Talaat A.

Kader
[email protected]
01000403454- 01145588800

QA /EHS Manager/ Lead Auditor

Manufacturing planning Strategic Planning Operations Management
Marketing chemical industries Plastics oil/ gas

Extensive background in implementation, establishment and auditing of integrated management system in several
industries including medical devices, chemical industries, plastic and petrochemical and in oil and gas manufacturing and
services. Demonstrated ability to develop and implement Quality Systems compliant with national and international
standards. Adept at providing guidance, facilitating sessions and delivering quality improvement programs to ensure
compliance. Trained in Six Sigma and Lean Sigma methodologies and implementing Quality Control requirements
including test specifications, sampling plan, method validation and instrument qualification. Key strengths are
organization, pragmatic problem solving, accuracy, attention to detail and guiding, influencing and educating project
teams to achieve compliance goals.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Certified Quality Manager Business startup skills ISO 9001.14001:2015
Certified Quality auditor Risk Management ISO 13485, 14971
Nebosh certified Strategic planning OHSAS 18001:2007
Lean six sigma Process management ISO 17025
implementation Change management CE marks
 API Q2,Q2 implementation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Lufkin Middle East (GE oil &Gas) 12/2008 – Now
Lufkin Middle East is a branch from Lufkin Industries, Houston, Texas. The scope of this branch is sales and distribution
of artificial lift equipment, installation and servicing in oil fields in Egypt and Oman. I have received formal training in
Lufkin pumping school, Houston, Texas. USA.
Quality system Manager/ Global auditor
I have transferred the company from sales office in Egypt into prominent Business and service center and qualified the
company for integration with GE oil and gas. I had taken the initiative of launching strategic process analysis which
resulted in comprehensive business process improvement. Continued customer contact and site tours to enhance
customer retention and customer satisfaction. The position required 30-50% travel to more than 25 locations located in
Eastern and western desert oilfields in addition to Oman oilfields. I have taken the following responsibilities:

1. I had designed, established, implemented, and maintained integrated QEHS management system according to
the following standards:
ISO 9001:2008, 2015, ISO 14001:2004, 2015 and OHSAS 18001:2007 and preparing for ISO 45001, ISO
29001 and preparing to integrate with ISO 50001
2. Led the management team in setting the overall quality objectives and targets and the Quality policy, and the
quality plan of the company. Held responsibility for training and management of all quality-related policies,
procedures, processes, programs, and practices to ensure Lufkin and its contractor’s continuous conformance
with appropriate standards and regulations of the company.
3. Provided EHS training in the implementation of SMS,EMS according to ISO 14001:2004, and then ISO
14001:2015 and OHSDAS 18001:2007
4. Established the internal audit system within the company and trained and qualified internal auditor’s team.
5. Representing the company in technical and quality conferences in the United States and worked as
international auditor within GE companies where I have lead audit team in several countries.
6. Oversaw product specifications, supplier requirements, testing, inspections, part verification, equipment
procurement and calibration; corrective actions, non-conformances, benchmarking, and voice of the customer.
Key Achievements:
 1. I have implemented Lufkin Middle East and GE oil and gas integrated QEHS management system according to
ISO 9001:2008, 2015, ISO 14001:2004, 20015, ISO 29001, and OHSAS 18001:2008 which constitute
competitive advantage in oil service companies.
2. I have implemented, and certified API Q1 for the company for the first time for Service Company.
3. I have implemented the company Quality manual and process picture mapping manual and communicated to
field team as the Lufkin documented procedures for process compliance and improvement.
4. Won the largest tender in Lufkin history of delivery, installation, operations and maintenance of Sucker rod
pumps and PCP for 15 years in Oman oilfields for PDO.
5. Achieving the highest market share in Egyptian market with a ratio of 95% through providing high level
customer support and problem solving techniques by a carefully selected service team.

