Najeeb Ahmed Khan
Jeddah,Saudi Arabia
Summary
Ambitious Production Manager with 7 years of experience in control environments agriculture production. Motivates employees to align performance with company objectives in fast-paced production environments. Superior competency in resource allocation, production scheduling and workflow management.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certificate
Work History
Production manager
Mowreq Specialized Agriculture Company
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
06.2021 - Current
- Farming management and operations/ crops/ productions/ including planning research and development.
- Plans for current and future crop productions, selections of crops and crop area allocations.
- Develop operational SOP, all operational logs, analyze and improve operational process flows, and workflow requirements, and equipment’s utilization, work and workers productivity management, production cost cutting, Yield improvements, Growing area environmental factor management, introduction of new crops, implement changes.
- Purchasing- Coordinate and arrange with different suppliers for all the operational supplies needed for operations. Make sure to supply all raw materials for day-to-day operations.
- Held team meetings to discuss product value and vision while allowing team members to give ideas and suggestions.
- Managed materials to keep up with production goals and meet customer demands.
- Evaluated current production processes and made forward-thinking adjustments to improve output.
- Conducted frequent quality and compliance reviews of all production work.
- Supervised production schedules and production quality for timely delivery
- Coordinated closely with quality control regarding products awaiting dispositions.
- Implemented changes in working conditions, equipment and tools to improve workflow, efficiency and team member safety.
- Achieved maximum performance across safety, maintenance and production metrics.
- Oversaw continuous improvement initiatives to drive gains in quality, flow and output.
- Coached employees in developing and achieving individual performance goals.
- Reviewed production orders, schedules, delivery dates and inventory levels to determine product availability.
- Improved efficiency and productivity by eliminating waste and production constraints.
- Planned production operations while establishing priorities and sequences for manufacturing products.
- Directed and motivated 10-15 production staff.
- Reviewed production issues and implemented corrective action plans, enhancing operational efficiency.
- Reviewed and analyzed production performance indicators and requirements to maximize output quality.
- ISO 2200-2018 Certification and Audits documentation requirements/revisions/implementations.
- Maintain safe and healthy work environment by establishing, following, and enforcing standards and procedures, complying with set SOPs as per ISO 22000 requirements.
- Crops nutrition’s management- Setup Nutrients management and recipe plan as per plants requirements.
- Production reports and yield analysis and costing based on that production and crops planning.
- Seeds sourcing and purchasing.
Operations Executive
UNS Farms
Dubai, UAE
01.2021 - 06.2021
- Developed timelines and critical paths for operational responsibilities related to events such as seedings and harvesting.
- Management of food production
- Production of leafy greens for salad mixes
- Production of micro greens
- Nutrient management
- Plants quality
- Facility and worker hygiene, cleaning and sanitation implementations
- Closely daily basis monitoring of plants, identifying all plant growing related issues and rectify or fix those issues
- Management of pH and EC of irrigation water in desired range on daily basis
- Planning of daily seeding, transplanting and harvest.
- Management of production team and assign daily work to farm crew.
- Management of all day work.
- Conduct research and development work to improve the crop productivity and work productivity.
- Research work for new crops.
- Generated accurate end-of-month timesheet reports, rectifying discrepancies to maintain efficiency.
- Supported team members by sharing tools, templates, trackers and databases for effective team collaboration and knowledge sharing, offering additional training as required.
Farm Head – Horticulture/ CEA Growing Operation
Teejan Podponics International LLC
Barka, Oman
03.2016 - 07.2020
- Farming management and food production operations, including planning research and development, make sure to supply all raw materials for day-to-day operations.
- Developed, recommended and implemented strategies to improve employee work quality and speed.
- Reduced costs and improved operations by analyzing processes and customer feedback.
- Controlled resources by department or project and tracked use in Techopp's.
- Strategically scheduled and managed 20 + staff members, maintaining high-performing business operations.
- Minimized discrepancies by effectively training employees on best practices, policies and procedures.
- Monitored and reviewed operational performance, aiding improved business strategy to maximize productivity.
- Worked constructively with sales team generating new business opportunities and supporting company growth.
- Noted employee absences and grievances, and improved team development and performance with right training.
- Analyzed operations data to identify process gaps and successfully implement change.
- Oversaw facility maintenance and allocated needed resources to meet standards.
- Maintained all production documents as per HACCP, ISO:22000 and Global GAP standards.
- Management of nutrients recipes for different crops.
- Developed Farm food safety plan, recall program, and introduce an employee safety incentive program, event planning.
- Post-Harvest processes and management. Develop procedures and process for post-harvest management (Harvesting, Processing, Packaging)
1. Agriculture Engineer
Desert Group, Dubai, UAE
Dubai, UAE
04.2015 - 02.2016
- Worked as an Agriculture Engineer at Wahat Al Sahara Agricultural Material testing laboratory in Desert group Dubai from April 8th 2015 to February 2016 (An ISO/IEC 17025:2005 Accredited Laboratory by DAC)
- Examine different soil to determine soil health, structure and texture to select different soil types to suitable crops
- Excellent working skills on atomic absorption spectrophotometer, spectrophotometer, flame photometer, khjedal apparatus and other laboratory equipment for different nutrients analysis in plants and soil.
- Supervised podponics leafy greens an indoor hydroponics (CEA) project in Desert group Dubai from April 8th 2015 to February 2016.
- Develop procedures and processes to grow leafy vegetables and salads mix.
- Develop and maintain all nutritional programs for the plants
Education
Bachelor of Science - Agriculture
The University of Agriculture, Peshawar Pakistan
Peshawar, Pakistan 02.2009 - 01.2013
Master of Science - Agriculture
The University of Agriculture, Peshawar Pakistan
Peshawar, Pakistan 03.2013 - 04.2015
Skills
- Control environment agriculture
- Crop protection
- Cultivation
- Farm Control
- Sustainability
- Hydroponics operations management
- Horticulture
- Agronomy
- Production scheduling
- Process improvements
- Optimizing production output
- Training coordination
- Quality control standards
- Workforce training
- Safety management
- Continuous improvement processes
- Inventory coordination
- Product quality assessment
- Quality Assurance
- Chemical processing expertise
- Seed processing
- Quality and risk assessment
- Troubleshooting specialist
- Maintenance planning
- Product inspections
- ISO certified
- Staff development plans
Languages
English
Advanced
Arabic
Elementary
Urdu
Native
Certification
Internal Audit Training Course to ISO 22000:2005
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Timeline
Production manager
Mowreq Specialized Agriculture Company
06.2021 - Current
Operations Executive
UNS Farms
01.2021 - 06.2021
Farm Head – Horticulture/ CEA Growing Operation
Teejan Podponics International LLC
03.2016 - 07.2020
1. Agriculture Engineer
Desert Group, Dubai, UAE
04.2015 - 02.2016
Master of Science - Agriculture
The University of Agriculture, Peshawar Pakistan
03.2013 - 04.2015
Bachelor of Science - Agriculture
The University of Agriculture, Peshawar Pakistan
02.2009 - 01.2013
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