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EDUCATION
Bachelor in Business Management, University of West Florida in Pensacola, Florida, USA, 1991.
WORK EXPERIENCE
22 years of experience as Director for Production Planning and Supply Chain Management for Metatex
Pvt. Ltd, a medium-size flexible packaging concern in Karachi, Pakistan. Metatex employed 635 people
and provided packaging material to Unilever, P&G, Cadbury, Kraft Foods, Danone and Colgate Palmolive.
I was responsible for average production of 600 tons of flexible packaging films every month-Familiar
with ISO 9000, ISO 22000, HACCP, BRC, Lean Management, and Six Sigma.
Production /Operation Trainee- 1992 to 1994
Production Manager-1994 to 1996
PRODUCTION PLANNING
Key Achievements
 Implemented Infrastructural Expansion, Procurement of Production Machines, and Recruitment of
Technical Staff leading to increased production output from 20tons to 600 tons/month.
 Reduced production wastages from 20% to 5% by using statistical analysis, daily production
meetings between production floor workers and managers, and use of Hourly Production Logs
 Planned Preventive Maintenance Schedules on a monthly rotation to avoid breakdowns during
production, keep production efficiency at 80% and extend machines life cycle.
Main Responsibilities
 6 Rotogravure Printing Machines’ Rotomec (Italy) - procurement of films for printing on each
machine such as BOPP, PET, Twist Films, and bubble gum paper. Planning of Inks for each printing
job on each machine. Cylinders processing from in house Datwyler Engravers. Monitoring of ink
consumption and start up wastage after each production run. Planning production as per
commitments to customer.
 4 Solvent Free laminators Rotomec, Comexi, Nordmechanica (Italy) - planning of films/foil to be
laminated to printed films which have been produced in the printing dept. Analysis of adhesive
consumption and production wastage after every production run.
 3 Solvent Based Laminators Chia Chang (Taiwan). Responsibilities Same as Solvent Free Laminators.
 2 P.E. Extrusion Film Lines Belloni (Italy). 1 polyethylene line is 3 layers and the other is 5 layers. Plan
production of both lines in conjunction with what is required for production in Solvent Free and
Solvent Based Laminators. The films produced are from 25 Micron to 140 Micron (Transparent and
White) in widths from 650mm to 2.5 Meters.
 P.E. Extrusion Coating Line Sotech (China). This is a Tandem Extrusion Coating and
Lamination Line.
 14 Slitting Machines HCI (Taiwan). Plan production based on delivery commitments and curing times
of laminates from the lamination depts.
 10 Bag Making Machines HCL(Taiwan). Plan material that has been produced in the printing and
laminating dept. to be made into preformed bags as customer requirement.
 1 CPP Film Extrusion Line. Sotech (China). Planning of production based on requirement from
Lamination Dept. for various thicknesses. The maximum width is 2.250 meters.
General Manager Production/Supply Chain 1997-2000
Director Production/ Supply Chain 2001-Present
ADMINSTRATIVE FUNCTIONS
Key Achievements
 Developed and sourced new raw material suppliers which reduced our raw material cost by 20%.
 Promoted the concept of regular customer forecast to control raw material stocks which
contributed to reduced cost, reduced lead times for customers, increased ability to respond to
unplanned requirements, and improved delivery efficiency ratings from 50% to 90%.
Main Responsibilities
 Coordinate with 8 Heads of Department (HODs) to meet monthly and yearly production targets.
 Daily meetings with HODs to review raw material consumption, waste calculations and
production outputs for each machine in each department.
 Weekly meetings with Marketing to plan production and raw material based on customer
orders. Develop monthly production plans and raw material procurement for each production
department based on customer forecast.
 Weekly meetings with Production Planners to gauge future order levels, provide feedback on
supplies delivered, study and follow up short comings and take remedial actions.
 Monthly meetings with Finance Department to follow up on expenditures for raw material,
procurement and to advise on expected
quarterly
expenditures.
NEW PACKAGING DEVELOPMENT FUNCTION
Key Achievements
 Supported the implementation of Quality Systems ISO9001, IS0 22000, and HACCP and Unilever
Zero Defect Policy System. This allowed us to market our goods on an international platform to the
European, Asian, and African Markets.
Main Responsibilities
 Dalda 1ltr and Manpasand 900ml oil pouches.
 Colgate Palmolive Brite Detergent skus from 20gms to 2kg. Bonus Detergent skus from 80gm
to 1 kg Packs
 Palmolive Soap Wrappers 155gm,115gm and 75gm. Max Bar dishwashing soap wrappers and
sachet.
 Colgate toothpaste and toothbrush outer wrap.
 Proctor & Gamble Ariel 45gm, Ariel 100gm, Ariel 500gm,Ariel 1kg. Safeguard Soap wrappers.
 Tapal Danedar multilane tea sachets. Tezdum family mixture, Mezban, Danedar 400gm,
500gm packs and 1kg pouches. Gulbahar Green Tea sachets
 Cadbury/Kraft foods: Cadbury Dairy Milk 5gm, 6gm, 8gm, 12gm, 38gm, 47gm, and 100g
wrappers.
 Cadbury Stand Up Pouch 176gm, and Éclair Gold twist wrappers
 Engro foods range of ice cream wrappers.
 Unilever: Surf Detergent skus from 20gm to 2kg. Rin Detergent skus from 65gm to 1k. Walls Ice cream
wrappers. Supreme, Lipton, Pearl Dust, A one sachets. Lipton, Supreme 475gm and 950gm pouches.
Sunsilk,Lifebuoy,Fair and Lovely, and Clear Shampoo sachets. Knorr
noodles pouches, febuoy
and Lux range of soap wrappers. Knorr Ketchup and Chilli Sauce
sachets.
EXPOSURE TO MATERIALS
12, 10, 25, 140 Micron Polyester; 20 Micron Bopp; 20 Micron Metallizable Bopp, and 20 Micron Met.
Bopp; 20,25,40 Micron plain and Metallizable & Met.Cpp; 40 Micron Shrink and Twist PVC; 7 and 9
Micron Aluminium Foils; Polyethylene Films from 25 Micron to 140 Micron. Transparent/White; 40 Gm
Bubble Gum Paper; 15 Micron Nylon Film for Oil packaging; 18 Micron Twist Metallizable and Met.
Polyester.