Ahmed Essam Sweedan

•Communicated factory operational needs, objectives and performance standards with senior management and earned full upper management support.
•Led productive, motivated and loyal manufacturing team and generated factory-wide customer focus and pride in workmanship.
•Analyzed financial reports, assessed factory productivity and devised plans of action to build productive plant operations.
•Manage overall daily activities including (production planning, scheduling, quality assurance, budgeting)
•Implementing health and safety procedures in company's regulations.
•Follow up implementation of corrective and preventive maintenance required for equipment.
•Determine annual and monthly requirements of raw materials and packaging materials according to forecast.
•Ensuring implementation of production plans and local sales and export needs.
•Maintaining quality of products while working to reduce cost so as not to affect quality.
•Calculate OEE productivity of plant as well as efficient running machine and utilization.
•Preparation and composition administrative structure and job description team (Production - maintenance - quality - warehouse - security).

•Assessed manufacturing processes and recommended improvements to increase productivity.
•Determined suitable crew requirements, scheduled employees and worked with human resources to meet changing production schedules.
•Addressed personnel issues and scheduling conflicts promptly.
•Implemented quality improvement changes to minimize product defect rates.
•Following cost saving programs in shop floor if required.
•Support site in internal and external quality audits.

•Received and processed stock into inventory management system.
•Used Microsoft Word and other software tools to create documents and other communications.
•Maintained excellent attendance record, consistently arriving to work on time.
•Improved operations through consistent hard work and dedication.
•Developed and implemented performance improvement strategies and plans to promote continuous improvement.
•Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere.
•Worked with other team members to control and improve efficiencies, minimize labor overtime, downtime, and repair expenses.

•Decreased in-house production issues by establishing and coordinating sub-contracting and outsourcing requirements and processes.
•Created engineering documentation for manufacturing processes, equipment specifications and change notices.
•Completed and submitted monthly and yearly reports to support executive decision making.
•Reported variance reports for production orders.
•Reviewed product designs for manufacturability or completeness.
•Performed regular production studies and machine analysis to identify any quality and process problems.

• Managed technical integration, systems engineering program
management, customer support and program management.
• Prepared cost estimates and bid documents by studying customer RFPs and
consulting with project managers.
• Attended trade shows and seminars to promote products and network with
industry contacts.
• Supported market research, metrics and requirements development and
risk management.

Build new sites and responsible of the Installation of the new machines (7D simulators) along with a group of an Italian team. Also responsible to the maintenance of the machines.

Assisting the sales manager to find new opportunities for us to join huge projects and participate in the lighting design in these projects using the products available by our group upon the request of the consultant.

Responsible for the assembly of the production lines along with a team of Korean technicians. Working as a shift based engineer I was responsible of both the production and maintenance of the machines and products produced.