Wisam Afana, Operations Manager

Wisam Afana

Operations Manager

Modern Arabian Crystal - MAPI

Lieu
Jordanie - Amman
Éducation
Baccalauréat, Mechanical Engineering
Expérience
26 years, 4 Mois

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Expériences professionnelles

Total des années d'expérience :26 years, 4 Mois

Operations Manager à Modern Arabian Crystal - MAPI
  • Arabie Saoudite
  • Je travaille ici depuis avril 2008

The Company is a leading factory in manufacturing various home and personal care bottles and packaging (label printings).

Highlight:
• Boosted up the market share in Saudi market by more than 200%.

Key Responsibilities:
• Developing and implementing innovative strategies to manage manufacturing of plastic and printing thus enhancing business growth/profitability.
• Demonstrating strong knowledge of new products, packaging, pricing plans, promotions and service features for product penetration and preparing key accounts policy & operation manual.
• Designing and innovating an exceptional line of state of the art bottles in keeping with contemporary trends concurrently planning and creating unique labels to promote the bottles manufactured.
• Conceptualizing and conceiving new line generation of packaging in keeping with the highest quality standards.
• Acting as operations planner, managing operations project including sampling, printing/packaging and distribution.
• Managing the primary as well as associating process/operations of commissioning and construction of the new factory for label printing (self adhesive).
• Overseeing market studies to identify competitors, reviewing market trends, and consumer feedback to develop effective marketing strategies to counteract potential business threats.
• Collating information and formulating strategies to optimize performance and business output.

Operations manager à Smart Packaging
  • Arabie Saoudite - Jeddah
  • Je travaille ici depuis février 2011

• Developing and implementing innovative strategies to manage
manufacturing of plastic and printing thus enhancing business growth/profitability.
• Demonstrating strong knowledge of new products, packaging, pricing plans, promotions and service features for product penetration and preparing key accounts policy & operation manual.
• Designing and innovating an exceptional line of state of the art bottles in keeping with contemporary trends concurrently planning and creating unique labels to promote the bottles manufactured.
• Conceptualizing and conceiving new line generation of
packaging in keeping with the highest quality standards.
• Acting as operations planner, managing operations project including sampling, printing/packaging and distribution.
• Managing the primary as well as associating process/operations of commissioning and construction of the new factory for label printing (self adhesive).
• Overseeing market studies to identify competitors, reviewing market trends, and consumer feedback to develop effective marketing strategies to counteract potential business threats.
• Collating information and formulating strategies to optimize
performance and business output
* implanting and instillation for F&K and Nordamicanica also Euromec

Export & Technical Support Manager à Printopack
  • Arabie Saoudite
  • janvier 2004 à mars 2008

Highlight:
• Augmented sales worth $ 50 million across the group with a team of sales and Agent Managers based in Egypt, Jordan, Gulf, Iran, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Sudan, Yemen, Iraq.

Key Responsibilities:
• Enforced standard processes to ensure quality solutions are provided on time and within budget leading to overall customer satisfaction in line with organizational goals.
• Developed and executed the strategic plans for fostering business expansion concurrently managed various day to day operations.
• Designed budgets, reduced costs in accordance with customer expectations and verified sales figures to justify overheads. Created stage-wise profit projection reports in keeping with preceding factors.
• Provided technical support relating to the operation and upkeep of end products as well as recommended new technical approaches.
• Researched and surveyed new markets to boost sales and market share, established new distribution networks in alignment with organization objectives/goals.
• Contributed to the continuous improvement activities within the company including defining/refining processes and identified other opportunities for improvement.
• Submitted monthly/annual production reports and department performance reports to the upper management.

Production Manager à PIC (Nuqul group)
  • Arabie Saoudite
  • janvier 1998 à juin 2004

Highlight:
• Successfully set up Roto printing machine with the help of Italian engineers.

Key Responsibilities:
• Liaised with top management in strategy formulation, strategic plans execution, strategic process improvements and communication of strategies with all customers.
• Increased productivity, profitability and efficiency whilst maintaining discipline. Resolved production problems, motivated workforce to achieve plan objectives.
• Managed efficient staff/machinery to achieve objectives/targets of production plans and cost objectives.
• Interacted with customers to ensure their demands are met, both operationally and functionally by gaining an understanding of customer requirements and working closely with research and development team.
• Ascertained production of appropriate products as per requisite quantity and quality.
• Arranged regular meeting with the maintenance team and machine suppliers in order to keep them updated of all production activities of the company.

Éducation

Baccalauréat, Mechanical Engineering
  • à Al-Balqa Applied University
  • juin 1998

Mechanics and planning engineering

Specialties & Skills

Production
Factory
Promotions
Manufacturing
Printing & Packaging, Report Generation, Troubleshooting, Standardizing Policies & Procedures
Leadership, Team Building, Motivational Skills, Interpersonal & Communication Skills
Analytical Skills, Critical Thinking, Decision Making & Problem Solving Skills
Operations Management, Strategy Management, Export & Technical Management, Mechanical Engineering
Computer Related Skills: MS Office & Internet Applications
Business Development/Planning, Manufacturing & Production, Cost Cutting/Budgeting, Customer Service

Langues

Anglais
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Arabe
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