Othman Abu Kishk

• Contributes to the corporate planning process and develops departmental plans to support achievement of overall business objectives of the company.
• Prepares the strategic plans and annual budgets in own area of responsibility, gains approval, ensuring that adequate funding provisions are made for all activities and monitors expenditure to ensure budgets are utilised in the most effective and efficient manner and are within approved levels.
• Responsible of ensuring proper materials/finished goods requirements planning with various business units.
• Responsible for establishing comprehensive and group wide materials requirements plan to effective supply chain and cost reduction opportunities through efficient logistic plan.
• Responsible for establishing comprehensive finished goods supply plans for various markets based on sales forecast and demand plans to ensure uninterrupted supply and availability of finished goods.
• Responsible for providing effective material forecast plan to facilitate procurement department at head office/ business units for planning procurement of materials considering the lead time
• Coordinates supply chain activities and plans with various internal and external parties; operations, purchasing, logistics, suppliers and related other parties, for best utilization of resources and supplies uninterrupted manner to specific areas of use in order to increase supply efficiency and reducing costs.
• Responsible for identifying and introducing systems and tools required to facilitate supply chain and materials management and control processes at own department and other related departments.
• Responsible for ensuring the understanding and utilization of various related concepts such as ERP, MRP, and SCM within own department and at other related departments.
• Responsible of studying and optimising supply chain systems and tools and introducing necessary reengineering plans to ensure delivery of department objectives with highest efficiency and minimal cost
• Responsible for establishing operational KPI’s and objectives for own department
• Conducts periodic review on Strategic plans, advices changes if any and communicates the same to the top management.
• Responsible for continuous monitoring of various SCM activities and reporting results to top management.
• Guides, directs and develops subordinates to ensure they perform to their best potential and work effectively together as a team.
• Responsible for establishing and maintaining a wide network of various materials and services suppliers to facilitate best utilization of opportunities
• Responsible for optimizing Group Logistics by partnering with related parties and building Strategic alliances.

• Establishes production standards of efficiency, minimum wastages and maximum utilization of resources (machines, raw material and manpower).
• Manages production processes to ensure implementation of company standards.
• Prepares annual production plans and obtains approval of Director of production
• Coordinates with Sales Managers to:
a. Plan production capacities according to yearly sales projections.
b. Monitor production vs. sales to review production schedule accordingly.
c. Ensure enough replenishments of finished goods supply.
• Apply effective modification on production plan for timely production of special orders or promotional items.
• Coordinates with procurement Manager to ensure smooth supply of raw materials.
• Establishes quality control standards and procedures. Ensures strictly adherence to those standards.
• Supervises machines maintenance programs. Recommends machines modifications if needed
• Ensures smooth supply of spare parts.
• Prepares annual manpower plan. Makes sure all vacant positions are filled in coordination with personnel manager.
• Coaches and trains production staff prepares on job training programs.
• Evaluate performance of staff, recommends promotion, additional training or termination.
• Prepares employees safety procedures and makes sure that these procedures are enforced.

1. Prepare production budget and maintain/improve budget limitations to meet plant’s annual objectives and standards according to sales projections.
2. Prepare of short and long term plans to determine the manufacturing objectives
3. Participate in putting the company strategies in short and long term.
4.. Manage and monitor the operation of the plant and finish goods warehouse to ensure continuity of production and maintain organized receiving and dispatch of finish product.
5. Manage maintenance department and apply the preventive maintenance program on all machines and equipment to minimize problems and shutdown scheduling to ensure timely and appropriate solutions are adopted avoiding major breakdown.
6. Establish production scheduling and recording system that will ensure accurate recording of production figures and stoppage analysis to make timely and precise reports for company management and future planning.
7. Establish safe working procedures for all areas of operation in coordination with the safety department and ensure its implementation to keep accident to the minimum and reduce downtime.
8. Established and maintain overall emergency procedures in coordination with safety department and oversees emergency training by making periodical drills, further acting as a field leader for the whole plant.
9. Leads special projects of maintenance department for the enhancement or modifications on process, following through to their successful completion.
10. Ensures proper training of plant personnel to upgrade their professional and maintain the equipped level of quality standards to achieve the operational equipments.
11. Coordinates with Quality Control regarding glass condition, binder formulation and quality of production to ensure timely and appropriate solutions are adopted avoiding customer’s complaint
12. Participate in preparing, reviewing and evaluate the manufacturing cost to ensure the company cost are efficient.

Responsible in maintaining/Developing the product quality, Batch Formulation, chemical plant formulation for resin material, quality & Process audit.

1.Manage and monitor the quality of all finished products (Wool Line, Rigid Pipe and Ceiling Board Line) to maintain the company’s high standard and meet the market requirements.

2.Manage the work activities of Quality Assurance Department to ensure that Q.C. Technicians adhered to approved quality control procedures.

3.Coordinate with Furnace Supervisor to ensure that the mixing procedure and the amount of ingredients based on formula are strictly followed.

4.Manage inspected of incoming new materials and conduct material evaluation to determine acceptability based on purchase acceptance standard set by the company.

5.Inspect incoming new materials and conduct material evaluation to determine acceptability to purchase acceptance standard set by the company.

6.Establish safe working procedures in the area of responsibilities to keep the number of accident to the minimum or zero.

7.Ensure proper training of Q.A. Technicians to upgrade their knowledge required to maintain high quality standard.

8.Maintain sample level in sample room to ensure availability of sample any-time for AFICO customers.

9.Implement statistical process control in quality assurance department.

10.Manage and ensur ISO 9000 implementations

11. Improve quality culture in all AFICO departments i.e. production, marketing, HR, finance…etc.

12. Implement TQM principles and tools to solve the management problems and help them to improve the company strategically.

In charge in product development for chemical such as Urea, Phenol, Formaldehyde, PVC Compound, Polyester, Plasticizer, Relon, Peroxide and Solvents.