
Muhammad Zaheer
Sr. Assistant Manager IE at US Apparel & Fabrics
Lahore, PakistanWork Experience
US Apparel & Fabrics
Sep 2024 - Present -1 yr
Pakistan
- Job Details:Drive OEE improvement initiatives across U.S. apparel sewing by implementing targeted projects, analyzing performance data, and validating monthly production, quality, and working hour metrics. Sewing SAM, efficiency tracking, and QC inspection methodologies standardization across U.S. apparel. Working with PPC & cut to pack production departments to enhance process efficiencies and optimize layouts. Capacity calculation & plan evaluations of before & after wash departments. Resources (manpower & machines calculations) for new styles. Monthly minimum wage root cause analysis to mitigate & control. Collecting monthly Kaizen submissions from U.S. apparel and fabric units, evaluating their effectiveness, organizing annual Kaizen conference and recognizing the most impactful initiatives. Work method improvement & process optimization. Conducting management training sessions on continuous improvement methodologies and lean tools. Overseeing production bottlenecks and their rectification to meet line target. New sewing lines designing and execution as per plan.
Sr. Assistant Manager IE (Before & After Wash)
Cotton Web Ltd.
Aug 2023 - Sep 2024 -1 yr, 1 month
Pakistan
- Job Details:Dry process, laser and washing layout optimization and new layouts preparation for future plant. Daily efficiency & utilization calculation of washing department. Attending morning meeting with IE seniors for sharing production, inventory, backlog status and bottlenecks of dry process & washing. Bottlenecks identification and rectification. Daily machine idle status report preparation and off-standards calculation with reasons. Washing SAM bank development w.r.t. batch size, wash type and wash process for capacity efficiency and utilization calculation. Conducting weekly critical parameters meeting with dry process, GWP, QC, PD and PPC. Value stream mapping of WIP flow to reduce duplication of work. Monthly KPI’s compilation of dry process & washing department.
Assistant Manager IE (After Wash)
Cotton Web Ltd.
May 2022 - Aug 2023 -1 yr, 3 months
Pakistan
- Job Details:Daily efficiency & utilization monitoring of stitching floor. Sewing layouts optimization. New styles time study and SAM validation of operations. Monthly resources working for sewing lines including manpower & machines. Skill test of newly hired workforce. Discussion on production, inventory & backlog status with bottlenecks and reasons in meeting with IE seniors. Identification and rectification of production bottlenecks on daily basis. Daily preparation of machine idle status report. Weekly critical parameters meeting with sewing, QC, QA and PPC to get action plan for mitigation of backlogs, improving product quality and controlling absenteeism issues. Preparation of weekly stitching delivery in full- & on-time reports against all orders (DIFOT).
Industrial Engineer (After Wash)
Cotton Web Ltd.
Dec 2021 - May 2022 -5 months
Pakistan
- Job Details:Daily efficiency & utilization calculation of dry process, pinky & laser department. Bottlenecks identification and rectification. On floor workers training regarding 5S. Presenting production, inventory & backlog status with bottlenecks and reasons in meeting with IE seniors. Allocation of required resources for successful execution of plan. SAM study and capacity calculations of all operations of GDP, pinky & laser. GDP & pinky operations rates calculations & revisions accordingly. Weekly delivery in full & on time reports preparation against planned orders in weekly plans of GDP and laser. Weekly attending critical parameters meeting conducted by IE AM with all stakeholders to discuss production, inventory, DHU and backlog status with reasons. Monthly KPI’s compilation of GDP department. Monthly plan evaluation of GDP department. GDP manpower optimization depending upon the new upcoming styles.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
University of Engineering and Technology LahoreJan 2017 - Jan 2021 - 4 yr
High School - Other
Govt high School Bandian walaJan 2014
Skills
- Industrial engineer
- Capacity calculation
- Team Player
- Process optimization
- Efficiency Tracking
- Negotiation
- Communication
- Lean manufacturing
- Layout Optimization
- Resource Management
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Languages
Urdu
FluentPunjabi
AdvancedEnglish
Advanced
Training & Certifications
The Role of Engineers in Safe and Sustainable Operations
Pakistan Engineering Council·20256-Big Losses at Production Floor and Their Mitigation Strategies
National Productivity Organization·2024Manager's Tool Kit
Cotton Web Ltd.·2023