Product Manager

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

  1. 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.

 

  1. 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.

 

  1. 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
E-mail khizi.ahmed@gmail.com
Phone Number 00966506194643

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