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Muhammad Mathew Bin Abdullah, Head of Chips and Snacks - Manufacturing Manager

Muhammad Mathew Bin Abdullah

Head of Chips and Snacks - Manufacturing Manager·HSA Group

United Kingdom

High school or equivalent, Technology

Work experience

Total years of experience: 21 years, 3 months

Head of Chips and Snacks - Manufacturing Manager

April 2015 - January 2018

HSA Group

Saudi Arabia

April 2015 - January 2018

Responsible for the Operations Delivery strategy development for GCC region. Continuous improvements on the processes and tools to ensure efficiency and exceeding customer expectations. The job includes leading the Operations units within GCC market with a line management responsibility of > 300 staff.

.. Create and drive operations across all areas of the Chips and Snack portfolio
.. Drive project management to secure margins and quality
.. Implement Global and Regional delivery strategies and directives
.. Drive forecasting and dimensioning of delivery capacity based on business needs
.. Drive and implement competence management according to business needs
.. Ensure project management and resource planning engagement
.. Drive a commercially oriented operations organization
.. Support for proposal preparation.

Key Achievements:
Implemented lean tools process
Installed new production line total project 32 Million SAR
Implemented new Food safety management program.
Reduced raw material variance from 7% to less than 1% SAR 2 million saving in Potato and Oil.
Reduced Manpower PC line from 70 per shift to 58 per shift whilst maintaining OEE SAR 820k savings.
Improved cost of SKU's by 7% minimum YOY through various performance improvement initiatives.
Company industry:
FMCG
Job role:
Manufacturing

Operations Manager

October 2013 - April 2015

Riyadh Foods Company

Saudi Arabia

October 2013 - April 2015

Responsible for setting and integrating operating strategies in alignment with overall company priorities - whilst ensuring effective deployment and achievement of agreed targets and KPI's for the KSA sites and functions. The scope of responsibility within manufacturing operations includes Health and Safety, Quality, Purchasing, People Engagement, Manufacturing Strategy and Operational Performance, and leadership of major projects.
Manufacturing: Cream cheese, Noodles, Bottled water, Roasted and ground nuts, Blended spices, chicken stock, Bottled foods, Blended foods packaging.

Key Achievements:
Restructured operations team to better achieve the strategic goals
Implemented new KPI performance management system.
Reduced Labor cost by 20%
Reduced material cost by 4.2 Million Riyals (5.3% of budget)
Implemented new Food safety management program
Oversaw successful installation of new Dairy Manufacturing line.
Increased overall line efficiencies by 11% and reduced waste by 1.3%
Company industry:
Industrial Production
Job role:
Management

Manufacturing Support Manager

April 2012 - October 2013

Saudi Snack Foods / PepsiCo

Saudi Arabia

April 2012 - October 2013

Managing the manufacturing support function ensuring correct planning, Financial tracking, KPI Performance tracking and improvement, Change projects and AOP.
.. Provided leadership to the Manufacturing Support Team at site. Development of PDR and CDAP for Direct Reports.
.. Ensured effective performance reporting internally in order to drive the balanced scorecard Cost, Quality, Service and People through effective KPI management.
..Liaising among SC planning, Category Managers, Maintenance team, R & D and Projects to set the optimized production schedule and plan other required tasks accordingly.
.. Production Balancing.
.. RM/FG reconciliation with warehouse.
.. COSO site lead.
.. Plant Financial tracking.
.. Plant capability training lead.

Key Achievements:
Created and implemented Production balancing system.
Created a new department for manufacturing support.
Lead continuous improvement projects that reduced labor cost by 10.3 %
Updated Performance reporting system.
Company industry:
FMCG
Job role:
Management

SHIFT PRODUCTION MANAGER

April 2010 - April 2012

Saudi Snack Foods / PepsiCo

Saudi Arabia

April 2010 - April 2012

Managing 300+ frontline employees and manufacturing Facility producing 54000 tons per year across multiple platforms.
..Frequently and effectively communicated goals, targets and aspirations to all employees within their workplace.
..Directly managed 5 Front Line Managers.
..Liaised effectively with all departments and other shifts to plan, distribute and schedule work
..lead the Safety agenda for the shift.
..Maintained top quality product.
..Lead the production FLM's through monitoring and improving performance against KPI targets and budgets saved US$4MM FYE.
..Affected change through multiple projects: in line carton feeding, Installation New PC50 Line, multiple small projects and system changes.
..Managed Yearly Ops supply budget USD$2MM.
..Lead Continuous Improvement culture change for shift.

Key Achievements:
Implemented one on one meeting system
Implemented new Food safety requirement
Drove many cost reduction improvements and increased efficiency through ideas base of frontline team.
Company industry:
FMCG
Job role:
Management

November 2003 - April 2010

SITE EXPERT TRAINER

United Kingdom

November 2003 - April 2010

Leading the packaging team by showing best practice through training / coaching online or in the class room. Supporting shift Manager to achieve targets in all key areas. Line walks carried out daily for purpose of maintaining congruence throughout shift.
Job role:
Other

MANUFACTURING TECHNICIAN

October 1998 - November 2003

Walkers Snack Foods / PepsiCo

United Kingdom

October 1998 - November 2003

Running Packaging machinery with a team of packers. Maintenance schedules completed and hit targets as required for each day's production.
Job role:
Maintenance, Repair, and Technician

November 1996 - October 1998

SAFETY TECHNICIAN

United Kingdom

November 1996 - October 1998

Set up a new safety system for the site that would ultimately reduce accidents and enable safety to be managed effectively.
Company industry:
Advertising
Job role:
Other

Education

Open University

January 2005

January 2005

High school or equivalent, Technology

United Kingdom

January 1999

January 1999

Bachelor's degree, Technology

courses: SET Site Expert Trainer

Bosworth College

January 1995

January 1995

Bachelor's degree, Design and Innovation

Bosworth College

January 1995

January 1995

Bachelor's degree, Design and Innovation

Bosworth College

January 1994

January 1994

High school or equivalent,

Bosworth College

High school or equivalent,

Skills

Performance Management
Expert
Performance Management
Expert
Operations Management
Expert
Operations Management
Expert
Food Quality
Expert
Food Quality
Expert
KPI
Expert
KPI
Expert
Cost Reduction
Expert
Cost Reduction
Expert
BUDGETING
Expert
BUDGETING
Expert
COACHING
Expert
COACHING
Expert
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
Expert
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
Expert
COST CONTROL
Expert
COST CONTROL
Expert
COUNTER TERRORIST CHECK
Expert
COUNTER TERRORIST CHECK
Expert
DELIVERY
Expert
DELIVERY
Expert
MACHINERY
Expert
MACHINERY
Expert
PACKAGING
Expert
PACKAGING
Expert
QUALITY
Expert
QUALITY
Expert
SAFETY
Expert
SAFETY
Expert
Performance Management
Expert
Performance Management
Expert
Operations Management
Expert
Operations Management
Expert
Food Quality
Expert
Food Quality
Expert
KPI
Expert
KPI
Expert
Cost Reduction
Expert
Cost Reduction
Expert

Languages

English

Native Speaker

Arabic

Intermediate