National Medical industries NMI 4/2006 – 12/2008

NMI is privately held company for the manufacturing the dialyzers filters and bloodlines in addition to distribution of
dialyzers. I have led the company in the application of integrated QMS of ISO 9001:200, ISO 13485 and ISO 14971
Quality/ Regulatory affairs Lead auditor
Key Achievements:
1. Quality planning for all manufacturing plants which included two blood lines and dialyzers filters manufacturing
plant in addition to all utilities such as boilers, cooling towers, chillers and ethylene oxide sterilization unit.
2. Leading the application of GMP, Good Laboratory management GLM and industrial hygiene in all departments.
3. Implementation of integrated quality EHS management system according to ISO 9001:2000, ISO 14001:2004
and ISO13485 and risk assessment according to ISO 14971
4. Reviewed and approved 150 procedures and documents relation to quality, manufacturing, purchase, customer
complaints, product validation, design verification and design validation.
5. Quality inspection and quality audit of raw materials and in process semi-finished products in addition to the
final inspection according to the international standards.
6. Process, Product validation Designed and implemented the SOP of process, and product validation within the
company according to FDA and EEC directives.
7. Designed and applied the procedures of validation and verification of Ethylene Oxide sterilization.
8. Participation in cross function team in the products design and product verification and validation.
9. The application of verification and validation procedures within the company and with the major and main
customers.
10. Sterilization validation Held responsible for the process of product sterilization by ethylene oxide unit indoor
and outsourced Gamma radiation sterilization.
11. Managing the process of sterilization by using gamma radiation according to the requirements of FDA.
12. Laboratory qualification and validation :Managing the validation and qualification of chemical and
microbiology laboratory and leading the ISO 17025 certification by the application of the following procedures:
 Design qualification DQ
 Installation QF
 Operation qualification
 Performance qualification
13. Reviewed and approved the documentation and provided guidance in the start-up and development of the
laboratory to support the Quality Control requirements including test specifications, sampling plan, method
validation and instrument qualification.
14. Developed, qualified and validated analytical methods for new products and line extensions that ensured accurate
and complete results that met dialyzers filters standards.
15. Authored SOPs and trained staff on analytical methods and ensured consistent and accurate samples and
collection of data.
16. Developed a 21 CFR Part 11 assessment process for newly acquired computer systems and the acquired data that
allowed system owners to easily determine the scope of compliance and any gaps in coverage and provided a
generic set of test cases to cover all requirements.
17. Led the roll out of the risk-based approach to computer systems validation by leading diverse business and IT
teams in the development of risk assessments of computer systems that provided a pragmatic analysis of business
processes and validation requirements..
18. Regulatory affairs applications: Representing the company with the regulatory organization in the Ministry of
Health, Ministry of industry and the organization of standardization.
19. Held responsible for new products registration.
20. Responsible for overseeing and validating technical files for 50 products to include product specs, test history.
Risk analyses. Regulatory labels and clinical summaries.
21. Research and interpret new medical devices directives and apply findings t existing products currently marked in
Europe. Make recommendations for required product and label changes based on regulatory guidelines.
 Alcoa CSI- Egypt 4/2004– 11/2006
Alcoa CSI Egypt is a branch of the American multinational Alcoa. The company specialized in the manufacturing of
polypropylene and polyethylene closures for beverage and water by using compression molding techniques. I have
received formal training on Alcoa business management from USA, Mexico, Spain and Bahrain.
Quality/ Process Manager
I have worked in cross functional team to establish the company in Egypt and participated in all startup processes that
included plant layout, selection of contractors, construction, material procurement, machine commissioning, machine
installation, operations, developing and implementation of standard operating procedures for production, operation, and
quality and product design. I have been the key person during the construction phase and reported directly to project
manager in USA.
Key Achievements:
1. QC/QA design and implementation: Established the quality department and laboratories of final product,
raw material and semi-finished product inspection. I have also established R& D laboratories for new products
design. I have prepared, written and verified and implemented all SOPs concerning laboratory analysis,
quality audits and quality improvements.
2. I have set the raw materials specs that comprised PP, PE, PVC, Additives, inks and solvents and performed all
testing to select the best vendors.
3. I have successfully qualified local suppliers for FDA approved homopolymer Polypropylene which saved
40% of raw materials costs and lead time delivery.
4. Process Validation: I had the responsibility of designing and formulation of the products and validated the
new products and validated with our major multinational customers.
5. I have solved lot tons of technical problems within customer’s factories especially in bottling process.
6. Achieved market share of 95% of the Egyptian market directly after start-up due to high quality of product
and customer support.
7. Integrated Quality management system: I have established standardized process set ups allowing
production processes to be more consistent and proceduralized the operations to be acceptable by customers
during customer audit.
8. Application of lean /six sigma tools such as process mapping, statistical analysis and root cause analysis that
resulted in the following:
 Scrap rate reduction
 Production efficiency Increased to 95%of the standard.
 Labor reduction by 20%
6. I have implemented integrated Quality, environmental and safety management system according to IS
9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:2007
7. I have established GMP system and HACCP and industrial Hygiene related to food contact packaging
materials. Provided technical services to bottlers and co-packers in regard to scientific, regulatory, technical
and quality issues relating to production of PepsiCo products. Drove quality improvements through evaluation
of facility data from trade reports, consumer complaints and internal and external auditing.
8. Customer support: Ensured compliance with PepsiCo and Cola standards and requirements, as well as
protection to company information and sensitive documents.
9. Provided technical services to bottlers and co-packers in regard to scientific, regulatory, technical and quality
issues relating to production of PepsiCo products. Drove quality improvements through evaluation of facility
data from trade reports, consumer complaints and internal and external auditing.
10. Provided support for all products, process and line qualifications by writing qualification protocols,
coordinating all aspects of application of qualification protocol.
11. Eliminated closure complaints for hard-to-open across water and carbonated beverages drink segments, with
complaint rates falling by 70%.
12. Created customer satisfaction survey and distributed survey to manufacturing facilities for feedback on level
of field support and programs offered. Used information in increasing satisfaction from manufacturing plants
by 20% from base-line year.

