Ahmed Saber Ibrahim

Main Purpose:

· Drives the success of the company through operational guidance of MN & PS plants strategies to meet customer needs and achieve standards. The Plant manager must lead overall plant objectives. This individual must set production performance standards and align the organization to achieve standards. Responsibilities include cost efficiency, continuous improvement on processes, service, and safety for supply chain departments for a plant across all shifts. This individual is responsible for managing multiple shifts of the plant’s employees and developing a team of front line, supervisor, and manager employees. Additionally this role is responsible for developing, implementing and executing a best in class manufacturing standards.

Accountabilities

· Coaches supervisors and managers to achieve performance standards with regards to safety, line utilization and quality

· Manages overall plants manufacturing overhead (MOH) responsibility for production, maintenance, quality control and warehouse

· Timely implementation of CAPEX and projects, within budgeted costs.

· Ensures compliance with all health & safety regulations

· Oversees overall responsibility for food safety and adherence to quality compliance mandates

· Tracks key performance indicators/costs, anticipating and correcting trends which would compromise achievement of financial targets

· Oversees and assures facilities equipment reliability to minimize downtime

· Builds people capability through effective employee relations, hiring, training, and communication for both management and front-line hourly personnel

· Develops team to solve day-to-day operational issues and reach short- and long-term performance goals

· Delivers effective change leadership by driving business changes while minimizing people impact.

· Communicates and collaborate cross-functionally to assist team to solve operational issues.

· Motivates team members to achieve plan goals.

· Lean Six Sigma and TPM initiatives for both plant

· Compliances to Food Laws, Environment and all statutory laws existed in the counrty.

Accomplishment:

· Led Portsaid plant re-operation project after 5 years of closure and succeeded to:

- Leading the engineering part in partnership with central engineering team to install the PET, upgrading the existing water and syrup rooms, upgrading electrical and utilities areas,…

- Developing the overall new plant structure in partnership with HR team, leading the hiring process starting from CVs scanning then interviews process ending by onboarding program.

- Leading the compliance part in partnership with governmental affairs team to ensure 100% compliance with PepsiCo and legal requirements

- Leading the EHS agenda during the project in partnership with EHS team to ensure closing 100% of safety and enviromental issues before plant atartup

- Leading the Quality agenda during the project in partnership with Quality team to closing 100% of Quality & Food safety comments before plant startup

- Partnered with all parties to ensure availing all handling equipment before plant startup

- Succeded in operating the plant in 6 months.

· Leading the process to impeding PepsiCo global systems in Portsaid plant by developing the new-hired to be able to implement properly

· Started the AIB jurney in Portsaid plant and succeded to achieve the highest score across PepsiCo beverage plants in Egypt in 2024.

Main Purpose:

· Drives the success of the company through operational guidance of our plant strategy to meet customer needs and achieve standards. The Plant manager must lead overall plant objectives. This individual must set production performance standards and align the organization to achieve standards. Responsibilities include cost efficiency, continuous improvement on processes, service, and safety for supply chain departments for a plant across all shifts. This individual is responsible for managing multiple shifts of the plant’s employees and developing a team of front line, supervisor, and manager employees. Additionally this role is responsible for developing, implementing and executing a best in class manufacturing standards.

Accountabilities

· Coaches supervisors and managers to achieve performance standards with regards to safety, line utilization and quality

· Manages overall plants manufacturing overhead (MOH) responsibility for production, maintenance, quality control and warehouse

· Timely implementation of CAPEX and projects, within budgeted costs.

· Ensures compliance with all health & safety regulations

· Oversees overall responsibility for food safety and adherence to quality compliance mandates

· Tracks key performance indicators/costs, anticipating and correcting trends which would compromise achievement of financial targets

· Oversees and assures facilities equipment reliability to minimize downtime

· Builds people capability through effective employee relations, hiring, training, and communication for both management and front-line hourly personnel

· Develops team to solve day-to-day operational issues and reach short- and long-term performance goals

· Delivers effective change leadership by driving business changes while minimizing people impact.

· Communicates and collaborate cross-functionally to assist team to solve operational issues.

· Motivates team members to achieve plan goals.

· Lean Six Sigma and TPM initiatives for both plant

· Compliances to Food Laws, Environment and all statutory laws existed in the counrty.

