Business Development Project Management

Becker Rassim

Waterdown, ON, Canada 647-***-**** ******.******@*****.*********:******.******@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

●More than 20 years of cross-cultural experience in the areas of Operations Management, Production Management, Process Engineering, Project Management, and Business Development for various industries & projects including corporate & government sectors.

●Achieved desired goals, targets with numerous leading corporate in various international markets.

●Motivated, flexible, and skilled problem-solver with effective communication skills.

●Computer proficient (JD Edwards, SAP, Kronos, ADP, Intelex, MS office, MS Project, and Trimble).

●Commitment to continuous learning and bilingual in English and Arabic.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Manager, Operations Nov 2022 to Present

PRECON Precast Ltd. (Unionized Company) – Ontario, Canada

Responsibilities

●Liaise with superior to make decisions for operational activities and set strategic goals.

●Plan and monitor the day-to-day running of business to ensure smooth progress.

●Supervise staff from different departments and provide constructive feedback.

●Regularly evaluate the efficiency of business procedures according to organizational objectives and apply improvements.

●Manage procurement processes and coordinate material and resources allocation.

●Oversee customer support processes and organize them to enhance customer satisfaction.

●Review financial information and adjust operational budgets to promote profitability.

●Revise and/or formulate policies and promote their implementation.

●Manage relationships/agreements with external partners/vendors.

●Evaluate overall performance by gathering, analyzing, and interpreting data and metrics.

●Ensure that the company runs with legality and conformity to established regulations.

Plant Manager May 2019 to Nov 2022

PRECON Precast Ltd. (Unionized Company) – Ontario, Canada

Responsibilities

●Work closely with management team to set and/or implement targets, policies, procedures and systems.

●Plan, organize, direct and run optimum day-to-day operations.

●Develop systems and processes to track and optimize productivity levels, and performance targets to ensure high efficiencies and profitability.

●Ensure all employees are working safely under the Ontario Health & Safety Act and provide direction under the Act.

●Reinforce Health & Safety Guidelines. Resolve health & safety issues as they arise.

●Oversee Production scheduling, coordination and prioritization of manpower.

●Work closely with the inventory team to perform inventory analysis and ensure we are utilizing our inventory effectively, purchasing the right equipment/materials and maintaining solid inventory data.

●Discipline employees as required.

●Responsible for on-time production and deliveries.

●Responsible for production output and product quality. Manage Quality Control Program.

●Resolve day-to-day production / manufacturing issues and occurrences, and labor issues.

●Communicate job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions.

●Direct yearly employee’s work performance.

●Responsible for employee’s orientations and training.

●Investigation of health & safety incidents and claims internally and in collaboration with WSIB as required.

●Implement, Manage and Maintain 5S and LEAN systems, and safety audit walk-through.

●Ensure right amount of manpower is scheduled to meet production schedules, minimizing need for overtime.

●Coordinate employee’s vacation schedule.

●Participate in committee during Union contract negotiations.

●Initiate Corrective Action Report (CAR) if quality issues found and delegate to team members as applicable.

●Forecast requirements and annual budget for plant expenditures.

●Responsible for Plant organization and cleanliness.

Plant Superintendent Jan 2018 – May 2019

PRECON Precast Ltd. (Unionized Company) – Ontario, Canada

Responsibilities

●Ensures all staff is properly trained in the appropriate Health and Safety mandates. Conducts department safety audits.

●Perform safety investigations. Follows up and determines, along with the Health and Safety and HR team.

●Authorizes production changes post inspection. Makes final decision on changes and/or new direction or resolution.

●Communicates changes to company policy/procedures to staff and ensures the information flows through the teams.

●Manages issues as they are escalated.

●Evaluates and communicates recommendations for change.

●Reviews engineering design, and determines the production requirements and tools.

●Ensures maximum use of skill sets (provides skilled manpower within the frontline leadership teams).

●Ensures lean principles are effectively applied.

●Ensures there is always a focus on efficiency. Suggestions that can be actioned to save money or increase revenue are communicated up to senior managers.

●Operates within SOPs and ensure teams do as well.

●Ensure teams are operating at optimal level and volume KPIs are being met.

●Conducts Plant short range and long-range production planning.

●Follows up with Lead Hands to ensure efficient use of labor, production is on time.

●Work with Union appointed Shop Stewards in resolving employee problems and carrying out employee discipline.

●Work closely with the senior Managers and HR Team on employee discipline and union grievance issues according with Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).

●Provides mentoring to new or higher potential employees.

●Provides coaching to Lead Hands as required

●Involved in recommendation for termination and discussion with senior team and HR.

●May take part in the actual termination meeting.

●Ensures orientation schedules are in place for new hires.

●Creates a culture of teamwork by providing opportunities to build trust and accountability.

Chemical Engineer - Production Supervisor Mar 2016 to Dec 2018

SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION – Ontario, Canada

Responsibilities

●Provide leadership, direction and coaching to all employees within all departments

●Production planning, scheduling and expediting

●Responsible for department material yields, labor efficiency with focus on continuous improvement

●Work closely with Maintenance team to improve overall department performance

●Ensure employee safety and compliance to the Occupational Health & Safety Act

●Ensure Quality Compliance with all production procedures

●Maintain positive labor relations

●Administration of company policies including time and attendance, vacation scheduling and leaves

●Ensure open and effective communications with all employees and management team

●Liaise with MRP Controllers and In-plant Technicians

●Manage annual and Simi-annual warehouse inventory

●Generate MRP reports for intermediates

Production Supervisor May 2015 to Mar 2016

MENASHA CORPORATION – Ontario, Canada

Responsibilities:

●Manage and develop production employees to achieve established goals of safety, environmental performance, production volume, quality, service, and cost.

