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United Arab Emirates

Responsible for the Operations management of two Plants at Scitra Saajah site,.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Responsible for the Management of the full aerosol Plant, leading areas such Production, Maintenance, Engineering, Continuous Improvement, Quality Assurance & Control, Supply Chain, Procurement and HSE, with an overall team of 90+ people. Lean Manufacturing enthusiast, applying the Kaizen concepts to excel. Responsible for all indirect structure definition, hiring and the overall Plant Governance model. Elaboration of the Yearly KPIs, aligned with the company targets. Implementation of daily… Show more Responsible for the Management of the full aerosol Plant, leading areas such Production, Maintenance, Engineering, Continuous Improvement, Quality Assurance & Control, Supply Chain, Procurement and HSE, with an overall team of 90+ people. Lean Manufacturing enthusiast, applying the Kaizen concepts to excel. Responsible for all indirect structure definition, hiring and the overall Plant Governance model. Elaboration of the Yearly KPIs, aligned with the company targets. Implementation of daily, weekly and monthly management routines, supporting the business requirements. Reporting directly to the company GM and to Colep COO. Show less

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

- Starting from a Household only facility, I had the full responsibility of creating a Cosmetic segregated area in the Plant, purchasing and installing all required equipment. During the installation we have hired a complete management team to be able to run the Operations Department in an autonomous way. Fostering a training and knowledge sharing environment, managing an overall investment above 10 M€;- Full responsibility on the site Production, Maintenance and Engineering. With a team… Show more - Starting from a Household only facility, I had the full responsibility of creating a Cosmetic segregated area in the Plant, purchasing and installing all required equipment. During the installation we have hired a complete management team to be able to run the Operations Department in an autonomous way. Fostering a training and knowledge sharing environment, managing an overall investment above 10 M€;- Full responsibility on the site Production, Maintenance and Engineering. With a team of above 50 people. Definition and hiring of all indirect structure. Implementing tools like 5s, Standardization of work, SMED, If-down-do, key management activity board. Implementation of a new and complete report for the daily production activity, bringing visibility on the losses incurred in the operation. Elaboration and Implementation of all procedures, work instruction, SOP for the Operation’s activities. Show less

Vale De Cambra, Portugal

- Responsibility of the factory engineering, combining investment implementation, process improvements, project analysis and new product development;- Implementing yearly capex as well to propose the following year one. Definition of the department strategy and yearly objectives;- Definition of controlling and reporting tools and definition of KPI's.

Vale De Cambra, Portugal

- Responsibility to supervise a team of 8 technicians and a back-office assistant;- Responsible to manage the maintenance for the full factory machinery park, assuring the right equipment availability.

Oliveira De Azeméis, Portugal

- Scheduling and coordination of all in house and third party production activities, with an internal team of around 30 people; - Continuous improvement studies that allowed to reduce significantly our production cost as well our lead time. Implementation of Toyota way principles, by working with cells concept and applying several Lean tools;- Responsible for the implementation of a production management software (MANUFACTOR), from a design phase to “live” production.

Porto Area, Portugal

- Management of all production activities, leading a team of around 20 people. Establishment of a Department strategy and goals;- Responsible for the Health and Safety activities.

Vale De Cambra, Portugal

- Full responsibility on Maintenance and Engineering activities of the filling Plant. Responsible to manage the Plant equipment, leading a total of 9 people;- Definition of the Department strategy and objectives, in line with the Plant goals.

Ovar, Portugal

- Coordination of the optical fibre production cell, with the main task of optimize the Unit, working through new production processes and equipment upgrade;- Performed a full study of the production capacity installed, related with equipment and people utilization. This study allowed to reduce to half the number of people working on the night shift, reducing substantially the operational costs related with direct labour;- Training in Japan, for optical fibre automobile… Show more - Coordination of the optical fibre production cell, with the main task of optimize the Unit, working through new production processes and equipment upgrade;- Performed a full study of the production capacity installed, related with equipment and people utilization. This study allowed to reduce to half the number of people working on the night shift, reducing substantially the operational costs related with direct labour;- Training in Japan, for optical fibre automobile applications. Show less

Mba, Business Administration

Higyene And Safety Technitian(Tshst)

Lic, Mechanical Engineering