Ziad Agha, Production Manager

Ziad Agha

Production Manager

Mindspace

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
High school or equivalent, sciences experimentales
Experience
30 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :30 years, 7 Months

Production Manager at Mindspace
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since April 2015
Production Manager at GraphicShop
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • December 2009 to March 2015

Main responsibilities:
- Established the production department in graphicshop.
- Communicating and managing all the production operations between the clients, the designers and the suppliers \[From briefing to delivery\].
- Material researching and suggesting.
- Production budgeting, costing, analyzing profitability and quotations.
- Preparing/ordering samples and presentations.
- Working on multimillion dollars projects, supervising the quality and assuring delivery within a tight timeframe.
- Prices negotiations with suppliers.
- Ensuring delivery & due dates/ Dispatching drivers for delivery.
- Quality Control.
- Arranging invoicing with accounting Dept.
- Payments follow up with clients/collections.
- Coordinating production between certain clients and suppliers.
- Shipping, arranging COO and requested documents.
- Working with designers on product feasibility & materials
- Follow up with “pure nostalgia” distributor \[Sales reports, delivery and payments…\]
- Account executive for selected clients in Beirut and abroad.
- Managing in-house digital printing dept. and advise them on presentations, maquettes and in-house printing details.
- Working with suppliers on the online Photobook project. Researching and testing the different ways to make this project related materials practical and profitable. In addition to working with IMAXEL LAB- Spain to assure the printability of the uploaded books on our machines.
- Managing the online Photobook orders.

Project Manager at Sudanese Lebanese for Modern Printing /SLP
  • Sudan - Khartoum
  • January 2008 to December 2008

Main responsibilities:
- Establishing SLP in Khartoum.
- Arranging with lawyers and ministries the legal papers and permits.
- Cars and residences leasing.
- Working with designers on the corporate identity design & production.
- Working on decoration and site preparation for the wide format digital printing machines.
- Arranging clearance of imported materials and machines.
- Recruiting from Beirut & Khartoum.
- Trucks and cars purchasing.
- Researching the market for suppliers & potential clients and initiate contacts.
- Manage SLP in coordination with heads of departments.

Operation Manager at Bureau Nour Kanafani Design
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • April 2004 to November 2007

Main responsibilities:
- Manage all the operations between the clients, the designers and service clientele team.
- Managing production of printed materials \[offset & digital\] and purchasing of promotional items from Lebanon, China and other countries.
- Contacting, ordering and importing customized items from Leeds world USA.
- Arranging shipments and distribution to more than 36 destinations in the Middle East and other regions.
- Price negations.
- Ensure the quality & meet the due dates.
- Permanent market research for suitable suppliers convenient quality and price.
- Managing daily office details and supervising invoicing and collection.

Supervisor at National Paints & Chemicals Co.
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • August 1998 to February 2004

Main responsibilities:
- Supervising daily production process ensuring quality and waste less production process.
- Working on formulas with the chemical engineer to recycle the old stock.
- Overhead reduction.
- Creating an affordable brand for inexpensive apartments buildings.
- Arranging and supervising invoicing, money collection and payments.
- Initiating contact with new clients and follow-up with old clients.
- Dispatching drivers.
- Follow-up on maintenance and safety procedures.

Coordinator at El-Hoss Engineering & Trading Co. HETCO
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • August 1992 to July 1998

Main responsibilities:
- Daily reports.
- Coordination between dispatch and management.
- Fuel consumption follow-up and arranging payments orders.
- Load reports and invoicing to CCC and payments follow-up.
- Accidents reports follow-up.
- Follow-up with storekeepers, garage maintenance and on-site safety procedures.

Education

High school or equivalent, sciences experimentales
  • at Soeur Frossine
  • July 1991

Specialties & Skills

Import and Export
Problem Solving
Supplier Negotiations
Purchasing
Multitasking
Microsoft WORD
Microsoft EXCEL
Microsoft WINDOWS
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Purchasing and Negotiations
Shipping and Distribution
Clients Servicing
Multi Tasking
Outsoursing
Creative Problem Solving
Import/Export and Negotiations
Yield Management

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Intermediate
French
Intermediate