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    IMAD EL RAFEI has over 21 years of experience in food product development, production, quality assurance, and management. He is currently the Director of Corporate R&D/QA at Gandour Group of Companies, where he has worked for 15 years. Prior to that, he held managerial roles in production, quality assurance, and R&D at other food companies. He has extensive experience in new product development, quality system implementation, process improvement, and operations management.

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    IMAD EL RAFEI has over 21 years of experience in food product development, production, quality assurance, and management. He is currently the Director of Corporate R&D/QA at Gandour Group of Companies, where he has worked for 15 years. Prior to that, he held managerial roles in production, quality assurance, and R&D at other food companies. He has extensive experience in new product development, quality system implementation, process improvement, and operations management.

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    IMAD EL RAFEI has over 21 years of experience in food product development, production, quality assurance, and management. He is currently the Director of Corporate R&D/QA at Gandour Group of Companies, where he has worked for 15 years. Prior to that, he held managerial roles in production, quality assurance, and R&D at other food companies. He has extensive experience in new product development, quality system implementation, process improvement, and operations management.

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    IMAD EL RAFEI has over 21 years of experience in food product development, production, quality assurance, and management. He is currently the Director of Corporate R&D/QA at Gandour Group of Companies, where he has worked for 15 years. Prior to that, he held managerial roles in production, quality assurance, and R&D at other food companies. He has extensive experience in new product development, quality system implementation, process improvement, and operations management.

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    IMAD EL RAFEI

    E Mail: ie8dfa6a@westpost.net
    Contact: +1 407 437 8901 ( cell phone )
    +1 407 671 7345 ( home )
    Career Objective: Challenging Managerial Assignments in Manufacturing , R&D/Qual
    ity Assurance with an organisation of repute.
    Professional Overview
    * A competent professional with 21 years of rich experience in sugar confectione
    ry technology, Production Planning & Control, Quality Assurance, Process Improve
    ments & Product Development of Toffees, Candy Bars , Chocolates , Candies & Loll
    ypops, Biscuits, Wafers, Cakes, Coated products, Chewing gums & Bubble gums both
    sugar and sugar free , Gum Base production , Oils and Fats , Juices and Tomato
    products with companies of repute viz. Gandour Group of Companies, Tripak food I
    ndustries .
    * Presently working with Gandour Group of Companies as Director Corporate R&D/QA
    ,Since 15 Years
    * Good Experience in managing a wide spectrum multifunction type of operation wi
    th functions such as production operations, procurement activities, designing &
    implementing systems, trouble shooting , man power control , equipment selection
    and solution finding , Packaging design and legislation.
    * Successfully developed numerous products & attended trainings for efficiency &
    enhancement of knowledge.
    * Good experience in setting up and starting new factories including product ada
    ptation to local taste , cost control , machines and production lines selection
    , ingredients supply , formulations , commissioning and product launching / comm
    ercialisation . Played a major role in setting up Gandour factories in Saudi Ara
    bia, Malaysia, Egypt, China and now India.
    * Good Experience in planning and control of resources. product launching and co
    mmercialisation. production schedules, implementing policies & achieving targets
    consistently.
    * Well versed with different quality systems such as ISO 9001:2000, HACCP, Weigh
    t & Measurements Act.
    * Excellent technical /analytical and managerial abilities that allowed me to he
    ad the technical team in Gandour.
    * Excellent communication, interpersonal, analytical & negotiation skills with s
    trong organizational & team building abilities.
    * A values driven, open minded, result oriented and customer focused person refl
    ecting strong leadership traits.
    Core Competencies
    Production Planning & Control
    * Managing overall operations with a view to ensure timely accomplishment of pro
    duction targets within the time and cost parameters.
    * Undertaking RM/ PM Planning & coordination to meet Production Plan.
    * Overseeing overall Procurement activities, implementing effective techniques t
    o bring efficiency in operations, improve quality standards & achieve maximum co
    st savings.
    Process Improvement
    * Designing and implementing systems, processes and procedures to facilitate smo
    oth functioning of overall production operations and enhance operational efficie
    ncy.
    * Analysing various processes / applications and recommending process modificati
    ons and equipment calibrations to enhance operational efficiency.
    * Handling process simplification, process planning & process trouble shooting.

    Quality Assurance & Control


    * Set up the quality systems of Gandour Group of Companies and make sure of full
    compliance and adherence to set quality standards by deploying regular audits.
    * Adhere with the company quality policy.
    * Conducting Internal Audit to ensure the Compliance of Systems & SOP's.
    * Ensuring Food Safety from Physical/ Chemical/ Microbilogical hazards.

