chief executive officer ceo
INFRA CONNECT
Total years of experience :28 years, 0 Months
Led and managed a multi-million dollar’s (Saudi / Egyptian) investment for a startup organization, overseeing all operations, personnel, and strategic planning.
Developed and implemented company-wide policies and procedures that improved efficiency and productivity by 25%.
Led a successful organizational restructuring, resulting in reduced manpower expenses by 40%. Built and maintained strong relationships with key stakeholders, including investors, board members, and external partners.
Successfully navigated complex financial negotiations, resulting in favorable terms for the organization.
Developed and executed long-term growth strategies, resulting in brand recognition and remarkable sales orders have been confirmed that generating 20 millions USD in the first year.
Built and led high-performing teams, fostering a positive work culture focused on accountability and professional development with excellent performance and high engagement.
Provided guidance and mentorship to senior executives, fostering their growth and enabling them to achieve their full potential.
Served as the public face of the organization, representing the company in various industry forums and media appearances.
Responsibilities include:
Holding complete accountabilities for all the manufacturing operations functions including Production, Process Engineering, Purchasing, warehouses, HR, Administration, Quality & Maintenance, of 3 different factories producing all the product range of UPVC Pipes, Micro Ducts & HDPE Fittings with total 45, 000 square meters operational ground.
Contributed with top management and cross-functional team leaders to recognize the new product and market opportunities, drive process improvement, and integrate business performance objectives and initiatives to generate revenue around 2 billions Egyptian pounds in the first year.
Coaching the middle management and responsible about the succession planning at site level.
Manage policy deployment in areas of lean manufacturing techniques, quality, cost reduction, complete and on-time delivery, safety, customer satisfaction, employee relations and engagement, visual controls
and plant performance measures.
Achieve the Profit Plan as approved by senior leadership.
Coordinate plant activities through planning with departmental managers to ensure the total manufacturing objectives are accomplished in a timely and cost-effective manner.
Represent the company as the local executive, adherence to laws and guidelines, and maintaining positive public relations in the community, achieve and continue a positive image externally and internally.
Accomplishments:
Managed successfully the operations of one of the largest automotive spare parts manufacturers in the Middle East and Africa regions.
Oversaw the vast 30, 000 square meters operational ground with more than 700 dedicated skilled employees and workers that worked hard to make AKL the sole provider of the highest quality reasonably priced spare parts in Egypt.
Correctly performed and directly impacted corporate profitability, operational excellence & consequently the overall Productivity increased by 11%.
Complied 100% with customers engineering change requests and new product’s introduction due dates.
Delivered and supervised continues improvement ideas that are generated saving more than 800 K Egyptian pounds.
Conducted, when needed, investigation of product quality incidents that occur in cooperation with the
relevant internal/external functions and tracking the preventive and corrective actions that consequently
improved the PPM level by 12 %.
Lifted up the motivation, engagement and the teamwork spirit between all the operation departments and
the turnover percentage has reduced by 15% within white & blue collars.
Coordinate plant activities through planning with departmental managers to ensure the total manufacturing objectives are accomplished in a timely and cost-effective manner.
Manage policy deployment in areas of lean manufacturing techniques, quality, cost reduction, complete and on-time delivery, safety, customer satisfaction, employee relations and engagement, visual controls
and plant performance measures.
Achieve the Profit Plan as approved by senior leadership.
Responsibilities include:
Holding complete accountabilities for all the manufacturing operations functions including Production, Process Engineering, Purchasing, warehouses, Quality & Maintenance, of 6 different factories producing all the product range of AKL Group.
Coordinate plant activities through planning with departmental managers to ensure the total manufacturing objectives are accomplished in a timely and cost-effective manner.
Responsible for people development and succession planning at site level.
Represent the company as the local executive, adherence to laws and guidelines, and maintaining positive public relations in the community, achieve and continue a positive image externally and internally.
Key Highlights:
● Looked after manufacturing units of plastic pipes and fittings of all kinds \[PP-H & PP-R & CPVC & UPVC\]
spreading in around 180, 000 m2 of area.
● Successfully exported 30% of its total production output to 12 Arab and African countries.
● Effectively led the operations of 3 factories with a workforce of around 1300.
