Engineering Manager
FIRST BRAND GROUP (FBG)
Total years of experience :35 years, 1 Months
• Lead engineers to innovates and optimize design for overall suspension components to exceed OE specification for easier installation and longer service life.
• Direct and delegate activities of product engineers and designers.
• Preform SWOT analysis on major compotators (TRW / MOOG / MEVOTECH) and set standards assuring FBG products best in its class.
• Lead engineers to improve products brand image and differentiation.
• Preform competitive market share analysis for overall chassis components to present to VP and high management and set action plans to acquire bigger market share
• Managing 20-member production Sales and Engineering team for the company.
• Secured the first production orders for several of the company's new products.
• Successfully launched 6 new programs in 1 year with product assurance planning completed per ISO 9002 guidelines.
• Lead product design & development of new products and improve upon existing products.
• Coordinate on-site and off-site design reviews activities to meet customer performance requirements.
• Perform DFM&A reviews with manufacturing personnel to ensure operational input.
• Fulfill product design APQP requirements and participate in plant-held APQP reviews.
• Participate in Customer meetings and respond to Customer inquiries.
• Lead production team making sure all high speed film blowing machine / injection machines / gravure printing and high speed cutting runs to max capacity and high efficiency with highest quality and minimum waste.
• Provide technical expertise in support of field failure analysis and develop and implement corrective actions.
• Overseeing the successful commissioning of a new factory and 6 new production programs.
• Helped improve pricing, product development, and cost structure making Douglas Group more competitive and enabling it to win new business.
• Perform internal audit to identify strengths and weaknesses of employees, and set action plans to resolve existing issues.
• Direct and delegate activities of production employees, designers, and junior level engineers in production.
• Responsible for 11 facilities throughout the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
• Conduct market analysis to determine best in class bracts for aftersales department, set action plans to increase sales / revenues and maximize utilization / productivity and efficiency.
• Perform internal audit to identify strengths and weaknesses of departments, and set action plans to resolve existing issues.
• Set KPI’S for aftersales departments.
• Ensure the monthly and annual attainment of the department budget objectives (sales, operating expenses, and net profit).
• Successfully handle spare parts strategies, sales, marketing and inventory management.
• Achieve target for all workshop vehicles to be turned around within manufacturer standards.
• Reduce dead and over stock in the kingdom.
• Improve parts availability (stock optimization).
• Prepare annual budgets and submit according to schedules prescribed.
• Set departments budget objectives (sales, operating expenses, and net profit).
• Train and evaluate department staff, study business trend and set target & budget for the Kingdom.
• Set action plan to meet and exceed VW group CSI national target, maintain training program for productive and non productive staff according to VW standards.
• Responsible for 4 workshops in the Western Region in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• Conduct market analysis to determine best in class bracts for service department, set action plans to increase sales / revenues and maximize utilization / productivity and efficiency.
• Initiate new 3s facilities in Jeddah and Makah.
• Ensure the monthly and annual attainment of the Department budget objectives (sales, operating expenses, and net profit).
• Supervise, direct, discipline, train, and evaluate Department staff, propose new staff hires, de-hires, and redundancies to higher management as appropriate to accomplish the needed work for the region
• Maintain maximum workshop utilization and productive efficiency.
• Achieve target for all workshop vehicles to be turned around within manufacturer standards.
• Control work in progress (WIP) according to national standers.
• Study business trend and set target and budget for the region.
• Supervise and coordinate activities of workers; team building and leadership responsibilities.
• Respond to customer complaint submitted from head office at BMW within 24 hours.
• Maintain training program for productive and non productive staff according to BMW standard.
• Responsible for 6 facilities throughout the Western Region in Saudi Arabia.
• Lead the Western Region team to move from the third place to the first place in the company, boasting 120% target achievement between 2005 & 2010.
• Conduct market analysis to determine best in class bracts for aftersales departments, set action plans to increase sales / revenues and maximize utilization / productivity and efficiency.
• Initiate new 3S facilities in Jeddah and Medina.
• Ensure the monthly and annual attainment of the department budget objectives (sales, operating expenses, and net profit).
