Ahmed Samy Nosseir

About

Operational performance, business excellence and transformation leader with 25+ years across petrochemicals, global business operations, container terminals, consulting and automotive OEM manufacturing. Mechanical Engineer with DBA and MBA qualifications, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and Certified TPM Facilitator. Proven record of turning strategic priorities into Annual Operating Plans, profitability and cost-improvement portfolios, KPI cascades, governance routines and frontline execution. Combines Lean process improvement, digital transformation for performance visibility and workflow integration, and data-driven problem solving with hands-on coaching from executives to frontline teams. Earlier roles provide practical depth in testing laboratories, process audits, OEM qualification and ISO/VDA certification environments

Experience

• Principal Lean Coach (Strategic Performance Management and Operational Transformation)
  OQ - Liwa Plastics Industrial Complex (LPIC) · Oman
  Oct 2023 – Present

  Coach operational and technical leaders on Lean management systems, Toyota Improvement Kata, Visual Performance Management, performance huddles, Gemba/process walks, leader standard work and structured problem solving across the industrial complex. Coach Lean Six Sigma improvement projects focused on operational performance, productivity, waste elimination and cost reduction, contributing to approximately USD 28 million in finance-validated savings over three years. Perform the annual strategic KPI cascade from VP scorecard to departmental objectives and establish business-level and departmental dashboards supporting daily, weekly and monthly performance governance and escalation. Support integrated digital performance visibility across enterprise data sources and strengthen the use of dashboards for performance monitoring, issue escalation and corrective-action follow-up. Contribute to Shingo-aligned cultural transformation and capability building, embedding operational excellence routines into day-to-day technical and operational management.

• Global Business Excellence & Strategy Manager
  Gap Polymers · Cairo, Egypt
  Feb 2021 – Sep 2023

  Facilitated development of the Group long-term vision, mission, strategic goals and transformation priorities with the CEO and senior management team, then translated them into short-term priorities and performance commitments for six global branches. Developed and Facilitated the annual business planning and budgeting cycle, linking sales, marketing, supply chain, operations and finance objectives; developed branch and functional scorecards, KPIs, rolling forecasts and Annual Operating Plans. Led annual and monthly performance reviews to compare actual results with targets, identify operational and financial performance gaps, prioritize corrective actions and track execution through governance routines. Led organizational restructuring across global branches and redesigned the headquarters supply chain operating model to strengthen accountability, cross-branch coordination, Lean logistics and service responsiveness. Re-engineered cross-functional operational and administrative workflows to reduce silos, improve end-to-end integration, accelerate decision-making and create more responsive operating routines. Established the foundation for a Group Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence Unit to improve data-driven decision-making, market analytics, KPI visibility and responsiveness to changing business conditions.

• Principal Business Efficiency Consultant
  IMPRAVIA Consulting · Cairo, Egypt
  Jan 2019 – Dec 2020

  Delivered strategic business analysis, Lean transformation and operational excellence consulting and training across client organizations. Facilitated Value Stream Mapping workshops to diagnose process waste, identify improvement opportunities and convert findings into prioritized tactical action plans.

• Head of Continuous Improvement & Business Process Management
  APM Terminals SCCT - Maersk Group · Port Said, Egypt
  Dec 2011 – Aug 2018

  Led performance, productivity and cost-efficiency improvement across terminal functions, managing the continuous-improvement project pipeline and aligning initiatives with terminal and corporate performance priorities. Reviewed financial statements and operating data to identify cost and profitability improvement opportunities, then coached cross-functional teams in delivering P&L-linked improvement projects averaging approximately USD 2 million per year. Led the yearly Annual Operating Plan in alignment with business strategy, CAPEX/OPEX budgets, function heads, Finance, Terminal GM/MD and corporate headquarters; cascaded strategic objectives into functional Balanced Scorecards, targets and project pipelines using a Hoshin-style process. Developed Performance & Value Drivers KPI trees and performance-management structures for Operations, Technical and Health & Safety (HSE) functions, strengthening visibility of operational gaps and corrective actions. Led a global cross-functional project across Egypt, Spain, Morocco and Oman to develop the Maersk Global Vessel Berthing Standard, with estimated annual cost avoidance of approximately USD 300 million globally. Deployed a TPM-based Terminal Asset Management System for more than USD 800 million of assets, reducing breakdowns and downtime, improving MTBF and MTTR, increasing terminal capacity and reducing planned CAPEX. Avoided approximately USD 13 million in planned investment for nine RTG cranes through yard logistics bottleneck analysis and Design of Experiments; the analytical experiment itself cost approximately USD 100,000. Improved resource utilization through an 18-month program, reducing terminal truck travel distance by 12%, truck deployment by 20% and RTG crane deployment by 12.5%, while improving yard stacking factor by 22%. Engaged 3,000+ employees through the Terminal Improvement Ideas System and Kaizen; trained 100% of terminal staff in scientific problem solving and supported sister terminals in Georgia,

• Senior Lean, Six Sigma & TPM Deployment Consultant
  Symbios Consulting Group UK - Cairo Branch · Cairo, Egypt
  Sep 2006 – Nov 2011

  Led Lean, Six Sigma, TPM and supply-chain optimization deployments across Egypt, Jordan and Romania in manufacturing, logistics and service environments, working from senior executives to frontline operators.

Education

• MBA
  Paris ESLSCA Business School
  Business Administration
• Mechanical Engineering
  Cairo University
  Mechanical Engineering

Skills

Tools / apps / platforms

Projects

• Several Process and Efficiency Improvement Projects and Initiatives

  So Many Process and Efficiency Improvement Projects and Initiatives

🏆 Achievements & awards

• USD 28 million finance-validated savings

  Coached Operational Excellence and Lean Six Sigma portfolios at OQ LPIC delivering approximately USD 28 million in finance-validated savings over three years.

• USD 300 million global cost avoidance

  Led a multinational Maersk project to develop a global vessel berthing standard with estimated annual cost avoidance of approximately USD 300 million globally.

🎯 Hobbies & interests

• Reading
• Sports
• Social Activities