Taariq Edries

• Evaluate MRP requirements, schedule jobs in accordance with business requirements & considering the
production schedule & procurement lead times.
• Coordinate & identify long lead time items, mitigate any bottlenecks caused by the long lead items.
• Plan & implement the material planning for all electrical & mechanical items.
• Prepare procurement data packs with the assistance of the Project Managers to ensure materials are
delivered timeously.
• Identify & expedite critical items through the supply chain.
• Verify resource availability (material, equipment) required for production to deliver, ensuring optimal
inventory levels are kept to a desired level.
• Promptly address & resolve any issues that will minimize any delays in production output.
• Monitor due dates & drive production changes to eliminate any delays in Production.
• Any drawing & design changes that will affect current production schedules, promptly informing the
relevant departments of this.

• Analyze the MRP on a weekly Basis.
• Create orders and manage existing orders to ensure a maximum stock holding period of 6 months or
longer.
• Ensure that all orders are accompanied by an official Order Confirmation for the required quantity and
delivery date.
• Manage in-bound logistics through the nominated Freight Forwarders and ensure consolidation of
shipments to reduce Shipping costs.
• Manage delivery, quality and price disputes with suppliers!
• Verify expiration dates and initiating possible re-life & shelf - life extension to save costs with all
material (paints, adhesives, tape and Velcro)
• Attend daily Procurement Shop Floor Management Meetings and provide feedback on part shortages
and line stop items.
• Maintain IOU and Low-Level Reports on daily and expedite overdue deliveries.
• Build supplier relationships.
• Assist with stock take in the Warehouse and capturing of any variances.

• To present, facilitate and coordinated all production training.
• To perform operational and training assessments to determine effectiveness of training, requirement for
retaining and evaluation of training program.
• Ensure training is recorded, assessed and captured.
• Maintain production staff curriculum and align with job and departmental requirements.
• Ensure GMP training plan is developed for each grade and plant which identifies core functions and
equipment and frequency of training.
• Develop, perform and report operational effectiveness of employees (on-the-job assessments) to
determine effectiveness of training, requirement for retaining and evaluation of training program.
• Communicate training plan to trainees, compile attendance registers and ensure objectives of training plan
are achieved.
• Develop and modify training material to ensure effective training.
• Proposals are made for improvement to systems, policies and procedures based on feedback from training
sessions and assessments.
• To ensure records of training are maintained.
• Complete all records and reports timorously and accurately as described in the relevant SOPs, protocols
and associated documentation.
• Comply with GMP requirements as outlined by Company SOPs and written instructions in all tasks and
activities.
• Ensure all sections within department maintain compliance to company GMP standards

• The Planning Department is responsible for creating the production orders, modifying the component
quantities, printing the order documents and releasing the orders to production.
Daily Workflow
• Attend production meeting daily
• Manage and communicate in process sampling schedule on daily basis with production and Quality Control
analysts
• Responsible for the Production Planning and planning of raw materials and Finished Goods testing
• Create, maintain and release production and packing orders to production!
• Create FCC batch numbers on Baan and in the past, we used Syspro
• Maintain Bill of materials, routings and expected/estimated batch quantities when needed
• Check reason of backlog (if necessary, Collab with production)
• Eliminate backlog by:
• reducing throughput time of operations
• overlapping of operations
• moving the due date of the work order
• Check demand date with stock/requirements list
• If packed under quarantine check transition time in the bill of material from the packing order.
• If backlog cant eliminate, go to Planning Centre Rough-Cut and move due date of work order
• Check material availability
• Material must be available before start date of process order
• If material is in backlog eliminate backlog
• Bring start date from process order behind available date from material
• Find new due date
• Constant communication with Procurement
• Capacity planning must be based on backlog-free environment with material checks completed
• Daily updates to Demand Planning and Operations Manager.
• Complete all records and reports timorously and accurately as described in the relevant SOPs (standard
operating procedures), protocols and associated documentation.
• Comply with GMP requirements as outlined by Company SOPs and written instructions in all tasks and
activities.
• Ensure that products are produced, tested and stored according to required SOPs and documentation.

• Responsibility for the batch manufacturing of active pharmaceutical Ingredients (API), for both local and
international markets.
• Ensuring and monitoring of daily cGMP quality compliance during manufacturing.
• Facilitating internal and external audit Q&A sessions.
• Conducting regular safety inspections.
• Minimizing incidents in the plant and eliminating lost time incidents.
• Completing safety reports, lost time reports and ordering of raw materials and the necessary documents.
My additional duties as an Acting Team Leader were:
• Responsible for ordering of finished product packaging and labels.
• Investigating process problems associated with different products during manufacturing, and to implement
corrective action to prevent recurrence in the future.
• Training new production personnel on safety, quality control, manufacturing processes and procedures.
My additional duties as a Health and Safety representative were:
• Weekly and Monthly report of the manufacturing plant.
• Attend corporate OHSE meetings.
• Compile safety minutes.
• Weekly and Monthly 5mins safety talks.
• Filling out of incident reports.
• As an operator I have undergone training in hazardous substances, and I adhere to quality systems; and
health & safety protocols of good (GLP and cGMP) as set out by FDA; ISO and WHO requirements. I have
successfully completed First Aid training which I feel is a necessity in our workplace, and it compliments my
natural empathy towards fellow human beings.