Operations Director
Entaj Al Ghad Co. Ltd
Total des années d'expérience :28 years, 1 Mois
Entaj Al Ghad Co. Ltd is operating three FMCG business units in KSA, all functional heads/departmental managers from these sites reporting to this position i.e. Head of Operations
o Highly experienced in all manufacturing End-2-End processes to enhance Production planning, Production Efficiency, Quality, HSE, Preventive maintenance, Autonomous maintenance, Logistics and other complete Supply chain areas.
o Initiatives taken to develop Operational Master Plan (OMP) for medium to long terms organizational goals in coordination with all stakeholders
o Brought all the stakeholders on same page by organizing Goal Alignment Workshop with all key stakeholders of cross functional team.
o Achieved business results by using contemporary tools. Developed KPIs and Balance Scorecards to measure overall organizational performance.
o Special focus given to develop Soft skills among the team e.g. listening skill, team work, adaptability, communication and time management.
o Best utilization of available resources was ensured by developing strategic skills distributions plan and creating synergies among the 3 business units under Entaj Al Ghad Co Ltd
o Significant achievements were made for Production Planning, Quality, Efficiency, labor cost, Health, Safety and Environmental (EHS). Set annual targets by keeping them on priority of the compliances list.
o Annual organizational budget / CAPEX were prepared by considering the limitation, challenges, risk, available resources and future business direction
o Tracking annual business objectives with all functional heads and helped them to achieve their business and personal goals by facilitation them with coaching and training sessions
o Multiple Cost saving projects was initiated at all functional level to support one of the top business priorities
o To ensure long terms business goals are achieved, identified and reviewed People skills gaps and action plan was developed and implemented
o Significant improvement made to increase productivity, quality, efficiency and reduce operational costs by continuously seek operational and process improvements
o Encouraged by the top management for giving them advised on strategic and operational matters, utilizing excellent strategic, financial, technical, operational and service skills
o Significant achievement were made for company’s Operational and Financial results with the help of multifunction team members
o End-to-End process were reviewed with multifunctional team members to standardize the process across the organization
o Yearly SMART Objectives were set and facilitated stakeholders to achieve their targets for Production planning, Line efficiency, productivity, quality, HSE, maintenance, logistics, warehousing etc.
o Successfully fulfilled all the identified gaps in terms of resources, to achieve factory goals and objectives
o Kept Safety, Quality, maintenance (e.g. Preventive Maintenance and Autonomous Maintenance), GMP, GHP, PPEs on top priority of the compliance list to check on defined frequency
o Cost reduction projects initiated at all possible processes to reduce overall manufacturing cost e.g. raw and packaging materials cost, utility cost per unit, labor cost, factory overhead etc.
o Factory budget / CAPEX prepared in coordination of team members’ input to ensure optimum utilization of the plant capacity to achieve overall organizational targets
o Selected as a Project leader for a challenging project, “Start up a new factory” were delivered successfully on time and within the budgeted numbers in coordination with Dubai and KSA functional heads
o Customized training materials developed and delivered, to support to achieve departmental objectives
o Successfully achieved all the major factory KPIs by monitoring and developing action plans during the year to ensure to achieve organizational target and goals
o Productive meeting: Initiatives taken to maximize the benefits of meeting, developed a new meeting structure and implemented to all levels of staff for shop floor, daily, weekly and monthly meeting attendees.
o Initiated continuous improvement culture and developed medium to long term goal, with extensive trainings delivered about Change Management, 5S, Problem solving tools, KPIs, etc.
o Ensure complete operations performed as per the defined company policies
o Initiated, facilitated and tracked significant Cost saving projects with the help of clients input
o Facilitate process mapping, prepare End-2-End customize process proposal for client's complete operation and as per available budget
o Coordinated and facilitated to deploy agreed processes, arrange training to sustain efficient operations
o Implement control measures to enhance inbound and outbound on-time shipments from all locations, coordinate with all stakeholders to achieve agreed targets
o Coordinate and prepare organizational budget with the help of key stakeholders
o Continuously seek operational and process improvements to increase efficiency and reduce operational costs
o Prepare and discuss monthly reports with management - Identify key issues, prepare action plan and follow up
Startup of new Factory (Greenfield Project):
o Worked with project team starting from construction phase, procurement of industrial manufacturing lines/machines, trainings, commissioning, trials and product approval for new factory.
