Ibrahim W.
Co-Founder @ HEIM Foods
About
Senior Operations and Production Manager with over 12 years of experience in FMCG manufacturing within PepsiCo, combined with entrepreneurial experience as Co-Founder of a food manufacturing startup. Proven track record in driving safety, quality, productivity, cost, and service KPIs, leading cross-functional teams, and executing TPM and AOP initiatives. Strong expertise in production planning, resource optimization, factory setup, and scaling food manufacturing operations while building high-performing teams.
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Egypt
Food & Beverages
Production Operations, SAP TM, Quality Operations, Manufacturing Operations Management, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Supplier Evaluation, Downtime Reduction, Cost Control, End-to-End Project Management, Capability Planning, Planned Preventative Maintenance, Managing Multi-Million Dollar Budgets, Technical Training, Warehouse Operations, Process Optimization (Manufacturing), Planning Budgeting & Forecasting, Training and Development (HR), Production Management, Production Planning, Inventory Planning
Experience

Co-Founder
• Co-founded a food manufacturing startup focused on snack and puff products, overseeing end-to-end operations setup • Led factory operations including production processes, capacity planning, and quality standards • Managed sourcing of raw and packaging materials, supplier evaluation, and cost optimization • Established operational KPIs covering quality, productivity, and waste • Coordinated with co-manufacturers and external partners to ensure consistent quality and on-time delivery

Production Manager
Egypt
• Led PET packaging operations across multiple lines, managing shift leaders, technicians, and operators delivering 30% of total Pepsi Cola Egypt production plan • Delivered KPIs across safety, quality, productivity, efficiency, and waste aligned with AOP targets • Drove TPM implementation, improving equipment reliability and reducing unplanned downtime • Monitored material usage and MUV contributing to cost control initiatives • Developed team technical and leadership capabilities through training and coaching

Production Planning Manager
Egypt
- Review Daily/weekly Production plan to reflect the AOP targets and avoid any deviations that can hinder achieving the targets - Team up with sales capability team's manager to reflect the sales forecast on the production plan according to the actual daily sales. - Coordinate the Finished products inventory level with the finished goods warehouse Manager to achieve inventory targets - Secure safety inventory level in all DCs' to catch up high demands for certain SKUs' during the year - Optimize resources to implement seasonality planning that will be a part of achieving AOP targets - Coordinate with deployment planning manager to fully utilize fleet capacity to ensure adherence to sales plan per region - Planning export orders according to AOP with respect to the local demand in coordination with export department to ensure meeting local and abroad demand - Review the Raw & packaging inventory and coordinate with Material planning team the weekly requirements through the weekly production plan to avoid any shortage in Raw & packing materials while production - Monitors the actual production vs. the daily plan in a daily meeting with the production manager through the schedule attainment to make sure that the actual production is complying with the sales demand - Develop staffing and skill building plans for plants planner and coordinators - Implementing Planning tools that enhance production planning process to reach full optimization of resources to achieve AOP - Identify change management opportunities and pro-actively implement change

Manufacturing assistant supervisor- Unit head
Egypt
- Responsible for operating the PC (Potato Chips) lines and RBS lines - Leading a team of technicians and operators. - Responsible for achieving the KPIs for the category; including safety, quality, productivity, efficiency, waste & etc. - Responsible for data entry and trend charts to make sure they are reflecting the category performance. - Monitoring the material usage and MOH - Executing the TPM agenda for the category. - Implementing best practice tools to improve package and flavor changeover efficiencies. - Assuring equipment reliability to reduce downtime and maximize the category productivity. - Driving the cultural transformation and cascading the company’s vision to the team. - Building people's technical and personal capabilities through effective knowledge sharing, training, & communication within the team and towards the whole plant.

Senior Manufacturing Associate
egypt
- Responsible for operating the Non-returnable packages production lines. - Responsible for maintaining the Non-returnable packages production lines. - Leading a team of technicians and operators. - Responsible for ordering the spare parts for annual overhaul. - Responsible for achieving the KPIs for the category; including safety, quality, productivity, efficiency, waste & etc. - Responsible for data entry and trend charts to make sure they are reflecting the category performance. - Executing the manufacturing process on SAP. - Monitoring the material usage. - Executingthe TPM agenda for the category. - Implementing best practice tools to improve package and flavor changeover efficiencies. - Assuring equipment reliability to reduce downtimes and maximize the category productivity. - Driving the cultural transformation and cascading the company’s vision to the team. - Building people's technical and personal capabilities through effective knowledge sharing, trainings, & communication within the team and towards the whole plant.

Production Lead
PepsiCo – Pepsi Cola Egypt
• Supervised non-returnable packaging lines and led technicians and operators • Executed SAP transactions and supported TPM initiatives

Project Engineer
• Compare suppliers according to quality, cost and time. • Monitored the current projects and make sure to be on schedule. • Directed the contractors to the guidelines of the company’s project. • Developed technical and financial comparison of suppliers after the tender.

Trainee- ESLP team member
- A member of the ESLP (environment safety and loss prevention) team. - Observed and involved in daily meetings to monitor and solve the problems during production. - Attended meetings with operational excellence team to secure everything are going as planned. - Recorded the data of the materials used in the production (MSDS, material safety data sheet)

Trainee- Utility Engineer
- Attended and participated the assembly of new BOSCH machines with German experts. - Observed the production line and maintained the machine to ensure high production rate. - Maintained the HVAC system of each department of the factory as it is essential in such industry.
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