Rabah Zaidi

Greater Atlanta Area 678-***-**** adiiyf@r.postjobfree.com www.linkedin.com/in/rabjora

Senior Materials Manager / Production Control Manager / Demand Planning Manager

Collaborative, results-driven senior material and demand planning manager. Proven success in highly regulated companies with razor thin margins. Outstanding active listening, critical thinking, decision-making, negotiating, and problem-solving skills. MBA in Operations Management with an emphasis on Manufacturing Planning and Control / ERP systems. Core competencies include:

Materials Management. As a Senior Business Analyst at Panasonic Automotive (PASA), served in a team of subject matter experts (SME) for the migration from Glovia/ Fujitsu to SAP modules that included Purchasing, Inventory Management, Materials Planning, Invoice Verification, Material Requirement Planning (MRP), Warehouse Management, and Vendor Valuation.

Procurement / Production and Inventory Control. At NACOM, performed forecasting, capacity planning, and scheduling for PCBs, junction blocks, and metal stamped and injection molded parts for Toyota, Chrysler, GM, Fiat, Jaguar, Nissan, and Ford. At New Sabina, performed similar tasks with instrument clusters to produce 300K Honda Civic and Accord, Subaru Legacy, and Jeep Cherokees per year.

Demand and Operations Planning. As Production Planning Purchasing Manager at PASA, led a team of seven purchasing professionals with a $500M annual spend. Group dealt primarily with PASA’s top 42 suppliers. Negotiated with Tier 2 suppliers to coordinate the use of Vendor-Managed Inventory / Consignment Suppliers (VMI/CS) in support of ready-to-use material on the shop floor; reduced inventories of 35%, or $40M annually.

Professional Experience

August 2020 – November 2020 UGN Automotive Monroe, Ohio

UGN Automotive is the a manufacturer of Vehicle interiors such as Carpets; Headliners; Dash Outer Insulator; Dash Inner; Hood Insulator; Underfloor; Package Tray; and Trunk. Customers include Honda, Nissan, Subaru and Toyota.

Materials Manager

In charge of capacity planning, material planning, and production scheduling of interior products.

Manage the shipping and receiving functions, purchasing, and warehouse workflow.

July 2008 – April 2020 Panasonic Automotive Systems of America Peachtree City, Georgia

Panasonic Automotive is the premier manufacturer of In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) systems – audio, video, and navigation. Customers include Ford, General Motors, Honda, Nissan, and Toyota. Revenues exceed $2B.

Senior Business Analyst for SAP Material Management Module August 2018 – April 2020

Served in a team of Subject Matter Experts for the migration from Glovia/ Fujitsu to SAP modules that included Purchasing, Inventory Management, and Material Requirement Planning (MRP).

Managed the migration of transactional and master data from legacy to new system.

Coordinated testing of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and company web portal activities with suppliers.

Production Planning Purchasing Manager July 2008 – August 2018

Led a team of seven purchasing professionals with a $500M annual spend. Group dealt primarily with PASA’s top 42 suppliers. Oversaw raw material inventory, quality, cost, and delivery of purchased parts.

Negotiated with Tier 2 suppliers to coordinate the use of Vendor-Managed Inventory / Consignment Suppliers (VMI/CS) in support of ready-to-use material on the shop floor; reduced inventories of 35%, or $40M annually.

Ensured the integrity of MRP and CS parameters in ERP system (Glovia / Fujitsu, 99%+ accuracy).

Negotiated with suppliers on lead times reductions and delivery terms for mass production.

Coordinated and implemented new product introductions and engineering changes.

Established MRP Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA) reports in support daily activities of commodity managers and Buyers. Those reports included rescheduling in-and-out and cancel actions, order confirmations, in-transit, slow-moving, and non-moving items, and End-of-Life (EOL) items. That allowed the reduction of inventories, the elimination of raw material shortages, and mitigation of obsolete parts

November 2006 – June 2008 RACEMARK Calhoun, Georgia

RACEMARK produces high-end automotive floor mats and interiors. Customers include Aston Martin, Audi, Bentley, Lotus, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Rolls Royce, TESLA, Toyota, and Volkswagen.

