PRODUCT ENGINEERING(Product Development Function)
Lead the Product Development for Textile products for IKEA for Global Range.
Work with suppliers based in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, China, Turkey, and Russia
Provide technical support to Product Development Teams in IKEA of Sweden. •
Explore improvement opportunities in area of material, construction, technique, process and packaging for better good customer offer.
Explore potential products, potential suppliers and build capabilities and capacities.
Ensure Product development secured in time to meet the Sales start Dates (SSDs).
Identify product improvement potentials and lead Improvement projects with Suppliers
Actively participate in Business and Product review meeting and Exhibition with POD and Supplier teams.
Participate is product Risk assessment meeting (FMEA) and design mitigation solution to be incorporated in development process. •
Follow up Quality KPIs and Identify GAPs for improvement.

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING (Quality Assurance Function)
Lead the Quality and Engineering team for textile products
Establish and implement procedures in collaboration with cross-functional departments.
Implement of IKEA Quality and Compliance Standards. (Go / No GO) and audit them.
Review suppliers procedures to identify gaps as per IKEA Supplier Operation Standard -ISOS and perform assessment for ISOS standard and Coordinate Audits.
Build competence at suppliers’ teams for IKEA Quality Well Developed Program – QWDS. Build stakeholder (internal and external) relationships at Suppliers and IKEA teams.
Explore customer expectations and incorporate improvement in to production system.
Perform production risks assessment FMEA and design preventive actions.
Implement quality control tools, 5S, kaizen, Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma tools.
Monitor and evaluate Suppliers internal and external quality KPIs performance.
Evaluating product deviation and recalls and make recommendations for improvement.

Lead product Quality & Engineering agenda at Suppliers in Pakistan and Bangladesh.
To provide technical support during development and Production Stages.
Responsible for supplier’s capacity and Capability development.
New Supplier assessment and selection.
Risk identification and assessment at early stages of development and production
Conduct factory audit, assessments, and improvement projects - FCCA
Ensuring products are safe, meet quality and legal requirements.
Lead suppliers’ teams for improved operations, capability and product quality.
Process mapping of MQE function, development and alignment of working routines across MQE teams in Pakistan, India, China and Bangladesh.

Led quality assurance department for the complete manufacturing process from raw material to final product.
Responsible for establishing quality control and assurance plans and implementing to secure right quality out put.
Responsible for technical development for inhouse and out sources processes.
Implementing customer standards at manufacturing and securing 3rd party assessment and audits.

Worked with the internal quality control and process development team for online and off line testing and monitoring at processing plant.
Responsible for dye recipe development for new shades.
Responsible for arranging testing as per test plan for leading customers.
Training for production staff for online quality control function.