Ahmed Hassan, GAICCD

PolyNovo (ASX:PNV) is a leading global Medical Device company with products specialised in treating burns, wounds and traumas.

Leading End to End operations and global Supply chain and reporting to the board of directors

Leading Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Safety, Quality, Validation, Engineering, Continuous Improvement and Procurement.

Achievements:

• Strategy reset across global supply Chain for FY23-FY26.
• Established culture of Safety campaign to improve safety culture throughout the organisation.
• Increased capacity by 100% in less than 12 months.
• Transformed the End to end Supply Chain, launching in 8 new markets across EU, Asia and North America.
• Led the design, build and commissioning of a new manufacturing facility.

Fonterra is the largest global dairy exporter with operations present across the globe

• Reporting to the Supply Chain Director and responsible for leading the end to end supply chain transformation

Key responsibilities include:

• Developing Fonterra Australia Supply Chain FY22-FY25 Strategy
• Leading overall network optimisation program including a review of Cost to serve metrics, MOQs and sustainability metrics
• Identification and execution of Supply Chain improvement pipeline (Circa $6m YoY)
• Design and roll out Supply Chain Continuous Improvement program through utilising
• Lean and Six Sigma tools and building internal problem solving capability
• Ownership of Fonterra Australia Supply Chain P&L.

Bega Cheese is a listed ASX company and a leading foods and dairy manufacturer in Australia

• Reporting to EGM of Operational Excellence and leading Continuous Improvement Managers, Internal consultants, Finance Managers and Analysts to deliver improvement benefits across 9 manufacturing facilities, logistics, and procurement and across multiple SKUs including Vegemite, Peanut Butter, Cream Cheese, and Infant Formula

Responsibilities

• Build continuous improvement capabilities across the business including problem- solving techniques
• Manage, track, and execute improvement program portfolio of $40m annualised benefits across manufacturing, procurement, and supply chain and report progress monthly to board of directors and executive general managers
• Responsibility for managing, reporting, and tracking CAPEX portfolio of $20m per annum in cost reduction and growth categories across 9 manufacturing facilities
• Lead gap closure activities and diagnostics across the business utilising data analytics and synthesis to prioritise initiatives and improve business outcomes

Achievements

• Identified and delivered $25m YoY benefit to bottom line across manufacturing and supply chain
• Led a consolidation of the distribution and warehousing network delivering more than $5m savings
• Established "Performance Acceleration" function, an internal consultancy function focused on delivering results by implementing short and sharp engagements
• Led company-wide customer service transformation program to improve Export
• DIFOT levels by 20%
• Led a review of organisation design and processes across multi organisation functions to deliver $5m bottom-line benefits
• Designed and implemented Integrated Lean and Six Sigma program across manufacturing and end-to-end supply chain.

• Reporting to the Site Manager and leading a team of Analysts, production managers and project managers to deliver profit improvement portfolio initiatives across Cream Cheese, Infant Formula and Lactoferrin

Responsibilities

• Managing profit improvement program across the site and reports to the EGM
• Identifying initiatives by running diagnostic, focused idea generation sessions and data analytics

Achievements

• Established and created the Operations Improvement function from scratch including recruitment, trainings and development
• Managed projects to remove waste in Cream Cheese manufacturing process delivering $8m of annualised benefits
• Identified and delivered $23m of annualised benefits in FY18.

Nestle is the largest food and beverages company in the world presenting in 191 countries

• Led continuous improvement across the end-to-end supply chain in the ice cream business unit for Europe, Middle East and North Africa region
• Developed and presented zero-loss strategy to markets CEOs to align and agree on
• CI implementation plans including strategic Capex Master Plan
• Led the implementation of supply chain excellence program across 5 different factories resulting an increase in average OEE by 12% and a decrease in conversion cost by 10% in 2 years
• Developed a 5-year Capex Master Plan incorporating growth, cost reduction and compliance projects for the market
• Led a team of internal consultants to review supply chain network across the market leading to a consolidation of DCs and $4m benefit.

• Responsible for operations and capital engineering in one of the largest ice cream factories in Nestle globally with 24/7 operations, 27 production lines and 2500 personnel
• Deployed, trained, and coached on SAP CMMS module
• Led the startup of brown field project (total value of $200m) to expand a major manufacturing facility including 3 production lines, a processing plant, and utilities
• Leader of Early Management pillar developing technical guidelines and standards for vertical start up approach
• Increased overall plant OEE by 10% delivering $50m of top line growth.

• SCG is one of largest engineering and management consultant firms in Egypt
• Led multiple client engagements across different industries including Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors delivering more than $50m of savings to clients.