PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
- PRODUCT MANAGER - 2017 to Present.
SHARQAWI AIR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS CO FACTORY.
Manufacturers of Air distribution system, specially ducts, collars, louvers, extractors, filters, access doors, volume dampers, fire dampers, & combination of fire & smoke dampers.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Managing the entire product line life cycle from strategic planning to tactical activities.
- Specifying market requirements for current and future products by conducting market research supported by on-going visits to customers and non-customers.
- Developing and Designing new product based on the market needs.
- Designing the model making all the parameters dynamically changing with reference to thickness, bending radius & sizes, driven by external file providing options to control major dimensions, thereby reducing modeling time for different sizes.
- Selecting material for the parts, considering technical requirements & cost factor
- Plan, execute and record design verification and validation testing in accordance with approved standards.
- Participate in supplier selection for manufacturing, tooling and components
- Contribute to the preparation of customer project proposals, product development project plans, detailed project schedules, product design input requirements and design verification test plans
- Preparing plan for 3rd party certification like UL, Amca, AHRI, for the newly developed products.
- Continues Development for Ease of production system in terms of cost, time, quality etc.
- Identify and develop VAVE opportunities that will result in increased profit to the plant, either through cost reduction or increased pricing
- Developing and implementing a company-wide go-to-market plan, working with all departments to execute.
- Analyzing potential partner relationships for the product.
- Product line pricing.
- R&D ENGINEER - 2011 to 2017.
SHARQAWI AIR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS CO FACTORY
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Design new sheet metal products related to air distribution system, using solid works & testing prototypes, continues improvement on the products under production.
- Vendor Development for the new product with required certifications.
- Preparing Test Setups for product in house verification as per the test standards.
- Responsible for Sample manufacturing shop.
- Identifying material for the parts, considering technical requirements & cost factor
- Coordinating with various agencies and 3rd party test labs for testing new products.
- Responsible for supplier selection for manufacturing, tooling and
- Components for the new development product.
- Product hand over, presentation, support for various departments.
- Identify and develop VAVE opportunities that will result in increased profit to the plant, either through cost reduction or increased pricing
- Communicating with all areas of the company and supporting them.
- Product Line pricing.
- ENGINEER: PRODUCTION PLANNING & PROJECTS :SEPT 2008 to FEB 2011
MAS Furniture, Mysore
Manufactures RTA furniture’s, and ergonomically designed Furniture’s for offices, educational institutions and apartments, 5 Star hotels & all kind of interiors & manufacturers of modular Kitchens, pedestals, storages etc.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- To study the customer requirements and convert them to technical specifications.
- New Vendor Development on the Basis of Quality, Delivery & Cost effectiveness.
- Daily Reporting, Weekly Planning, & preparing various reports for smooth flow
- Developing the Bill of materials and BOM Standards for the new design jobs or projects.
- Developing on the basis of customer’s need by using CAD tools.
- Involve in various manufacturing processing activities including Designing, Material Optimization and Quality Inspection, Cut List plus, Quality charts respectively.
- Detailing the job after completion, monitoring the assembly line.
- Project Cost estimation & submitting quotations, negotiation.
- Material management & inventory, ensure succession planning.
- Preparing detailed estimation, costing & commercial negotiation.
- Planning for optimized utilization of material by using optimization software.
- Co- Ordination with the logistics.
- Ensuring timely project planning, execution and monitoring of projects.
PROJECTS:
Wipro IDOL
Wipro IDOL an exclusive signature range of cabin furniture. IDOL is an Unmatched Class & Elegance. Choice of premium materials like Veneer, Glass, Aluminum.
- Involved in complete Research and Development (R&D) of Wipro IDOL.
- Quality checking process for Stability, Water Resistance, Scratch Resistance or Scratch proof, Shine of material, etc.
- Involved in co-ordination with DuPont Refinish Paining for achieving the required Shine and painting requirements.
- Involved in generating and finalizing BOM and Quality charts for future quality inspection.
- Involved in costing of the material, labor, assembling and implementation.
Reliance Elegant Kitchens
Reliance Retail introduced its new sub-format - Reliance Home Kitchens. Reliance Elegant Kitchens is a high end product of Reliance Home Kitchens.
Beside this have worked on many projects, Infosys fire station facility, kusumaraha enterprises, Concept kitchens, concept packaging, & many other.
Responsibility
Involved in complete handling of multiple projects from design, production, cost estimation, till dispatch.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
- Had been in team in Successfully Designing developing and testing Static Fire dampers and qualifying as per UL555 requirement.
- Designed, developed, tested and got qualified, combination of fire and smoke dampers as per UL555 and UL555S requirements.
- Designed and developed various air distribution products as per customer requirements, like access doors, spin dampers, volume dampers.
- Have been a part in team in setting up in house lab for leakage testing, ambient dynamic closure testing, cycling testing, measuring spring force etc.
- Successfully worked in associating the company with product licensing from parent companies.
- Have worked on many projects (Residential, hospitals, commercial, and recreation) for selecting sound attenuation for HVAC fans and generators.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
M.B.A in Marketing from Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) in 2011.
B.E. in Mechanical Engineering at PES college of Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University (V.T.U) in 2008.
CERTIFICATION AND TRAINING:
- Certified Solid Works Associate.
- BLUM Dynalog Cabinet Planning.
- UL Product safety training.
- Quality Management system training on ISO Standards.
- ISO 9001 QMS Internal Auditing ( Bureau Veritas )
COMPUTER SKILLS:
Languages : C,
Operating Systems : Windows 98/2000/XP,
Packages : Auto CAD, Pro-e, Solid Works, Cut list plus, Microsoft office.
Last Resume Update | October 1, 2018 |
Address | jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
khizi.ahmed@gmail.com | |
Phone Number | 00966506194643 |