Experience

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  Premier Food Industries, a subsidiary of Almarai Company

  • Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  • Manufacturing Manager

    • Mar 2020 - Jul 2021
    • Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    1. Day to day management of the site operations with responsibility over Production, Engineering and Quality departments.2. Lead the site team to achieve the Operations objectives on occupational and plant safety, product quality and food safety, production efficiency and plant asset management, with strong emphasis on achieving service level, customer satisfaction and minimizing day to day product wastage and operational cost.3. Coordinate with and support the cross functional goals of Finance, Sales, Logistics, R&D, HR, H&S and Projects to help achieve the overall business objectives.4. Report directly to Head of Operations, Premier Food Industries.

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  ALMARAI COMPANY

  • Hail, Saudi Arabia

  • Divisional Quality Assurance Manager, Poultry Division

    • Aug 2018 - Mar 2020
    • Hail, Saudi Arabia

    1. Drive and lead the Division to implement and maintain a comprehensive world class Food Safety and Quality Management System to support the achievement of company’s Quality Policy and Business Objectives to ensure brand protection and compliance to local and international standards.2. Manage all Quality functions within the Poultry Division, ensuring each area delivers on KPI’s and budget.3. Manage quality investigation system to identify root cause/s and implement effective corrective actions to reduce NCN’s, customer/consumer complaints and wastage due to product defects and rejections.4. Drive, implement and maintain a World class internal audit system, review and assess the findings as inputs to continual improvements and assess feedbacks on the effectiveness of improvements.5. Facilitate the business risk process within the Division to mitigate, if not eliminate, potential risks and threats to business and coordinate the formation of the division’s Business Continuity plan.6. Report directly to Almarai Head of Quality.

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  Almarai Company

  • Al-Riyadh Governorate, Saudi Arabia

  • Group Quality Systems Manager

    • Feb 2018 - Jul 2018
    • Al-Riyadh Governorate, Saudi Arabia

    1. Review and maintain Quality systems, processes and procedures to ensure conformity to Almarai standards and thus optimize performance and help achieve set business objectives. 2. Support and promote the quality culture within Almarai Company to increase employee awareness, and their contribution to achieving the set Quality Objectives. 3. Provide support to site and functional QA managers to help achieve their set quality objectives, specifically on significantly reducing the numbers of Sales and depot product complaints. 4, Report directly to Almarai Head of Quality.

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  The International Company for Agro Industrial Projects (Beyti), a JV of Almarai & PepsiCo

  • Research And Development Manager

    • Apr 2016 - Jan 2018

  • Technical Quality Manager

    • Oct 2015 - Mar 2016

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  International Pediatric Nutrition Company (100% Owned by Almarai Company, Saudi Arabia)

  • Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia

  • Quality Manager

    • Oct 2012 - Oct 2015
    • Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia

    1. Develop and implement the QA strategic plan within the GCC region and business territory, and ensure the successful achievement of business objectives2. Provide oversight for the QC testing strategy3. Define, build and maintain an effective quality organization to develop, implement and maintain Quality systems4. Define, establish and maintain an overall improvement strategy to drive continuous improvement and reduce cost5. Collaborate with procurement to establish and maintain an effective raw/packaging material supplier management programs6. Ensure quality oversight during new process and product development.

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  ALMARAI COMPANY, RIYADH , KSA

  • Site QA Manager

    • 2004 - 2010