o Evaluated equipments and manpower requirement by visited many Nestle factories in the AOA zone.
o Coordinated with internal and external engineers to interface multiple machines
o Factory process mapping to built SAP system, helped team to built Master Recipes, bill of material (BOM), lines / labor standard and other key data in SAP system
o Recruitment of full production crew by visiting different countries and prepared master training plan for key production crew before factory start-up
Commercial production
o Managed day to day departmental work so that together as a team can deliver agreed Operational Targets of in terms of Quality, Cost, Customer satisfaction, Safety and Hygiene.
o Involved in high level decisions for procurement of new lines considering TPM and SMED compliant, its design and production capacity, hiring of new crew, review of new line standards to ensure achievement of long term organizational targets.
o Leading member to develop Factory's Operational Master Plan (OMP), identification of potential projects to support OMP, identification of KPIs and develop Dashboard to track performance.
o Close coordination with corporate MPS planner to develop efficient production plan and managed to have effective utilization of equipments and manpower.
o Yearly review of Line and labor standards and other key data to optimize complete operation
o Key member of factory Audit Team to ensure compliance in different departments as per their guidelines/SOPs
o Developed and drove continuous improvement culture. Prepared, trained and empowered the team to utilize different problem solving skills such as DMAIC, fish bone analysis, root cause analysis e.t.c. to resolve day-to-day issues, sustain safety, quality and efficiency standards and engaged logistics, QA and maintenance department together with production team
o Planned, trained and initiated Autonomous and Preventive maintenance pillars under the umbrella of Lean/TPM implementation, empowered supervisors and key operators at shop-floor to ensure to optimize efficiency and operational ownership.
o Leading member of HACCP team to do complete HACCP study of full production lines with the help of Quality Assurance and Engineering team.
o Preparation of visual Standard Operating Procedures (v SOP)
o Initiated safety and efficiency projects to achieve organizational annual objectives with the help of HSE, Quality, Logistics and Engineering team.
o Lead the implementation of SAP project - Complete solution of Production, Quality assurance, Application group and Industrial performance department in 13 regional countries including factories, warehouses and distribution centers
o Complete Process mapping of all regional factories with the help of multi-functional team members
o Identify, discuss and develop customized solutions for production, QA, product development and industrial performance departments for all regional factories
o Developed and trained factories (Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Iran and Syria) super-users and end-users team to ensure successful implementation at all level
o Ensure on time GO LIVE as per project timeline
o Conduct post project implementation audit to ensure sustainable operations
o Implementation of SAP project - Complete solution of Production, Quality assurance, Product development life cycle and Industrial performance department in Nestle China - 12 different Factories and many Warehouses / Distribution Centers
o Developed and aligned Quality monitoring scheme with Nestle corporate guidelines.
o Identified, discussed and developed customized solutions for production, AG and industrial performance departments
o Developed and trained factories super-users and end-users team
o Develop and coordinate raw and packaging materials suppliers
o Coordinate with all stakeholders to prepare PMDs
o Audit of new and existing suppliers to ensure compliance at their end
o Led the launch of new product from industrial trial to commercial production
o Developed a strategy/plan to ensure on-time analysis of incoming materials and finished product
o Reviewed Quality monitoring scheme as per Nestle guidelines
o Led the chemical safety team within the organization
o Chemical and microbiological analysis of incoming materials and finished product
o Ensure GMP and GHP compliance at production floor
o Train and develop continuous improvement culture at shop floor
o Lead the Quality Aassurance team to ensure Quality and safety of product
o Prepared proposal to improve and sustain quality at shop floor
o Ensure the compliance of manufacturing in mixing, filling and packaging departments as per defined recipes
o Chemical and microbiological analysis