Ismail M. Mohammed

Farmington Hills, Michigan ***36 adtwl1@r.postjobfree.com

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Dynamic 20+ years of experience in automotive engineering with major global companies. Supervised and managed technical and mechanical processes and supported product manufacturing soon to become an expert Engineering consultant in judicial affairs. Effective communicator, capable of conveying technical information in reports, presentations, and meetings. Demonstrated expertise in:

Program Management

Manufacturing Processes

Performance Improvement

Customer Service

Leadership

Quality Control

Risk Assessment and Mitigation

Problem solving

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SumiRiko Technical Center 2020- present

Program Manager (PM),

Responsible for both the flawless and launch of new projects locally and Globally. Work independently with cross functional teams to provide leadership and governance, internally with Engineering, sales, Quality, Manufacturing Engineering and Production, through new product developments and product Launch, to externally meet customer expectations and internally to achieve company goals, with high quality performance and within targeted budget.

Key Contributions:

Collaborate with Sales, Accounting, Product Engineering, Operations, and manufacturing, in the development of new product cost, timing, and program development, to ensure on-time delivery of program milestone objectives and targets.

Provide leadership in the development and maintenance of the program timelines throughout life of program, insuring customer and company high expectations.

Track Program against its schedule, Budget, and Phase review objectives, to insure compliance of targets.

Coordinate project activities between related departments at all levels internally within the company and eternally to the customers.

Develop and maintain program timing plan with all key milestones.

Address and Track all milestones open issues, conduct review meetings internally and externally with customers, to insure customer compliance.

Build progress rapport and maintain strong relationships with customers.

Ensure programs launch on time and meet project milestones deliverables.

Understand project technical details in relation to product aspects of engineering, quality, and production.

Ensure program profitability (component, capital, tooling).

Oversee functional areas during project development to meet key deliverables (Engineering, Sales, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Finance, Quality, Production).

Monitor timing, quality, technical and financial risks and issues on assigned projects. Mitigate risks or resolve issues where possible. Elevate and focus management attention when there is not timely resolution.

Develop and Ensure timely and accurate Gate Reviews and deliverables of (APQP) timeline and routine reports are conducted on assigned projects, using these tools to expose risks and evaluate issues, and in accordance with customer requirements.

Legal Automotive Engineering, (2012 – 2019)

Senior Expert, Consultant, Department of Mechanics and Automotive

Served as a subject matter expert in litigation involving the technical and engineering aspect in the mechanical and automotive fields.

Performed engineering research and consultation to resolve litigations between parties.

Prepared reports to counsel including the technical analysis and conclusions.

Key Contribution:

Facilitate public seminars and exhibitions to increase public awareness of the Automotive Industry and Adopted Technologies.

Develop Automotive Engineering standards for technical litigations.

Conduct Research of the new Technologies in the Automotive industry.

Conduct periodical automotive dealers visits to identify manufacturing quality concerns and investigate vehicles manufacturing structure build during accidents root-causes Analysis.

Track manufacturing recalls and defects to investigate the relations to technical legal litigations.

Monitor Automotive Dealers quality concern reports and repair activities in relation to consumers complains in the market.

Mentor new engineers to Job functions and procedures.

Support Dealers and Public Traffic Authorities on Automotive engineering concerns and Technical Litigations.

Attend Court Hearings and support Judges in Technical Automotive and Mechanical litigations.

KRIEC, (2009-2012)

Projects Manager, Projects and Maintenance Department,

Managed estate projects from design through operations.

Managed capital budgets, improvements plan, scheduling, work allocation, and compliance with regulations and quality standards. Defined indications of normality to analyze risks, flexibility, and track project status. Conducted onsite inspections to verify accuracy and performance. Prepared monthly reports to management. Reviewed labor assignments and reallocated for better alignment with skills and training to increase efficiency and client satisfactions.

Key Contribution:

Managed two major construction projects, one commercial project valued at $18M, and one residential project value at $12M, while achieving projected budget and quality targets.

Nissan Technical Center, (2007 -2009)

Lead Engineer, Advance Parts Quality Engineering (APQE)

Worked with Manufacturing, Quality, and Site Managers to develop and achieve aggressive production improvement goals.