• Successfully handle spare parts strategies, sales, marketing and inventory management.
• Reduce dead and over stock in all branches.
• Improve parts availability (Stock Optimization).
• Prepare annual budgets and submit according to schedules prescribed.
• Achieve target for all workshop vehicles to be turned around within manufacturer standards.
• Maintain maximum workshop utilization and productive efficiency.
• Improved CSI score to meet DaimlerChrysler national target.
• Submit DAW and FCR for repeat failures in new model, and difficult cases, to obtain assistance from DaimlerChrysler technical support.
• Control work in progress (WIP) according to national standers.
• Maintain training program for productive and non productive staff according to DaimlerChrysler standard, study business trend and set target and budget for the region.
• Responsible for design, development, durability testing and release of pass cars and light truck fuel systems from concept to production
• Responsible for resolving production issues in fuel, exhaust and HVAC systems in USA & Mexico.
• Liaison regularly with high management, assembly plants, engineers, dealers, suppliers, and advance quality control personnel in United States and Mexico to address customers and plants concerns and issues.
• Direct and delegate activities of designers, prototype technicians, lab technicians, and junior level engineers in product development.
• Liaison regularly with dealers and customers to address and resolved customers issues in the field.
• Initiate DFMA and DVPR reports.
• Analyze test data and reports to determine if design meets functional and performance specifications.
• Confer with research and other engineering personnel and prepare design modifications as required.
• Analysis product qualities issues and recommend solution to prevent recalls.
• Recommend measures to improve production methods, equipment performance and quality of product.
• Analyze data to determine feasibility of product proposal.
• Conduct analytical studies on engineering proposals to develop design for products utilizing and applying engineering principals.
• Submit new cost saving ideas that improves product’s and cut cost.
• React quickly to resolve critical issues in assembly plants and suppliers facility to prevent products recall and plants shut down.
• Responsible for design, development, testing and release of truck fuel systems from concept to production.
• Direct and delegate activities of designers, technicians and suppliers engineers in product development.
• Initiate DFMA and DVPR reports.
• Liaison regularly with management, suppliers, designers, and quality control personnel to address management concerns and program direction during development one of the most complicated program for Ford Motor Company
• Analysis product qualities issues and recommend solution to prevent recalls.
• Recommend measures to improve production methods, equipment performance and quality of product.
• Analyze data to determine feasibility of product proposal.
• Perform durability testing to insure new product meet engineering specification.
• Submit new cost saving ideas that improves product’s and cut cost.
• Prepare and present fuel system proposals to management.
• Participate on-site at assembly facilities during pre-production and production vehicles builds.
• Responsible for procurement of prototype tooling and determine prototype costs and components.
• React quickly to critical issues and situations regarding program requirements and field issues.
• Analyze test data and reports to determine if design meets functional and performance specifications.
• Confer with research and other engineering personnel and prepare design modifications as required.
• Responsible for design, development and validation testing of pass cars & light truck fuel and brakes systems from concept to production.
• Responsible for design & development of Compressed Natural Gas system from concept to production.
• Act as primary technical liaison with customer engineering departments to understand customer needs and to ensure design, testing, and prototype requirements are met prior to production.
• Direct and delegate activities of junior level engineers in product development.
• Liaison regularly with sales, manufacturing, and quality control personnel to address customer concerns during development of multi-million dollar accounts.
• Prepare and present fuel system proposals to customers and management.
• Participate on-site at customer assembly facilities during pre- production vehicles builds.
• Responsible for procurement of prototype mold tooling and determining prototype costs and components.
• Study production schedule and estimate worker-hour requirements for completion of job assignment.
• Sell products to businesses and industrial establishments utilizing knowledge of products sold.
• Recommend measures to improve production methods, equipment performance and quality of product.
• Compile list of prospective customers for use as sales leads, based on information from business directories and other sources.
• Travel throughout assigned territory to call on regular and prospective customers to solicit orders.
• Display and/or demonstrate products using samples and emphasis salable features.
• Quote prices and credit terms and prepare sales contracts for orders obtained.
• Estimate date of delivery to customers based on knowledge of own firm’s production and delivery schedules.