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Kingdom Of Bahrain

Bahrain

Bahrain

Bahrain

Bahrain

 Spearheading companywide two-year cost improvement project “Project Titan” with targeted saving of $135 million in January 2016. Managing all operational and administrative elements of the Operational Excellence department.  Accountable for leading key strategic operational excellence activities, including major process improvement project and quality initiatives. Identification of both cultural and technical elements required for the program and ensuring such elements are in place to maximize program success potential.  Lead major organizational transformation activities.  Assist Executive team in defining and implementing sustainable strategies to deliver increased operational excellence efficiencies and productivity.  Maintain awareness of process improvement methodologies and best practices. Supporting continuous initiative at ALBA resulting in $240.2 million savings in Dec. 2012. Developed Alba 3 year Continuous Improvement strategy/roadmap for 2013-2015.  Development, establishment and initiation of an Enterprise Continuous Improvement Program based on the Lean-6 Sigma Philosophy which is a company-wide philosophy aimed at improving quality, reducing lead time and bringing in sizable cost reduction levels. Leading 5S initiative across the organization resulting in increased productivity by 30%  Developed Aluminium Specific Green Belt material for Six Sigma training. Training the full organization on Lean/Six Sigma and Certified 32 Alba employees as Six Sigma Green Belts. Leading Lean-Six Sigma Projects with the successful closure of 33 projects  Developed Departmental Value Stream Maps. Direct involvement in Alba's Safety program by implementing visual control elements  Leading improvement projects in all business areas

Bahrain

Khobar, Saudi

 Spearheading Strategy building initiative at Rezayat Group and in collaboration with former Shell company chairman Development, establishment and initiation of an Enterprise Excellence Program. The developed system is called Rezayat Achieving Competitive Excellence (RACE) and is mix of the Six Sigma philosophy, the Lean Manufacturing methodology, Continuous Improvement principles and Human Resource principles. RACE is designed to accomplish the following objectives: o Building the continuous improvement organization and teamso Establishing a continuous improvement culture across the organization o Elevate all business conducts to “World Class” status o Establishment of workflows in an effort to document, standardize and streamline all business processes followed by an initiative to automate the leaned business processes using an in-house built workflow application o Initiating and sustaining cultural changeso Developing standardized performance measures and KPIs for all operationso Standardizing work procedures according to best-practices principleso Creating preventive measures to achieve error-proof processes based on Poke-Yoke principles o Reducing Costs, improving Quality and reducing Lead-Time on deliveryo Achieving complete internal customer and external client satisfactiono Creating a safe work environment and minimizing accident riskso Implementation of optimized Assets utilization programso Establishing best in class human resources practices including best organizational cultural values, best hiring practices, employees periodical assessments and training programs and employee retention programs

Wichita, Kansas Area Usa

Lead companies through business and process excellence transformation Provide customized Six Sigma consultations Provide Six Sigma/Lean Manufacturing and Kaizen training and implementationSix Sigma/Lean implementation projects resulting in 95% rework reduction & 50% reduction in Lead Time & inventory levelsStreamline business practices and organizational structures, assess business needs and provide organizational development recommendations along with validated business solutions Communicate and cultivate relationships with business owners and employeesProvide efficiency, productivity and improvement analysis using six sigma/lean principles for different industries, with proven high level of cost savingsHigh level of expertise in large-scale comprehensive Lean implementation programs including element such as Value Stream Mapping, Waste identification and reduction / elimination, the 5S System, Point of Use Storage, Setup Reduction (SMED), Batch Reduction, Inventory Reduction, Visual Control, Cellular Design and Pull KANBAN SystemsPerform proposal write-up for customized projectsExamples of projects: Authored material for Kaizen and Six Sigma trainingA member of the reviewing board for the book “Implementing Six Sigma” / ISBN 1-884731-20-1Conducted over 100 training Seminars / Workshops on Lean manufacturing Principles and the Six Sigma MethodologyConducted over 50 Six Sigma & Lean Kaizen eventsCertified 20 Lean Manufacturing Experts and led a Setup Reduction initiative at “Learjet-Bombardier” with 50% reduction per machine on setup timeManaged a continuous improvement initiative at “Apex Engineering”Developed Current and Future Value Stream Maps and managed cycle time reduction initiative in the Lay-up and Assembly departments at “Senior Composite Aerospace” with 35% reduction in cycle timeManaged 5S program at “Excel Industries” with 30% reduction in space requirementsTrained all employees at “RV Products” on the basics of Lean Manufacturing

 Project manager in Six Sigma Implementation for Wire Shop capacity to obtain cycle time reduction, which resulted in an annual recurrent cost avoidance of $150,000 Involved in Six Sigma Implementation as an Internal Black Belt with a minimum of $50,000 cost reduction per project Involved in creating an Experts System for time standards implementation Expert on AutoMOST software for Time Standards Involved in establishment of Time Standards according to MOST methodology Developed training material for production and operation groups on Time Study Planned, organized and conducted training sessions on Time Study for 500 employees Managed the transition of Interior Shops from Tucson, Arizona to Wichita, Kansas

Wichita, Kansas Area Usa

 Teaching Mathematics courses

San Jose Usa

 Acting as a Presales Engineer to present prospect clients with offered solution Coordinating custom software development with clients’ specific needs Providing a network and communicational understanding among all departments and customers to ensure proper software modification and testing Offer comprehensive (train the trainer) software training for new customers Provide on-line and in-person software support for customers Provide software test plans and written documentations for customers Expertise on applying project management principle of Theory of Constraints and Supply Chain Management in manufacturing and production management environments in order to optimize processing logistics Carry out projects execution for new customers from the initial stage of network building to the final stage of implementation

Wichita, Kansas Area Usa

 Quantify staffing process and forecast demand scheduling using project management principles to improve the workflow Benchmarking and target development analysis using statistical significance testing to develop departmental budget goals Design of forecasting systems using simulation models to predict the capacity logistics of the Emergency Room for future expansion

Wichita, Kansas Area Usa

 Coordinate facility planning and the Logistics of relocation scheduling projects using Lean manufacturing principles for different areas in the plant  Project manager of the Interior Shop downsizing project Involved in solving engineering quality problems with assemblies not conforming to specifications and blueprints

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Excellent With Second Degree Honor S

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Industrial Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Industrial Engineering