 2008

I have all responsibilities of Plant Manager in the shift ( Production,
Quality, Maintenance & Warehouse)
* Making daily reports & data analysis for the top management.
* Overview on KPI's (Key Performance Indicators).
Achievement:
Increased Productivity of a molding machine by 5% & Enhanced operators turn
over by 50% after using a modified belt for core handling after a work study done for
best practice ergonomics movements.
Company industry:
Automotive Dealership & Distributor
Job role:
Customer Service and Call Center

Section Head

August 2004 - August 2005

Alexandria Automotive Castings

August 2004 - August 2005

Updated May 2018 Page 9
* I was responsible to implement production plans, maintenance schedule &
activities, Also Responsible for projects of reducing cost of raw materials,
reducing scrap rate, localization of spare parts, making the budget & BOM
(Bill of material) for the department & improving performance and
availability of the cold box core machine.
* Improving material flow & control material planning and logistics.
* Improving local suppliers with QA department.
* Applying the internal audits for other departments in the company including
corrective actions & follow up action plans.
Achievement:
* Increased performance & high speed of a core machine by 20% over its design
speed.
* Made feasibility study to use CO2 instead of amine chemicals which lead to
decrease in labor turn over by 50 % plus it’s environmental friendly.
* Increased man power utilization at A.A.C (Core dept.) from 50% to 75 %
Company industry:
Automotive Dealership & Distributor
Job role:
Engineering

Shift Leader

August 2003 - August 2004

Alexandria Automotive Castings

August 2003 - August 2004

I was responsible to achieve production plans on time and to achieve required
KPI's with co-operation with quality & maintenance engineers.
Company industry:
Automotive Dealership & Distributor
Job role:
Customer Service and Call Center

Production Engineer

January 2002 - August 2003

Alexandria Automotive Castings

January 2002 - August 2003

I was responsible to handle all issues of the department, recruiting staff, training
of labors, make working instructions and procedures.
* Set, Implement & control of latest quality control system tools like control
plans, FMEA(Failure Mode & Effect Analysis), statistical tools, 8D techniques
, action plans, working procedures and instructions, LPA & ISO 9000-2001
quality management system for start-up the project in the department.
Achievement:
Established & implemented the start-up of a Core machine which makes
Updated May 2018 Page 10
automotive parts for most reputable customers in the field with all activities of
installation, commissioning, training of operators.
Company industry:
Automotive Dealership & Distributor
Job role:
Engineering

Operation Engineer

January 2001 - January 2002

Mondial Molgora Egypt ( Factory specialized in making dies and injection of plastics & Aluminium)

January 2001 - January 2002

I was a designer of sheet metal dies & mould dies of plastic & Aluminum also
working as operation engineer using CAD-CAM system on CNC milling machine
- Wire EDM machine - CNC 4 axis lathe machine Using control of Siemens -
Heidenhein- & Fanuc.
Achievement:
Sharing with German team to make a retrofit for a CNC milling machine
Training Experience
Job role:
Engineering

Project Manager

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M & A Glass Processing
( One of the biggest glass processing facilities in Egypt with 3 plants
Job role:
Management

Operations Manager

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Tag El-Melouk Food Industries

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One of the biggest FMCG companies in Egypt with 2 plants)
Company industry:
Heavy Industry & Metallurgy
Job role:
Management

Shift Manager

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Production, Quality and maintenance of 2 plants.
* Also responsible for making Production plans according to sales orders.
* Also responsible for implementing continuous improvement process
including implementation of Lean Manufacturing Tools and Six Sigma
Principles plus commissioning of new machines.
Achievement:
* Making a project to re-allocate manufacturing machines (mixers and
crushers) to increase productivity by 4 times of capacity and to make savings
of 2 million L.E. ( cost of new lifters ) and Decreasing man power to half
number of workers and to decrease spoilage rate from 9% to 1.3 % plus
increasing warehouse capacity by 30 %.
* Increased Production by 50 % by increasing performance of machines,
increasing availability of machines and more organization of production line.
* Making a project to decrease changeover time of bobbin from 30 min to 7
min Using SMED methodology, which made saving of 92 min./day/machine.
Job role:
Management

Education

Alexandria University

June 2000

June 2000

High school or equivalent, Production

Egypt

GPA (point): 20 out of 20

GPA (point): 20 out of 20

courses: Courses * ISO 9000/2000 awareness from Arab Academy For Science & Technology. * Casting Courses ( including Metal, Sand & Core Making) * Internal Auditor from Arab Academy for Science & Technology. * ISO/TS16949:2002 Organization/Internal Auditor Certificate, in A.A.C. Lead Auditor Instructor. * Time Management from American Chamber.