Nasser Al-rekabi
Riyadh,Saudi
Summary
Accomplished professional with extensive expertise in manufacturing processes, quality management, and strategic planning. Demonstrates strong leadership skills and a proven track record in problem-solving, regulatory compliance, and budgeting and resource management. Adept at continuous improvement, safety and environmental compliance, logistics management, lean manufacturing, and auditing. Exceptional communication skills enhance the ability to drive organizational success. Committed to leveraging skills for ongoing professional growth and contributing to operational excellence.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
2013
2013
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Production Department Manager (Injectables and Vaccine)
Klybeck life sciences
01.2024 - 02.2025
- Develop and implement training programs to enhance workforce skills and GMP compliance.
- Set daily priorities and communicated targets, motivating teams to achieve them.
- Promote a culture of continuous improvement and teamwork.
- Ensure production schedules are met to achieve KPI's while maintaining high-quality standards.
- Allocated resources, optimizing department efficiency.
- Optimize manufacturing processes for efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and scalability.
- Work closely with all cross functional teams for Technology transfer of new products to ensure product quality attributes are met.
- Investigate deviations, non-conformances, and implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
- Ensure compliance with SFDA guidelines.
- Work with procurement and supply chain teams to avoid shortages or production delays.
- Monitor inventory levels and minimize waste.
- Regulatory inspections and audits, ensuring all documentation is complete and accurate.
- Ensure proper maintenance, calibration, and validation of production equipment.
- Ensure strict adherence to biosafety, biosecurity, and occupational health regulations.
- Maintain thorough documentation for audits and regulatory submissions.
Production Department Manager
Sanofi Aventis Arabia Co. Ltd
01.2020 - 12.2023
- CGMP implementation, validation & qualification protocols
- Implementation of equipment Installation Qualification & Operation Qualification
- Allocating Budgets according to the capacity and resources and achieving production and plant targets in line with corporate budget and targets
- Managing the projects with direction and interpretation of operational and supportive activities
- Managing production line for achieving the periodic production and plant targets
- Strategic Utilization and Deployment of available sources to achieve Organization Objectives
- Imparting continuous on job training to the workforce for enhancing their productivity and operational efficiencies through knowledge enhancement / skill developing
- Planning, preparing, and updating business plan
- Evaluation of the organizational structure and the Management systems in coordination with the concerned human resources personnel
- Executing all the activities as Manager in all production related and packaging functions
- Executing the Plant Capacity Utilization according to the Planning and Budget control
- Planning and executing the manufacturing activities thereby assuring that production schedules are completed in a timely manner to support site production plan
- Revising and authoring the Standard Operating Procedures / Manufacturing Records to ensure cGMP in the process flow
- Coordinating with the supply chain function to ensure Shipping plans
- Lead the operational and technical support functions in the site
- Prepares the operational budget and monitors financial performance versus the budget
- Manages the effective achievement of objectives by setting individual targets, developing and motivating staff in order to maximize subordinate performance
- Manages the day-to-day operational department by providing guidance, encouraging teamwork and facilitating related professional work processes in order to achieve high performance standards
- Troubleshoots and investigates complex operational issues, incidents and reliability problems on the stream operations, and rearranges work plans and resources accordingly to ensure continuity of operations
- Managing of the operational Improvement Projects that support achieving the organizational strategies
- Complies with all relevant safety, quality, health and environmental procedures to ensure a healthy and safe work environment
- Alignment of the strategic Business plan for new products, transferring from the R & D / Pilot plant / Technology Transfer/ contract manufacturing to operational scale
Production Supervisor / Acting assessment Manager
Tabuk Pharmaceuticals Industries L.L.C
01.2017 - 12.2020
- Set daily/weekly/monthly objectives and communicate them to employees
- Organize workflow by assigning responsibilities and preparing schedules
- Inspect the area temperature, relative humidity and differential pressure as per IPC
- Provide manufacturing information by compiling, initiating, sorting, and analyzing production performance records and data
- Update daily production report & monthly shortfall analysis report
- Monitor the whole process of manufacturing & packaging on a regular basis
- Ensure the safe use of equipment & machines and schedule regular maintenance
- Conduct huddle review & FIFO meeting & coordinate with all departments for the same
- Inspect machines & work area regularly to ensure safety, maintenance & cleanliness
