Engineer Process

H. Sean Shafiq

**** ****** **** ***. **** *** St Louis, MO 63108

Phone: 443-***-**** Email: *******@*****.***

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Diverse set of work experiences and skills in Operations and Marketing. Demonstrated strengths include:

• Proven track record of achieving results to meet company-focused goals

• Ability to identify and solve problems leading to substantive improvements

• Exemplified project leadership skills

Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Master of Business Administration, Focus: Operations, May 2008

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

B.S. Chemical Engineering, May 1998

Training/Certification:

Six Sigma Black Belt Certification; Lean Manufacturing Certification; EIT-Engineering In Training; High Performance

Leadership Certification; Change Management Certification.

EXPERIENCE

KV Pharmaceuticals, St Louis, MO 2009- Present

Operations Excellence Specialist (2009 – Present)

• Led a cross functional team to remediate compliance gaps in tablet manufacturing. This contributed towards

achieving third party oversight and FDA certification.

• Brought manufacturing systems at a ready state to support validation of startup products. This included

writing commercial batch records and SOPs, closure of process gaps identified in the consent decree, and leading Plan-

Do-Review sessions to drive & sustain process and system improvements.

• Increased Creams packaging sellable yield from 75% to 92% by decreasing product waste, streamlining the

quality checks, incorporating visual inspection of in-process product rejects, and validating the vision reject system.

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Wilmington, DE 2005-2008

Operations Excellence Lead (2008 – 2008)

• Trained Operations Excellence Engineers on LEAN tools such as, DMAIC, SMED, & Value Stream

Mapping.

• Improved the efficiency of 5 tablet presses by 25%. This gave the department the flexibility to operate with

fewer man-hours.

• Set strategic process improvement goals for the sites manufacturing department, and implemented an

operation excellence quarterly review sessions with senior leadership.

Market Strategy & Research Manager (2007 – 2008)

• Created brand specific national and regional opportunity analysis for multicultural marketing. The analysis

was done to identify target markets for Hispanic and African American segments.

• Developed a ROI analysis for Nexium Hispanic marketing campaign. The analysis was used to highlight the

significance of multicultural marketing, and to allocate appropriate funds towards multicultural segments.

• Conducted primary research to test Patient Assistance Brochures for the Hispanic segment. The research

results were used to edit and craft a brochure that would resonate with the Hispanic audience.

• Collaborated with the regional business centers to identify territories appropriate for local sales initiatives,

allowing the business centers to use a laser focus approach to target their customers.

Senior Operations Excellence Engineer (2005 – 2007)

• Led two improvement teams and achieved a 50% reduction in product changeover time on two packaging lines. The

reduction in time allowed the site to go from a monthly sales forecast to a weekly demand cycle.

• Improved the efficiency of the two focus packaging lines by 25%. Resulting in 474 fewer shifts per year, equating to a

$700,000 savings per year.

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• Reduced the customer complaints related to product low fills by 25%. This contributed to not only to the overall

company objective of Patient Health First, but also satisfied the concerns of the FDA.

• Reduced packaging quality deviations by 50%. This accomplishment allowed the quality department to become more

efficient and eliminate two “non-value added” positions.

Cytec Industries Inc, Havre de Grace, MD 2004 - 2005

Senior Process Engineer

• Streamlined the coating process by eliminating the final inspection step and integrating it as part of the in-

process checks. Total Savings of $100,000.

• Increased the site’s production capacity by 18%, and eliminated waste resulting in an annual savings of

$60,000.

The Gillette Company, LaGrange, GA 1998 - 2004

Process Engineer (2001-2004)

• Eliminated staffing by 50% by establishing standard work and increasing process utilization. Cost Savings of

$230,000.

• Optimized the anode dispense process and reduced product waste by 50%, contributing to sites cost/unit goal.

• Increased the consolidation department tooling life by 50%. Total Savings of $500,000.

• Reduced the Cathode Powder reclaim inventory from 225,000 lbs. to zero. Cost Savings of $202,500.

Manufacturing Department Supervisor (1998 – 2001)

• Decentralized the critical decision-making structure of the department through the creation of an Empowered

Workforce. Total Savings of $101,000.

• Created and implemented the Common Task Training Manual for the maintenance technicians and established a

comprehensive training program. Cost Avoidance of $24,000.

• Minimized product scrap by 10%. Total Savings of $18,500.

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