    Product Development
    * Understanding overall operations for improvement of existing products with thr
    ust on reducing product cost and based on market trends / requirements.
    * Manage product development/ customization functions including requirement anal
    ysis, finalizing specifications, designing, prototype development and testing ac
    tivities.
    * Evaluating design & performance of competing products for benchmarking.
    * Set and coordinate the overall corporate R&D budget based on the assigned and
    agreed projects.

    Man Management
    * Directing, leading and motivating workforce; imparting continuous on job train
    ing for accomplishing greater operational effectiveness/ efficiency.
    * Working on succession planning of the workforce, rendering technical guidance
    to the staff & resolving interpersonal issues & working towards a harmonious wor
    k environment.

    Organisational Experience
    Since June'93 with Gandour Group of Companies.

    Director Corporate QA/R&D - (Jan'01 -Till Date)


    Notable Contributions:
    * Maintained and improved the quality system in place with setting up a full fle
    dged R&D team to cater for the fast growing pace of Gandour.
    * Improved the technical know how and skills of the company by proper reporting
    and documenting the different technological out comes and breakthroughs achieved
    .
    * Managed a complete budget control for the whole group with times of difficulti
    es as well as relaxation during which proper management and exercising practical
    ity were the main focus.
    * Improved product self life and stability.
    * Exercised product cost management especially during the last two years when th
    e price of raw materials went up so dramatically.
    * Brought down the non conformance of Finished Goods from 3 % to 1 %.
    * Achieved Zero repetition of Market complaints for some products.
    * Conducted Organoleptic Training and established the Sensory panel.
    * Developed, Instituted and managed the Internal audit System for the Plants to
    plug the gaps in Quality.
    * Implemented weight control in an efficient manner.
    * Auditing and Monitoring the Physical/Chemical/Microbiological testing of RM/PM
    /Process/FG .
    * Implemented HACCP System in Gandour.
    * Achieved Effective Material Balances (RM Utilisation above 97 % Consistently).
    * Product Quality improved from 94.0 % to 97 % as per Internal Quality rating s
    ystem.
    * OTIF despatches improved from 92% to 98 %.
    * Implemented the supplier qualification procedure for better control and less r
    aw material rejection as part of a total QA system.

    Jan'99 - Jan'01 (Gandour Lebanon & Saudi Arabia) as Regional QA/R&D Manager
    Notable Contributions:
    * Successfully developed and managed the QA/R&D department at the regional level
    .
    * Started the standardisation / single standard implementation in Gandour.
    * Started and managed the R&D process in its four stages.
    * Maintained and improved on the current QA system to focus more on prevention.
    * Managed several line extension projects as well as introduction of new lines a
    nd products.
    * Started the in depth knowledge and understanding of ingredients to ingredients
    interaction, ingredients to formulation interaction and formulation to machinea
    bility consideration .
    March'97 - Jan'99 ( Gandour Lebanon ) as QA/R&D Manager
    Notable Contributions:
    * Started and implemented the QA/R&D department in Gandour Lebanon.
    * Undergone heavy training for the company staff including on the job training.
    * Established the different standards that make the QA department.

    June'93 - March'97 ( Master Chewing Gum and Candies , subsidiary of Gandour ) as


    Production Manager
    Notable Contributions:
    * Reduced the Hard Panning Time.
    * Reduced the rework generation from 8% to 6% in Candy Production.
    * Achieved record highest Production efficiency in coated pellet production.
    * Production planning and control using master production schedule.
    * Man power control, training and utilisation.
    * Efficiency and productivity improvement,
    * Control of variances.
    * Training.

    Tripak Food Industries SAL


    Sep 87 - June 93 as Production Manager ( Canning and processing of Fruit Juices
    and Tomato Products )
    Notable contributions :
    * Planning and organizing the production process.
    * Process parameters determination and control.
    * Manpower management and control.
    * Production planning and scheduling.
    * Inventory management and control.
    IT Exposure
    * Working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, PP), Internet, Lotus Notes.
    Trainings
    * Implementing World Class Food Quality System- ISO 9001-2000.
    * HACCP.
    * TQM .
    * Managerial Effectiveness.
    * Attended many technical courses and seminars at ZDS Germany.
    * Continuous meetings and discussions with world class ingredients and machine/p
    rocess experts ( Ex: ADM , Cargill , Danisco , Fuji Oil , Givaudan , Sollich , e
    tc. ) .
    * Regularly attending Interpak , ISM, FIE , etc.
    Education
    * BS Degree in Food technology 1987 from the American University of Beirut - Leb
    anon .
    * Masters Degree in Food technology 1991 from the American University of Beirut
    - Lebanon .

    Personal Details
    Date of Birth : August 6 , 1964
    Marital Status : Married
    Number of kids : 3 .
    Address : 7915 NASHUA LN Orlando, FL 32817
    Languages Known: English, Arabic,

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