Manager Quality

DANY SAAD

Born in Arjes (Lebanon) on ** March ***6 - Italian citizen

Residing at Via Don Bosco 1/20, 10090 Bruino (Turin), Italy

Mobile: +34-664-***-***

E-mail: ***********@*****.***

Professional Summary

An aeronautical engineer, I have spent my professional career at a

multinational group in the automotive components sector, specifically in

positions of increasing responsibility in the field of operations (Quality

Manager, R&D Manager, Plant Manager, Managing Director). My experience is

international in nature, as I have worked in 5 different countries: Italy,

Spain, Brazil, Argentina and Morocco. In my position as Managing Director

over the past 3 years, I oversaw the start-up of production at a factory

built "from the ground up" in Morocco, for which I was responsible for

legal/bureaucratic paperwork, technical matters, and the selection and

training of personnel. The ability to adapt quickly to different cultural

situations and a knowledge of 5 languages - English, French, Spanish,

Portuguese and Arabic - in addition to Italian complete my profile.

Career History

1992 - 2012 THE DENSO GROUP

Denso is a multinational company in the Toyota Group. With

over 120,000 employees and factories in 5 continents, it

specialises in the manufacture of components for the

automotive sector. Was employed in the air conditioning

division of the company.

2009 - 2012 DENSO THERMAL SYSTEMS MOROCCO

Managing Director of a new factory in Tangiers, Morocco

(with a staff of 200 when fully operational)

Activities performed:

. Establishing the company and handling bureaucratic matters with local

institutions (search for/purchase of land, the charter, permits from local

institutions, etc.)

. Construction of the factory from the ground up (recruitment of

contractors for the building and suppliers for its utility systems;

technical studies, etc.)

. Supervision/coordination of the construction of the machinery to be

installed in the factory

. Recruitment, hiring, induction and training of local personnel

. Supervision/coordination of the project design phase of the new product

(automotive air conditioners) intended for Morocco

. Ensuring that the complete industrial project was finished within the

time frames and cost specifications contained in the business plan

Results obtained:

o The company was founded within the established time frame: 12 months

from the date when work began (April 2010 to April 2011).

o 100% local personnel, 90% of whom were recent college graduates

appropriately trained by Denso in Italy.

o 11 audits by Renault (a customer) were successfully passed, and ISO/TS

certification was awarded.

o The company's production is currently increasing; average production

is 100 air conditioning units/day.

2008 - 2009 DENSO SISTEMAS TERMICOS ESPANA

Quality and R&D Manager factory in Vigo, Spain (with a

staff of 350)

The company was faced with a quality emergency with the PSA Group, one of

its customers (and was paying a penalty of 3% of invoiced amounts). Was

assigned to correct the situation, as the head of Quality Control and the

Technical Office at the site, and to recruit local personnel to take over

after assignment was completed.

Results obtained:

o The quality emergency with the PSA Group was rectified in only three

months, and the penalty was cancelled.

o The quality goal in terms of defects at 0 Km < 50 ppm was reached in

only 6 months of managerial control.

o Local personnel selected internally from company staff assumed control

upon completion of assignment.

2003 - 2008 DENSO SISTEMAS TERMICOS DO BRASIL

2005 - 2008 Plant Manager factory in Belo Horizonte (with a staff

of 650)

Assigned to manage the factory and increase production capacity, reduce

losses, and optimise internal production flows. Directly handled matters

associated with production, logistics (with JIT delivery system, Kanban),

technologies, maintenance, quality, purchasing and sales.

Results obtained:

o Reductions in overtime (Saturday and Sunday), increases in production

capacity, and reductions in losses and rejects.

o Creation of a pilot department for supervising start-ups and

optimising production processes before release for production, and for

acting as a training centre for new personnel which would minimise

quality problems directly associated with the workforce (human error).

2003 - 2005 Quality and R&D Manager

The goals of this assignment were to improve the quality performance of the

facility, create an R&D department that would enable Denso Brasil to

industrialise new products independently, and provide good technical

support for FIASA, a customer that was equipping itself for local

development.

Results obtained:

o The factory won 5 consecutive annual Qualitas awards from FIASA (Fiat

Brazil).

o An R&D department that could industrialize A/C units locally was

created from scratch.

1999 - 2003 DENSO THERMAL SYSTEMS ITALIA

Quality Manager at the Turin factory (with a staff of 1000)

The main goals were to bring the quality performance of the facility up to

Japanese standards with regard to defects at 0 Km, drastically reduce

rejects, and improve the performance of suppliers in meeting established

quality goals.

Results obtained:

o Levels of defects at 0 Km of approx. 100 ppm were reached, starting

from a situation with averages of around 100,000 ppm.

o Rejects were reduced to less than 1%, starting from an average of 15%.

o The factory won a Qualitas award from Fiat Auto for the first time.

1995 - 1999 MAGNETI MARELLI DENSO ARGENTINA - A joint venture between

MM and Denso

Quality Manager at the Cordoba factory (with a staff of 80)

Main tasks included start-ups of production departments and implementation

of a quality system.

Results obtained:

o Production was started up with no particular problem.

o Certifications of zero non-compliance were obtained without the

support of outside consultants, and the "Gold" award for the best non-

Japanese supplier in South America was received from Toyota.

1992 - 1995 MAGNETI MARELLI

Industrial Project Leader Turin

factory

Duties included supplying methodological and IT support for developing a

variety of industrial projects, with particular emphasis on a project

implemented in Argentina.

Formal Education

Degree in Aeronautical Engineering, with specialisation in the aerospace

sector at Alenia (transatmospheric vehicles with horizontal takeoff for

human transport) - awarded in 1991 by Turin Polytechnic - Final grade of

110/110, in 5 years.

Languages: Italian, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic

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