●Ensure production employees are properly oriented and trained.

●Develop and implement continuous improvement within departmental employees' performance through regular feedback, coaching and training.

●Ensure that the department complies with legislation, regulations, and Company policies.

●Liaisons with third party contractors and suppliers to meet Plant equipment and/or repair needs.

●Review, analyze & make recommendations regarding safety, environmental performance, quality, expenses, & productivity

●Develop and/or implement departmental reporting as required.

●Participate in controlling the production department budget.

●Maintain a high standard of professional knowledge, ethics and practices when dealing with customers, suppliers, peers, subordinates, supervisors and other key stakeholders of the company.

●Conduct oneself in a professional manner that reflects integrity and respect towards customers, suppliers, peers, subordinates, supervisors and other key stakeholders of the company.

●Understand, support and adhere to the company’s health and safety policies, programs and procedures by communicating and promoting health and safety awareness to coworkers and subordinates.

●Participate in the Company’s quarterly inventory count.

●Other responsibilities and accountabilities as assigned by the Plant Manager.

Operations Manager Sep 2008 – Oct 2014

IDROESSE INFRASTRUCTURE – Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Responsibilities:

●Work hand-in-hand with the project team to create a mutual understanding of the project strategy based on the requirement of the job.

●Participate in Finalizing the contractual process for winning tenders.

●Overseeing the project estimation process and the resulting SOW's, and managing the reviewing and presentation to the stakeholders.

●Conduct in-depth reviews and analysis of all project or contract documents so as to be familiar with projects’ requirements.

●Work collaboratively with all major stakeholders in practice management, business and delivery management, and global support team management, including Finance, Planning, Marketing, and Human Resources.

●Work with safety units in a bid to plan and manage safety programs for each project and make sure that all aspects of safety are reached.

●Help project managers and engineers in the arrangement and analysis of projects and scheduling of reports on projects.

●Oversee projects as they are being carried out to make sure that the work is done according to outlined specifications, and that they also conform with project timetable.

●Convey project needs from the project manager to the company management.

●Review and Communicate financial management issues with project managers & management for projects’ completion.

●Assist in the maintenance, development, and enhancement of the company’s relationship with contractors in a bid to produce strategic partnership.

●Train and mentor employees in areas of project management and estimating.

Projects Manager / Chemical Engineer Sep 2006 – Sept 2008

ENANACONSULT FOR INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS – Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Responsibilities:

●Project initiating & planning, including the preparation the project charter, WBS and project management plans.

●Liaised with stakeholders to organize various components needed to initiate, execute and finalize projects for project management

●Ensure all project related parties are on track and management expectations are being met according to set project guidelines.

●Providing daily project documentation, tracking, and strategic planning updates to analysts and management regarding upcoming project schedules and activities.

●Prepare engineering analysis of projects to include: design, calculation, and life cycle costs.

●Reviewed technical specifications, development plans, analyzed proposed changes to engineering standards, policies, and details locally and internationally

Operations Manager Nov 2004 – Aug 2006

SIDER GULF FOR INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES – Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Responsibilities:

●Prospecting potential clients and generating opportunities to grow & develop the business.

●Manage the customer relationship & growing, maintaining, & leveraging the client networks.

●Handling the relationships with decision makers throughout different organizations.

●Developing and customizing proposals bases on customers’ requirements.

●Managing the pricing and bidding process.

●Handling objections by clarifying, emphasizing agreements and working through differences to a positive conclusion.

Operations Manager Jun 2002 – Oct 2004

MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPLY COMPANY – Amman, Jordan.

Responsibilities:

●Execution of the daily operations and the professional development of the technical team.

●Ensure all quality issue are dealt with in a timely manner.

●Manage the company branch in Baghdad – Iraq, and directs the technical team for efficiency and accuracy of work.

●Ensure implementation and compliance with relevant local and international legislation.

Chemical Engineer Oct 1999 – Dec 2001

AL-NAHAR FOR CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES – Baghdad, Iraq.

●Operating Sulfuric Acid plant, Sulfonic acid plant, Fertilizers & Hydrochloric acid plant and three production lines of Water treatment chemicals.

●Troubleshooting daily plants issues; identifying & implementing de-bottlenecking projects for continual improvements and condition monitoring of plants.

●Formulating and controlling budgets, and long term/short term strategic plans.

●Preparation of capital expenditure proposals, liaising with Governmental & local agencies.

●Implementing and controlling Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).

●Production planning and troubles shooting, formulating production targets and controlling the cost parameters.

●Implementation of the operational practices, identify the areas of bottlenecks and work out system and process changes for qualitative and quantitative improvement

●Planning and effecting preventive maintenance.

●Over All Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), and Total Quality Management (TQM).

●Devising systems/ process changes for qualitative improvements in productivity & reducing rejection rate and recycle.

QUALIFICATION AND DEGREES

●B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, University of Technology, Baghdad-Iraq 1999

●Quality Assurance & ISO 9001:2000 Internal Auditor Training, TUV NORD Group, Abu Dhabi-UAE 2007

●PMP Training Course, Cambridge Institute, Abu Dhabi-UAE 2009

●SAP Advance Training Course, Sun Chemical, Canada 2016

●Health & Safety for Managers and Supervisors in Ontario, CCOHS, Canada 2017

●First Aid, CPR & Fall protect training, St. John Ambulance, Canada 2017

●Managers Training Course, OCEAN CAPITAL 2022

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