Operations Excellence Professional at Seeking opportunities (2026-02 – Present)
Operations Management System Leader at Twinsaver Group (2020-09 – 2026-01)
Responsible for driving the deployment, standardisation, and continuous evolution of the site's Operational Management System. This role embedded standardised daily management routines, KPI tracking, standard work, and structured problem-solving across all operating departments to maximise plant reliability, efficiency, safety, and operational discipline.
- OMS Deployment & Governance: Led the site-wide implementation and daily governance of the Operational Management System (tier meetings, visual management boards, standard work, and accountability loops).
- Process Standardisation: Defined, documented, and audited Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and leader standard work to ensure operational consistency across shifts.
- Continuous Improvement: Facilitated root-cause problem-solving (5-Why, Fishbone, A3) for daily operational deviations, safety incidents, and quality non-conformances.
- Performance Management: Established, tracked, and analysed key operational metrics (OEE, downtime, yield, waste, adherence to plan) using visual control tools and dashboard systems.
- Capability Building: Coached, mentored, and trained the plant leadership, frontline supervisors, and floor operators on the lean six sigma tools, daily management principles, and structured problem-solving.
- Sustainability & Audits: Conducted periodic OMS maturity assessments and tier-level audits to identify execution gaps and drive sustained adherence.
- Improved and sustained outputs by over 30% within 3 months by using lean six sigma tools.
- Reduced MUV by 50% and increased service levels from 79% to 90% within three months.
Corrugator Plant Manager & Lean Leader at Neopak Corrugated (2017-02 – 2020-08)
The Corrugator Plant Manager oversaw all day-to-day manufacturing operations across the facility, driving world-class performance in safety, quality, delivery, and cost control. The role was responsible for leading production, converting, and maintenance teams, optimising paper converting and corrugated line efficiency, reducing paper waste, and embedding operational discipline across all shifts.
- Operational Leadership: Directed daily plant operations across corrugator and converting lines to ensure production schedules, throughput targets, and customer OTIF (On-Time, In-Full) delivery requirements were met.
- Continuous Improvement & OEE: Drove operational excellence using Lean/Six Sigma practices to improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), minimised downtime, and reduced total paper/board waste.
- Safety & Compliance: Maintained a zero-harm working environment by enforcing strict OSHA/EHS standards, ISO management systems (ISO 9001, ISO 45001), and routine safety audits.
- Cost & Asset Management: Managed site operating budget (OPEX), material yields, energy consumption, and capital expenditure projects, including machine installation, upgrading, and preventative maintenance schedules.
- Quality Assurance: Ensured strict compliance with board combination specs, caliper/flute integrity, starch/bonding quality, and print/converting tolerances to minimize customer returns.
- People & Capability Development: Led, coached, and developed shift managers, supervisors, and plant personnel; foster strong labor relations, cross-training, and a culture of floor-level accountability.
- Improved OEE from 57% to 85% within 6 months.
- Achieved zero LTIFR and improved safety compliance and awareness.
- Implemented Lean Six Sigma practices in all functions over a two-year period.
Lean Implementation Manager / Change Agent at Kimberly-Clark (2011-01 – 2016-01)
The Lean Implementation Manager led the strategic execution and site-wide adoption of Lean manufacturing practices and operational excellence principles. The role acted as a change agent—driving waste reduction, process stabilisation, and culture transformation across production, logistics, and maintenance to achieve step-change improvements in productivity, lead time, OEE, and cost.
- Strategy & Roadmap Execution: Partnered with plant leadership to translate site operational targets into a structured Lean deployment roadmap, prioritizing high-impact value streams.
- Kaizen & Event Facilitation: Led and facilitated focused improvement events (Kaizen, Kaikaku, Value Stream Mapping) targeting scrap reduction, setup/changeover time (SMED), line speed optimisation, and yield improvement.
- Lean Systems Deployment: Embedded foundational Lean systems across the shop floor, including 5S/Visual Management, Poka-Yoke (error proofing), Standardised Work, TPM, and Kanban System in technical stores.
- Capability Building & Mentorship: Trained, coached, and certified frontline managers, supervisors, and process engineers in Lean methodologies, A3 thinking, and structured root-cause problem solving (5-Why, Fishbone).
- Process Capability & Metrics: Utilised Statistical Process Control (SPC) and capability metrics (Cp, Cpk) alongside Lean tools to stabilise variable manufacturing processes and sustain capability gains.
- Audit & Sustainability Governance: Established visual governance systems, gemba walk routines, and maturity assessment audits to ensure standardised practices are sustained long-term.
- Created an MEA benchmark "Lean Plant" that was frequently visited by peer operations colleagues from across the Middle East and Africa plants.
Operations Leader at Kimberly-Clark (2007-01 – 2016-12)
Oversaw all shop-floor production activities to drive operational excellence across safety, output, quality, and cost efficiency.
Production Manager at Media24 t/a On The Dot Distribution (2005-01 – 2007-12)
Oversaw daily facility-level processing, assembly, and fulfillment operations to ensure customer order throughput, accuracy, and safety targets are consistently achieved.
Production Team Leader at Nestle (1998-01 – 2004-12)
Directly supervised shift operations on the factory floor to ensure daily production targets, safety standards, and quality specifications were consistently met.