Technopack. 7/1997 - 3/2004

Technopack is the largest Middle East Company in the manufacturing of Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene film
BOPP and Metalized polypropylene film in addition to Cast Polyethylene and cast polypropylene films for packaging
of food, detergents, cigarettes and pharmaceuticals.
Quality/RD Manager
Recruited to be change agent to improve the quality of products and the quality of processes and to overcome the high
percentage of scrap, defected materials and the high percentage of rejected products by all customers. The company
was in a situation of severe losses and I had been recruited to restore the company to profitability and know how
improvement. I have managed raw materials formulation and raw materials research to be compatible with the situation
of the production lines.
Key Achievements:
1. I have shifted the quality system of the company from ISO 9001:1994 into integrated QEHS system according
to ISO 9001:2000, ISO 14001:2004, and OHSAS 18001:2007.
2. As a certified lead auditor and the management representative, I have changed the certification body from BSI
England to OQS Austria.
3. I have established Technopack quality Manual and internal audit system.
4. I have implemented the system of NCR management and implemented CAPA system to achieve continuous
improvement.
5. I have performed the research also in coordination with customer and through excessive customer factories
visit and inspection of films and raw materials during film processing.
6. I have reduced the additives ratios especially slips agents and antistatic to reduce migration and keep the film
wettability for long time. I have saved 95% of the additives every day which saved more than LE 200000
every day.
7. I have reduced the percentage of scrap to be the minimum according to 2 sigma process and taking the scrap
to efficient recycling process and added to the product and simultaneously keeping the high quality and the
standard specs of the film.
8. I have reduced the rejected materials to zero and enhanced customer satisfaction due to the improvements that
mentioned above.
9. I have introduced and qualified new raw materials suppliers to work with Technopack to guarantee the
continuous production flow. I have qualified Sabic, OPC, Solvay; Schulman, and other companies.
10. Due to the above mentioned improvements and due to new products design, the market share has been
elevated to more than 90% of the Middle East market.
11. The company has tripled the production capacity by expansion and adding new BOPP lines of 40 ton/day to
raise the production capacity from 20 ton/day to 60 ton /day of BOPP film in addition to cast film of 10
tons/day.
12. I started the company with 20 tons production capacity with efficiency less than 60%, 20 % rejected and off
specs, and ended with capacity of 70 tons of efficiency 96%
13. I have introduced high-impact staff improvement initiatives that increased performance and morale through
proper training, dedicated leadership, and unwavering employee support.
14. I have been selected to be the management representative to certify the company to ISO 9000 and Technopack
was the first to be certified in Egypt.

AMC SPREA - Misr 4/1993 – 7/1997

AMC Sprea is Italian company for the production of thermosetting plastic products, melamine molding compounds,
urea molding compounds and phenol molding compounds. I have established Quality department from scratch. Set the
specs of raw materials and final products and supervision on all reaction processes. I was responsible for the
formulation and setting the process conditions of all products.

