Wael Abdel Hamid

Results orientated operations’ professional with extensive experience in the pharmaceutical and FMCG industries. A customer focused with strong interpersonal skills, and team building capabilities.

United Engineers: (Private Company for Projects’ management & operations’ consultations)

Managing Partner - VP Operations (Jan 2018 – Present)

Major responsibilities:

Lead the consultation projects to:

• Create & execute the operations deployment plan,
• Act as on-site change agent for new initiatives ensuring smooth transition, effective communication & awareness across all levels of operations team members,
• Integrate company policies and procedures to ensure full compliance with government / regulatory laws and the corporate guidelines, and
• Develop / Lead the creation of Company’ master plan to upgrade technology, infrastructure, facilities & utilities capacities as well as technical team capabilities.

Key achievement:

• Currently managing a project for one of the major local pastry manufacturers:
  • Consolidated and transferred five separate production sites to the new factory.
  • Created/implemented a complete operations development plan.
  • Prepared and agreed on a - fact base - gap analysis considering cost and impact for:
    • Technical operations; Production, Maintenance, Quality, EHS (Environment, Health & Safety), Projects & R&D (Research & Development).
    • Supply Chain management; Planning, Procurements and Logistics operations.
    • Operational supporting functions; Finance, Admin & Human resources.
  • Led the design & implementation of all new development and improvement plans across the company departments:
    • Develop company mission, vision, and values.
    • Develop new organization chart with the new hiring plan (if any).
    • Create department responsibilities and new people job descriptions.
    • Create departments’ Manual.
    • Develop / Create company communication plan (regular meetings & reports).
    • Create company targets and departments KPI’s system.
    • Create People Performance Appraisal system, Skills matrix, and development plan.
• Previously, led the development plans to enhance productivity and upgrade the industrial operations for two clients (A market leader multinational company and the other is a major local industrial group).

Hi-Pack Group:  Oct 2013 - Dec 2017

Operations Director

Major responsibilities:

• Manage Production, Maintenance, Quality, EHS, Projects, R&D, Planning, Warehouses for 3 sites,
• Lead the design & implementation of development & improvement plans across the technical operations, and
• Direct KPI’s setting and completeness of all policies and procedures.

Key achievement:

• Participated in reversing company loss of LE 27 MM in 2013 into a profit of LE 7 MM in 2014.
• Reduced the RM inventory by more than LE 100 MM.
• Reduced products’ cost by average of 35%.

HJ Heinz:  Oct 2011 - Sep 2013

Plants Manager (2 Sites)

Key achievement:

• Managed the plants’ expenses with 20 % reduction,
• Optimized headcounts by 35 % reduction,
• Introduced 15 new products (NPD's),
• Increased line' capacity by 15 % with annual sales opportunity of $ 10 MM,
• Reduced COG's by 10 % with annual hard saving of $ 3 MM,
• Reduced the company DII (Days In Inventory) by annual cash saving of $ 4 MM,
• Reduced logistics’ costs by 10 % with annual hard saving of $ 0.5 MM, and
• Successfully managed $ 12 MM Capex projects.

Edita Food Industries: Jul 2009 - Sep 2011

Plant Manager

Key achievement:

• Successfully implemented Lean and 6 Sigma projects at the group level with annual hard saving of LE 8 MM.
• Developed Manufacturing Job descriptions, Maintenance, existing BOM (Bill Of Materials) systems.
• Introduced the 5S program, manufacturing Balanced Score Card, reporting and communication plan.
• Developed / Integrated the NPD process with Marketing Department (introduced eight new products).
• Coordinated and implemented the Middle Management Developing Program and tools with HR department.
• Initiated and adopted the OEE monitoring system in factories with 10% increase.
• Managed the plant expenses with 12 % annual cost saving.
• Upgraded two obsolete lines using internal resources with $ 3 MM capital avoidance.
• With zero cost, increased 15 lines' capacity by annual sales opportunity of $ 20 MM.
• Optimize headcounts in both factories with annual hard saving of LE 20 MM.

Cadbury Egypt:  Jan 2008 - Jun 2009

Manufacturing Development Manager

Key achievement (2 sites):

• Developed and adopted the OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) system across 3 plants.
• Implemented fundamental development Lean Concept across sites.
• Successfully lead five projects using Lean and Six-Sigma techniques resulted in increasing two lines' capacity by 18% and 20% with annual sales opportunity of $ 8 MM.

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK):   Jan 2005 - Dec 2007

Risk Manager

Key achievement:

• Developed risk management and BCP (Business Continuity Planning) regional standard/polices for GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).
• Lead various functional teams to create, implement and test the site' BCP.
• Initiated the regional pilot Risk & Crisis Management program for site functions which was acknowledged with two ERA (Excellent Recognition Award) for both; creation and implementation.

GlaxoSmithKline:   Jan 2001 - Dec 2004

Maintenance & Projects Departmental Head

Key achievement

• Successfully managed a staff of 23 technicians to reduce breakdowns by 50% in one year using same limited maintenance budget.
• Introduced preventive maintenance techniques and promoted the implementation of TPM (total productive maintenance) concept to secure the product supply (achieved zero loss time accidents in 26 months).
• Implemented a new computerized maintenance planning system including generation of maintenance tasks & procedures for all production equipment.
• Upgraded 30% of obsolete machines using internal resources & locally manufactured spare parts to improve machines productivity by 15%.
• Successfully managed $ 2 MM Capex projects.
• Achieved regional ERA for efficiently managing "Sterile manufacturing area upgrade" project with high quality within budget & time limits to secure product supply to local & export markets.

GlaxoSmithKline:  Nov 1997 - Dec 2000

Validation Senior Coordinator

Key achievement

• Lead the design, installation and operation qualification systems for the new manufacturing technology projects, Products' manufacturing and analytical Operating and cleaning procedures.
• Production and laboratory equipment's computerized equipment software validation.
• Developed the Thermal validation program for the critical production equipment.
• Created a computerized calibration system to control the activities schedule & procedures identifying the standard limits per instrument.

MUP Pharmaceutical Co.:   Jul 1994 - Oct 1997

Calibration & Validation Supervisor

Key achievement

• Created calibration program for the production equipment.
• Applied standard validation procedures for manufacturing areas, AHU (air handling unit), and Sterilization & dehydrogenation oven, autoclave and tunnel, Incubator, Stability & Refrigerator.

Alexandria University, Faculty of Engineering, 1989-1994

B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering - Production section

Graduation Project: Implementing "Expert Shell" in the design of a new factory.

GlaxoSmithKline, Egypt, 2003-2005         

Green Belt Certification in Operational Excellence (Lean Manufacturing and Six-Sigma)