Maii Zidane

A resourceful Industrial Engineer and a Master of Science in Management Engineering Student at Politecnico di Milano 

Trainee - Avara Pharmaceutical Services SPA

3/2022 to 7/2022 -  Liscatte, Italy

As a part of the Industrial Management Lab with Politecnico di Milano, my teammate and I completed a process optimization project in the supply chain department, improving stock-to-sales ratio and Procurement accuracy. In addition to a 30% time reduction in requesting and compiling necessary data.

Tools used during the project:

• A3 Framework
• Visual Stream Mapping
• ABC Analysis
• Ishikawa Diagram & Pareto Analysis
• SAP
• MS Excel

Responsibilities included;

1-  Data collection and analysis

2-  Conduct Interviews and structure the AS-IS process diagram

3- Brainstorm ideas for solutions

4- communicate with different departments to optimize solutions

5- Design, implement and monitor the solution

Trainee [ Bachelor Graduation Project] - Al Ahram Security Group 

10/2018 to 6/2019 - Al Sharqia, Egypt 

For the final graduation project at Canadian International College, along with my teammates, we successfully carried out a “Cost of Poor Quality Reduction” project using Kaizen continuous improvement technique. The project was estimated to achieve a cost reduction of 250.000 EGP/per production line per year, it was awarded Best Graduation Project in the Industrial Engineering Department for the year 2019.

Tools used during the project:

Data gathering and analysis phase

• Quality circles
• Interviews
• ABC Analysis
• Ishikawa Diagram & Pareto Analysis
• MS Excel

Solution: 

• 5S
• Preventive Maintenance concept 
• Basic Sensor ( Arduino programmed with C++) 
• Brief meetings and training for the operators 

Trainee - Egyptian Steel 

7/2019 till 8/2019 - Cairo Egypt 

Delivered clerical support in the Supply chain department by handling a range of routine tasks such as sorting, and organizing files, spreadsheets, and reports.

Received training on;

• production planning
• writing and executing tenders
• Supplier Negotiations
• Documentation cycle
• Issuing POs on SAP

Trainee - Hassan Allaam Services 

6/2019  till 7/2019 - Cairo, Egypt 

Delivered technical support as part of the maintenance team from Hassan Allaam Services in Henkel Egypt.

Duties included performing required inspections, recording data, and filling reports.

Recived training on Predictive and Preventive maintenance planning.

Master of Science in Management Engineering 

Politecnico di Milano, Italy

September 2020, Expected Graduation May 2023

Dissertation on Lean 4.0 & Lean implementation to overcome I4.0 Barriers 

Bachelor (5-year cycle) in Industrial Engineering 

Canadian International College, Cairo 

September 2015 - July 2020 

With a Dual Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cape Breton University, Canada