Muhammad Naeem Shahid (SHAH) (PhD)
Head of Manufacturing at Walkers Chocolates Limited- Claim this Profile
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English Full professional proficiency
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Urdu Native or bilingual proficiency
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Punjabi Native or bilingual proficiency
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Bio
Credentials
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HACCP (Food Safety) Auditor
High Speed Training LtdNov, 2020- Sep, 2024 -
Food Safety Level-2
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HSE level 2 for food industry
high speed training -
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
e-Careers Limited
Experience
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Walkers Chocolates Limited
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United Kingdom
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Food & Beverages
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1 - 100 Employee
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Head of Manufacturing
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Jan 2023 - Present
Head of manufacturing directly reporting to MD and Shareholder. Eight direct reports from Technical, H&S, Compliance, Quality, Production, Factory and Hygiene managers, 32 indirect reports with 150 staff altogether. • Oversees the manufacture of products, ensuring production, performance, and quality standards are consistently met. • Reviews production reports to ensure safety, quality, financial, and delivery goals and standards are met. • Ensures a healthy and safe working environment, and compliance, through collaboration with health, and safety staff. • Identifies and shares training opportunities for staff to build and improve skills. • Organizes departmental management structure and teams for optimal, efficient operations. • Works with chief financial officer to develop operating budget. • Delivers progress and production reports to executive team members as requested. Show less
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Wealmoor Ltd
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United Kingdom
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Food and Beverage Manufacturing
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100 - 200 Employee
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Operations & OPEX Manager
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Nov 2017 - Jan 2022
Regular training of employees and driving the culture of Continuous Improvement throughout the business. Have 6 direct reports and 36 indirect with 260 staff. Directly reporting to CEO. Along with operational responsibilities, managing projects on 3 production sites; Atherstone (Stratford-Upon-Avon), Hayes and Greenford (London). • ERP System (prophet) Champion and managing E2E Supply Chain processes • Deriving Kaizen Events; Line Balancing, Process Mapping, SMED, OEE, Gemba Walks, Waste Walks and developing KPIs • Completed project with Procurement resulting in an increase of claims by 100% Per Annum (PA) • Run Process Mapping (Value Stream Map) to cut 84 staff resulting in saving of 2M PA • Reduced waste in various processes resulting in Despatch cost reduced by 1.03M PA • Introduced and applied e-weight to all SKUs resulting in raw material saving of 0.9M PA • Introduced and implemented OAL to the business resulting in potential saving of 0.7M PA • Line balancing by applying time and motion studies that saved 0.6M PA • Applied SMED resulting in a production cost saving of 0.45M PA • Applied 5S to the entire business and achieved 4.5S successfully • Introduced OEE resulted in refining process issues that avoid shifting responsibilities • Updates existing processes and developed 340 new SOPs to improve efficiency by 20% • Worked with cross-functional teams resulting in an 18% increase in productivity & 22% in TP yield • Using Tools: 5S, Process Mapping (VSM), FMEA, Kanban, Poka-Yoke, OEE and Root Cause Analysis • Developed standards for the business that help in budgeting, Tendering, Costing, Resource Planning, Production Planning, ROI and project delivery Show less
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Coventry University
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United Kingdom
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Project Manager (Contract)
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Jun 2017 - Oct 2017
Managed a project funded by the European Union named "Contentious Inputs in Organic Foods". About 16 different universities (belonged to 8 different countries) were involved. Managed 29 individuals sending reports and data based on their daily/weekly progress. • Data management and client’s engagement • Academic writing for a proposal to European Union • Managing participants and record-keeping • Managing documents by developing a data pool Managed a project funded by the European Union named "Contentious Inputs in Organic Foods". About 16 different universities (belonged to 8 different countries) were involved. Managed 29 individuals sending reports and data based on their daily/weekly progress. • Data management and client’s engagement • Academic writing for a proposal to European Union • Managing participants and record-keeping • Managing documents by developing a data pool
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Allied Bakeries | part of Associated British Foods plc
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United Kingdom
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Food and Beverage Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Continuous Improvement Practitioner
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May 2012 - Nov 2013
