Salam Abdel Khader, Operational Excellence Director

Salam Abdel Khader

Operational Excellence Director

Integral Services Company

Location
Kuwait - Hawali
Education
Bachelor's degree, Physics and Math
Experience
13 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :13 years, 2 Months

Operational Excellence Director at Integral Services Company
  • Kuwait - Al Ahmadi
  • My current job since October 2014


Oct 2014 - Present: Integral Services Company W.L.L (ISCO), Shuaiba Industrial Area, Kuwait
Corporate Director - Operational Excellence
Responsibilities include:
 Leading Quality Assurance, Quality Control, HSE and IT departmental activities.
 Management Representative (MR) of ISCO’s Integrated Management System (IMS) comprising ISO 9001, ISO 14001, BS OHSAS 18001 and ISO 14001.
 Responsible for the implementation of IMS
 Responsible for operational excellence of the organization.
 Focusing on business performance that constantly strives to eliminate waste, improve customer satisfaction, and increase market share via the use of Lean Six Sigma tools and continuous improvement methodologies
 Working directly with internal process owners and department teams to develop scope and define resource plans for process improvement within their areas of responsibility
 Driving employee engagement and organizational health
 Improving productivity and capability of the workforce through current technology enablement, training, Process improvement and implementation of standard practices (e.g., 5S & Lean methodology, DMAIC, etc.)
 Developing and maintaining process performance measurements, determine process performance baselines, and statistically analyze metrics to identify areas for process improvement
 Collect and provide performance measures, develop reports, and analyze findings to identify areas for process improvement
 Train team members on processes, tools and methods
 Participate in identification, implementation, and sustainment of process improvements

Major Achievements:
o Renovate the Integrated Management System with new procedures, policies, charts and new auditing method
o Enhance housekeeping in IHED work shop

Six Sigma Program Manager at Kharafi National
  • Kuwait
  • April 2007 to October 2010



 Improving business efficiency and reducing cost in processes using data- based decisions
 Working with Senior Managers and organize teams to focus on continuous improvement activities
 Using statistical tools and visual management techniques to lead and guide the team in accordance with the Six Sigma requirements
 Lead Champion training sessions to ensure projects are successful
 Completing and auditing ten extremely successful Six Sigma projects concerning the following:
- Human Resources Employees Turnover (Non - Manual Regular)
- Procurement “Reduce COD and Improve Average Credit Period”
- Unbilled revenue / invoices to clients
- Just-in-time Procurement
- Cranes downtime, breakdown, idle time and rental
- Earth moving equipment breakdown, downtime and idle time
- Project Control Department “Establish Unit Rates for Subcontract Works”
- Procurement “Delivery of Materials through Local Purchase Order”
- Instant Access - Kuwait “Equipment Breakdown & Downtime”
- ABJ - Kuwait “Weld Defect Less than 3%”
- Instant Access - Qatar “Equipment Breakdown & Downtime”

Major Achievements:
o Cost saving of over 1.6 million KD for the first year in procurement department
o Reduce turnover by 33% from previous year and saving of the replacement cost of non-manual employees which is approximately (minimum) 20% of an employee yearly income

Education

Bachelor's degree, Physics and Math
  • at Truman State University
  • June 1986

Specialties & Skills

Six Sigma
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Excel
Problem Solving
PowerPoint
Minitab

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Memberships

Trap Association
  • trap and skeet shooter
  • January 1990

Training and Certifications

Six Sigma Black Belt Traverse City (Michigan, USA) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 1999
Valid Until:
August 2034

Hobbies

  • Hunting, fishing, trap shooting, archery and training dogs * Veteran member of the American Trap
    • Exposure to the establishment of ISO 9001certification procedures • Six Sigma Black Belt Rochester Hills Michigan - USA 1999 • Expertise in continuous improvement tools (5S, FMEA, Kaizen...) • Perform numerous quality projects immeasurably increasing customer satisfaction for years to come •