Accomblishment:

• Led Menya plant to achieve 2018 PepsiCo Platinum award which is the most prestigious award globally

• Led Menya plant team to get AMENA sector most improved plant award in 2018
• Led Menya plant team to rank 1 in Quality results across MENA region in 2018

• Led PET line relocation project from Nasr city plant to Menya plant in 2020 and succeded to:

- Leading the engineering part in partenership with central engieering team to dismantle, relocate & install the PET line, upgrading the existing water and syrup rooms, upgrading electrical and utilities areas,…

- Developing the overall new PET line structure in partnership with HR team, leading the hiring process starting from CVs scanning then interviews process ending by onboarding program.

- Leading the EHS agenda during the project in partnership with EHS team to ensure closing 100% of safety and enviromental issues before line atartup

- Leading the Quality agenda during the project in partnership with Quality team to closing 100% of Quality & Food safety comments before plant startup

- Succeded in operating the line ahead of deadline.

• Led Menya plant to achieve the highest safety MSC score globally ever in 2021 through achieving 99.2%

• Made a step change in Menya plant sustainability KPIs in 4 years, 55% in water usage 58% in Energy usage

Main Purpose:

• Responsible for leading and managing area distribution centers according to the organization’s values, Standards, Policies and Procedures securing the annual volume targets achievement while optimizing area distribution centers cost through better systems and improved efficiency reflected on Key Performance Indicators
• Lead the capability building of the area distribution Centers in the right pace to ensure its adequate balance with company growth objectives

Accountabilities

• Develop the area's budget on annual basis in line with the Annual Operating Plan (AOP)
• Follow up on annual area's distribution centers CAPEX to support with all owning functions (Sales, Engineering, Fleet and Finance) to secure growth requirements
• Execute area's distribution centers expenses budget in coordination with all related functions (Sales, Engineering, Fleet and Finance)
• Provide timely service to customers while minimizing area's distribution centers costs
• Ensure inventory alignment; physically as well as systematically and ensure good control on documentation and process compliance
• Ensure a high level of safety in area's distribution centers to reduce workplace injuries in accordance with company regulations
• Define and maintain the required procedures for storing products in the warehouses maintaining its safety, integrity and quality from the time of receipt till the time of issuance as per company policy
• Drive area's people succession and development in coordination with HR and Operations capability
• Review financial statements and productivity reports, and other performance data to measure productivity and goal achievement and to determine areas needing cost reduction and program improvement

Accomblishments:

• Led Alexanderia Logistics team to develop a WH management system in 2016 ensuring the FEFO implementation using simple visualization tools, which selected as one of the most impactful best practices across AMENA sector
• Led Network Optimization project for Pepsi Cola Egypt which is a mega project in 2017 that takes almost 1 year, and succceded to develop the optimim network for company plants and distribuionion centers

• Led MSRB line relocation project from October plant to Menya plant in 2014 and succeeded to:

- Leading the engineering part in partnership with central engieering team to dismantle, relocate & install the MSRB line, upgrading the existing electrical and utilities areas

- Developing the overall new PET line structure in partnership with HR team.

- Leading the EHS agenda during the project in partnership with EHS team to ensure closing 100% of safety and enviromental issues before line startup

- Leading the Quality agenda during the project in partnership with Quality team to closing 100% of Quality & Food safety comments before plant startup

- Succeeded in operating the line ahead of deadline.

Main Purpose:

• Responsible for leading and managing plant warehouse according to the organization’s values, Standards, Policies and Procedures securing the annual volume targets achievement while optimizing plant warehouse cost through better systems and improved efficiency reflected on Key Performance Indicators • Lead the capability building of the plant warehouse in the right pace to ensure its adequate balance with company growth objectives.

Accountabilities & accomblishments:

• Led Menya plant Warehouse to increase the warehouses productivity by 40% in 2 years through starting a time motion study and accordingly optimizing head count.
• Led Menya plant Warehouse to decrease warehouse waste by 25% in 2 years through developing SWPs form every DC to ensure applying best inventory practices
• I was selected as a member of PepsiCo committee responsible for supply chain polices annual revision and update
• I was selected as one of PepsiCo supply chain academy instructors.

Main Purpose:

• Responsible for setting goals for the plant performance indicators & Track, support results analysis and development of action plans.
• Coaching through Best Practice Tools workshops to the Plants Receptors & Lead internal audits to ensure green rating.
• Develop linked Calculation tools to facilitate automated data entry process Communicate monthly KPI to the Head office.
• Analyzing and compare data with other plants.

Accomplishments:

• Led sustainability improvement journey in upper egypt plants (Menya & Sohag) through creating a task force, developing a solid action plans and succeeded to achieve 26% improvement in water usage and 19% in Energy usage in 2009 in both plants.
• Developed new tools for Pepsi Cola Egypt plants that was used across plants for years
• Menya plant received recon award across sector.