Executive Project Manager
Zahran Operation & Maintenance Company
Total years of experience :33 years, 6 Months
Responsibilities
• Plan, organize and monitor activities of O&M project at Princess Noora Bint Abdulrahman University.
• Establish higher operational standards by coordinating deliveries within inter-departmental groups viz. mechanical, electrical, civil and soft services.
• Receive, develop and mentor execution of departments’ plans and programs.
• Recruit specialized subcontractors and negotiate the terms of contracts to meet the required standards and achieve the desirable results.
• Coordinate the project activities with the Consulting Company and PNU Administration.
•Develop and maintain management communication plans, inspection plans and operation manuals for the whole project.
•Responsible for developing and implementation of Planned Preventive Maintenance plans and programs.
Responsibilities
• Responsible for development and execution of projects till final closure.
• Finalized scope, deliverables and timeline with project sponsor and stakeholders.
• Evaluated requirement of external consultants or contractors and select/engage accordingly.
• Oversaw activities planning and preparing WBS (work breakdown structure).
• Managed budgeting, work programming, scheduling & execution planning.
• Planned and allocated resources (manpower, material, equipment, etc.), risk management, and establishment of logistics.
• Communicated projects goals and objectives and assigned tasks to project team.
• Led change management process for directed changes in scope.
• Monitored and reviewed project progress and generation of progress reports; organized review meetings with sponsor.
• Implement actions requiring closure of observations noted in progress meeting.
• Directed, supervised & guided project team and resolved all issues affecting performance.
• Deployed tools and best practices for project management and execution.
• Ensured all project documents were safely archived upon project completion.
Responsibilities
• Developed franchise base and built retail facilities to be operated by the franchisees.
• Finalized complete project scope, goals, deliverables, required resources, budget, and timing working with HO & customers.
• Projected construction cost of the facilities and resources required.
• Developed and managed project schedules and milestones while meeting cost and quality targets.
• Managed execution of the project in close coordination with HO & the franchisees.
• Independently handled planning, programming and construction of the projects.
• Periodically reported projects progress and resolved problems impacting the milestones.
• Generated projects’ progress reports on a weekly and monthly basis as well as operations report of the area.
• Managed a chain of 9 restaurants in the assigned area.
• Rewarded the best Area Franchisor and the fastest growing area in Canada and USA.
Responsibilities
• Managed retailer sales for electronics, appliances and software.
• Supervised a team of 20 sales associates, and implemented sales plan and strategies.
• Trained the new recruits and led the staff to achieve sales targets.
Responsibilities
• Established manufacturing base for the company spread through three major republics - Ukraine, Russia and Kazakhstan.
• Led a team of more than 30 professionals in the field of steel production and communication industries.
• Established many JVs with the leading manufacturers in Ukraine (Krivorozhstal) - Krivoi Rog, Krasilov, L'viv, Kiev, etc.
• Successfully introduced new products that were in demand in the many countries.
• Developed understanding of CIS and MENA markets and established business relations with many organizations in the region.
Information Technology - Computer Sciences (MSc/MA)