Omar H. Hussein
Kent,WA
Summary
A professional, self-driven, and energetic leader who will apply a continuous improvement mindset to lead a team to execute production targets with high quality, while focused on safety and creating healthy team culture.
Professional with strong background in leadership and team management. Proven track record in driving results and ensuring team collaboration. Skilled in strategic planning, problem-solving, and adapting to dynamic environments. Known for reliability, effective communication, and delivering high-quality outcomes.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Manager
Rivian
Bellevue, WA
09.2022 - 09.2025
- Developed and implemented training programs to enhance team performance and operational efficiency.
- Coordinated cross-functional projects to streamline processes and improve customer satisfaction.
- Facilitated communication between departments, ensuring alignment on company objectives and initiatives.
- Mentored junior staff in best practices for operational excellence and customer engagement strategies.
- Managed scheduling and resource allocation to maximize productivity across multiple teams.
- Supervised day-to-day operations to meet performance, quality and service expectations.
- Developed strong working relationships with staff, fostering a positive work environment.
- Mentored junior staff members in their professional development by offering guidance/support in their assigned roles.
- Assisted in recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and onboarding of new employees to maintain adequate staffing levels.
- Collaborated with the management team to develop strategic plans for business growth and improvement.
- Promoted teamwork within the workplace by encouraging collaboration among staff members on various project tasks.
- Implemented staff training programs, enhancing product knowledge and improving customer service skills.
- Led cross-functional teams to enhance operational efficiency and align departmental goals.
Sr Vehicle Ops Specialist
Rivian
Bellevue, WA
07.2021 - 09.2022
- Ability to lead team
- Problem solver
- Wrote a problem-solving report to create action items for team
- Lead the team on creating our old dry bay to the new dry bay.
- Shuttle EDV to Amazon site, Supported first EDV delivery to Amazon
- Supported First Mile
- Was the first team to arrive at Normal, supported creating the standard for VO team
- Setting our supply carts
- Trained team B on the standards
- Working cross function with other department to create standard that works for all
- Supported El Segundo end of the year push
- Training our new team members on our standards
- Walk them through the process to make sure team members are trained up and understand our process
- Improved our current vehicle follow
- Improved our current map to understand our capacity. Vehicle follow improvement. Assigned different part of the process to reflect on the map. Walked with all cross-functioning departments on the follow of vehicles follow process.
B7 Paint Supervisor
Genie Industries
01.2019 - 07.2021
- Responsible for Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and Moral (big 5) metric for Building 7 paint
- Developing process within paint, standardizing of painting process to reduce paint quality issues by 80% within 1 year.
- Developing leader standard work
- Developed gap driven Team Lead specific kaizen projects to drive production needs
- Setting up stand work and Paint Yamazumi
- Ensuring excellent quality and on time delivery to customers. Reduced quality issues through weekly meetings to the point of getting head count reduction.
- Supervised paint application processes to ensure quality standards and compliance with safety regulations.
Z45 Weld Supervisor
Z45 Weld Supervisor
06.2017 - 12.2018
- Responsible for safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and Moral (big 5) while supporting the Z45 weld team move from B3 to B7
- Developing the team leads
- Insuring good and sustainable process are in place
- Ensuring an excellent quality and on time delivery to customers
- Collaborated with engineering to develop & implement Z45XC welding processes on time and on budget.
S60/Z60 Assembly Supervisor
S60/Z60 Assembly Supervisor
07.2015 - 06.2017
- Responsible for safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and Moral (big 5) while supporting the implementation of Z60
- Supported S60 moving to Moses Lake
- Developed with team lead with skill I just acquired while I was in training as Resource sup/TBS
- Drove production of S60/Z60 to on time and budget
- Rivian Internal
Resource Supervisor
Terex Business System – Lean Office//Resource Supervisor
10.2014 - 07.2015
- Worked on developing my lean manufacturing skills (TBS)
- Managed the resource team
- Supported value stream by backfilling open position and PTO for the day or week
- Worked on Kaizen improvement, supported design team
- Developed the Resource Team
- Worked with Moonshine team B3
- Supported Oklahoma City plant production
Material Team Lead
Material Team Lead
03.2010 - 01.2014
- Main parts pick and deliveries to the weld cells
- Forklift driver for both lines
- Trained new employees
Education
Diploma -
Business Computer Training Institute (BCTI)
Tukwila, WADiploma - undefined
Garfield High School
Seattle, WASkills
- Microsoft Words, Excel, PowerPoint
- Problem-solving
- Staff training and development
- Staff supervision
- Task delegation
- Goal setting
- Team building
- Employee scheduling
- Staff development
- Policy enforcement
- Employee performance evaluation
Timeline
Assistant Manager
Rivian
09.2022 - 09.2025
Sr Vehicle Ops Specialist
Rivian
07.2021 - 09.2022
B7 Paint Supervisor
Genie Industries
01.2019 - 07.2021
Z45 Weld Supervisor
Z45 Weld Supervisor
06.2017 - 12.2018
S60/Z60 Assembly Supervisor
S60/Z60 Assembly Supervisor
07.2015 - 06.2017
Resource Supervisor
Terex Business System – Lean Office//Resource Supervisor
10.2014 - 07.2015
Material Team Lead
Material Team Lead
03.2010 - 01.2014
Diploma - undefined
Garfield High School
Diploma -
Business Computer Training Institute (BCTI)
WORK HISTORY
- Rivian, Bellevue, WA: July 2021-092025
- Genie Manufacturing, Redmond, WA: 2007-July 2021
- Somali Bantu Community Association of Washington: 2004- 2008
- Swiss port Cargo, Seattle, WA: 2006-2007