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Kareem Ali is a seasoned professional with 20+ years of experience in manufacturing, process improvement, and project management. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Helwan University Cairo and is a Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (ICBB). He has worked in various roles, including Plant Operations Manager, Continuous Improvement Project Manager, and Digitalization and Process Excellence Manager.

Credentials

  • Building a Lean Enterprise
    TKMG Academy, Inc.
    Dec, 2023
    - Apr, 2026
  • Odoo Project Leader Onboarding Course
    Odoo
    Aug, 2023
    - Apr, 2026
  • Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (ICBB)
    Simplilearn
    Mar, 2022
    - Apr, 2026
  • Work Measurement Practitioner
    Harry Mitchell College, Nottingham, UK
    Nov, 2007
    - Apr, 2026
  • Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP)
    APICS
    Nov, 2021
    - Apr, 2026

Experience

  • Kadoon Company
    • Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    • Digitalization and Process Excellence Manager
      • Sep 2022 - Present
      • Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

      • Translated business strategies from transformation and process excellence initiatives into digital projects.• Developed and translated digital journeys into opportunities for business process re-engineering.• Led a thorough analysis of business processes, gaining extensive insight into existing workflows to develop automation strategies aimed at reducing human intervention and streamlining business operations.• Deployed Business Process Management (BPM) techniques (design, modeling, optimizing, etc.) to enhance operational efficiency.• Successfully reconciled stock discrepancies between the company's ERP system and third-party logistics provider (3PL) for the ecommerce store led to improved accuracy and minimized order fulfillment delays.• Conceptualized project scopes, secure management buy-in, and prepare user requirements.• Created project roadmaps and detailed schedules, ensuring effective communication with stakeholders.• Monitored projects implementation, report progress, and evaluate risks associated with projects.• Led the implementation of Odoo ERP in UAE & KSA companies as a functional project manager, overseeing configuration and integration with other digital platforms.• Functioned as a change agent, facilitating the transition of stakeholders to new ways of working.• Promoted a culture of continuous improvement within the organization by actively collaborating with key stakeholders.

    • Plant Operations Manager
      • Aug 2014 - Aug 2022
      • Saudi Arabia

      • Directed the Manufacturing Operations to ensure maximum Productivity is obtained while the delivery of products is according to the plans• Managed 80+ cross functional teams’ members with 7 direct reports• Implemented the Company Strategic Plans to meet financial and operating goals• Contributed to Budgeting process (e.g., Capital Expenditure, manpower requirements, etc.)• Led continuous improvement across operations where production capacity improved by 10%• Executed cost saving and Lean manufacturing projects Escalated the profit by 15% through• Attained SAP Business one project implementation in 6 months including IT infrastructure• Developed and implemented a Quality Management System in line with ISO 9001:2015 in 5 months• Accomplished project transfer & producing 30+ products for Zamil Plastics aligned with their standards• Established OEE KPI and reached by the Factory to 80%• Founded Fill Rate KPI to enhance the Supply chain efficiency & Customer satisfaction• Completed the construction of 6000 square meters Factory new extension• Fulfilled the commissioning of 6 machines & 37 new molds/products where sales amplified by 15%• Revised policies and procedures to guarantee corporate governance is realized

    • Germany
    • Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Continuous Improvement Project Manager
      • Jan 2011 - Aug 2014

      • Accomplished the execution of the project activities (production cells installation) within time frame of 14 weeks to align with the supply chain of the customer.• Implemented Value analysis methodology to achieve saving 1.4 million Euros by analyzing 300+ ideas.• Steered 5 projects that resulted in 1.2 million euros cost-saving.• Managed project budgets and approve expenditures, ensuring that resources are used effectively.• Reduced the response time of Design for manufacturing process by 70% hence the requests escalated 40%.• 180 hours annually saved by deploying Makigami process mapping in 8 projects.

    • Senior Manufacturing Project Engineer
      • Oct 2009 - Jan 2011

      • Coordinated with cross functional team to ensure the projects are aligned according to the timing plan.• Issued Failure Mode & Effect Analysis to define potential failures within the Manufacturing Processes and elaborated corrective actions. • Coordinated the Bill of Material creation & validation processes.

    • Manufacturing Project Engineer
      • Mar 2007 - Sep 2009

      • Scheduled the Land Rover and Aston Martin projects activities to fulfill the customers' Target date.• Developed Production Processes Flow-Charts to optimize the flow of material and people.• Observed the Negative & Positive Stocks in the plant’s Work-In-Progress and investigate the causes.• Designed layout of equipment, materials to reach maximum space efficiency.

    • Production Planning & Control engineer
      • Jun 2005 - Feb 2007
      • Cairo

      • Monitored the plant efficiency on hourly basis via reporting system built by MS-Excel.• Analyzed the Down time causes and occurrences and issued corrective action.• Investigated root cause of the deviations from production plan and follow up counter-measures implementation

  • Habitat Home Furnishing
    • Cairo Governorate, Egypt
    • Material Planning engineer
      • Sep 2004 - May 2005
      • Cairo Governorate, Egypt

      • Collaborated with ERP developers to generate automatically Re–Order level system monitoring the stocks.• Controlled the Raw Material inventories' levels across 13 warehouses.• Issued master production schedule responding to demand utilizing maximum production capacity

Education

  • Helwan University Cairo
    Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering

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