Coordinated all necessary dimensional testing and homologation activities with Product Engineers, Supplier Quality Engineers and representative of Plant Quality engineers.

Performed development evaluation, adoption, and supplier readiness to manufacturing operations, while defining alternative methods to reduce operating expenses, and parts approval provisions.

Key Contributions:

Achieve suppliers’ primary plans by delivering equipment according to specifications, while focus on cost reduction of manufacturing and its processes.

Conduct Parts Approval Process (PPAP), all the way to Parts Supply Warranty (PSW) signoff.

Conduct supplier parts advance assembly building process, logistics, sourcing, and die development cost saving scenario studies.

Provide technical support for supplier parts dimensional analysis, control, and design.

Nissan Technical Center, (2003 -2007)

Project Engineer, Production Engineering

Utilized benchmarking activities to improve vehicle body design while achieving future models cost reduction. Created standards and operations manuals along with training design engineers on production and manufacturing standards.

Key Contributions:

Conduct design engineering review and modifications for production and manufacturing applications to reduce new projects design cost by 30% and Production Trail time by 50% which improved project capital spending by 20%.

Participate in styling Clay-Model reviews to enhance production and manufacturing capabilities

Conduct logistics and parts packaging cost reduction to supplier and in-house assembly processes improvement.

Create and publish production engineering Manuals, Know How Sheets, DA (Design Analysis)-sheets, Standard Check Lists, and Standard Procedure Templates.

Lead cross-functional teams, including vehicle product Development, and (NVH and design) feasibilities to manufacturing.

Validate virtual lines of production in Delmia (V5) (Vehicle Manufacturing Capabilities).

Conduct and support purchasing suppliers sourcing and surveying processes.

Conduct new product, model tooling launch procedure from source to facility operations.

Nissan North America, (1998 -2003)

Process Engineer II, Process Engineering,

Lead efforts of specification interpretation, production materials selection, and application implementation in the manufacturing systems. Maintained effective (BIW) lines of operation for (safety, quality, and efficiency).

Key Contributions:

Reduce man power by 15% and production time by 30% in Xterra (JIT) Just In Time, system production lines.

Coordinate the (Xterra) Brazil project, production preparations to support new project parts quality and manufacturing through reduction of production trials concerns by more than %50 during developments through SOP (Start of Production).

Participate in plant ISO9001 and 14001 certifications, in the fields of production processes, management, quality control, and Environmental.

Create QC story and QIP processes for production quality concern stations.

Investigate and Implement root cause analysis in production lines issues, including short and long terms solutions.

Conduct New Model Launch process in the Body Assembly with the support of Maintenance, Manufacturing, and Industrial Engineering.

Nissan North America, (1997 -1998)

Manufacturing Engineer, Manufacturing Engineering

Acted as liaison between Manufacturing and Process Engineering in plant tooling development activities. Conducted Body, Trim, and Paint Shops layouts updating & development activities.

Key Contributions:

Conduct systems floor space feasibility studies in Paint, Trim and Body shop production lines.

EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS

Master of Business Administration, Management

University of Phoenix

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering

Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN

National Dean’s List

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN

Certifications

Certificate in Problem Solving & Decision-Making strategies, Nissan North America.

Project-Management Professional Certification, Nissan Technical Center.

Technical Skills

Auto CAD • CATIA (DELMIA BIW) • Math-CAD • Microsoft Word • Excel • Project • and Access.

Professional Development

Leadership Strategy Planning Technical Lean and Eagle Manufacturing Time Management Competency Negotiation Skills Relationships Strategies Introduction to PMP.

Honors and Awards

Altima-08 Performance Award, Nissan Technical Center- President Award.

Pathfinder-08 Performance Award, Nissan Technical Center- President Award.

Sentra-06 Performance Award, Nissan Technical Center- President Award.

Languages

Arabic • English • and Japanese (Beginner).

PATENTS

Mar 29, 2009, USPTO Class 2961831, International Class 62D33/023

This invention relates generally to pickup trucks having a cargo box and more particularly to a novel header panel structure and method for joining the header panel to the sidewalls.

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Elementary Schools Volunteer, American World in Motion (AWIM) Power of Math Program.

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