Ahmed Abdi
**** * ****** ** *** *** Austin, TX **729
Cell: 704-***-**** ● *******@***.***
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.