Amr Kandil, Project Manager

Amr Kandil

Project Manager

LEONI Wiring Systems

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
Experience
20 years, 10 months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :20 years, 10 months

Project Manager at LEONI Wiring Systems
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since January 2011

 Responsible for key projects in different international locations.
 Assure proper utilization of resources by maneuvering the resources based on work load and project complexity.
 Perform cost management by preparing the capital expenditure and ensure the project adherence with planned costs.
 Conduct project risk planning by monitoring the risk triggers and dealing with them based on the contingency plan for each risk.
 Managing the sample area with zero customer concerns and schedule adherence of about 95%.
 Leading a team of the KATA improvement projects.

Senior Project Engineer at LEONI Wiring Systems
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • October 2008 to January 2011

 Responsible for the Lighting sector mainly BMW & Mercedes.
 Coach a team of 4 members; Analyzing and prioritizing their workload.
 Responsible for the KPIs, setting and reviewing targets of the team.
 Set training and development plans for the team.
 Customer interface providing technical and improvement solutions on/off site from the design phase till the closure phase of the project.
 Liaison with production planning, sales, and process and development departments.

Project Engineer at Leoni Wiring Systems
  • Egypt
  • May 2006 to October 2008

 Led Lean Manufacturing & Six Sigma project team in automating the taping process and layout improvements achieving 60, 000 € by minimizing wastes.
 Develop timing plans, co-ordinates the activities necessary to assure the successful introduction of new products in the agreed time.
 Communicate with customers and suppliers to achieve proper introduction of projects to deliver a quality product in a cost effective way.
 Assess facilities planning concepts: design layouts with optimum material flow to achieve the best MOM and area utilization.
 Maintain continuous improvement by identifying problems in manufacturing and solving those using appropriate techniques.
 Communicate with several departments to ensure timely implementation of project milestones.
 Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) co-coordinator.

Process Engineer at Kandil Industries for steel
  • Egypt
  • July 2004 to April 2006

 Member of the Research and Development team.
 Supervised the processes of 2 production lines (Annealing and Pickling).
 Researched and developed the annealing program achieving 3 hrs saving from the annealing cycle which reduced the consumed energy and material with total savings of 80, 000€.
 Developed working instruction for many production lines.
 Conducted feasibility studies for various new pickling lines and selected the best offer that would fulfill the requirements.

Manufacturing Engineering Trainee at General Motors Egypt
  • Egypt
  • August 2003 to October 2003

 Developed Time Studies for the Opel Corsa assembly line which increased the daily production of the line.(group project)
 Attended sessions on the assembly and disassembly of various automotive gearboxes.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at American University in Cairo
  • June 2004

Specialization: materials and industrial and manufacturing Engineering

High school or equivalent, Science
  • at IGCSE
  • June 1998

IGCSE

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
MS Project
Time Studies
Feasibility Studies
Cycle Time Reduction
MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Project), AutoCAD 2D & 3D,MAT-Lab

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Memberships

PMI
  • Member
  • August 2011

Training and Certifications

PMP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2011
Valid Until:
August 2011