Amira Bahgat

Experience

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  Egyptin Organization for Standardization and Quality

  Aug 2006 - Sept 2009

  Senior Engineering Standards developer

  • Technical secretariat of national committees (mirror to ISO committees) Developing Egyptian Standards in fields Such as (EMC, Solar Water Heaters, Energy Efficiency, Audio & video Equipment, Batteries and electronic equipment)• Prepare the annual plan of the committee with all stakeholders.• Moderate all meetings to make the first till final draft of the Egyptian standard.• Circulate final draft to Industrial, regulator and surveillance sectors.• Take all notification into consideration in a Discussion meeting with NGOs and GOs.• Introduce the final draft to the EOS Council to be adopted.• Introduce seminars and workshops relating standards in the above fields.• Prepare the final drafts of any ministerial decrees related to standardization in the mentioned fields.• Represent Egypt at conferences or seminars Concerning the standardization and Quality infrastructure inside and outside Egypt.• Harmonizing Egyptian Standards with International ones.• Member of Multinational Committee of ACAA agreement with EU. • Member of WTO/TBT National Inquiry Point (Egyptian Participant in WTO/TBT Committee in Geneva).• Member of National unit for Energy efficiency coordinated by Ministerial Council.• Introduce Advice for Industrial sector to increase the competitiveness of the Egyptian product.• Prepare all drafts for ministerial decrees in the field standardization and CA.• Make a surveillance visits to factories to ensure compliance to Quality procedures. عرض أقل

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  Egyptian Organization for Standards and quality

  Sept 2010 - Mar 2016

  Senior Project Manager

  • +7 years of experience in international project management (Plan, Staff, Implement, Control, Evaluate, Deliver).Related ExperienceEgyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality “EOS”, Ministry of industry and foreign trade www.eos.org.eg (2010 – Present) Senior project manager:  Create projects plan documentation starting from TOR till Project fich (Charter). Developing a project long-range budget plans. Agreeing project milestones with stakeholders. Managing diverse teams on complex projects. Complying with all reporting requirements. Assessing all risks and define controlling measures.Projects and tasks:• Twining Program between EOS and British Standards Institute “BSI” in the field of Conformity Assessment and Standardization.• EMC laboratory establishment turnkey project at EOS (first lab in Egypt in the field of household and electrical appliances, with more than 15,000,000 € budget)• CHAMSI Project for Solar Water Heaters with Arab region countries under supervision of RCREEE.• Trade and domestic market enhancement program TDMEP between EU and ministry of industry, with 20 million Euro budget,.• Working on increasing the energy efficiency for electrical and electronic equipment by developing suitable obligatory standards.• Machinery system of EOS work procedures.• Agreement on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance “ACAA” of non- industrial products with EU and MED Countries (Egyptian permanent participant at EU meetings, Belgium).• EOS Participant in International Electro-technical Committee IEC.• EMC Standard for Cellular phone base stations with NTRA Cooperation.• National focal point of the TBT/WTO agreement. عرض أقل

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  EGESCOQuality

  Mar 2016 - Jan 2016

  Control shipping level 2 “CSL2” inspector

  • Create CSL2 inspection sheet.• check all Quality control and Quality assurance procedures.• Test the performance to determine if it meets manufacturer and industry standards.• Work on a systematic approach to solve those problems with employees and management.

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  Universal Group

  Mar 2016 - Sept 2016

  Product certification section head

  Set up section target's KPI’s to achieve Quality department objectives.Certify the product in the fields of safety, performance, Energy efficiency.Responsible for affixing procedures of all national, regional and international marks (ES, CE, CB, SASO, EEL, etc.)Check conformity of products to fulfill importer requirements.Improving quality system.Present results of quality performance via reports and presentations.

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  AMAD Group

  Oct 2016 - Oct 2018

  Head of Products safety unit - Consultation Dept.

  Saudi Program for Industrial products safety (SALEEM) “ supporting the Conformity assessment infrastructure with SASO – KSA” in the framework of 2030 visionProjects:1- National Saudi program for industrial product safety “SALEEM”.2- Linking the customs code to the products under scope of Saudi technical regulations “SABER”3- Supporting the national exports and increasing productivity competitiveness.4- Develop national CA technical regulations concerning the most risky products in Saudi market then the implementation guides.5- Create the national conformity indicator measuring guide.Responsibilities:• Staff all project team members (AMAD, SASO)• Project planning "Initial and final Time plan, RASCI matrix, Risk assessment plan, Flow chart"• Gap analysis study between the Saudi NQI and European system.• Prioritizing products under project scope • Supervise the WGs of developing the new regulations (per sector).• Moderate the cooperation channels between SASO, AMAD and the international experts.• Review TRs after drafting by the international Experts• Building capacity for staff members (SASO, AMAD) in the field of NQI (standardization, metrology, and conformity assessment and market surveillance).• Represent AMAD for quality related projects negotiation meetings. عرض أقل

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  Tabseer | تبصير

  Oct 2018 - Nov 2023

  Deputy CEO/Product Certification Manager

  1) Establish the company Strategic profile (vision, mission, services and competitive advantages)2) Define the main Services that Tabseer will start with.3) Develop the Short and long term strategic plans.4) Develop Tabseer quality manual according to ISO/IEC 17065 and GSO/SASO NBs with the scope of GSO/SASO Regulations.5) Implementing conformity assessment schemes and support all processes associated with the various conformity programs TABSEER working on, based on related schemes/Standards6) Development of certification requirements and activities.7) Supervise conformity team with each and every step of the core of the certification process and Interact with technical experts (auditors) in each scheme8) Support Performance of Certification procedures:9) Engage with conformity assessment program leaders and technical expert groups, and participate and provide general guidance in standards meetings and other technical conferences for engagement and discussion with technical experts on potential conformity opportunities10) Product Certificates approval.11) Detail oriented with a keen listening ear to understand and relate to various stakeholder perspectives عرض أقل

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  GFA Consulting Group GmbH

  Jul 2020 - Apr 2021

  Regional Market Access Expert

  EU-GCC study regional market access expert: performing gab analysis between EU and GCC in the QI main components (Market access, Conformity assessment, market surveillance, accreditation regulatory and standardization bodies) including the role of each and third parties involvement.

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  UL Solutions

  Jan 2024 - now

  Program Manager

  Create and maintain documentation for Accreditation and Notifications.Represent UL Solutions in governmental and private sector meetings.Keep the GMA team updated with the regulatory news.Support operations team with the needed knowledge to ensure the best practice.Working with other departments to gain more opportunities for scope extension in the region.