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Najah Onn
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Professional Experience.

Fashion & Apparel

Recently established myself as a sustainable fashion consultant to assist fashion companies but also manufacturers of garments to tackle inefficiencies and unethical practices in their supply chain.

​Increasing transparency to your customers is a key driver for competitive edge and product differentiation.  I can help you with an overall strategy to identify key issues and opportunities.

Supply Chain
Increasing transparency and traceability, identifying future risks, and developing close-looped systems

Sourcing and Manufacturing
Improving efficiency and reducing waste

Product Design and Development
Designing products with its end-of-life in mind

Co-branding Strategies
Creating brand alliances that increase revenue and differentiation

Market Forecast
Identifying the impact of industry trends, shifting regulations, and consumer expectations

Certifications
Identifying which certifications may suit your business operating model

Construction

Experience with environment, health and safety and quality risks for intrusive and non-instrusive methods of pipeline construction.  Highly experienced in local, state and federal environmental approvals applications.  Risk mitigation strategies on site including flora and fauna, acid sulphate soils, solid waste, emissions to air, land and water, noise and vibration, odour, stockpiling material, and hazardous substances.  Management of induction and site environmental compliance.  Offset management plans for native vegetation disturbance and revegetation strategies.  Incident management and customer complaints.

Manufacturing

4 years combined experience in FMCG and automotive sectors.  Expert in air, water, and land pollution management as well as waste reduction.  Six-sigma greenbelt qualified.  Resource efficiency projects across departments.  Input into capital upgrades and maintenance investments.  Supplier verification auditing and relationship management.  Management of site-wide waste contracts and environmental remediation projects.  Management of community committees and expectations.  Regulator reports, compliance reports (EPA, National Pollutant Inventory, National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Scheme, Energy Efficiency Opportunities, Australian Packaging Covenant), incident management, Environmental Improvement Plans, and industry liaison.  Site-wide data and statistics.  Shop floor and site audits for good manufacturing practice, sustainability accreditation (e.g. FSC, PEFC), and environment, safety and quality. 

Utilities & facilities management

​Over 9 years combined experience in water.  Involved with capital and maintenance projects including identifying and assessing risks as well as monitoring compliance to aspect and impact controls.  Lead auditor for quality, safety and environmental management systems, including the new ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001: 2015 certification.  Creation of risk control SOPs,  environmental plans,  and offset plans.  Due diligence investigations including vegetation management, contaminated sites, hazardous substances, noise and vibration, and solid/liquid discharges.  Obtaining clearing permits and licencing for capital and maintenance projects.  Reported and investigated incidents, including regulator investigations and interface at job sites. Business strategy development and setting environmental targets and objectives.  Managing internal and external relationships.  Development of business cases for R&D funding.  Carbon accounting and management, as well as net zero strategies.  
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