- Take notice of process related problems and support production staff in taking corrective action to improve the overall performance of the team
- Schedule a routine activity & monitor daily attendance of production staff based on shift
- Instruct production officer to ensure all machines are clean & maintained before each production process run
- Prepare, review & amend SOP related to production department
- Check production output according to specifications
- Assist in diagnosing & attend the shop floor troubleshooting
- Ensure operation of equipment by calling for repairs, evaluating new equipment and techniques
- Analyze deviation & impact assessments subsequently coordinating the result with QA and R&D for production change control
- Monitor the production plan on a time line and FIFO system
- Maintain the progress on the time line plan with any new demand or priorities from supply chain department
- Conduct investigation for production nonconformance according to approved SOP
- Follow up & analyze OEE data & measure underlying losses
- Mobilize employees to maintain and improve processes and performances
- Inspect equipment & machines to identify any replacements, malfunctions and repairs
- Follow up & coordinate the dispensing process with warehouse
- Conduct production process meeting with Quality, Engineering, and EHS & Process Improvement departments
- Ensure product quality by performing in-process checks, complying with cGMP
Senior Production Supervisor
C.A.D Middle East Pharmaceutical Industries L.L.C
01.2016 - 12.2017
- Active member in the scaling up team responsible for manufacturing processes scaling from lab scale processing to commercialization passing through Pilot-scale
- Handle the manpower and organised them as per the priority work during the shift
- Perform and ensure all the operation as per the instruction given by the Production Manager
- Ensure that all operation going on as per SOP and cGMP norms
- To plan the issue of raw material timely from the ware house to meet the production plan
- To ensure the batch processing is done as per BMR and timely correct entries are made
- To control Deviations, investigation of OOT/OOS, implementation of CAPA activities in production area
- To review the filled BMR
- BCR, BPR & other production related documents
- To ensure that cGMP is being followed by subordinates & wherever necessary to guide the subordinates
- To communicate with various departments like Maintenance, QC, QA, R& D
- Lab, in respect to production & its related activities
- To ensure safety adherence in production area
Production Supervisor
C.A.D Middle East Pharmaceutical Industries L.L.C
01.2015 - 12.2016
- Preparation of Standard Operating Procedures SOPs for several machineries and operation systems, Batch Manufacturing Record (BMR) and User Requirement Speciation “URS”
- Atmospheric and vacuum distillation of several solvents and homogeneous and heterogeneous Azeotropes and their separation procedures
- Key member of the team carrying out commissioning for the manufacturing plant software automation system for the “Distributed Control System DCS” utilizing Delta-V system (Emerson)
- Quality Assurance Department: cGMP implementation, validation & qualification protocols implementation of equipment Installation Qualification & Operation Qualification
- Project Management Department: Member of the preparation team for SFDA cGMP licensing
Production Specialist
C.A.D Middle East Pharmaceutical Industries L.L.C
01.2012 - 12.2015
- Reasonable experience in carrying out physical and chemical unit operations related to the manufacturing of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients “APIs”
- Perform all the operation as per written procedure and as instruction given by the Supervisor
- Carry out the operation as per production SOP
- Handle the Manpower (worker) during the shift
- Check & ensure cleanliness of the equipment before use
- Check the label and weight of all required raw material before charging the batch
- To draw in-process samples to send samples to QC, to collect result from QC and attach with BMR
- Make the online entries in BMR, BCR, Equipment usage logbook and all format of SOP
- Responsible for safety precaution in production area
- Maintain cleanliness of internal as well as surrounding area of the production
Education
B.Sc. - Chemical Engineering
King Saud University
Riyadh, KSASkills
- Knowledge of Manufacturing Processes
- Leadership Skills
- Quality Management
- Strategic Planning
- Problem-Solving
- Regulatory Compliance
- Budgeting and Resource Management
- Communication Skills
- Continuous Improvement
- Safety and Environmental Compliance
- Logistics management
- Lean Manufacturing
- Auditing
Personal Information
- Date of birth: 09/29/87
- Nationality: Saudi
- Marital status: Married
Languages
English
Fluent
Arabic
Native
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Production Department Manager (Injectables and Vaccine)
Klybeck life sciences
01.2024 - 02.2025
Production Department Manager
Sanofi Aventis Arabia Co. Ltd
01.2020 - 12.2023
Production Supervisor / Acting assessment Manager
Tabuk Pharmaceuticals Industries L.L.C
01.2017 - 12.2020
Senior Production Supervisor
C.A.D Middle East Pharmaceutical Industries L.L.C
01.2016 - 12.2017
Production Supervisor
C.A.D Middle East Pharmaceutical Industries L.L.C
01.2015 - 12.2016
Production Specialist
C.A.D Middle East Pharmaceutical Industries L.L.C
01.2012 - 12.2015
B.Sc. - Chemical Engineering
King Saud University
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