PERSONAL INFORMATION
· Name : Essifi Hicham
· Date of birth : 01 January 1977
· Address : N 55 Hay Essahrij , CYM , Rabat
· Marital Status : Married with one daughter
· Mobile phone : +212 664 44 16 16 / +212 663 45 69 02
· E-mail : Hicham.Essifi@gmail.com
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
· Engineer degree in Quality: Engineer degree in Textile and Sewing Engineering (July, 2002), with Cumulative grade ' Good’, during the period (1999-2002) from ESITH School of Textile Industry.
· College-preparatory school: preparatory class for entrance to Grandes Ecoles, during the period (1996,1999) from Moulay Youssef High school.
· High school diploma in math test (June, 1996) from Abdelkrim Khattabi High school
COURSES AND TARINING
· 09 July 2007 to 13 July 2007: · ISO9000 Lead Assessor Course (MOODY INTERNATIONAL MAROC Register Quality Assurance)/IRCA –Casablanca
· September 2005 to June 2006: In-service training course in ISCAE (institute of business and Management), in Finances and Audit.
WORK EXPERIENCES
· August 2007 to Present: Health & Safety Officer and Quality assurance Manager in Jeweltex Maroc a multinational clothing supplier company.
The main duties are to establish, manage and monitor standards, processes, communications, training and systems to ensure:
1. Existence and awareness of a suitable and relevant health and safety policy. A safe workplace without risk to health.
2. Safe plant and machinery, and safe movement, storage and use of articles and substances.
3. Adequate provision of first-aid and welfare facilities and support.
4. Provision of suitable and current information and supervision concerning health and safety policies and practices.
5. Proper and timely assessment of risks to health and safety, and implementation of measures and arrangements identified as necessary from the assessments.
6. Provision of emergency procedures, first-aid facilities, safety signs, relevant protective clothing and equipment, and incident reporting to the relevant authorities.
7. Liaison as necessary with other organizations and relevant authorities, and assistance and cooperation concerning audits and remedial actions.
8. The workplace satisfies health, safety and welfare requirements for ventilation, temperature, lighting, sanitary, washing and rest facilities.
9. Prevention and precautions against, or adequate control of, exposure to hazardous substances, and danger from flammable, explosive, electrical, noise, radiation and manual handling risks.
10. Surveillance and reporting on health and safety practices and systems.
· September 2006 to July 2007: Quality Assurance Manager in Jeweltex Maroc a multinational clothing supplier company.
1. Dealing with customers and Supplier to resolve quality problems and initiate corrective/preventive action.
2. Customer Corrective Action investigation, root cause analysis and 8D report writing.
3. Undertake statistical Analysis of Quality problems to initiate corrective/preventive Action
4. Liaised with colleagues at all levels.
5. Wrote Standard Operating Procedures.
6. Internal lead Auditor and external Audit coordinator.
7. ISO9001: 2000 Quality Management System Processes and Procedure Monitoring.
8. ISO9000 Quality System Representative for Department with overall responsibility of developing Quality Manuals and other operating procedures, conducting Internal audits and represent section during external surveillance visits.
9. Training of Line Managers, Team Leaders and Operators in Lean tools and techniques. Kaizen, Kanbans, JIT supply, Poka Yoke, 7 wastes, 5S, PDCA
10. Training of employees in ISO9000 Quality Management systems.
· September 2003 to August 2006: Head of quality and technical department in JGR SA.
1. Analysis of the test lot process and highlight any risks.
2. Hold the pre-production meeting and highlighted any bulk production risks.
3. Setting up the quality department structure.
4. Set up the entire checkpoints on the company (Fabric Inspection, In line, end Line and the AQL Auditor).
5. Training and sensitizing of the personnel on quality.
6. Guarantee the conformity of the finished products.
7. Initiate, negotiate and expedite corrective, preventive and improvement actions.
· June 2002 to August 2003: Head of quality in Salé Message.
1. Guarantee the conformity of the finished products.
2. Development and maintenance of the company procedures and process documentation.
3. Promote quality awareness, including lessons learned.
4. Investigating & analyzing Customer complaints, process & field failures.
PERSONAL SKILLS
1. IRCA Certified Auditor 2007
2. Used skills in problem solving and corrective action to resolve 100% of internal problems and 95% of external problems before due dates in previous employment.
3. Converted 80% of Operating procedures into flow charts for easy understanding
4. Lead Engineer in all external ISO9001 external surveillance audits- No non- conformance found during this period.
5. Used knowledge and skills in statistics to highlight and graphically present main quality problems and thus help reduce customer complaints from 20% to about 5%.
6. Skilled ISO9001 Internal /External Auditor - Ability to add value to all process by highlighting improvement opportunities in all internal audits.
7. Skilled ISO/TS 16949 standards.
8. Skilled in various Quality improvement techniques including SPC, 8D reports, Cause and effect analysis (Ishikawa) etc. Systematic approach to problem solving using 8D method.
9. Ability to deal with both customers and Supplier to resolve quality problems.
ACHIEVEMENTS
1. Getting the ISO 9001 on July 2007.
2. Carrying-out pre-AuditAssessment for The ISO 14001 (Environment) and OHSAS 18001 (Health and Safety) with the SNIMA (Moroccan service for Industrial standardisation).
KEY SKILLS AND INTERESTS
1. Computer Literate: Master in all Microsoft Applications (Word, Excel, Windows and PowerPoint).
2. Languages : Proficiency in Arabic, French and English.
3. Hobbies : Atheism, Computers and Reading
