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FAISAL AHMAD: +255684799950: faisal2ahmad@gmail.com: Njombe, Tanzania

Goal-oriented professional offering expertise in Production, Planning & Control that directly results in efficiency improvements & cost savings

PROFILE SNAPSHOT

A competent professional with over 11 years of experience in:

-Production Planning & Control -Inventory Control -Manpower Management-Training & Development -HSE Operations -Quality Control-Warehouse/Store Management -Troubleshooting -Process Enhancement-Costing & Budgeting -Procurement -ISO/FDA/ OSHA audits

Expertise in leading production strategies & development with focus on strengthening effectiveness and enhancing the process operations, thereby achieving the required quality level in the products

Gained hands-on experience in managing production planning & control, maintenance of plant, quality control, administration, costing and budgeting and procurement of machines and spare parts.

Proficient in handling process engineering activities like preparation of process flow diagram, process development, time cycle study, material balancing, quality and yield improvement (process enhancement)

Skilled in developing production plans & schedules; arranging for resources to ensure on time achievement of targets as per budgeted parameters

An enterprising leader with skills in leading personnel towards accomplishment of common goals

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Production Planning & Control: Organizing, planning & coordinating the entire production process including requirement analysis,

finalization of parts specifications, designing, verification & validation, etc.

Planning the day-to-day production related activities & schedules and allocating work for achieving the monthly production targets

Quality Control: Taking stringent quality measures including preparation /

maintenance of necessary documents to ensure compliance with standards and customer requirements

Identifying areas of quality failures & taking steps to rectify system wide preventive & corrective actions to avoid the reoccurrences; practicing the quality standards with key emphasis on improving quality & improvement opportunities

Process Enhancement/Troubleshooting:

Analyzing processes for stabilization thereby ensuring smooth operations; minimizing bottlenecks for high productivity with maximization of men, material & machine

Carrying out troubleshooting of the process & equipment related problems to achieve optimal running conditions with minimum down time in coordination with maintenance & other service departments

Manpower Management: Leading, mentoring & monitoring the performance of team members to ensure efficiency in process

operations and meeting of individual & group targets Creating and sustaining a dynamic environment that fosters development opportunities and

motivates high performance amongst team membersEMPLOYMENT DETAILS

Since Oct’14 Tanganyika Wattle Co. Ltd., Tanzania as Factory Manager

Aug’10-Sep’14 Hiang Kie Industries Ltd., Vietnam as Production Manager

Apr’09-Aug’10 Teva API India Limited (Pharmaceuticals), India as Sr. Officer-Production

Sep’07-Apr’09 Glenmark Generics Ltd. (Pharmaceuticals), India as Shift In-charge-Production

Jun’04-Sep’07 Lupin Limited (Pharmaceuticals), India as Production Officer

Key Result Areas (Across the Tenure): Looking after the manpower management and training & development of shift officers/executives,

operators & supervisors Supervising the production process, production cost, drawing up a production schedule and

production planning based on orders from the customers

Spearheading the process development, trail runs and validation of new products/process

Managing various warehouse operations, process area and documentation as per GMP/ ISO Standard

Tracking & updating the status of equipment and resources for new products

Making sure the accuracy and timely maintenance data within the information system for supporting the whole production process

Reporting to CEO Managing Director pertaining to the status of production, quality, finished product, receiving of raw materials and dispatch related issues

Initiating the Implementation/management of new projects Ensuring the optimization of process yields and process conditions Preparing the Standard Operating Procedures as per the GMP/ISO requirements and MSDS of

RM’s/bulk products/finished products and conducting out GMP training Addressing the troubleshooting problems and equipment breakdowns Controlling the safety, health and environmental related issues Collaborating with related departments such as Engineering and QC in order to meet the set target &

market requirements

Significant Accomplishments:With Tanganyika Wattle Co. Ltd., Njombe, Tanzania Successfully managed the production planning & scheduling, inventory control, troubleshooting,

autoclaves, multiple effect evaporators, reactor, boiler, spray dryer, powder processing, dispatch of finished product, DI water & softener for boiler, etc.

Played a pivotal role in designing and implementing the OSHA System for the plant to motivate employees for ensuring adherence to HSE standards

With Hiang Kie Industries Ltd., Vietnam

Played a pivotal role in handling the matters related to steam sterilizer/pasteurizer, solvent extraction, extractors, drum dryer, vacuum system, gravity separator, sifters, screen separator, blender, DI feed water, HACCP, PLC/ DCS, Utilities, ISO Audit, etc.

Initiated successful implementation of total productive manufacturing, resulting in an increase of production by 5%, savings by 20% in production cost as well as through effective use of the rotation method for defect & rejection

With Teva API India Limited (Pharmaceuticals), India Successfully managed the production planning, ERP, SCADA, PLC and handled distillation, RO water

system distillation columns, reactors, nutch filters, pressure filters, centrifuges, FBD, GMP, ICH guidelines, MHRA audit, etc.

With Glenmark Generics Ltd. (Pharmaceuticals), India Successfully handled the shifts, manpower, scale-up, process troubleshooting, SAP PP Module,

solvent extraction, unit operations, ERP, USFDA Audit, etc.

With Lupin Limited (Pharmaceuticals), India Played a pivotal role in shop floor management, unit operation milling, sifting, mixing & unit

process, effluent treatment, RO & water for injection unit, formulation, SAP, GMP, USFDA audit, Kaizen, 5S, safety & environment, housekeeping, etc.

Steered the implementation of quality initiatives such as color reduction by using activated carbon.ACADEMIC DETAILS

M.Sc. (Industrial Chemistry) from AMU, Aligarh, India in 2004 with 1st

Division B.Sc. (Industrial Chemistry) from AMU, Aigarh, India in 2002 with 1st

Division

IT SKILLS

MS Office, Windows Operating System, Internet Applications and Exposer to SAP(R/3 Module) & ERP Working System

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth: 15th June, 1980Languages Known: English, Hindi, Urdu, Guajarati, Vietnamese.Nationality: India