Worked with cross-functional teams and completed an up-gradation project of £25M to install 2 new bread-making plants that increased efficiency by 40%. Responsible for risk assessment, health & safety and SOP Development. • Reduce waste by 6% that helped to reduce packaging cost reduction and enhanced reuse of resources • Trained 400 employees of different departments • Value Stream Mapping to various customers to reduce lead time by 1.5 days • Development of 320 SOPs and pre-startup checklists for various processes • Applied 5S to the engineering department and production floor to improve efficiency by 15% • Reduced daily 80 min of changeover time to save £0.5M Show less
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The University of Nottingham
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Veterinary Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Research Assistant
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Dec 2012 - Apr 2013
Worked on a project named "Organic Food Consumption comparison between Germany and the United Kingdom". • Research on Organic Food supply chain in the UK • Organic Food Supply Chain in Germany • Organic Food laws in EU • Hospitality in the EU • Comparative study between the UK and Germany for Organic Food Supply Chain Worked on a project named "Organic Food Consumption comparison between Germany and the United Kingdom". • Research on Organic Food supply chain in the UK • Organic Food Supply Chain in Germany • Organic Food laws in EU • Hospitality in the EU • Comparative study between the UK and Germany for Organic Food Supply Chain
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ROBERTS NATIONWIDE SUPPORT SERVICES LIMITED
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Executive Offices
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Operations Manager
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Dec 2009 - May 2012
Developing and implementing policies, protocols and procedures. Controlling budgets for operations and monitor expenses. Recruiting, training and supervising employees. • Ensure that Health & Safety procedures are in place and robust site-specific risk assessment is carried out by managing 300 employees • Budget targets achieved during all 5 years • 150 Risk assessments and SOPs created for the business • Introduced robust solutions to save £0.6M of resources Developing and implementing policies, protocols and procedures. Controlling budgets for operations and monitor expenses. Recruiting, training and supervising employees. • Ensure that Health & Safety procedures are in place and robust site-specific risk assessment is carried out by managing 300 employees • Budget targets achieved during all 5 years • 150 Risk assessments and SOPs created for the business • Introduced robust solutions to save £0.6M of resources
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SHEPHERD'S CONSTRUCTION, L.L.C.
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United States
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Construction
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Continuous Improvement Coordinator
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Oct 2006 - Nov 2009
Main responsibility was to work in partnership with major stakeholders, both internal and external to the business. Helped to create policies, processes, tools and methods that eliminate waste and encourage best practice. Ensured to support, coach, lead and/or facilitate cross-functional teams in support of a variety of specified continuous improvement projects and activities and generate and maintain key performance and reporting metrics for distribution through the business. Worked with site manger under the direct supervision of contracts and project manager. • Analysed existing business processes to find opportunities for improvements or troubleshooting where necessary. • Mapping out business processes and identify where consistency is lacking across the business • Worked as an internal consultant across various business projects, developing short and long-term strategies to facilitate progress and costs • Coordinate and lead key projects for improvement across all levels of the organisation • Monitored and analyse results to check if improvements yield desirable results • Established measurable standards at the start of a project and to compare against actual project results • Ensured that continuous improvement is an integral part of the company culture • Data collection, analysis and interpretations of results Show less
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SB Feeds
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Pakistan
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Veterinary Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Assistant Production Manager
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Jun 2004 - Jul 2006
Responsible for overseeing the production, quality, costs and safety of the mill which produces feed for poultry. Maintain filling equipment and other equipment needed to perform duties such as loaders, scales. • Review forecast and scheduled production according to ordering plan • Manage HACCP, Health & Safety and (internal and external) auditing • Dealing with Procurement, Commercial, Technical and Transport teams • Daily, weekly and monthly meeting with all staff to update KPIs, budget, training, safety, maintenance and HR issues Show less
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Education
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2014 - 2018
Coventry University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Sustainability in Food Supply Chains -
2011 - 2012
The University of Nottingham
MSc, Food Production Management -
2006 - 2007
London College of Business Management and Computing
Masters in Business Administration (MBA), Business Administration, Management and Operational Improvement -
2002 - 2006
University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
BSc (Hons), Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences -
Government Higher Seconfary School
A Level, Basic Sciences
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