Production Control and Logistics Manager

Responsibilities covered two plants: Malta, New York and Calhoun, Georgia. Performed capacity planning, material planning, and production scheduling of interior products for Toyota, Mercedes, and BMW.

Ensured system integrity of Bill of Materials (BOM), routings, MPS, and EDI database.

Managed shipping and receiving functions, warehouse layout, and Lean workflow.

Ensured the integrity of inventory records accuracy in the ERP system – Manufacturing Accounting and Production Information Control System (MAPICS/INFOR) – and pull locations.

June – October 2006 AGC Automotive Americas Alabaster, Alabama

AGC manufactures windshields and windows; this site supported Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi, Hyundai, and Honda.

Supply Chain Manager

Managed planning and scheduling as well as purchasing, shipping, and receiving for all four auto makers.

Managed ERP database integrity (e.g., item masters, BOM, MPS/MRP parameters).

June 2000 – June 2006 NACOM Corporation Griffin, Georgia

Part of Yazaki North America, this NACOM site was a $178M Tier 1 supplier of automotive electronics. Certified TS 16949, ISO 14001, and OHSAS 18001. Yazaki moved this operation from Griffin to Durango, Mexico.

Production and Inventory Control Manager June 2000 – June 2006

Led a team of 20 professionals including one master scheduler, production planners, supervisors, and customer service reps. The site had a total of 450K SF of manufacturing operations and office space.

Managed demand and capacity planning, scheduling, and forecasting of Printed Circuit Boards (PCB), Junction Blocks, metal stamped and injection molded parts for Toyota, Chrysler, GM, Fiat, Jaguar, Nissan, and Ford.

Maintained MPS and MRP parameters in ERP system (J.D. Edwards, greater than 99% accuracy).

Played a key role in implementing a Toyota-based New Yazaki System (NYS) for Lean manufacturing; achieved a 68.7% improvement in overall financial performance.

October 1994 – June 2000 New Sabina Industries Sabina, Ohio

New Sabina is a manufacturer of automobile instrument clusters and heads-up displays. Parent is Nippon Seiki.

Production Control Manager

Performed forecasting, capacity planning, and scheduling of instrument clusters to produce 300K Honda Civic and Accord, Jeep Cherokee, and Subaru Legacy vehicles per year.

Responsibilities included BOM and routings, and master files creation and maintenance in J.D. Edwards.

Simplified the planning and scheduling methods by adopting a smoothed demand-based approach that allowed suppliers to be synchronous with manufacturing.

Education

Master of Business Administration (MBA), Operations Management University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio

Emphasis on Manufacturing Planning and Control as well as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.

Bachelor of Science (BS), Industrial Management University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio

Emphasis on manufacturing control and distribution.

Bachelor of Arts (BA), Finance University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio

Technical Inventory

5S/6S (Sort, Set, Shine, Standardize, Sustain, Safety)

5-Why

Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)

Change-Over Reduction

EDI » Future 3

ERP » JD Edwards, Glovia, MAPICS / INFOR, SAP

Genba (also known as Gemba)

ISO 9001 (quality), ISO/TS/IATF 16949 (automotive), 14001 (environmental), 18001 (safety)

Kaizen » Continuous Improvement

Kanban » Lean Manufacturing Scheduling, Just-in-Time Manufacturing (JIT)

Key Performance Indicators (KPI)

Languages » Fluent in speaking, reading, and writing French.

Lean » Production, Process Improvement, Just-in-Time (JIT)

Man, Machine, Material, Method (4M)

Manufacturing » Operations, Management

Microsoft » Project, Excel, PowerPoint and Word

Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series (OHSAS 18001)

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)

Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA)

Production Part Approval Process (PPAP)

Statistical Process Control (SPC)

Supply Chain Management

Total Quality Management (TQM)

Toyota Production Method (TPM), Toyota Production System (TPS), Toyota Way

Value Analysis / Value Engineering (VA/VE)

Value Stream Mapping

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