Lab/ RD manager & technical manager

Recruited to establish the chemical and physical and RD laboratory from scratch. Coordinated efforts with production
and material managers to produce for quality and design new products to expand market share and increase profits for
the Egyptian branch of AMC Sprea. Established the laboratory and Quality department from scratch.
Key Achievements:
1. Participated in the design of laboratory layout that included RD laboratories, physical, chemical and water
treatment laboratories that cover all company’s activities.
2. Created all inspection and laboratory analysis procedures and SOPs after researches and benchmarking with
AMC Sprea in Italy and the raw materials producing company.
3. Generating process design, equipment sizing and specification for treatment systems, estimating design
parameters from published literature when data not available for a given type of wastewater. Design and
perform bench scale and pilot treatability studies for evaluating and selecting treatment processes (physical,
chemical, and biological) for a given waste stream.
4. Supported logistics department by creating the specs of all raw materials that included Urea, Melamine,
Formaldehyde, Methanol, zinc Sulphide, zinc Sulphide as a catalyst in addition to pigments and fillers. The
main raw materials, catalyst, additives and fillers. Participated in establishing the approved supplier list.
5. Succeeded to procure the main raw materials from the local markets especially Formaldehyde which
constituted 60% of raw materials, Urea, barium sulphate, methanol, calcium carbonate, etc. after series of
researches with the Italian mother company.
6. Waste water treatment: As per the requirement of the Municipal organization, I have started the project of
building waste water treatment plant which included chemical, physical, biological and odor treatment of
waste water. Treatment technologies designed include dissolved air flotation, clarifiers, aerobic, anoxic and
anaerobic biological treatment systems, chemical oxidation, coagulation and flocculation, carbon adsorption,
ion exchange, etc.
 7. Water treatment plant for industrial water and boilers: required to feed the Formaldehyde production plant
and also to feed the boilers which required demineralized water of Zero conductivity.
8. I have replaced the Italian factory manager in product design and product formulation issued the bill of
material for products and set the operations parameters for reactors.
9. I have established the official technical Egyptian Standards of urea formaldehyde, Melamine
Formaldehyde, and Phenol Formaldehyde in the presence of representatives from Cairo University,
Egyptian organization of Standardizations and representative of the major thermosetting plastic manufacturer.
The standards had been approved and applied by the Ministry Of industry in Egypt to be applied all over
Egypt.

ACMA for medical X- ray film manufacturing 1/1991- 4/1993

ACMA is one of Acdema group for pharmaceutical and medical devices productions. It works in Egypt as Joint
venture with Konica; I have received my training as Quality and laboratory manager from Konica, Japan. The scope of
the company is slitting and packaging of ready coated mother rolls of X-ray film in dark and clean room.
Key achievements:
1. I have started the quality department and I have trained all staff on x-ray film processing.
2. I have implemented all Quality system SOPs
3. I have worked also as company technical support for customers and solved lot of technical problem in major
and small hospitals in Egypt.
4. I have made excellent relational marketing with several x-ray department manager
5. Achieved high market share in the first year of manufacturing to reach more than 20% amidst of major
multinational companies like Kodak and Agfa.

EDUCATION
1. Bachelor of Science in chemistry (BSC.): Ain Shams University – Faculty of Science.
Concentration in industrial chemistry and organic, non-organic and physical chemistry. Minor
in Business, math. and Physics
2. Higher studies Diploma in Total Quality Management: American University in Cairo,
concentration on designing for top quality and achieving customer satisfaction and statistical
process control
3. Certified Quality Manager by Austrian Organization of Quality in 2003
4. Certified quality Auditor by Austrian organization of Quality. In 2003
5. Certified quality manager by European Organization of quality in 2003
6. Certified ISO 9001:2008 lead auditor by Irca in 2012
7. Certified ISO 14001 lead auditor by Irca in 2012
8. Certified OHSAS 18001:2007 by Irca in 2012
9. Higher Studies diploma in Biophysics 2001: 1 year from the Faculty of science, Cairo
University this concentrated on radiation protection and somatic and non-somatic effect of
ionizing radiation.
10. Formal Ionizing radiation protection Program : from The Middle Eastern Institute for
Ionizing radiation for Arab countries for 6 continuous weeks mainly in radioactivity and radiation
hazards and the ways of protection.
11. Hands on training and operation on radiography and radiograph reading and
interpretation: working also as NDT section head by using ionizing radiation for metallic
industries on Philips made X-Ray machine of 420 KV and Linatron machine of 2 Mev.
12. Higher studies diploma in Business Administration in 2007: Ain Shams university, Faculty of
commerce, 2-year diploma that covered corporate finance, strategic management, operations
management and negotiation skills and management theory
13. Higher studies diploma in Managerial economics in 2011: Al-Azhar university : 2 years
14. Higher studies diploma in human resources planning and development in 2008: Al-Azhar
University, 2 years which concentrate on Strategic management, human resources management,
strategic planning, theory of management,
15. Master of Business Administration: Cairo University, faculty of commerce. I have finished the
program in 3 years that covered the following courses:
 Marketing management Strategic management
 Organizational behavior International business
 Operations management Managerial accounting
 Managerial finance Human resources management
  Research methodologies Quality management and six sigma
 Leadership and negotiation Information technology

16. NEBOSH international diploma 2014

17. Nebosh international general certificate 2009
18. Sucker Rod Pumps installation and maintenance from the Pumping school in USA in 2010.
19. In house training in Metrology and gauges calibration by Martin Marietta, USA.
20. Lead auditor training by GE in Houston and Dubai in 2014,2016 respectively
21. Incident analysis by GE in Houston in 2014

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES
1. Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio)
2. Photo Shop, Integrated ERP Software

Languages
1. Arabic, native language
2. English, excellent
3. French, excellent
4. German, Fair