Karim Abo Zaid

Management of Chemicals and Dyes
· Make a proper selection of dyes considering quality of fibre, yarn, finishing process and suitability of dye to various uses.
· Ensure that chemicals and dyes comply with regulatory safety and production requirements by chemical testing.
· Set the SOPs for testing chemicals and dyes in the laboratory and approve their use in production.
· Set an SOP of procedures that explains how to utilize and manage hazardous chemicals, processes, and procedures to prevent or minimize health and safety concerns.
· Intervene for the correction in the event of non-compliance in the use of chemicals or dyes.
· Follow the chemical inventory, organize and track chemicals throughout their lifecycle. This includes procurement, storage, handling, use, cleanup, and disposal.

Management of Dyeing Production
· Implement the procedure to check the water quality supplied by activated carbon filters and softeners. Intervene in case of non-compliance of the standard suitable for the quality of the water used in dyeing process. Check the quality of the bolier feed water.
· Create SOPs and check both processing and results of the various plants in the dyehouse (caustic soda and mercerizing plant, dyeing machines, dryers, filters and boliers).
. Analyze production data, including production volume, consumption of raw materials and quality control measures and increase productivity.
· Monitor the recipe formulation, shade matching, machine utilization, time schedule and workload as per weekly/monthly target.
· Check the database and the use of the spectrophotometer in the laboratory.
· Production scheduling by make production process as efficient and cost-effective as possible when it comes to materials and people — all while delivering products on time.

· Monitor wastewater quality closely inorder to support sustainable development and reduce pollution.
. Coordinate with the maintenance department on the implementation of maintenance schedules so as not to disrupt production targets.

Sustainability Management
• Partner with internal and external organizations globally to monitor and minimize the usage of restricted substances (finished goods and in manufacturing processes).
• Work with Legal and Product Integrity teams to ensure and maintain compliance with all chemical regulatory requirements.
• Create and execute chemical management policies, tools and methodologies, including The Children's Place Restricted Substance List (RSL) and Manufacturing Restricted Substance List (MRSL)
• Facilitate communication of RSL and MRSL requirements throughout the supply chain.
• With Product Integrity and Legal teams, build an expanded risk matrix for product testing to ensure RSL compliance for high-risk vendors and products.
• Enhance database of test results for analysis and continuous improvement
• Review and find resolution of chemical and wastewater testing failures.
• Manage 3rd party service providers for RSL and MRSL on-site audits, root cause analysis and follow-up on corrective action.
• Connect cross-functionally with other teams to share product testing results and updates.
• Identify areas of value-added opportunities around chemicals and wastewater for improvement in the global supply chain.
• Provide oversight and training to suppliers to support capacity building, technical knowledge and thought leadership in chemical and wastewater management performance.
• Lead and develop engagement strategy with clients around preferred chemical use in manufacturing.
• Collaborate and build relationships with external stakeholders (ZDHC) to identify opportunities for improvement and best practices.
• Responsible for the renewal of Standard 100 by OEKO-TEX. you can be certain that every component of this article, every thread, button and other accessories, has been tested for harmful substances and that the article therefore is harmless for human health.

. Look after the finishing and dyeing processes and minimizing the rejections.
. Ensure the finishing production quality & communicate with higher authority for approving quality.
. Working knowledge of maintaining schedules and manpower requirements.
. Supervise the dyeing operations team.
. Resolve technical issues in dyeing operations.
. Review and evaluate internal processes to improve efficiency.
. Resolve dyeing mistakes and finishing problems.
. Overall waste management in dye house, safe disposal of dyes and chemicals.
. Prepare the dyeing production report and the daily consumptions.
. Create the recipe history and develop recipes based on cost and repeatability.
. Make color approvals on-screen by using spectrophotometer to capture both color and appearance on a physical sample thar improve quality and consistency.

. Carry out hands-on management for the dye house daily operations and dyeing and finishing improvement.
. Oversee scheduling, materials, and labor to ensure that dyeing deadlines are achieved.
. Look after the overall mercerization, dyeing & finishing production.
. Carry out assigned responsibilities for developing, directing and coordinating material planning activities for executing the production process.
. Ensure that the entire mercerization and dyeing process is going according to SOP's.
. Instruct team that which chemical dye formula/process be appropriate to create the right color.

Training in Felli Color S.p.a. A leading italian company in the field of mercerization and yarn dyeing.

. provide technical support to the sales team in order to help its members achieve the organization’s selling goals and objectives.
. provide the customers with the needed products from a technical point of view.
. provide the customer with the best practice and use to maximize the customer’s profit.
. Prepare and develop technical presentations to explain how the lubricant's features.
. Create relationships with existing customers and make frequent visits to customers’ sites to ensure that all the products are working effectively.
. Provide training programs to the sales team members on the technical aspects

. Responsible for the industrial Gases production unit.