Murtada Kadhim

Examiner
DISC Type : cs

Director, Smart Manufacturing- Canada, US & Mexico at Bombardier

Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area, Canada

Overview

Murtada is the Director of Smart Manufacturing for Canada, the US, and Mexico at Bombardier, leveraging extensive experience from Haleon and Kraft Heinz. A graduate of the John-Molson School of Business, he is described by colleagues as consistently helpful and professional in his leadership.

He appears driven by personal and professional growth, believing that things once considered impossible become achievable through focused energy, vision, and consistent action. Murtada is passionate about realizing potential and celebrating groundbreaking achievements.

He co-sponsored a complex Electronic Batch Record (eBR) system project where his team won a 5-Star Best Customer Service Award.

Personality Overview

Unexpressive

Status Quo Seeker

Process Oriented

They are heavily focused on quality and prefer doing things the right way, even if it takes time.  They are thorough and always follow a systematic approach. Being observant comes to them naturally.

Topics They Care About

Smart Manufacturing
His career at Bombardier, Haleon, and Kraft Heinz is dedicated to implementing digital manufacturing, smart factory automation, and MES solutions across North America.
Leadership & Vision
A recent graduate of Haleon's LEAD Leadership Programme, he posts about the power of vision and consistent action to achieve personal and professional goals.
OT Cybersecurity
Demonstrates a focus on operational technology security by previously recruiting for specialized roles like "OT Cybersecurity Site Ninja" for the factory floor.

Media Appearances

Murtada has no verified media appearances

Work History

2-2026
Director, Smart Manufacturing- Canada, US & Mexico at Bombardier
2-2023 - 2-2026
Senior Site Tech Partner (IT Director) at Haleon
6-2022 - 2-2023
North America IT Manager- Digital Manufacturing at The Kraft Heinz Company
11-2021 - 6-2022
Manager Information Systems at The Kraft Heinz Company
2-2020 - 11-2021
Associate Manager, Applications & Services (Information System Associate Manager) at The Kraft Heinz Company

Education

2016 - 4-2018
Bachelor's degree from John-Molson school of Business Concordia

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Insights For Selling To Murtada

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Ask them which other stakeholders would be important for this purchase decision
  • Expect them to be slow and cautious, encourage them to ask more questions
  • Spend time addressing concerns around risk and change, they will have them even if they don't express them

DONT's

  • Avoid getting into storytelling mode, especially when they ask specific questions
  • Don't push them too hard to make fast decisions, give them time
  • Don't rely on relationship building even if they act pleasantly

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Murtada is

  • Low-risk, adoption by others are very important to them, followed by confidence in ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Murtada

  • They don’t say no often, they push out the decisions or keep going around in circles.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Murtada move?

  • They do not like to rush and therefore can be quite slow in their decision-making.
  • Can Murtada take some risk or not?

  • They have little risk-appetite and prefer to take measured decisions.

You And Murtada

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