Hamzah Melhem, Industrial Performance & Training Manager

Hamzah Melhem

Industrial Performance & Training Manager

Nestlé Waters

Location
Jordan - Amman
Education
Bachelor's degree, Industrial Engineering
Experience
10 years, 4 Months

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Total years of experience :10 years, 4 Months

Industrial Performance & Training Manager at Nestlé Waters
  • Saudi Arabia - Medina
  • November 2014 to April 2019

✓Handle the factory measures reporting and submission ensuring the alignment between all different factory departments
✓ Facilitate the activities between the different departments through conducting the different Operation Reviews and ensure having common language between all parties
✓ Prepare competency and skill matrices for different departments
✓ Prepare Training Plan based on needs and gaps
✓ Organize the factory Training agenda and monitor the output of the training sessions
✓ Set three years OMP (Operational Master Plan) aligned with business priorities
✓ Lead and Manage the Factory Continuous Improvement & Productivity Savings Agenda (OpEx Savings)
✓ Coach the different factory Opeartion Reviews (Meetings) to ensure having the optimum output and a relevant Preventive and Corrective action for each issue
✓ Lead factory team to develop Performance Measures aligned with business to be cascaded to all factory operational reviews based on the main KPIs
✓ Coach and lead Problem Solving projects
✓ Lead advanced Problem Solving teams as assigned (DMAIC)
✓ Participate as a member in the factory Leadership team
✓ Facilitating the project prioritization and selection process at the factory level linked with business through tools such as Loss Tree Analysis (LTA) and Identify, Prioritize and Assign (IPA)

Planning and Production Division Head at Nestlé Waters - Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia - Medina
  • February 2012 to October 2014

 Set a yearly plan based on the sales forecast
 Cascade the production plan for weekly schedules based on dynamic forecast and seasoning along with Sales department
 Monitor the execution of the production plan day to day
 Identify the needed resources to ensure the implementation of the plan on time in full quantity
 Plan work flow, manage multiple priorities and meet daily production targets while consistently reducing downtime
 Develop new procedures (SOP) and processes to improve production accuracy
 Maximize effectiveness of production team, equipment and materials to produce multi-line products within planned schedules while reducing costs
 Manage high volume manufacturing of more than 230, 000 products per month
 Attain a sustained improvement of 17% in line efficiency over the previous year
 Develop and track cost improvement projects to reduce production costs (White belt project)
 Control inventory and raw material handling
 Ensure safe work environment through implementation of safety awareness programs and compliance with HSE
 Interpret and develop reports including standard operating procedures
 Competently utilize Lean Manufacturing

Planning and Production Engineer at Nestlé Waters - Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • January 2009 to February 2012

 Set weekly production plan and monitor the FG stock
 Set the BOM of the products and ensure minimum loss
 Lead shift operation review with production team (line leaders and machine operators)
 Attend the factory (daily, weekly, monthly) operation reviews
 Set yearly material requirement plan (MRP) according to sales forecast
 Lead DMAIC projects to improve production lines performance
 Lead DMAIC projects to reduce material losses.
 Work with factory team to set up the OMP

Education

Bachelor's degree, Industrial Engineering
  • at Jordan University of Science & Technology
  • October 2007

Specialties & Skills

Lean Manufacturing
Production
Microsoft Windows operating systems
Coaching
planning skills
Leadership
Problem Solving

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Yellow Belt Certified (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2018
White Belt Certified (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2013
Yellow Belt (DMAIC) Training (Training)
Training Institute:
Nestle Food at Kitkat Factory (Dubai)
Date Attended:
May 2014
Duration:
40 hours
White Belt Training (Training)
Training Institute:
Nestle Waters AOA (Location: Riyadh)
Date Attended:
April 2013
Duration:
30 hours
NCE (Nestle Continuous Excellence) (Training)
Training Institute:
Nestle Waters AOA (Location: Beirut)
Date Attended:
April 2012
Duration:
50 hours
Nestle Management and Leadership Development (Training)
Training Institute:
Nestle Waters AOA (Location: Riyadh)
Date Attended:
April 2010
Duration:
30 hours

Hobbies

  • Learn about other cultures