Islam Elhefnawy

Director, Supply Chain Transformation | Quality Assurance + Lean Manufacturing | Loss Elimination & Digitization | IMEA

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Procter & Gambleex-Egycel - The Universal Co. For Cellulose Productsex-Energy and Environmental Research Center (E2RC)

With over 20 years at Procter & Gamble, I lead multi-site quality governance and operating processes as the IMEA Go-To-Market Director of Quality Assurance.

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My work focuses on protecting brands, enhancing execution discipline, and ensuring supply continuity across 10 manufacturing, planning, and GO sites. I specialize in establishing transformation roadmaps that link simplification, productivity, and loss elimination to measurable outcomes, while driving compliance and audit readiness across the region. I am deeply committed to advancing operational performance through digitization, touchless quality acceleration programs, and structured coaching initiatives. By building mechanisms for benchmarking and reapplication, I empower cross-functional teams to achieve consistent results and increased capability. My mission is to drive scalable quality systems and resilient execution that align with organizational goals and priorities across IMEA.

Career TimelineNOW → PAST

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  1. PROCTER & GAMBLEJOB
    1. IMEA GTM Dir Quality Assur…
      2Y 3M
    2. Dir of Quality Assurance (…
      4Y 9M
    3. Dir of Quality Assurance
      11M
    4. Business Operation Planning
      2Y 1M
    5. AP&P Market Quality Assura…
      3Y 6M
    6. Continuous Improvement Mgr
      2Y 7M
    7. Lean Manufacturing Capabil…
      3Y 8M
    8. Quality Assurance Leader
      3Y 11M
  2. EGYCEL - THE UNIVERSAL CO. FOR CELLULOSE PRODUCTSJOB
    1. Manufacturing Process Eng…
      2Y 11M
  3. ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER (E2RC)JOB
    1. Environmental Specialist
      11M

Time in market 27YOpen 1Closed 9Stints 10

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  1. Job: Procter & Gamble — AP&P Market Quality Assurance - Senior Manager · 2013-01 – 2016-07
  2. Job: Procter & Gamble — Lean Manufacturing Capability Leader · 2007-08 – 2011-04
  3. Job: Egycel - The Universal Co. For Cellulose Products — Manufacturing Process Engineer (Shift Leader) / Quality Control Inspector · 2000-08 – 2003-07
  4. Job: Procter & Gamble — IMEA Go To Market Director Quality Assurance · 2024-05 – present
  5. Job: Procter & Gamble — Continuous Improvement Manager · 2011-05 – 2013-12
  6. Job: Procter & Gamble — Director of Quality Assurance (Site / Supply Chain Transformation Leadership) · 2019-08 – 2024-05
  7. Job: Procter & Gamble — Quality Assurance Leader · 2003-08 – 2007-07
  8. Job: Procter & Gamble — Director of Quality Assurance – MEA Go‑To‑Market · 2018-09 – 2019-08
  9. Job: Energy and Environmental Research Center (E2RC) — Environmental Specialist · 1999-08 – 2000-07
  10. Job: Procter & Gamble — Business Operation Planning – Senior Manager (Demand Planning) · 2016-07 – 2018-08

Skills

Loss EliminationSupply ChainSupply Chain ManagementFMCGBusiness Process ImprovementSAPForecastingProject PlanningKey Account ManagementQuality AssuranceContinuous ImprovementLean ManufacturingSupply Chain OptimizationManufacturingQuality SystemManagementCross-functional Team LeadershipTeam LeadershipLeadershipAnalysis

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