Asif Ali, Industrial Management Control Supervisor

Asif Ali

Industrial Management Control Supervisor

ArcelorMittal Tubular Products

Location
Saudi Arabia - Jubail
Education
Doctorate, Advanced Industrial Manufacturing Systems
Experience
19 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :19 years, 9 Months

Industrial Management Control Supervisor at ArcelorMittal Tubular Products
  • Saudi Arabia - Jubail
  • My current job since December 2018
Manager Production Planning and Control at Aisha Steel Mills Ltd
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • January 2013 to December 2018

ASML is a state-of-the-art cold rolling complex producing steel coils of varying thickness as per international standards. It is a joint venture between Premier Pakistani and Japanese business groups: Arif Habib Group, Pakistan, Metal One Corporation, majority owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Group, Japan and Universal Metal Corporation, Japan. Responsibilities include:

• Function as the focal point in creating a production plan for the Production Department using MRP and RCCP. Allocation of material on daily basis. Finalize specific monthly production plans.

• Track and manage daily Production workload, provide feedback to engineering on in-house manufacturing hours, and provide in-depth audit on production requirements, manufacturing capacity and schedule.

• Coordinate with Production department as needed to identify and resolve issues regarding delivery and due dates. Communicating with various departments to ensure production and accuracy of scheduling.

• Anticipate obstacles and monitor demand, production and inventory in order to provide timely production alternatives to ensure fulfillment of customer demand. Support the supply chain department with the expedite requirements.

• Perform Utilities usage analysis and create correlation with production figures.

• Balance inventory between the “phantom” and “regular” items to ensure the meeting of customers due dates.

Production Manager at Shaan Technologies Pvt Ltd
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • December 2010 to January 2013

Shaan Technologies is an ISO9001:2008 certified, leading organization engaged in the manufacture of a wide range of electronic circuits & system assembling for leading original equipment manufacturers around the world. ShaanTech is an affiliate of LEDtronics Inc, USA, which is a leader in innovations and solutions for LED lighting products since 1983.
- Plan, organize and direct the manufacturing and related operations which ensure maximum productivity. Working out the resources required.
- Assure attainment of business objectives and production schedules. Ensure the orders are shipped on time which is the core business goal.
- Ensuring the product is built as per customer requirement. This is achieved by assigning the team of industrial engineers to perform regular process audits.
- Coordinate with maintenance, stores, and quality departments while drawing up production plans and schedules.
- To communicate with LEDtronics Inc USA about the production issues and provide them with the delivery dates.
- Ensuring complete compliance with ISO and QMS processes.

Team Member at Whole Foods Market
  • United Kingdom - London
  • May 2007 to August 2010

Whole Foods Market is the world's largest retailer of natural and organic foods, with stores throughout North America and the United Kingdom. Performing raw material planning for efficient functioning of the prepared foods department. Responsible for customer dealing, Enterprise Resource Planning, Supply Chain Management and Marketing techniques.

Shift Engineer at Colgate Palmolive Pakistan Limited
  • Pakistan - Hyderabad
  • June 2005 to September 2006

CPPL is a multinational FMCG industry producing Colgate toothpaste, Detergents and Palmolive Soap. Responsibilities included production planning for the Packaging department as well as Quality control. Manpower allocation on a daily basis based on the number of product mix required. As the department was constantly being extended, therefore managing the extension project. Ordering all the purchase orders for the machinery and construction parts to the supply department and also to update the management about the status of the project. In addition, housekeeping of the finished products. Use of industrial engineering floor layout techniques.

Created the plan for transportation of finished packaged goods from floor to inventory. Achieved successfully the most productive use of the storage racks.

Production Engineer at BeltexCo Limited
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • September 2004 to May 2005

BeltexCo Limited is an industrial safety products manufacturing industry producing industrial gloves. Major duties consisted of Production planning for the Knitting department containing 700 machines at that time. Manpower allocation on daily basis based on the number of machines to be operated. To plan the preventive and breakdown maintenance of the machines in consultation with maintenance department. To keep basic knowledge about machine operation so that the problem can be discussed with maintenance personnel. Stock reconciliation and audit. Quality control of the production department.

Implemented ISO processes on the production floor and completed the successful audit of the production floor.

Business Analyst at Algorithm Consulting
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • October 2003 to September 2004

Algorithm Consulting is a software house specializing in the field of Enterprise Resource Planning for the Textile Industry. Responsible for Analysis, Design, Development and Project Management activities of the ERP system. To gain actual production process knowledge by spending time on the shop floor and meeting with the production personnel. Producing artifacts detailing the process. Presenting the artifacts to the computer programmers. Go live of the ERP system when it is finished with providing back up and support to the customers.

Education

Doctorate, Advanced Industrial Manufacturing Systems
  • at Kingston University
  • January 2009

Degree: M.Sc in Advanced Industrial Manufacturing Engineering Institute: Kingston University, London, UK. Status: Passed - 2009 Subjects: Finance Resource Management, Information Systems, Total Quality, Industrial Project Management, Integrated CAD/CAM Systems, Business Resources Management. Final Year Thesis on "ERP implementation in Textile industries - How to overcome the hindrances faced"

Diploma, Business Administration
  • at Cromwell College
  • January 2007

Certificate: Diploma in Business Administration (DBA) Institute: Cromwell College London UK. Status: Passed - 2007

Bachelor's degree, Industrial Engineering and Management
  • at Mehran University of Engineering & Technology
  • January 2003

Institute: Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Jamshoro, Hyderabad, Pakistan Status: Passed - 2003 Subjects: Operation Research, System Analysis, Production Planning and Control, Statistical Methods and Estimations, Business Forecasting, Inventory Control, Material Requirement Planning. Thesis: Pakistan Machine Tool Factory, Pakistan Topic: "Production Planning and Scheduling" Improvement of the Scheduling problems in the production department through the use of scientific management techniques.

Specialties & Skills

Industrial Engineering
Production Planning
Lean Manufacturing
Productivity Improvement
PROCESS MANAGEMENT
OPERATIONS
Decision Making
Time and Method Study

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2015
Valid Until:
March 2020
SAP Production Planning (Training)
Training Institute:
Aisha Steel Mills In house Training
Date Attended:
August 2013
ISO 9001:2008 (Training)
Training Institute:
Shaan Technologies Pvt Ltd in house training
Date Attended:
December 2012

Hobbies

  • Surfing internet
    Especially Wikipedia.org for Industrial Engineering and other related technical articles.
  • Reading
    Especially reading The Goal by Eliyahu M Goldratt