Karim Khafaga, SEAO Leader and HM Leader

Karim Khafaga

SEAO Leader and HM Leader

Procter and Gamble

Location
Egypt
Education
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
Experience
10 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :10 years, 4 Months

SEAO Leader and HM Leader at Procter and Gamble
  • Egypt
  • My current job since January 2018

Site Equipment Area Owner and Hotmelt leader.
Leading a team of mechanical and electrical experts.

Standardization:

Ø Ensures that his/her site is on agreed equipment and midrange standards, identifies gap as well as plan to resolve it, and communicates plan to GEAO.

Ø Understands losses in his/her equipment area and is aware of performance results in other sites (benchmarking).

 

In-Plant Support:

Ø Trains and supports operators when it comes to complex trouble shooting and ensures that learnings are communicated back to the GEAOs.

Ø Ensures that successor is well trained and familiar with global systems when taking over responsibility.

 

Global Team Support:

Ø Supports GEAOs during audits in his/her plant and ensures that all required information is available.

Ø Ensures that information exchange between sites is happening and understands procedures in other sites.

Ø Understands OPT priorities, communicates them inside the plant, and actively supports resolution (priorities are reviewed in weekly Enterprise call).

Ø Owns input for his/her EA from his/her site to the global equipment platform team.

Ø Is the SPOC between his/her site and the global EA teams.

Ø Writes ‘problem report’ and ensures that all prerequisites are fulfilled before a CMP is created (UPS, EYY, etc.).

Ø Regularly participates in global EA calls, EA global meetings, and sub-teams if they exist.

Ø Regularly supplies site results to global EA tracking system.

Ø Supports the GEAOs and actively contributes to migrate from regional AM DB content to global AM DB content.

Ø Ensures appropriate translation of all documents that are changed through AM CMPs.

Process Engineer at Procter and Gamble
  • Egypt
  • May 2017 to January 2018

Process Engineer

Account Manager at Juhayna
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • July 2015 to May 2017

- Fully responsible for achieving the monthly sales targets by account.
- Manage an average of 20 Special Markets customers.
- Negotiate contract agreements with key customers.
- Manage the execution of promotions and new products introductions.
- Report competitor activities to unit manager.
- Ensure customers pay on the required payment dates (as per terms of payment agreement).
- Ensure complete sales orders are delivered to his accounts on the required delivery dates with the required quantities.
- Responsible for increasing range of products used by each account (Vertical Growth) as per must stock list.
- Suggest ideas and programs to develop current business with key customers.
- Responsible for monthly/weekly sales forecast for dry & chilled products for customers under his territory.
- Lead all the Collection proves with the Customers.

Production Engineer at Unilever
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • October 2013 to September 2014

• Manage all factory technical change and development ensuring performance, cost, safety and quality targets are met.
• Work with the Factory Leadership team and deliver excellent service in supporting production, maintenance and technical improvements across production lines.
• Lead focused improvement activities and deliver agreed results in conjunction with the site TPM master plan.
• In conjunction with the site TPM leadership team, implement monthly reviews to evaluate progress against TPM master plan.
• Build effective relationships with Manufacturing and Production Leaders to aid identification of key improvement areas across production lines.

Mechanical Engineer (Intern) at Kia Motors
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • July 2012 to August 2012

• Performed full maintenance on cars under direct supervision.
• Met with customers for any observations, complaints or requests.
• Worked under pressure.

Mechanical Engineer (Intern) at BMW
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • July 2011 to August 2011

Performed full maintenance on cars.
worked with customers.
worked under pressure.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at The American University in Cairo
  • December 2012

Bachelor of Science, The American University in Cairo (AUC) Fall 2012 Major: Mechanical Engineering (Power) GPA 3.5/4.0 (with Honors) Minor: Business Administration

High school or equivalent, English
  • at Manor House School
  • July 2007

Thanaweya Amma, Science Section, Manor House School, Cairo, Egypt July 2007 • Language, English Overall: 94.3 %

Specialties & Skills

AutoCAD
Solidworks
Microsoft Office
Research
Solidworks
Microsoft Office
AutoCad
Solidworks

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Mechanical Engineer (Training)
Training Institute:
Kia Motors
Date Attended:
July 2012

Hobbies

  • Playing sports
    I've played Tennis, Football, squash, volleyball, basketball, waterpolo, taekwondo and horseback riding.
  • Travelling
    I've been to England, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Scotland, Wales, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Malta.