Ahmed Abdi

**** * ****** ** *** *** Austin, TX **729

Cell: 704-***-**** ● acfzyb@r.postjobfree.com

Manufacturing Operations Leader

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Flextronics International, USA 9/25/1995 – 9/2/2014

SMT & Test Supervisor Austin, TX Facility 8/8/2013 – 9/2/2014

• Direct the production output for 65 hourly employees engaged in the manufacture of

engineered to order desktop computers – Mac pro, 1st ever made in America project by

Apple computers.

• Responsible for all safety, quality, customer delivery, production performance,

inventory management, and employee relations issues.

• Conduct root cause analysis investigations for safety/property damage incidents and

customer complaints develop robust corrective actions to address process and

personnel deficiencies

• Ensure all training is completed for newly hired, promoted, and transferred employees

Significant accomplishments include:

Worked directly with customer through NPI phase as well as full ramp to production

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Helped implement layout for SMT automated equipment to reduce headcount and

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cost

Helped improve daily UPH rates from 500 to 900 per shift, by way of placement

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utilization and cycle time reduction

Solectron Corporation (Acquired by Flextronics in 2007) 1995–2007

Production Specialist – Charlotte, NC Facility 2003 2013

Responsible for daily production output for 30 hourly employees engaged in the

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manufacture of network PCB boards and completed units for test and telecom

industry.

Responsible for all safety, quality alerts, customer delivery, production performance,

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inventory management.

Conduct root cause analysis investigations for safety/equipment malfunction and

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wrong parts placed incidents.

Ensure all training is completed for all employees.

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Responsible for setting up preventive equipment maintenance for weekly/monthly and

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yearly.

Production Supervisor 2000 to 2003

Worked with managers and leads on daily execution of commits

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Generates productivity reports and other operations metrics

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Forecasts operating costs of department and directs preparation of budget requests

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Responsible for the maintenance of manufacturing equipment, preventive maintenance

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programs and repairs

Production Team Leader 1995 to 2003

Lead A group of Operators and Inspectors for daily work schedules

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Made sure daily and weekly through put and quality goals are met

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EDUCATION and TRAINING

Associate Degree in Business Administration

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University of Lafole, Mogadishu, Somalia – 1990

Customer Service Certificate, Central Piedmont Community College 2001

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ISO 9001

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Humantech Industrial Ergonomics

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Communication Techniques for Supervisors

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Lean Manufacturing Concepts

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COMPUTER SKILLS

MS Office

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SAP

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FlexFlow

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SFDM

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Kronos Time and Attendance

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Mitrak

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Fourth Shift

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REFERENCES

Professional and Personal References are available upon request.

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