Responsibilities included:
● Liaising with crucial shared services areas such as Operations, procurement, manufacturing, and supply
chain concerning the ongoing support of the business and co-ordination of new initiatives and projects
● Assisting department heads in resolving work issues and analyzing and resolving work abnormalities.
● Updating and interpreting mission, goals, and policies to employees and enforcing safety regulations.
● Ensuring the validity of the management maintenance program and making sure that work orders were entered without delay.
● Planning, organizing, and directing adequate performance and delegating specific jobs to achieve
maximum output and keep under constant review by monitoring staff efficiency.
● Attending all appropriate administration meetings and relaying information back to the whole staff.
● Planning and coordinating with Internal Audit team, following up for findings, and informing the top
management
● Recruiting, hiring, writing, and presenting employee performance reviews, as well as fostering performance
improvement through positive reinforcement and training
● Monitoring corrective and preventive actions and assisting in the development, implementation, and review of standard
Key Highlights:
● Efficiently improved the average yearly productivity by 5%.
● Successfully increased the savings by 10%.
● Smoothly launched 20+ new (Medium & Large) projects with minor disturbances.
● Completely managed the operations of two factories in different cities, Cairo & Asyut, among 12 factories in Egypt.
Responsibilities included:
● Maximizing resources utilization and continuously achieving production targets by effectively managing day-to-day activities by optimizing usage of the allocated & available resources.
● Achieving business objectives by analyzing & determining resolutions to multi-faceted issues and complex problems related to production, quality, engineering, budget, etc.
● Improving workflow & quality and reducing waste through applying lean principles.
● Anticipated and addressed production problems, material shortages, equipment malfunctions, and
unavoidable delays.
● Identifying areas for business improvements and utilizing client feedback to drive developments through
KATA deployment.
Directed the manufacturing process and operational efficiency procedures to achieve goal of first run
capability.
• Planned, organized and managed operations, including ordering materials and supplies, workflow
management and timely production.
• Successfully managed production activities to achieve on-time shipment of orders.
• Routinely improved product quality and reduced delivery costs
• Supervised around 400 staff and boosted performance by promoting training on efficiency and
productivity protocols.
• Monitored and supported progress of plant production orders by managing shop capacity.
• Standardized production procedures, job roles and quality assurance guidelines
• Determined suitable crew requirements, scheduled employees and worked with Human Resources
to meet changing & challenging production schedules.
• Investigated and implemented ideas for quality improvement, increased productivity and cost
reduction.
Boosted productivity by 200% through direction, preparation and implementation of different
programs and initiatives.
• Coached & trained all the manufacturing managers om advanced technologies & techniques.
• Implemented program changes to identify and quickly resolve root cause issues bottle-necking
production levels.
• Supervised around 150 staff and boosted performance through training on efficiency and productivity
protocols.
• Developed general improvement plans to lift up the performance in line with the company targets /
expectations.
• Exchanged best practices & transferred knowledge between Egypt and Romania sites
Developed quality assurance standards, executed inventory maintenance, and optimized work time
which increased the efficiency & effectiveness of the manufacturing processes.
• Applied many solutions to anticipate & address production problems, material shortages, equipment
malfunctions and unavoidable delays, and introduced many improvement studies.
• Played an essential role as a pilot segment leader in implementing the international production
system of LEONI sites worldwide in Egypt site.
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El-Sewedy Group
A leading integrated cables and electrical products manufacturer in the Middle East, with the specialty in
providing complete and integrated energy solutions in sectors as diverse as: telecom solutions, energy
measurement and management, turnkey projects and wind energy generation.
Developed feasibility studies for introducing a new project to produce LAN cables, Co-Axial cables,
instrumentation cables, appliance cords & automotive wires.
• Managed the project planning starting from the market needs and ending with machine’s capacity.
• Met with clients to gather and understand requirements and coordinated with system administrators
and directors to plan and schedule project activities.
• Recruited and trained Technical Department team members and guided, coached and led project
teams to ensure high performance and successful progression of project.
• Developed many solutions for technical process improvements to optimize utilization of resources.
Prepared technical tenders and any other technical information needed from any customers locally &
internationally.
• Provided technical support for sales forces and demonstrating all the product range for the sales and
marketing teams.
• Increased customer satisfaction through proper resolutions to problems arising & protecting
company reputation and loyal client base.
Final Grade: Good, Project Grade: Excellent
