Ramzi Rabah Aloufi

Develop business and organizational goals and monitor progress toward them. Manage the financial budget and expenses of the business, cutting costs. Collaborate with other executive members regarding business needs.

• Strategic Leadership: Define, implement, and orchestrate long-term corporate and organizational objectives, monitor enterprise KPIs to ensure sustained business growth.
• Financial Stewardship: Direct corporate budgeting, P&L allocation, and financial forecasting; engineered aggressive capital and operational cost-cutting measures that directly enhanced net profit margins.
• Executive Collaboration: Partner closely with board members and executive stakeholders to evaluate market dynamics, mitigate commercial risks, and scale capacity in alignment with business development needs.

Develop business and organizational goals and monitor progress toward them. Manage the financial budget and expenses of the business, cutting costs. Collaborate with other executive members regarding business needs.

Oversee a workforce of +254 employees in the manufacturing department.

Improved & Implemented Standard Operating Procedure to complete tasks in accordance with industry regulation. To produce the same product Consistent over the long term & increase business productivity by reduction of errors. Which has an impact in Production methodology to improve the yield & control the costs & inventory  Resulting in a +2% in Yield and +18% in efficiency.

• Operations & Workforce Governance: Commanded daily operations and cross-functional performance of a +254-employee workforce spanning manufacturing, production, and engineering departments.
• Process Standardization: Overhauled and institutionalized regulatory-compliant Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) ensure long-term product consistency and eliminate operational errors.
• Yield & Efficiency Optimization: Redesigned production methodologies and strict inventory control systems, boosting overall yield by 2% and operational efficiency by 18%.
• Capex Project Execution: Spearheaded the successful installation, testing, and commissioning of a major new electrical water heater production line, bringing it online ahead of schedule.
• Asset Lifecycle Management: Developed a strategic Maintenance Management framework that locked in an exceptional 99% machine availability rate and slashed annual maintenance costs by 30% via lean optimization.

Installation and Commissioning of new Machines (New Production Line for Electrical Water Heater) & putting the machine into service.

Direct all activities & functions to establish strategic Maintenance Management. Put all efforts to improve & maintain the availability 99% machine wise.

Standardized procedure which resulted in reducing the cost of maintenance by 30% per year. Monitor all improvements & upgrade process efficiency through elimination, simplification, & standardization of activities.

Joined the organization as a Production Supervisor & moved up the career hierarchy & merited promotion to the position of Plant Manager, through exceptional performance.

Established development goals & measured progress for various functions including logistics, purchasing & research, & development.

Achieved core objectives of WCM Project. Proficiently improved the OEE 16%. Executed cost & efficiency improvement of $58Mio annually.

launch new & small Plant for ceiling tiles, due to phase II additional capacity by 240% & avoid the risk of Market to ensure highest utilization & maintain the cost.

• Executive Turnaround & Promotion: Earned rapid promotion from Production Supervisor up to Plant Manager due to consistent delivery of high-yield operational turnaround results.
• Multi-Functional Oversight: Formulated performance matrices and goals for integrated organizational functions including logistics, procurement, R&D, and quality assurance.
• WCM & OEE Excellence: Championed World Class Manufacturing (WCM) frameworks, successfully improving Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) by 16%.
• Fiscal Impact: Designed and executed a comprehensive cost-and-efficiency improvement program that realized $5 Million in annual savings.
• Capacity Scaling & Market Expansion: Launched a new ceiling tile plant facility (Phase II), effectively expanding manufacturing capacity by 240% to capture market demand while maintaining lean cost baselines.
• Lean & Safety Leadership: Deployed Autonomous Maintenance (AM) and Focus Improvement (FI) models (improving yield by 4% and efficiency by 11%) while enforcing 5S and zero-harm health and safety policies.

• Analyzed & prepared production budgets & timelines required to complete production projects.
• Ensured that all safety & quality measures were adhered to during production process, from beginning to end.
• Prepared various training programs, with consideration for complexity of production process & construction engineers’ skills.
• Implemented Autonomous Maintenance & Focus improvement “AM & FI” production methodology to improve the yield & control the costs & inventory, resulting in a 4% improvement in yield and 11% in efficiency.
• Attended a variety of technical meetings, kept abreast of latest standards within the industry & concentrated on implementation of 5s, WCM activities & health & safety standards within plant.

• Worked in liaison with plant safety manager, monitored sectional processes,
evaluations & plans, to guarantee standard running conditions of all facilities.
• Fostered & operated within a continuous improvement environment. Addressed all operational issues, including cost effectiveness & job scheduling.
• provided leadership to plant personnel-team building, employee development, conflict resolution, etc. Consistently administered & supported company training programs & policies.
• Lead facilitated & supported the plant’s safety process to insure a safe, hazard-free working environment for all employees. Maintained & adhered to company policies & procedures in the areas of Quality Assurance & Quality Control.

• Supervised all activities pertaining to production operations including inventory control, scheduling, documentation, equipment maintenance & quality control/inspection.
• Ensured proper functioning of entire facility, coordinated with design, planning, quality control, maintenance departments to ensure production of the highest quality product at lowest possible price, meeting organizational standards.
• Directed, monitored & coordinated activities to maintain installed plant &
machinery, performed repairs & preventive maintenance, to guarantee optimum conditions.
• Fostered & operated within a continuous improvement environment. Prepared
plant operations/production reports & introduced measures to improve efficiency.

• Operate & maintain SAMA building facility.
• Maintained tactical control of project budgets & timelines to keep teams on task & achieve schedule targets.
• Supported senior managers & department leaders by completing projects & problem resolution under tight budgets & schedule demands
• Built successful project plans covering objectives, resources & staffing to meet schedules
• Reported regularly to managers on project budget, progress & technical problems

Facility & Asset Management: Directed the integrated facility management, operations, and infrastructure maintenance schedules for the SAMA building facility.